Zombie/Vampire Horror Novel - Roses of Blood on Barbwire Vines

[Evil Avatar]

Permuted Press is proud to announce that D.L. Snell's new zombie/vampire novel Roses of Blood on Barbwire Vines (http://shocklines.stores.yahoo.net/roofblonbavi.html) is now available for pre-order. Set for release in June, 2007, Roses of Blood tells the harrowing tale of an enclave of vampires breeding human livestock in a post-apocalyptic world overrun with the living dead. But the dead are just now evolving into something far more lethal, something with tentacles--and that's just the beginning!

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“[Roses of Blood is a] marvelous dark fantasy—filled with ruthless vampires, flesh-eating zombies, and enough action to leave you breathless. Intense, gruesome, funny, and fast-paced—it has all the ingredients needed to satisfy even the most jaded fan of horror fiction.”
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[GrinR]

What? No werewolves?

[Evil Avatar]

What? No werewolves?

Next book. Permuted Press has a werewolf novel in the works.

[GrinR]

I was thinking Vampire lords using zombies as perpetual motion for their massive clockwork machines, carefully harvesting human beings as both food and energy, in a war against cyborg werewolves who seek to free the remaining humans who hold the key to their survival in their DNA.

It'd be a play on American hegemony and the search for cultural identity in the third world, titled "Dubya Dubya Death."

[DangerousDaze]

Could you please add a "U.S only" tag to that free shipping thing up there? We UK types have to settle for Amazon and I wouldn't want anyone else to get their hopes up mistakenly. :(

[torrefaction]

I was thinking Vampire lords using zombies as perpetual motion for their massive clockwork machines, carefully harvesting human beings as both food and energy, in a war against cyborg werewolves who seek to free the remaining humans who hold the key to their survival in their DNA.

It'd be a play on American hegemony and the search for cultural identity in the third world, titled "Dubya Dubya Death."

Write a book.

Tomorrow.

[GrinR]

I don't have the patience for it. Honestly though, the problem with 99.999% of all fiction is its being written by the author for the author; it's like listening to a stoner talk most of the time.

The undead evolving? Into something with tentacles? Really?

*sigh*

[DangerousDaze]

The undead evolving? Into something with tentacles? Really?

*sigh*
Dude, it's horror fiction. You only have to get to the words "The undead" in your sentence before the whole thing becomes sublimely ridiculous. News for you: zombies don't exist. So why couldn't they have tentacles?

[GrinR]

Dude, it's horror fiction. You only have to get to the words "The unded" in your sentence before the whole thing becomes sublimely ridiculous. News for you: zombies don't exist. So why couldn't they have tentacles?

Your point boils down into "Fiction isn't real, and so it's all 'sublimely ridiculous.'"

I don't have any response to that.

[DangerousDaze]

Your point boils down into "Fiction isn't real, and so it's all 'sublimely ridiculous.'"No, it doesn't.
I don't have any response to that.Yes you do, just not a very good one.

[Vermillion]

I don't see how you can have dead things that eat brains for nourshiment (technically they derivive no nourshment from it, it's just an insatiable hunger), immortal things that drink blood for nourshiment, and somehow get tripped up by one of those said things evolving an octaped out of the back of their head. I can think of several "rational" reason this could happen.

I don't disagree with GrinR on the fact that most horror writers today are pretty much horrible. But I'm at least willing to give something different a chance before labeling it a complete and utter failure.

Personally, I think zombies as power generators while not technically feasible, poses an interesting idea. Write your damn book and become rich beyond rich you lazy ass :)

[Rangoth]

So someone tell me where the pre-order for this is?

[Kid Moxie]

Isn't that the plot of pretty much every hentai made? :p

Seriously though, sounds pretty interesting. Does the author have any other books we could check out in the mean time?

[ezzkmo]

So someone tell me where the pre-order for this is?
Ditto. I must be going blind cause I don't see it. At Amazon I do though.

[MrE]

The pre-order link on Permuted Press only shows "John dies at the End" as a pre-order book. Roses of Blood doesn't appear to be available for pre-order yet.

[Evil Avatar]

So someone tell me where the pre-order for this is?

You can order it right from PermutedPress.com (http://www.permutedpress.com/) or from Shocklines.com (http://store.yahoo.com/shocklines/roofblonbavi.html). (I fixed the above links.)

And thanks for helping out one of our friends!

[GrinR]

No, it doesn't.
Yes you do, just not a very good one.

Is there some point you're trying to make or are you just trying to zing me? If the latter, consider me zinged.

My point is that writing good fiction takes more than a theme or an idea, a lot more actually.

I'm not trashing this book at all, hell it could be a masterpiece for all I know. What gets to me is the immense difficulty in finding the very, very rare good book from the genre-drek, and the excitement we all feel whenever anything is produced in our most-loved niche genres; excitement we only feel because of the dearth of material in the first place.

[Evil Avatar]

Seriously though, sounds pretty interesting. Does the author have any other books we could check out in the mean time?

D.L. has a story in The Undead anthology, which is a great read. Don't forget that The Undead 2 comes out in August!

[Disgustipated]

I don't have the patience for it. Honestly though, the problem with 99.999% of all fiction is its being written by the author for the author; it's like listening to a stoner talk most of the time.

The undead evolving? Into something with tentacles? Really?

*sigh*

I'll write it. We share the profits. Co-author. We share the hookers and the subsequent ass-coke snorting as well.

[ilian]

Im gonna go ahead and order this, how do we tie our purchase to our EA accounts?

[Disgustipated]

Im gonna go ahead and order this, how do we tie our purchase to our EA accounts?

Send Evil Avatar your receipt, blanked out Credit/debit card number if it's showing. He's trustable anyways, he's a cop. (And I rarely say that about cops, so it's quite the testament to his reputable nature.)

[mkelehan]

I don't have the patience for it. Honestly though, the problem with 99.999% of all fiction is its being written by the author for the author; it's like listening to a stoner talk most of the time.

The undead evolving? Into something with tentacles? Really?

*sigh*
Honestly, as long as the tentacles stay out of vaginas, I'm cool with them.

[Evil Avatar]

I don't have the patience for it. Honestly though, the problem with 99.999% of all fiction is its being written by the author for the author; it's like listening to a stoner talk most of the time.

The undead evolving? Into something with tentacles? Really?

*sigh*

Since you didn't like 28 Days Later, I doubt that your opinion on zombie fiction holds much weight.

[GrinR]

Since you didn't like 28 Days Later, I doubt that your opinion on zombie fiction holds much weight.

With you, clearly. Fortunately your opinion shares precisely the same value as mine.

It did garner an awesome sequel though, right?

[Evil Avatar]

It did garner an awesome sequel though, right?

That does seem to be the general consensus (http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/28_weeks_later/). 82% favorable.

[GrinR]

That does seem to be the general consensus (http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/28_weeks_later/). 82% favorable.

Sweet! Then I'll probably catch it!

[Fug]

But the dead are just now evolving into something far more lethal, something with tentacles--and that's just the beginning!

After tentacles comes... FRISBEES! And then, the most horrifying of all... FAUXHAWKS. After that? COSBY KIDS.

Kudos on completing a novel, if you read this thread. I can't seem to do it.

[jeffbax]

This'll be my second Permutated Press book (first was the highly enjoyable Dying to Live). I love them, they aren't too long that I can't be bothered to finish. They are getting me back into reading :)

[cranky]

with all sincerity can you tell me what you consider a good book in the zombie genre? especially one that starts before the infection and takes us all the way through to a post apoc world. it really is hard to find anything other than crap.

What gets to me is the immense difficulty in finding the very, very rare good book from the genre-drek, and the excitement we all feel whenever anything is produced in our most-loved niche genres; excitement we only feel because of the dearth of material in the first place.

[Fug]

World War Z. Great zombie book.

[GrinR]

World War Z. Great zombie book.

Precisely. In every way an example of what I mean when I say rare good book.

[DL_Snell]

A rollicking good thread, I must say. I laughed a couple times reading your guys’ posts.

Rangoth, ezzkmo, MrE--EA already answered your questions, but just in case...pre-orders are officially closed. The book is now available from the following stores:

* Permuted Press (http://www.permutedpress.com/)
* Amazon US (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0978970713/permutedpress-20)
* Amazon UK (http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0978970713/permutedpress-21)
* Amazon Canada (http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASIN/0978970713/permutedpre0b-20)
* Amazon.de (http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/0978970713/)
* Barnes & Noble (http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?isbn=0978970713)
* Shocklines (http://shocklines.stores.yahoo.net/roofblonbavi.html) (Note books ordered here are delayed for signing)
* Your local bookstore (ISBN: 0978970713)
* Many other fine sellers

Grinr, zombies with tentacles aren't as ridiculous as they sound. Just ask the characters in my book. If you’re curious, I’ve posted a brief explanation of how the zombies work (http://www.rosesofblood.com/read.php)--that link will also take you to some sample chapters. And here’s a peek at the zombies during the advanced stage of their mutation:

The foremost zombie wore a tuxedo ornamented with a carnation. Tattered, his left sleeve hung short, and a black arm grew forth, riddled with melanomas, carcinomas, and other malignant tumors. The next zombie had tried to clone a second head, fetal, its beady eyes warped out of alignment, its frown baring crooked baby teeth.

Shade inserted her last magazine, and--one, two, three--her gun became a stroboscope. The groom and the mutant went down in a break dance. The others boogied onward, exhibiting more perversions: an extra lung, external and slouching like a skinned tit; a third arm, dwarfed and boneless.

Shade backpedaled. She shot two more and fled.

vermy21, ilian: thank you for giving the book a try! I would love to hear your thoughts when you finish...

jeffbax--thank you for ordering! Glad you like Permuted Press. Did you catch the sample chapters for Roses of Blood in the back of Dying to Live? What’d you think?

SpringDog, I have several books, but I’m not as pleased with them as I am with Roses. That said, please check out my website, www.exit66.net--it lists the books that are still available.

Fug--thanks for the kudos, man. Finishing a novel is hard work. It took me two years to finish Roses. Keep plugging on your book. Remember that it doesn’t have to be perfect in the first draft; if you try to make it perfect, you’ll probably get writer’s block and performance anxiety--you'll probably want to shoot yourself.

Anyway, thanks to everyone for at least checking out this thread. If you have any questions--about the book, writing, etc.--feel free to ask.

[DL_Snell]

Want to win a signed copy of Roses of Blood on Barbwire Vines? Check out this contest sponsored by Dr. Pus.

Hey Ho good Permuted Press folks. Here to announce that y'all will have a chance to win a copy of the new and wonderful "Roses of Blood on Barbwire Vines" by D.L. Snell. What you have to do is call in your "best" zombie groan to the "Library of the Living Dead" zombie hotline and groan your guts out. All calls will be played on Episode #11 and the winner will be announced. The best three will win a book. And bonus of all boni, DL will be personally inscribing the book to the winners!! What's to lose?

Call in now to the "Zombie Hotline": 1-206-350-8029

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[DL_Snell]

The first reviews of Roses of Blood are trickling in! Here’s one from Horror Reader...

“[A] rush of high excitement and cinematic ultra violence... [W]ith Roses of Blood on Barbwire Vines, D.L. Snell has crafted a solid entertainment, an action packed flick for the theatre of the mind's eye.”--Daniel Robichaud, Horror Reader

Read the full review (http://www.horrorreader.com/horror_reader/2007/05/roses_of_blood_.html).

More forthcoming!

[DL_Snell]

More reviews for Roses of Blood on Barbwire Vines! Here's an excerpt from Nick Cato's write-up, slated to appear in the 17th issue of THE HORROR FICTION REVIEW...

"Snell's Roses of Blood is a no-nonsense, cult-film-type of story that sets the adrenaline level on high, then keeps getting higher. Everything disappointed horror fans expected out of the Underworld films happens with gusto here--and then some: gore hounds will be in for a treat, zombie fans will get a charge over the little Cthulhu-like creatures that control the undead, and anyone looking for a non-stop action fest should look no further."

And here's a review and interview from Alex Zawacki at Class-b.net: review (http://www.class-b.net/bookreviews/view.php?action=view&id=22), interview (http://www.class-b.net/interviews/view.php?action=view&id=2).

[DL_Snell]

Everyone who pre-ordered my zombie/vampire novel Roses of Blood on Barbwire Vines was bitten. But the zombie virus could only survive in one lucky individual, which means only one zombie could be produced. Eric J. “feedussnacks” is that individual.

Eric will be zombified by the Roses cover artist, Stephen Blundell. He won the lottery. So welcome, Eric! Congrats!

Oh, and--BRAAAAAAINNNNS!!!

[DL_Snell]

Collin has finished his Snell zombie, and I incorporated it into an ad. Check it out!

http://www.exit66.net/banners/rosesad.jpg (http://www.rosesofblood.com/)

[DL_Snell]

Another great review, this one from Shawn Rutledge at Skullring.org...

The characterization is believable, the dialogue is brilliant, and the settings are splendidly stark and vivid. I must warn though that this book is not for the weak of will. There are graphic depictions of sex and violence, and nary a page goes by without at least a mention of the red stuff.... Snell definitely knows his chosen field and his subject quite well, and has a love for the genre that shines through.
Full Review>> (http://mattstaggs.blogspot.com/2007/06/review-of-roses-of-blood-on-barbwire.html)

[DL_Snell]

Roses is currently 10% off at Amazon... (http://astore.amazon.com/permutedstore-20/detail/0978970713/103-1820172-8698203)

[DL_Snell]

Know those crappy banner games where you box a kangaroo or throw darts at a balloon? Well I've made one where you get to blow off a zombie's head... and the zombie is me. Enjoy!

PLAY GAME: http://www.exit66.net/#roses