Now featuring Toothless, coming soon from Dragon Moon Press! A Knight Templar dies in battle against an ancient evil and now marches as an undead soldier. He is a gited servant to his new master. But life is not done with him yet!


Art by Scott Purdy

Toothless in print from Dragon Moon Press -- Halloween, 2010!

Your wait for the print edition of Toothless from Dragon Moon Press just got a whole lot shorter! The novel will be available Halloween, 2010!

And if that weren't enough, the novel will feature cover art by master illustrator of the macabre and horrific, Scott Purdy!

France, 1180AD: An ancient evil is on the march. An army of demons and undead rampages across the countryside, spreading death and destruction. Judgment has come. The world of the living teeters on the edge of ruin.

One knight, a failed Templar, returns to the battlefield to avenge his wife and daughter. The dice are cast against him, and he is slain only to rise in service to the very evil that he hoped to destroy. He is a gifted minion. But life is not done with him yet.

Toothless gathered thousands of fans as a free podcasted audiobook. Reviewers and listeners alike have praised the depth and the detail of this dark fantasy that's taken the zombie apocalypse where it's never gone before.

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Social Notebook

If you've been reading along, at all, you know that I'm a sucker for organizational tools, gadgets, etc. Ever since I decided that I was "over" Evernote (more out of boredom than anything else), I went off looking for a new cloud notebook. Forget, for a moment, that Evernote really is the only good notebook in the cloud. Forget, as well, that it works just fine on all of the platforms I encounter throughout the day (even my Blackberry).

I tried Tomboy sync'ed through Ubuntu One. I even tried Google Wave. (I felt cool with that one, as if I'd discovered a secret that few had--that is, why to use Google Wave.) And there was a brief look at OneNote on Windows Live. I've used the desktop app for years. Sync'ed folders there, though, are only 2 gigs. Might as well keep using something like Evernote, or a cross-platform solution with Dropbox. (I like the live Office apps. Microsoft seems to be moving in the right direction. But something just seems ... wrong. Not sure, but I can't shake it.)

Then, I found Tumblr. Bingo--a social notebook for anything I want to drop into it.

So, follow along with my Tumblr blog. As I collect stuff that touches a nerve, you'll see it there. (And, I'll be able to find it again later.) As I continue to draft The Centennial Horror, this means you'll have a court-side seat to the whims and winds of my creativity. Why do I sometimes take a strange turn in the middle of a draft, a turn that sets me back by months? Usually, someone like David Icke has posted something that makes me cringe because a) he's really strange, and b) the implications of his claims are truly horrifying, and belong in fiction.

DARK is out!

Are you a horror fan? Chances are that one of the authors in Dark: A Horror Anthology is serving up a dish that you'll love!

The collection features 2 short stories by yours truly, along with thrills and chills from Matt R. Jones, Bryan Wolford, Casey Criswell, Keith Latch, Sal Cipriano, Desmond Reddick, Sean Keller, Dezi Sienty, Cassandra Thomas, Blake M. Petit, Corey Graham, Derek M. Koch, and Steve Wands.

Support new media and DIY authors! Grab your copy of Dark today!

Toothless gets another rave review!

Craig Robertson weighs in, giving Toothless a "perfect 110" points!

What a wonderful book. The story is fresh, well thought out, and superbly told. JP’s narration is spot on for the story he presents us; slow and full of lament. The characters are so well constructed that it wasn’t until I read someone else’s comments that I realized they were potential stock figures, like zombies and werewolves. But JP creates them so uniquely and individually that they are anything but off the shelf fantasy icons.

Read the full review here!

Podio Waves Interview

Podio Waves interviews me!

I like ruins. A lot. A ruin is like a blank page, to me. Sure, there’s truth to what happened at that place, and that gives me some inspiration. But I’m also free to make what I want of it. That uncertainty of the past, a fogginess, sets my mind spinning on all of the cool things that might have been. Modern settings don’t have the same appeal to me ...

Check out the full interview here.

Toothless to be published by Dragon Moon Press!

Yes ... you read that right, Toothless fan! Dragon Moon Press is signing on the dotted line to publish your favorite genre-bending 12th century zombie apocalypse tale!

Dragon Moon Press is an innovative publishing house that recognizes some of the best work that the podcasted audiobook world has to offer. It's not only satisfying to have found a home for Toothless, but even more so to have a home that recognizes the value of "new media." Hats off to Dragon Moon for their support of innovation in publishing. I'm honored to be working with them, and to be counted among the talented folks in their catalog!

Toothless will be dropping in early 2011. What to do between now and then? Spread the word! Thousands have already listened to the audiobook. We've got lots of time to introduce thousands more to Toothless!

"Toothless delivered."

Adam Gurri has posted a new review of Toothless over at Cloud Culture. He cites a recent Podadgogue review as setting high expectations.

Adam's verdict: "... Toothless delivered."

Toothless YouTube Trailer -- "Artifacts"

The first in a series of Toothless video trailers, entitled "Artifacts," is now available on YouTube! "Artifacts" features art by Scott Purdy and music by Devin Anderson.

The Podagogue loves Toothless!

The Podagogue has reviewed Toothless ... and he loves it! 4 out of 5 stars, with a special extra award for "Awesome Prose!"

Toothless is "brutal, and ... utterly brilliant."

"[Moore spins] a tale of woe, loss, despair, and the dauntless face of human courage despite insurmountable and indescribable odds. Toothless struggles with his guilt and grasps desperately to the fleeting memories he still holds of his lost wife and daughter. In these memories, in the loves he knew as a man, are the seeds of his redemption, and therein lies the story of Toothless."

Read the whole review!