Neeta Lyffe, Zombie Exterminator Audiobook Giveaway

I was a bad author in 2014.

Last summer, Damnation Books published my novel, Neeta Lyffe, Zombie Exterminator as an audiobook. They hired award-winning reader, Becky Geist (www.proaudiovoices.com), and she and I had great fun discussing voices and background noises. The scene where Neeta is watching Ted with his flamethrower and hearing “Unchained Melody” in her head is a scream. Becky timed the narrative perfectly! We re-did the cover art, with my sister, Gina Koske posing with a Lyffe-Undeath tramp tattoo, a chainsaw, and kitchen gloves as she takes on the shambling undead. The finished product is a thing of beauty, and my publisher gave me TWELVE codes for downloads.

And I did nothing with them.

Look at this great cover! And I didn't tell the world? I am so ashamed!

 
I can apologize, and I really am sorry, Kim! I can say, “I was busy,” and I was, but who isn’t? I could give any number of excuses. But instead, I’d rather say

Neeta Lyffe Giveaway Time!

Here’s how we’re going to do this: I am giving away five copies: one on this blog, two via Facebook and two via Twitter. You can have a chance on all three, but here’s what you need to do before Jan 31:

For the Blog: Comment below about how you would kill a zombie using an everyday item. (I’ll try to incorporate some into the next story and credit you as well.)

For Facebook: Post  one or more of the following on your pages. Each post is an entry, and feel free to post more than once (but only once a day). Be sure to tag me so I know you did it:

• Napalm Sticks to Zombies! Get Neeta Lyffe, Zombie Exterminator on audiobook. Purchase at http://bit.ly/1u2Mx7w or join the contest to win one. Contest details at http://bit.ly/1BocN2z. (Tagging Karina Fabian)
• “A fun romp through the zombie genre!” Neeta Lyffe, Zombie Exterminator is on audiobook. Purchase at http://bit.ly/1u2Mx7w or join the contest to win one. Contest details at http://bit.ly/1BocN2z (Tagging Karina Fabian)
• The Zombie Apocalypse Meets Reality TV! Get Neeta Lyffe, Zombie Exterminator on audiobook. Purchase at http://bit.ly/1u2Mx7w or join the contest to win one. Contest details at http://bit.ly/1BocN2z (Tagging Karina Fabian)
• Want to win one of the funniest zombie books ever? Neeta Lyffe, Zombie Exterminator is on audiobook and Karina Fabian is giving away copies. Repost this for a chance to win. (Tag Karina). Or go for the sure thing and buy it at http://bit.ly/1u2Mx7w.

For Twitter: Tweet any of the following. Each tweet is an entry, and feel free to post more than once (but only once a day). Be sure to include #NLZE is included.

• Napalm Sticks to Zombies! Neeta Lyffe, Zombie Exterminator on audiobook at http://bit.ly/1u2Mx7w #NLZE RT for a chance to win a copy.
• A fun romp through the zombie genre! Neeta Lyffe, Zombie Exterminator on audiobook at http://bit.ly/1u2Mx7w #NLZE RT to enter to win a copy.
• The Zombie Apocalypse Meets Reality TV! Neeta Lyffe, Zombie Exterminator on audiobook http://bit.ly/1u2Mx7w #NLZE RT to enter to win a copy.

Reviewers: If you review horror books and want a copy for review, please contact me at http://karinafabian.com/index.php?name=ContactPro

I have a wonderful publisher and a terrific voice artist. Won’t you help me make it up to them for not promoting this great book sooner? Thanks!

Zombie Book Release - One Day to Go!

  Counting down now!!! One day to go for the "official" release of my zombie book, GIRL Z: My Life as a Teenage Zombie!

*** But - get it on Kindle now:


 Wow.... two-plus years, where oh where did it go?  Time seems to go really sloooow when you are working on something, but then you look and it's gone!

 Funny as I've been counting down the time to this and it's hard to believe it's finally here. It's interesting to have a concrete goal such as a book since it has a specific timetable you can more or less follow along.

Now if only I'd met some other goals... ha! But I'm working on other projects,which are moving along, which is good. The others are coming along, slow but sure.

So, I hope to see you at book signings and events soon!

** Don't forget to come back Aug. 5 for the blog tour! And the book launch party is August 15  - details on my website.

I hope you are as excited about all this as I am! Or at least curious!!  Be sure to come back here or stop by my website or see me on Facebook and celebrate with me tomorrow!!  And I hope you'll buy a copy too! :)

Since Gabe, my main character Becca's boyfriend in GIRL Z likes "bad" jokes and puns, here's a little cartoon I found for  a chuckle:

Zombie Games Short Story - Featuring Henry and Mary's escape from the nursing home.

If you're a fan of Henry, the Most Interesting Old Fart in the Apocalypse,  you can read up on how he and Mary escaped the nursing home through a free copy of "Darlings Of Decay", now available Free on Smashwords.com and hopefully soon on Amazon.



 Here's an excerpt -

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Hope For A Happy Ending

“Henry, open the door!” yelled Mary, one of the attendants at the Pine Valley Nursing Home.

“Hold on to your britches!” he answered and then lowered his voice. “Ginny, Barbara Jean, I’m sorry but we’re going to have to finish this game later. I think we’ve been ousted.”

Ginny threw her cards down on the table. “Oh, phewy. I think I may have gotten a royal flush this time, too. All I needed were two more cards.”

Barbara Jean snorted. “You’ve been saying that all day. The only thing you’ve gotten is down to your brassiere and panties.”

“Ain’t nothing wrong with that,” cackled Henry, as he pushed himself away from the table. “You’re still in mighty fine shape for a woman in her sixties.”

Ginny waved her hand, blushing. “Henry, you know I’m eighty-four, you sweet talkin’ devil, you.”

“Yeah, but you’ve got the figure of a fifty-year old, and these days, fifty is the new forty,” he said, picking her robe off of the floor. As he stood back up, he winced. “Oh, I only wish I could say the same thing about me. This back of mine is giving me a lot of trouble, lately. I may have to ask one of you to give me a massage once I get rid of Mary.”

“Certainly,” said Ginny, smiling up at Henry, who was still a very handsome man at eighty-nine. He kind of reminded her of Clint Eastwood, always wearing a Stetson and a pair of cowboy boots. Of course, with his tall, lanky body, and full set of teeth, he was definitely the best catch at the nursing home.

Barbara Jean smirked. “I’ve heard about you and those massages, Henry. Nancy James told me all about that ‘happy ending’ you were trying to talk her into the last time your back ‘went out’.”

His watery blue eyes sparkled mischievously. “I don’t rightly recall the ending being happy or what that particularly means, Barbara Jean. Maybe you could explain it later when the two of you return to my room and work out some kinks.”

Barbara Jean rolled her eyes. “Oh, you’re kinky alright-.”

“Henry!” hollered Mary, pounding on the door, much more loudly this time. “Open the damn door. This is serious!”

He sighed.  “Oh, hell. Well, I can’t believe I’m saying this, but Ginny, you’d better put some clothes on before Mary somehow pushes that chest away from the door and starts going ninja on us. When she gets riled up, she’s a handful, by golly.”

Barbara Jean, who hadn’t yet lost a hand of poker or an article of clothing, stood up and reached for her cane. “Well, I guess this party is definitely over. Perfect timing, I suppose,” she said looking at her watch. “I think they’re running some old reruns of Matlock on cable, later.”

“Oh, I’ll bring the popcorn to your room and we’ll watch it together,” grinned Ginny, zipping up her housecoat.

“You’re on.”

“You girls want to help me move that chest out of the way, first?” he asked, walking over to the door. “Before you trade me in for Andy Griffith?”

“Oh, Henry. Andy could never replace you,” said Ginny, eyeing him appraisingly. The man still looked good in Levis. She only wished she would have known him back when he was still in the rodeo, riding those bulls.

“Speak for yourself,” said Barbara Jean. “Back in the day, nothing beat a bottle of Chardonnay, a Matlock marathon, and my B.O.B.” She sighed. “Boy do I miss those days.”

“What’s that, you say?” asked Henry. “B.O.B?”

Ginny giggled. “She means her battery operated boyfriend.”

His eyebrows shot up. 

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To read more, get your free copy of Darling's Of Decay, now available on Smashwords and Amazon!

A to Z Blog Challenge - Free Zombie Book Fest and free zombie books

        ** This month we are participating in the A to Z Blog Challenge. Check it out! *** 

Today is the letter U as in Unlimited Zombie Reading since today is also the 

FREE ZOMBIE BOOK FEST on Facebook!  Join here.

(And... they are giving away a cool ebook, THE TALL BOOK OF ZOMBIE SHORTS, with stories from many authors - plus a new flash story from me titled FATE.)

Get some free reads, win prizes - and.... besides the free zombie book list I mentioned before, I'm sharing some other free stories I learned about, so check them out! (NOTE: Some of the books may not be free for long.)


* Author Kody Boye has a bunch of free fiction, monsters and more at his site, Material Things

* Author Colin Drysdale offers free zombie stories at his site, For Those in Peril - and check his blog on Wednesdays, too.

* Author Leigh Fischer has a free short story - "Rapture of the Deep" on her blog

* Author Belinda Frisch has a story, "Payback," A Strandville Zombie Series Short on Scribd.

* Author Nicole Hansen has five chapters of a novel-in-progress at her blog, Extinction Events. Also check out her other free story, Frequency of the Undead.
    

 * Author Chrissy Peebles has an interesting post and fictional excerpts for "Eight Careers That Would Survive a Zombie Apocalypse."

* And check out Chrissy Peebles' The Zombie Chronicles (Apocalypse Infection Unleashed Series) - Book 1 -  free on Kindle. 



* Author Anna Taborska has a dark little flash fiction piece at 52 Stitches.

   Deep Into the Game: S.W. Tanpepper's GAMELAND (Episode 1) (Volume 1) (S. W. Tanpepper's GAMELAND)  -  (Kindle) A game to die for... First, they were soldiers. Then laborers. Now they're Players in a live-action computer game.   Welcome to GAMELAND. Set in the middle of Long Island's forbidden wasteland, it's where the rich and privileged pit cybernetically-controlled zombies against one another for all the world to watch. Most people buy their way into The Game. Others get in by dying. Some hack their way in.
* Author Saul Tanpepper also has a full page of short stories - request a free one.

* Just found this: The Living Dead has links to stories, podcasts, excerpts and more!
* ZedPrep.com has a running serial novel, with new episodes every 10-14 days.