Yeah, I wrote a vampire story…I’d be embarrassed if it wasn’t so good.
Disclaimer: I’ve never read/seen any part of the Twilight franchise. The last vampire movie I saw was The Lost Boys. I’m not a fan of the vampire genre and probably never will be. So, why the hell did I write a vampire story for the new Eternal Night: a Vampire Anthology? Two reasons: 1) the concept of the anthology is to combat traditional vampire cliches, and 2) I was asked to by a friend to contribute, and it seemed like a fun challenge. To my surprise, my story “Born Again Michael,” is probably one of the better things I have ever written (at least from what I remember of the story; I wrote in in the middle of 2009).
I cannot downplay the level of talent included here: Axel Taiari, Chris Deal, Tony Schaab, Kelly M. Hudson, Simon West-Bulford, Jessy Marie Roberts, Christopher Dwyer, Anthony Giangregorio, Richard Thomas, Spencer Wendleton, Edward J. Rathke, David H. Donaghe, Caleb Ross, Nik Korpon, Rob X Roman, and G.R. Mosca. I’m very familiar with about half of these contributing authors, and based only on those names, this book is already well worth the buy.
I can’t want to receive my contributor’s copy so I can find out if my story is as good as I remember.
Check it out at Amazon or read more about it and Living Dead Press.
January 19th, 2010 at 5:20 pm
Awesome, Caleb–congratulations!
January 19th, 2010 at 8:48 pm
Thanks, Mr. Hall.
January 21st, 2010 at 3:27 pm
I’m psyched about this too, Caleb. From the stories I’VE SEEN already, this is a really unique collection of stories, twists on the classic mythology. We should do good with it.
Peace,
Richard