Have you left your festive shopping late, too?
It’s that time of year again folks, and if you’re anything like me, you are not only wholly unprepared but also totally snowed under with year-end work! If anyone has any tips on actually getting stuff done at this time of year when it’s dark by 3.30pm, please clue me in..!
It’s not been bad though – a definite improvement on 2020 and 2021 at least. I finished a snowy horror story today in suitably atmospheric conditions (read: fingerless gloves in the house) and it was looking mighty powdery out the window (until it went dark at… yeah, you get the drift. Heh… drift…)
Getting to the point of this blog post. Books make ace pressies, and if you’re struggling for a last minute one, please do take advantage of my disorganised self leaving it up until the very last possible minute to offer up some signed copies for sale.
That’s right! Because I am a marketing genius, I have left it until the 12th December to finally offer signed copies of Cool S via post! I’m amazing! Go, me! Anyway, my incompetence aside, I have limited numbers of all of my books, and a couple of stray anthologies, that I can offer to you at cover price plus postage plus a whole extra 1p for which I will sign, dedicate, personalise, draw immature graffiti over, or whatever else your little heart desires happen to your purchased tome.
UK postage is £5 (second class tracked) and shouuuuuuld get to you by Christmas. US postage is £15 and there’s probably no chance of it arriving on time, let’s be real. Everywhere else, hit me up and I’ll find out postage for you, but it’s likely to cost somewhere between those two.
So, what we have here in this delicious literary pile as modelled beautifully by our attic rug, are paperback copies of ‘Neon Horror’ featuring my story ‘Tunnel’s End’ (this is a lush, colourful illustrated anthology of queer horror), ‘I Didn’t Break the Lamp’ featuring my story ‘Melt Water’ (this is a lovely thick anthology of creepy tales of imaginary friends), my novel ‘Spirit Houses’, charity flash fiction collection ‘365 Lies’, short story collections ‘Making Friends (and other fictions)’ and ‘My Glass Is Runn’ and 2022 novella ‘Cool S’.
Prices are:
- Cool S – £6
- Making Friends – £7
- My Glass Is Runn – £6
- Spirit Houses – £10
- 365 Lies – £8
- I Didn’t Break the Lamp – £12
- Neon Horror – £15
Plus postage, payment via PayPal friends and family if at all possible.
I have VERY LIMITED AMOUNTS of each book – the two anthologies I only have one copy of each and I won’t be getting more, so if you want one signed by me, this is it. If you’re quick, then I can get them out to you before the cut-off date of December 16th for sending Christmas parcels.
If you would like to buy any of these books, drop me a message here, via email die.booth[at]gmail.com or message me on any of my socials and I will get back to you, and love you forever for supporting an indie author!
Double treats this Halloween (because you’re worth it!)
As a special Halloween treat for you, I present the full Cool S book trailer and a whole 20% off print orders with code SNEAKPEEK20 – so if you’ve been waiting for the perfect time to order your copy, now’s the moment!
Horror, queerness and queer horror, oh my!
It’s been a busy few weeks as things ramp up to Halloween (AKA horror writer main holiday of the year!)
This Wednesday at 10pm UK time, catch me chatting horror and Diet Riot with fellow Diet Riot author KC Loesener over on her Instagram live. I very much appreciate KC including me in her interview schedule! KC will also be catching up with awesome authors (and editors) Sonora Taylor, Kay Hanifen and Nico Bell this week, so do go check out her Instagram for those interviews too, alongside plenty of writing tips. And if that tempts you into reading some work from the authors involved, you can pick up a copy of Diet Riot here.
Last Friday I was also chuffed to be invited back onto [insert title here] to chat about queer horror with host Raul and fellow authors Mark Allan Gunnells, Lucas Delrose and Chris Williams. It was so nice to meet the other guys and to be included in a panel again – it’s a really new thing for me, and I’m rather aware that I’m not the most verbally articulate, so it’s awesome to have some really great first experiences of podcast chats courtesy of Raul being so kind and such a good host. I much appreciate being included!
If any of this has piqued your interest in a good creeping for spooky season, you can get 10% off my print books until October 28th 2022 here with code HALLOWEEN10 at checkout.
If print ain’t your thing, my ebooks are also always available for just the cost of a posh coffee!
And you can watch the Queer Horror episode of [insert title here] below:
Cool S interview and review by the fabulous Erica Robyn Reads
Back in June, when I was flailing around trying to find reviewers to approach for ‘Cool S’, a story of mine featured in ‘Diet Riot: a Fatterpunk Anthology’ (which I highly recommend you check out – it’s a brilliant collection I’m thrilled to be a part of). ‘Diet Riot’ was reviewed by loads of excellent reviewers, and it’s through that I met Erica Robyn – she noted that she particularly enjoyed my story ‘Fluffers’ and so I asked if she’d consider reviewing ‘Cool S’.
She agreed and since then I’ve been honestly floored by how lovely, enthusiastic, supportive and passionate about indie horror she is. Please check out her brilliant blog for beautifully-presented and insightfully-written book reviews and recommendations.
You can also read Erica’s awesome review of ‘Cool S’ here on her blog:
Cool S by Die Booth is a story centering around the little doodle we all drew at one point. We thought it was so innocent, but what if there was a dark power behind it when done with a certain intent?
Intrigued? Then this is a book for you!
…read the rest of the review over at Erica Robyn Reads
And you can read an interview with me about ‘Cool S’ and more here:
I’m so excited to be hosting an interview with one of the kindest souls I’ve met in the horror community, the amazing Die Booth!
We met thanks to Diet Riot: A Fatterpunk Anthology. When I posted my review, Die commented to thank me for the kind words. From there, we started chatting about his upcoming novella. One thing lead to another, and I was blessed with the opportunity to give the book an early read. Horror fans and 90’s babies… YOU NEED THIS BOOK.
COOL S – OUT NOW – BEWARE!!!
It is the day.
Launch day.
The day of the unleashing of the S.
The portentous day upon which you can finally purchase your very own copy of Cool S, my new horror novella about Cool S, the single most badass arcane occult sigil to ever grace a high school toilet door.
- You can buy all formats of e-book from Smashwords here: Cool S ebook ($3.99)
- You can buy it in print from Lulu here: Cool S print (and the print version has pictures!) (£5.99)
And if you buy a print copy from Lulu today (25th August 2022) or tomorrow (26th August 2022) using code BACKTOSCHOOL15 at the checkout, you can get 15% off the price.
There will be signed copies available to buy direct from me if I have any left after my book signing on Saturday 3rd September, so keep a look out if you want me to deface a copy for you.
You can also help make up your mind if you wanna read the accursed lil blighter by checking out the following:
I also present to you a launch day video where I throw ribbons in the air because I didn’t have confetti and accidentally made it a premiere because I don’t understand Youtube, enjoy!