Mark Edward Hall

Hi all,

I have joined the indie authors First Book Project, a non-profit organization that provides access to new books for children of low-income families. I have dropped the Kindle price of my collection, Servants of Darkness to $1.99 If the book makes it into the top 100 on Amazon’s Kindle sales rank I will donate $500.00 to First Book Project. For those who have not read my stuff, please give it a try and help out a good cause. It’s only $1.99 and I promise you’ll get hours of enjoyable reading. I hope you help me reach this goal.

Here’s a description of the book along with some reviews:

A chance meeting at a cathedral’s demolition site between a suffering young woman and a stranger morphs from unsettling to terrifying when you discover the stranger’s identity. He is simultaneously more and less than he appears.

An injured man lost in the wilderness is haunted by a demon that he might or might not recognize from his past.

From there you are taken on a meandering journey through a skewed world where nothing, not even a lowly can of bug spray, can ever be considered harmless or innocent. Some truly unique takes on dark fiction are offered up, including “Room Number 9,” which any Beatles fan will appreciate while perhaps never looking at John Lennon in quite the same way again.

A collection of thirteen sinister tales. From psychological horror to supernatural suspense to Lovecraftian nightmares, these stories will make you question your own beliefs about sanity and madness.

Includes Hall’s first ever published short story, 1995s “Bug Shot”

Read more…

The Haunting of Sam Cabot by Mark Edward Hall.

Set in Davenport, Maine, Sam Cabot and his wife and son get a great deal on a house in what of course seems like a “too good to be true” situation. And of course they soon find out that it is. Hall does a good job of taking a fairly typical plot and giving it a good twist. He builds it up nicely and then pulls the rug out from under you. Reminded me a bit of some of the novels of T.M. Wright.

Recommended.

- Reviewed by James R. Beach, Dark Discoveries Magazine

http://darkdiscoveriesreviews.wordpress.com/page/2/

Here’s the video trailer for my latest book…

A special thanks to Kim Smith for a super interview on Blog Talk Radio Thursday night. You were gracious and articulate.

“Scary seems too simple a word to describe this psychological horror. I found myself a little afraid to go to sleep the night I read The Haunting of Sam Cabot. Kudos, Mr. Hall, for scaring the daylights out of me.” —Teagan http://www.bookwenches.com

“Sure to cause some sleepless nights, this novella packs a powerful punch, for it encompasses the perilous areas of both insanity and the frighteningly supernatural. A great surprise ending; decidedly twisted and shocking. Might have you questioning your own sanity.” —G.L. Giles, http://www.infernaldreams.net

“The storyline of this novella streamed with the intensity of a cross between The Shining and The Amityville Horror. Amazingly, Hall managed to pen a novella that leaves the reader feeling as though they have digested an entire novel. The tight prose and wonderful detail make for a compelling read.” —Red Adept,  http://redadept.wordpress.com

“Mark Edward Hall’s novella is a first rate creep-out, wonderfully scary, with full, well-drawn characters and a strong, descriptive narrative that channels the best of Edgar Allen Poe. Horror fans will love this tale, especially the shocking conclusion, which will leave them questioning the meaning of reality and the sometimes-tenuous border between sanity and madness. Mark Edward Hall is a literary artist, a strong voice in the horror genre.” —Lloyd F. Richey, Stormdragon

For those who might be interested in hearing me spout off about my latest book—and writing in general—Blog Talk Radio is doing an interview with me on Thursday February, 25th at 8:30 pm Eastern. Here’s the link.

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/kims