Free Book Friday: The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: Seance for a Vampire

For this week's Free Book Friday I have a special treat for Sherlock Holmes fans-The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: Seance for a Vampire

Product Description

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s timeless creation returns in a new series of handsomely designed, long out-of-print detective stories. From the earliest days of Holmes’ career to his astonishing encounters with Martian invaders, the Further Adventures series encapsulates the most varied and thrilling cases of the worlds’ greatest detective.

When two suspect psychics offer Ambrose Altamont and his wife the opportunity to contact their recently deceased daughter, the wealthy British aristocrat wastes no time in hiring Sherlock Holmes to expose their hoax. He arranges for the celebrated detective and Dr. Watson to attend the family's next seance, confident in Holmes' rationalist outlook on the situation. But what starts as cruel mockery becomes deadly reality when young, beautiful Louisa Altamont appears to her parents in the flesh as one of the nosferatu--a vampire! The resulting chaos leaves one of the fraudulent spiritualists dead. Sherlock Holmes missing, and Dr. Watson alone and mystified. With time running out, Watson has no choice but to summon the only one who might be able to help--Holmes' vampire cousin, Prince Dracula. Alternately narrated by Watson and the charismatic Dracula himself, Seance for a Vampire demonstrates that heroes are sometimes found in the most unlikely places. Saberhagen has recast Bram Stoker's paragon of evil into a noble, witty and chillingly powerful character.

About the Author

Fred Saberhagen is best known for his Berserker series of science fiction stories. He also wrote many other popular science fiction and fantasy series, including the Swords and Lost Swords series, and the Book of the Gods series which re-told ancient myths. Sadly, he passed away in 2007.

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Monday Musings, True Blood Season 3, and Scheduling Guest Authors

So what did you think of last night's True Blood?

The weres have officially joined True Blood. Just haven't learned much about them yet. It looks like its going to be a great season.

Wow. They sure know how to get the blood racing and leave you hanging don't they? That hour goes by way too fast.

I am glad I got HBO so I have something awesome to watch this summer.

News for this week: This week at Fang-tastic Books I have interviews and guest blogs with Alayna Williams, Katrina Michaels, and Vanessa Vaughn plus for FBF I'll be giving away a copy of Sherlock Holmes: Seance for a Vampire.

I'll be guest blogging at Not Really Southern Vamp Chick and holding a giveaway for pdfs of my newest releases on Friday. Thursday I'll be at VampChix also offering a giveaway of Like That Spark and Dark Tales Digest.

Any authors interested in scheduling a guest spot for July, August or September please email me and we'll get something set up for you.

Normal author days are Tuesdays and Thursdays, if you are offering a giveaway along with your guest blog or interview I can also schedule you for a Friday (in conjunction with Free Book Friday). If you need a different day we can work something out.

For more info about promotional opportunities Fang-tastic Books has to offer authors please click the top tab that says Author Promotion.

To email me just hit the contact tab up in the top right hand corner of the site.

Authors: I am still scheduling SQAI for Night Owl Reviews magazine and posting monthly PNR and UF book news in my column so please forward any info my way that you may want to have included.

For authors with no time for guest blogs or interviews I can give you some great promo by including your book in one of the prize packages I will be giving away for the Got Books? Book Blogger Event and for BlogFest 2010. So far in each pack I have a Blood Ties Season 2 DVD set (thanks to Eagle Rock Entertainment) and a copy of Vampireology (thanks to Candlewick Press). I also have plenty of author swag including magnets, bookmarks, postcards, pins, and more.

Any author who donates will get a link in my sidebar along with links and mentions in each post I do about the Got Books Event and BlogFest 2010.

Monday Musings April 12, 2010

I have some new stories appearing in each of the above upcoming anthologies.

Release dates are currently unknown though Like That Spark will probably be out pretty soon. My story "A Last Goodbye" will be published in the Like That Spark antho published by Circlet Press. This will be an ebook of erotic paranormal stories.

My story "Blood, Lust and Shadows" (title could possibly be different) will appear in the anthology Erotic Dreamspell which will be available in print through L&L Dreamspell. This is also an erotic paranormal collection.

My ebook A Halloween to Remember (yes another erotic paranormal story :-) will be available through eXcessica Publishing in September.

My story "Cemetery Seduction" is scheduled to appear in a Midnight Showcase digest in May titled Dark Tales but I don't have a cover image or any other info on that yet.

Onto other stuff, how was every one's weekend?

I caught up on shows like Vampire Diaries and Bones and watched a few movies Sherlock Holmes (the new one, liked it) and Where the Wild Things Are (sadly not impressed).

I also worked in my garden (woo hoo! my herbs are already growing like crazy) and did my mom's taxes (she always waits until the last minute).

I also had some wonderful quiet time alone in my house with no one here but my cats (who scared the crap out of me at one point with a strange sneezing fit). But I did manage to make some headway on one of my novels. I swear eventually one of them will get done. LOL.

I am over halfway there on one and now I am sure of where I want it to go. I was stumbling over the direction I wanted to take it because one of the characters decided to become a major player when I had only planned on him being a minor guy- he decided he was going to be a contender for the heroines heart. And much to my surprise he's doing a great job of it. But that stumped me for awhile. Now I am back on track.

So this week at Fang-tastic Books we have a couple authors dropping in for interviews and guest blogs - Jessica Lee, poet E.J. Stevens, Lydia Dare, and Lilly Caine will all be here this week.

Don't forget several contests are still open until midnight tonight make sure to sign up to win the books from Michele Hauf and Laura Bickles and for a chance to win a copy of Vampireology.