The Beat It campaign

We're cooking up some very groovy prizes for the official release of Drummer Boy on May 11. It's so groovy, we are not quite sure what it's going to be yet, but we'll have some goodies or bonuses for people who post our banners on their sites or web blogs. We're also targeting an "Action Hour," at which time we'll be asking everyone to do an online version of a Flash Mob, hyping the book and seeing if we can get a run up the Amazon charts. And, of course, we'll have a little Drummer Boy video, because it's not often you get a ghostly Civil War kid.

Also, we're trying a discount special at Amazon for The Skull Ring, lowering the price to 99 cents for the month of May. E-book prices are all over the map, and it's an age of experimentation. Signed paper copies of The Skull Ring, The Red Church, and Drummer Boy are available through the Haunted Computer. PDF versions of the comic book Dirt #2 are also now available for 99 cents.

We're also in talks with two other writers to release more books soon, and John O'Dowd is finishing up the second Mahko action thriller.

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Official launch of The Skull Ring

Thanks for supporting working-class fiction! Here's the latest:

Julia Stone will remember, even if it kills her...

With the help of a therapist, Julia is piecing together childhood memories of the night her father vanished. When Julia finds a silver ring that bears the name "Judas Stone," the past comes creeping back. Someone is leaving strange messages inside her house, even though the door is locked. The Christian handyman offers help, but he has his own shadowy past. And the cop who investigated her father's disappearance has followed her to the small mountain town of Elkwood.

Now she has a head full of memories, but she doesn't know which are real. Julia's therapist is playing games. The handyman is trying to save her, in more ways than one. And a sinister cult is closing in, claiming ownership of Julia's body and soul...

It's an ebook right now at Amazon (http://tiny.cc/O3WNT) and Smashwords (http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/9523) and will be in print in a few weeks.

If you'd like to help promote it and be eligible for cool prizes like valuable limited edition hardcovers, sign up to be a Microchip by emailing hauntedcomputerbooks AT yahoo.com with "Microchip" in the subject line. Thanks for all your support--this book has been part of me for a long time, with a number of revisions, and explores a lot of mysteries of faith, love, and messed-up motives. And don't forget the caffeine...

UPDATE: We broke the 1,000-barrier at about 7:30pm EST today, so all you Microchippers are in line for some great prizes like a signed limited edition of Scattered Ashes and of Brimstone Turnpike. Thank you very, very much for your support!

Scott Nicholson

The Skull Ring now available at Amazon and Smashwords

Suspense novel The Skull Ring is now live for Kindle at Amazon and for Sony, ePub, Stanza, Palm, and other formats at Smashwords. Hope you will give it a look.

Julia Stone is piecing together childhood memories of the night her father vanished. When she discovers a strange silver ring, the past comes creeping back. She finds messages inside her house, the cop who investigated her father's disappearance has followed her to the mountain town of Elkwood, and the religious local handyman is trying to save her in more ways than one. And now a sinister cult is claiming ownership of her body and soul...


The official launch is still March 1, at which time giveaways will ensue based on the book's success that week at Amazon. Hope you'll chip in as a Microchip and support working-class fiction!