Black Friday Book Sale + Sneak Peek at What's Coming Next

 Hey Readers!


It's that time of year again. All my paperback editions are going on sale for Black Friday through Cyber Monday week. If you've been eyeing a physical copy of Old Hungers: What Lingers in the Trees or anything else I've written, now's your chance.

But let's talk about what's really exciting—what's currently consuming my writing time.

The New Old Hungers Collection

I'm working on another volume of Minnesota wilderness horror. "The Tapper" and "Bride of Frostbite Creek" are two of the stories that'll anchor this collection. If you read the first Old Hungers, you know these aren't just standalone scares - they're all connected, building on that same unsettling mythology about what really lives in our northern forests.

The woods up here remember everything. They're not done telling their stories, and neither am I.

Seven Calls

This science fiction novella has been gnawing at me for a while. Here's the setup: Esperanza discovers an AI system that forces her to choose which disasters happen and which ones get prevented. Every call is an impossible choice. Who lives? Who dies? What's the math on human suffering?

It's dark, it's uncomfortable, and it asks questions about moral compromise that I'm not sure have good answers. Sometimes the most terrifying thing isn't the choice itself - it's discovering what you're capable of choosing when you think you're doing the right thing.

A New Enemy Calling Novel

For everyone who's been asking about more from the Enemy Calling universe - I've been digging through years of unpublished material, fragments and threads that never made it into the first book. This isn't just a sequel. It's something different.

You'll see familiar faces, but you'll also meet characters whose stories have been running parallel to everything you already know. Some of these scenes have been sitting in my files for years, waiting for the right framework to bring them together. The war between humanity and the Shalothan has corners we haven't explored yet. This novel illuminates them.

The Writing Life

Each of these projects feeds different creative needs. The horror keeps me grounded in atmosphere and dread - those quiet moments before something terrible happens. The science fiction lets me explore bigger ideas about choice, consciousness, and what we're willing to sacrifice for survival.

They're all different faces of the same obsession: what happens when ordinary people confront the extraordinary? What do we become when pushed past our limits?

So grab those Black Friday deals if you're interested. And if you want to know which project you'll see first - well, that depends on which one wins the fight for my attention. Right now, they're all demanding to be written.

The trees are whispering. The AI is calculating. The war is expanding.

I'd better get back to work.
-Erik

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