It was supposed to be so simple. Gordon Mitchell had the good life all planned out a million and a half in embezzled cash, a plane waiting in Mexico to take him far away, and a sexy little thing named Janey to call his own. All he had to do was stop off on the way and kill his wife, Wanda. Simple. At least it was before an Ivy Leaguer-turned-highway robber named Spike Jones held him up, fell in love with Wanda, and shanghaied his RV. Now it's not so simple. But the way Gordon sees it, the good life is still within his reach. And a little more blood on his hands sure isn't going to stop him from getting it.

Ain't That America

Hoade, Sean

Literature & Fiction

Writers Club Pr

In 1831, when Charles Darwin joins Robert FitzRoy's HMS Beagle for a five-year voyage, the budding naturalist is a 22-year-old unknown, while the Captain is at 26 one of the brightest stars of the Royal Navy, a descendant of Charles II. By 1865, Darwin is world famous, and FitzRoy is a bitter footnote of history, known only for his role in aiding Darwin's earth-shaking observations. This is the story of these two men as their faith, ideas, and reputations clash, meld, and fight for supremacy. Told through their decades-long friendship and rivalry, each step in their journey is interlaced with powerful visions Darwin dreams of the many ways life might evolve, as well as with his nightmares just before waking, in the antemeridian of early morning. With Darwin's Dreams, author Sean Hoade explores the poetry of science; the nonlinear dance of imagination; and the cruelty that life can bring to even the noblest of men.

Darwin's Dreams

Literary

Createspace Independent Pub

In his first collection of short stories, Sean Hoade (author of Ain't that America, Darwin's Dreams, and The Act) takes readers places they might not want to go, but they'll love once they get there. Including:-- Hooker vs. Retard in hotel room tryst-- Husband vs. Wife in S&M Battle Royale-- Zombies vs. Gamblers in Post-Apocalyptic Las VegasPlus: Jesus, robots, hand harmonicas, porn stars in the Midwest, reality TV, and much more ill-advised literary adventure!

Inappropriate Behavior: Short Transgressions

Short Stories & Anthologies

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

Ain't That America: A Novel

DOWNTON ABBEY meets LOVECRAFT meets NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD in DEADTOWN ABBEY.It is a world few of us have ever known.A world of masters and servants, where everyone knows one's place.A world of newfangled technology like telephones and motorcars.A world of vampires, werewolves, zombies, and monsters of the deep.At the center of his necropolis estate lives the Earl of Monroe, who must hold the family he loves and the servants he trusts together against the eldritch onslaught of this rapidly changing world.

Deadtown Abbey: An Undead Homage

Humor & Satire

One poker player. One million zombies. Not the best of odds. Eight years after the Zombocalypse, former poker pro Chris Newman is just trying to make it through the day with his wits and his skills on the felt. But now somebody powerful wants a game with Chris, and the stakes couldn’t be higher: If he wins, he gets to stay within the gates of Dos Vegas, the last zombie-free city in America, maybe in the world. But if he loses …

Reviva Las Vegas, Book 1: Dead Man's Hand

Genre Fiction

All the facts. All the lore. All the terrible truth about ZOMBIES.  Don’t know much about history?  Here you’ll discover how the zombie mythos arose, got shambling, and then started running right at the living.  Don’t know much biology?  Everything you need to know about the most terrifying fictional and actual zombie viruses is within these pages.  Don’t know much about science books?  Probes from Venus, accidents in government labs, evolution run amok--it’s all here, and it’s all horrifying.  “Professor Zombie,” Sean Hoade, taught the groundbreaking first for-credit college class on Zombies! The Living Dead in Literature, Film, and Culture. These 7 interviews were conducted by Matt Scalici of the site FilmNerds.com.  Reading Zombie School Confidential will catapult you into the true walking dead expert among your friends, family, and those damn fool zombocalypse deniers!  Enroll now. Your real education is about to begin.

Zombie School Confidential: A FilmNerds Book

Scalici, Matt

Reference

For half a billion years, Cthulhu has lain trapped in R'lyeh, dead but dreaming. But now the stars are right, and the Old One is rising. Instant death for hundreds of millions, insanity for many more. And he hasn't even gotten out of the water yet. World governments and a desperate and frightened populace scramble to understand, survive, and ultimately fight back against an enemy so powerful his presence could kill every human on Earth without him even noticing we are here. Buckle up for apocalyptic suspense as you witness what happens when CTHULHU ATTACKS!

Cthulhu Attacks!:: Book 1: The Fear

Severed Press

Lovecraft Cackles: Two Tales of Miskatonic Mayhem (Hoade's Penny Dreadfuls)

In 1831, when Charles Darwin joins Robert FitzRoy's HMS Beagle for a five-year voyage, the budding naturalist is a 22-year-old unknown, while the Captain is at 26 one of the brightest stars of the Royal Navy, a descendant of Charles II. By 1865, Darwin is world famous, and FitzRoy is a bitter footnote of history, known only for his role in aiding Darwin's earth-shaking observations. This is the story of these two men as their faith, ideas, and reputations clash, meld, and fight for supremacy. Told through their decades-long friendship and rivalry, each step in their journey is interlaced with powerful visions Darwin dreams of the many ways life might evolve, as well as with his nightmares just before waking, in the antemeridian of early morning. With Darwin's Dreams, author Sean Hoade explores the poetry of science; the nonlinear dance of imagination; and the cruelty that life can bring to even the noblest of men. ---From the novel"Robert, I have no plans to publish this work during my lifetime. I have developed it over the years, it is true, refined it, even shared it with a like mind or two." Darwin sat up again. "But it will go with me to the grave. It would hurt too many friends-like you, but you are not the only one-and I believe my poor Emma would never survive the shame that the accusations of heresy would bring.""So still you arrogantly hold to your own delusions on this subject. You believe that God had no hand in the Creation of Man.""I have not said that, and do not say it.""But the twitch of your hand at your traitorous belly tells me you long to do exactly that.""I refuse to answer accusations made on the basis of twitches and farts.""But you create this theory of transmutation on the basis of sickbed dreams!"Darwin looked incredulously at his former Captain. "That I have shared with no man. You make a lucky guess, or else you are a demon." "Fair enough," FitzRoy said, and took to his feet. "But I warn you, my old friend-this world and the people in it have shown me they care not what a noble man does in service to his Country. So let any man beware what I will do in service to the next world, and to my Lord.""Robert, what are you saying?""I am saying, dear Charles, that if you unleash this idea on the world, then the Lord God will strike you down, and as much as I love you, I will be His hammer."

Darwin's Dreams: A Novel

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