My newest novel Red Triangle, a shark thriller and my 15th is now available on Amazon in Kindle and Paperback. I have a lengthy dedication in the back of the book, but a few names jump the shark here. James Ward Kirk my publisher, Kristi Grabowski my editor, Joe McKinney and countless other voices who beta read and shared honest reviews and blurbs, and for those in the infamous yacht scene, thank you for participating. I will be touring blogs soon and will have a themed Shark Week here as the weather turns warmer.

Thank you for all your support

Here's the link-

http://www.amazon.com/Red-Triangle-Jason-Gehlert/dp/061598794X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1395015497&sr=1-1&keywords=jason+gehlert

J.W.G.

Updates-Winter/Spring 2014

Hello-

Some releases have been on tap for awhile now- As I take a break from novel writing, several of my short stories have been accepted and recently published from several publishers, both in magazines and paperback. Below is a release list of all of my projects and one's I'm working on.

Horrfied Press-

Available Now from Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and Lulu

Contagion- Zombie Novel
Suffer Eternal Volume III-My stories Gravedigger and Phantom are inside this collection
Nightmare Illustrated Volume 2- My story The Bone Whistle with artwork by Niall Parkinson
Nightmare Illustrated Volume 3- [Christmas Issue] My story The Box with artwork by my daughter Natalie Gehlert
Hell Whore III- My poem Blood Moon is inside this nifty collection [RELEASE DATE  March 5, 2014]

James Ward Kirk Publishing-

Ugly Babies Volume 2-My story The Nursery resides inside this fantastic collection.
Cellar Door Volume 2-My story Burial with artwork by my daughter Natalie Gehlert
Red Triangle- My first novel in two years comes to the surface in a red bloodbath of mayhem. [RELEASE DATE SPRING 2014]

Other projects- New Ferrymen stories, Quiver relaunch, a non-fiction book on raising a Down's Syndrome daughter

Keep Reading
Keep Writing

J.G.

The Wolf's Den

Greetings-

I've been thinking and have decided to update this blog to feature author and publisher interviews, so featured this week once again is Tim Marquitz, the author of the highly successful Demon Squad series. His work has appeared across many mediums such as novella's, novels, short story anthologies as well as editing anthologies for other publishers.

His interview in its honest, bone-jarring entirety is on this page-following this post. The next round of authors have their interview questions and include Bob Nesoff, author of Spyder Hole, Earl S. Wynn, author and narrator of the Dark Dreams podcast, William Cook, horror author extraordinaire and acclaimed editor of books and anthologies, including his best-selling anthology, Fresh Fear, Jennifer Caress who've I've known since our Stonegarden Days and her new novel with Black Black Sheet Books, and many others,

The purpose of this blog will to entertain you, our loyal readers to a fresh and established crop of authors and publishers. Hard hitting questions, comical questions, whatever drives my mood for that interview. The Wolf's Den is a horrible place, creeping with horror, and fearsome nightmares. A perfect abode for horror fans and authors to kick back and feel at 'home'.

All links to authors will be featured under the Bloody Trails section of the blog.

Please stop by and check out the blog, I have links to my books, Facebook page, and soon to promote my newest novel, contests and I will be put under the microscope answering YOUR questions.

Keep reading
Keep writing

J.G.

Tim Marquitz Interview

I've managed to pin down the well known author of the highly popular Demon Squad series, Mr. Tim Marquitz. He had a new project out a western masterpiece called Dead West. So sit back and enter the mind of one of the most talented writer, editor, and my friend, you'll be happy you did.

  

1 - Who has had the most influence in your life? What lessons did this person teach you?

TM: While it might sound clichéd, I have to say my mother has been the biggest influence on me. Despite all my stupidity andlack of motivation, she never gave up on me. She always believed I could make something of myself. She never forced the issue, but if she hadn’t been so devoted in her belief, I don’t think I’d have accomplished half of what I have.

2 - How would you like to be remembered?

TM: You know, I’ve made a lot of mistakes in my life. I think, if anything, I want to be seen as a person who tried to do more good than bad. There’s no real expectation on my behalf that I’ll be lovingly remembered by everyone I’ve encountered, but I would hope my footprint in the lives of the people whose paths I’ve crossed never brought them real harm.

3 - If you could interview anyone from your life, living or dead, but not a celebrity, who would it be and why?

TM: You know, I think I’d like to sit down with my dad one last time. We were barely in each other’s lives, and I don’t think I ever really know what made him tick.

4 - If someone came up to you and wanted to tell you about an idea or a book they were writing, what would you do? Or what advice would you give?

TM: This actually happens a lot. I love listening to other people’s ideas, but that leads to the advice I would offer. Stop worrying about the idea and put more effort into the execution of it. What separates the successful writers from the idealists is the evolution of an idea into a story. Without that piece of the puzzle, the idea is dead in the water. Doesn’t matter how brilliant it is, and idea is nothing without effort.

5 - How would you describe yourself in three words?

TM: Difficult, angry, damaged.

6 - What is the most demeaning/demoralizing thing ever said about you as a writer?

TM: Absolutely nothing. While I’ve had people talk trash to me in reviews, bad mouth what I do and have written, none of that matters. Only I can tear myself down. The rest are just farts in the wind. One good blow and they’re gone.

7 - How do you react to a bad interview of one of your books?

TM: Generally, I look to see if anything resonates. If something does, I parcel that criticism away so it’s there when I work on my next book. If it’s a personal rant or a blatant attack, I laugh it off. There’s not enough time in my life for me to worry about what assholes think. Reasoned opinions, even if it’s, “I just couldn’t get into it,” are fine. I can’t please everyone, and have no intentions of trying.

8 - Would you rather write for children or adults?

TM: Definitely adults. While I occasionally branch out and do YA books, I like the freedom of not having to restrain my voice or ideas. While I tend toward the shallow end of the spectrum when I writer—doing so for entertainment rather than enlightenment—I don’t want to tie my hands with regards to my expression.

9 - What are the most important attributes to staying sane as a writer?

TM: Honesty would be foremost; especially with yourself. Being able to accept the truth of things and be honest about your limitations and expectations. If you lie to yourself in your writing, everyone will know. You can’t fake the blood on the page.

10 - Are you jealous of other writers?

TM: It doesn’t happen often, but I’m not gonna lie and say it never does. There are authors who I (probably quite selfishly) wonder how they managed to reach the point they’re at. It’s petty of me, and I know that, but I can’t help it. Sometimes it’s just sour grapes, you know?

11 - What do you like most about being a writer?

TM: I think I like the freedom most. The fact that I can sit down and write anything I want and have people who want to read it. There’s a catharsis in that, a release I have never experienced in my life.

12 - Is Elvis really dead?

TM: It’s horrible to think he really is, but then again, perhaps it was for the best with regards to his legacy. He was on a downswing, so with his passing, at least we’re left with his amazing voice for all eternity.

13 - If you could go back in time and give yourself one piece of advice, what would it be?

TM: Grow the fuck up.

It took me a long time to do so, and I suspect it would have been in my best interest had I done that long before I managed to do it.

14 - Name one thing that drives you crazy.

TM: Shit. I’d be better off telling you the list of things that don’t drive me crazy. That said, I think inconsiderate people are at the top of the list. I was raised to hold the door for people, to say please and thank you, and to be polite. It’s ingrained in me, and it drives me totally fucking nuts that we’ve lost so much of that in the last couple generations.

15 - Do you prefer ebooks, paperbacks or hardcovers?

TM: Hardcovers are my idea of a collector’s item, but I have to say I’ve become a huge eBook fan. Being able to load all my books on my reader and pick up new ones within seconds has made my reading so much more convenient. While I’ve always read a lot, I read so much more now.

Tim can be found here--

http://www.amazon.com/Tim-Marquitz/e/B002XIZZH0/ref=sr_tc_2_0?qid=1391445399&sr=1-2-ent

Jeremiah rolling, short stories find new home, touring news, and sharks

I've been away for awhile, due to many reasons. I will keep a keener eye on th blog in the coming weeks, as several new things are ready to burst.

Jeremiah continues to roll along, sales are modest, reviews have been great, was featured in Blood Magazine's March issue.

UK publsher Horrified Press has agreed to publish two of my short stories, Gravedigger and Phantom, and a poem of mine, Blood Moon for their anthology series due out quarter 4 of 2013. They are also keen to relaunch my Contagion novel, now in literary purgatory since Stonegarden's demise.

On a side note-Quiver will get a facelift at BBS publishers and a new trilogy. Europa will thrive over at Damnation Books for the next few years as they picked up the rights to the sci-fi trilogy after SGP's closure.

I will be appearing at BN in Poughkeepsie on May 18th, 1-5pm as part of local author day, and Golden Notebook on August 3rd in Woodsstock from 5pm to 7pm

My shark novel has garnered the interest of an agency and is nearing completion. This novel has been a personal favorite of mine, stemming back to 2008 when it first started consuming my brain.

J.G.

Jeremiah Cover

Heres the cover for my forthcoming horror/time travel masterpiece Jeremiah Black

Jeremiah, Quiver, Ferrymen Updates

Jeremiah, Quiver, and Ferrymen Updates

August 25th-Barnes and Noble, Newburgh NY 1-4pm, Local Authors converge.. I will be present to endorse not only the writing craft, but my paranormal thriller, Ferrymen.

Jeremiah has moved to post-production in the writing world. Many blurbs all from well-known sources have flowed in for its October release. Also, editing and cover art underway.

Quiver Pre-production has OFFICIALLY begun in NH with casting calls and a shooting schedule slated for 9/12 through 3/13. Transmedia studios and Rob Roy will be at the helm.

Quiver graphic novel also in negoitations with Shot in the Dark comics and a complete re-edit of Quiver the trilogy underway through a professional editor.

Jeremiah Black

Working on my new book JEREMIAH due out this October through Black Bed Sheey Books. A dark twisted story of redemption, fate, and revenge. Jeremiah saves his family one fateful night only to return as the Devils immortal hit man. Jeremiah's quest brings him from 1890 London to 1996 NYC and Ellis Island. His trail never cold as fellow immortal London Inspector Jackson Granger hunts him down in a final showdown for the ages.

Ferrymen Updated Spring Tour 2012

Chugging along on the Corrupted Ferrymen tour..

I will be appearing at Walkill River School, in Walkill, NY for a lecture on publishing on 5.19.12 from 4-6pm..

Followed by Local Author Day at Barnes/Noble in Poughkeepsie, NY on 5.26.12, from 2-4pm..

I will be promoting my new book Ferrymen, and the short story collection Corrupts Absolutley? a dark, meta human collection that I'm a part of, as well as other fine authors.

Poster for Convention

The Reviews are in-

“Hudson Valley’s Most Prolific Author Returns” Chronogram Magazine
“Gehlert keeps you reading, and reading some more!” Withersin Magazine
“It is clear Gehlert has genuine storytelling ability..” Mark Justice, Horrorworld.org
“Contagion reads like a cult classic..” Horror Fiction Review
“Contagion is a fast paced chiller…with break neck action.” Mark Justice, Horrorworld.org
“Europa is a killer series.” JL Comeau, Countgore.com
“Jason Gehlert…will make you quiver with fright.” Times-Herald Record
“Demon Revolver is a shuddersome collection, fast-paced, innovative, and entertaining.” JL Comeau, Countgore.com

    
AND COMING SOON… The Brand New Novella, “Ferrymen”, exclusively from DAMNATION BOOKS.

Last Ride Bootlegged Video

Hello everyone, Chauncey here,








Mr. Gehlert recently appeared at Inquiring Minds bookstore in New Paltz on 3.18.2011, this bootlegged video of his reading "The Last Ride" is now live on youtube, http://www.youtube.com/user/quiverwolf unedited, running nearly 40 min in length, it is arranged from start to finish, four separate clips...

Enjoy
Chauncey-





The other side will open on 11.7.10 Reality will be shattered GHOST PRINTS

Mark Justice's Review of Contagion at Horror World

In Jason Gehlert’s horror-thriller Contagion, a deadly, unknown virus spreads through a leper colony in Africa, transforming its victims into zombie-like monsters, until their bodies break down.




Before long a small team of scientist show up, along with the US military, and that’s when the fun begins. And by fun, I mean brutal violence, sex, and a bunch of killing.



Contagion is a fast-paced chiller. Author Gehlert has filled the pages with break-neck action. At a slim 213 pages, Contagion delivers the wallop of a much longer book. Picture a Clive Cussler book, for example, with the boring parts left out.



While Contagion is never boring, it is poorly edited. In some sections, it reads like the first draft of a novel, full of grammatical errors, clunky dialogue and odd word choices. It was enough to frequently pull this reader out of the story.



However, it is clear that Gehlert has some genuine storytelling passion. I hope he can find a good editor to help him elevate his work to the next level.



— Mark Justice
1.31.11

March 18th-Inquring Minds [Want to Know]

I will along with Robert Milby and possibly my wife Tammy Gehlert [schedule permitting], will be at Inquiring Minds on Main Street in New Paltz on March 18th, 7pm- to whenever the bar crawling ceases! Meet and Greet myself, and Hudson Valley Poet Robert Milby as we read passages from our short story collection Ghost Prints, available everywhere books are sold.

he other side opened 11.7.10 Reality will be shattered. GHOST PRINTS

BREAKING NEWS- FINAL COVER/FALL TOUR

On  Nov 7th I will be appearing at Barnes and Noble in Mohegan Lake, from 1-4pm ushering in the release of my new collection of stories, Ghost Prints. It will be followed later in the day with two interviews on http://www.blogtalkradio.com/ with RJ Litton at 830-930pm ET, and then Francy and Friends from 11p-12a ET.

Don't Miss it!

On 11.7.10 Everything Changes

I've experienced some exhilarating episodes lately, which has led me down a darker, refined path of literary achievement. My next collection, a supernatural, etheral, paranormal, and sprawling with ghosts and entities, has become one of my personalized signatures, a body of work that offers many talented voices. A tapestry of horror, loves lost, lives lost, angry spirits, demonic hunters, and even a bus ride to hell. From Black Bed Sheet Books, Nicholas Grabowsky brings forth Jason Gehlert, Tammy Gehlert, and Robert Milby in a brand new collection that will stir the spirits and shatter your reality.

On 11.7.10 the other side will open...

Hudson Horror Show

http://http://www.hudsonhorror.com/?page_id=131

Where Have You Been? Official 2010 Tour Guide

Busy promoting my novels and hammering down the movie stuff.

In any case, here's my Official 2010 Demon Carnelian Tour

May 21-Joey's Cafe, Washingtonville, NY 7-9PM [Featured Reader]

May 22- Hudson Horror Show, Poughkeepsie, NY, 12PM-11PM [Special Guest]www.hudsonhorror.com

July 10- Europa 2 Worldwide Release

July 11- Francy and Friends Internet Radio- [Featured Guest] www.blogtalkradio.com

July 23-26 Los Angeles, CA- Playboy Mansion/Rescue Humanity Charity

August 5-Coffee Roasters, Campbell Hall, NY 7-9pm [Featured Reader]

August 6- Barnes and Noble, Mohegan Lake, NY 1-5pm

Movie Deal

I am currently in negotiations [well, actually the projects are underway] just have to look over the contract with witsendproduction studios and the fantastic Mr. Rob Roy.. to bring Woodsman and the Quiver series to the movies.

Early 2010 for Woodsman, screenplay underway as we speak as well as location and cast being scouted

Book Reviews on Demon Revolver/Europa

Your creeping and crumbling old TombKeeper is always on the lookout for fresh and exciting fiction for beady-eyed TombRats to read, and tonight I have a pair of outstanding genre hybrids that will delight practically everyone! Enjoy!

DEMON REVOLVER AND OTHER TALES OF TERROR by Jason Gehlert
The year is 1895 and the outpost town of Dry Gulch, Arizona has been invaded by demon gunslingers. What to do? Why, you enlist the services of Sheriff Clay Obsidian, a broken-down drunk with a legendary past who just happens to be the owner of a demon revolver. With the help of a lowly newspaper writer who is chronicling the sheriff's life, it's time for a bloody showdown in the dusty streets of Dry Gulch in this white-knuckle tale of horror in the Old West, "Demon Revolver". In "The Woodsman, Part II", Mr. Gehlert follows up his popular Amazon Shorts story, "The Woodsman", with a stark tale of a sheriff and a Vietnam vet who join forces to destroy a child-mauling monster that hails from the 19th century. In "The Ghost Bride", ghastly horror imperils courtly romance when a pair of lovers finds themselves in a fight for their lives against a demon that threatens to destroy them both. Finally, Tammy Gehlert offers a heartfelt ode to her husband's QUIVER werewolf series with her own story titled "Quivering Dreams" featuring characters from Lupine Valley, where anything can happen and does, as Mrs. Gehlert ably demonstrates with surprising twist ending. DEMON REVOLVER AND OTHER TALES OF TERROR is a shuddersome collection of fast paced, innovative and entertaining tales of horror.

EUROPA: RISE OF THE CARNELIANS by Jason S. Gehlert
I'm a big fan of multi-genre novels, and Mr. Gehlert sweeps the genres I enjoy most with his horror/space opera/disaster thriller/action novel EUROPA: RISE OF THE CARNELIANS. And who wouldn't love a tale that opens with this line: For the past ten years, Nolan Drake was a constant bug in the government's ass. I liked Nolan Drake from the get-go. Drake is a volcano expert whose warnings that the Yellowstone super volcano is preparing to explode prompts the President of the United States to organize a make-or-break mission to the sixth moon of Jupiter, Europa, to shelter the future of humanity. Europa has an iron core, an oxygen-based atmosphere, and colonization is already in progress when Commander Thaddeus Kasper is selected to head the urgent mission to Europa that has been undertaken to save the human race when Yellowstone erupts. But there's something unexpected occurring on Jupiter's sixth moon; a dormant alien race is waking beneath the icy surface of Europa, and Commander Kasper is leading a fleet of ships owned by a shifty billionaire with a secret agenda that might compromise the entire mission. And the aliens beneath the ice--the Carnelians--aren't friendly. Behind Kasper's ship, the Abagail, Earth's days are numbered as Yellowstone's super volcano rumbles and roils. Looming before the Abagail is a last-ditch battle for the survival of mankind on Jupiter's moon, Europa. EUROPA: RISE OF THE CARNELIANS is a rousing kick-off to a trilogy featuring the swashbuckling space adventures of Commander Thaddeus Kasper and his memorable crew. Get in on the action and order the first novel in what promises to be another killer series by Jason Gehlert.

Friendship Book Release

My daughters, Natalie and Delanie, have a brand new book, their first, called "The Friendship Book" and can be found here: www.lulu.com


They also will be my special guests this Sat Oct 17th, during my Demon Revolver tour at Barnes and Noble in Poughkeepsie, New York