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Monday, November 23, 2020

Terrifying New Novel by Horror Author, Troy McCombs

 The Haunting of Grandma Crowley

A new novel of horror

Troy McCombs 

This book is based on a short story my buddy wrote. His name is Eric Johnston, and the short story is, The Sardonic Smile, from this book: Just South of Nowhere.

I wrote this because the concept seemed very creepy, and could be taken in so many different directions. Imagination is one of those things that has few limits. It's only limited to what each mind can create. The more you hone it and stretch it out, like a muscle, the more it grows.

I come from a horror background, and have been reading Stephen King and H.P. Lovecraft for years. Lovecraft is my favorite author. I love the way he writes and the way his prose can drag me in. Yes, his writing can be wordy and anal-retentive, but it can also be very beautiful and gracious. But that's a subjective thing.

And I also wrote this to scare the holy hell out of the reader the best way I know how. I hope I succeed, and if you like dark horror, I think you'll love this.

So check out my book, and my friend, Eric's. Happy reading, pleasant nightmares!


Free Except from novel, below! Link to buy, in the cover pic, above.

Though he was still unable to move, her sudden reappearance rocked something vital within him—perhaps his soul. She now stood crouched beside his bed, looking down at him, her face only a foot away. This time, his eyes caught a profound glimpse of her in all her stark grotesqueness, and he knew his bladder let go. The sight jarred him to the bone, to the core, into the deepest recesses of his psyche.

Her empty, foul-smelling eye sockets oozed a yellow pus and ran with blackened blood. The hundreds of wrinkles that lined her face were so deep, so distinct, they looked like gashes. Bugs crawled from nostril to nostril; both ears fell off and turned to dust upon contact with the floor. The ram-like horns, sharp-looking and covered with gray matter, were rimmed with glimmering rings of gold. Her chin protruded. Moles appeared and grew and burst in mucky splatters. But, despite all those things, it was her mouth that frightened Danny most. It stretched to where the lobes of her twisted ears should've been, opened before his very eyes. Teeth were missing. The tongue elongated and split in two down the center. And through several holes in her black, ruddy gums, baby fingers emerged and wiggled frantically around. Dozens of them. The horrific vision was made worse by the wails of children trapped deep inside that bottomless mouth, screaming for help, for someone to free their trapped souls.

 

 

Saturday, August 4, 2018

BITTEN!

Some say this book is nothing more than a hoax, but the reader is to conclude as he or she wishes.

Did something really bite Henry Boyer in that Tasmanian swamp? Something capable of drastically altering his DNA?

You decide. Ebook's free 8/05/2018
                                                       CLICK HERE TO READ!






Thursday, July 5, 2018

Puppeteer of the Dead I

Wanna read a zombie novel unlike any other? For free? Tomorrow--Friday, July 6th--Puppeteer of the Dead 1 is FREE as an ebook. Get it before it gets away... to devour the living! Below is a description and a link. Thank you for coming.



https://www.amazon.com/Puppeteer-Dead-Living-Book-ebook/dp/B01IAPBVUE/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1530831595&sr=8-3&keywords=troy+mccombs&dpID=51RlQatIl2L&preST=_SY445_QL70_&dpSrc=srch

Description:

What if the dead started coming back to life... and some sinister force was behind their resurrection?


The end began at 30,000 feet over the Atlantic, in a military aircraft filled with air trays containing the bodies of deceased American soldiers—that's the first reported instance of the dead returning to life. Soon, it spreads to neighboring regions like a wildfire. Nobody has a name for it, no answer, and no solution on how to properly dispose of the undead. The fate of mankind rests in a handful of people from the East Coast. Maynard Dunn, a family man and ex-marine, leads them, not only to safety, but to also rage against the malign force in control of the rising dead.

GET IT HERE!

Puppeteer of the Dead 2 is now available as well. Part 3, The Puppeteer, is in the works

Monday, June 25, 2018

Daily wisdom

Perfection is what it is, not what we think it should be.

I wrote this quote almost two decades ago. But, what does it mean?

It means that we, as humans, expect perfection. From ourselves, from others, life, God, work, relationships. We strive for perfection. We complicate our lives, when really, we should be doing the opposite. We're adding to something that doesn't need adding to, when we should actually be taking away. Simplicity is really the closest thing to perfection there is, and funnily enough, simplicity is difficult to explain.

It's like taking 5+5 and turning it into a quantum equation. So, when life gets tough, when you want something so badly you think you're going to burst, step back, breathe, and instead of making a problem bigger by adding to it...

Use the eraser. Our minds tend to overcomplicate things. Life was meant to be enjoyed, to learn, to laugh, to love. Don't turn it into an maze.

Walk forward, smile, and smell the roses.

Note: I will post more bits of wisdom like this more frequently, so if you're interested, definitely comment and let me know.


Thursday, May 24, 2018

Puppeteer of the Dead 2 is now available for preorder!

Ebook will be released on June 1, 2018! Or you can get the paperback now from Amazon. Subscribe HERE to my mailing list for a free ebook (you must verify via email).


Some things are worse than zombies, and they're alive and well...


Click here for ebook preorder link


After a disastrous zombie outbreak ravages the majority of the population of the United States, the remaining survivors are rounded up and flown to remote locations—safe-zones—until the pandemic can be resolved. Maynard Dunn, his family, and new acquaintances soon find themselves on Conlaven Island, a perceptible paradise... at first. But only days after they arrive, they learn that not all is as it seems. People go missing, some are found dead—then undead—and the destructive military force has apparently become unhinged by the broken state the world is in. Maynard, as well as everyone else, soon learns that zombies may just be the lesser of the two evils compared to deranged, reckless humans.

These wolves in sheep's clothing, unlike the zombies, are armed.

The civilians are not.

How will they survive this—what's supposed to be a secure refuge?

Read to find out!


To all my readers and fans: sorry it took so long to write part two. It was one of the most arduous books I have ever written, and the longest. Part 3 will come out sooner than 2. I am a slow writer, not because I choose to be, but because I try making my books a joy to read, thus am a perfectionist (or try to be) with my work. Thanks for understanding!


Saturday, August 19, 2017

My NEW YA/coming-of-age drama, Suriviving High School

I normally write horror novels. Short stories, screenplays, everything horror. It's my forte. It's what I enjoy most. But now I've ventured out of my comfort zone and wrote Surviving High School (The aNT'S Club Way). This YA novel is for every confused, bullied, victimized, and lonely outcast in the world, whether they be in school, at work, or wherever. The profanity is mild; I never use the eff word, and only use curse words at all because all high school kids do so. I did not want to water it down too much and make it unbelievable, and I believe this novel hits every delicate nerve of the high school experience. It's available for pre-order now (ebook version is on Amazon online; paperback to come soon, weeks before the ebook is released).

We are not alone in this world, even though it may seem so. We are one, and we are not losers, weirdos, or any one of the numerous derogatory names all the minorities like to call us. We are beautiful. We are strong in a different way. And we have a place in this tough world. I wrote this tale for you, for all of us. A blurb, link, and cover reveal, is below :)

Sixteen-year-old Matt Ingis is just trying to survive high school. But every proceeding day is always worse than the last. The constant bullying, combined with the crippling anxiety and depression, makes Matt's life a living hell. Duke Rogers, the biggest, baddest kid in Blake High, beats him up whenever he sees him. Everyone else either blatantly ignores him or belittles him. His parents are too wrapped up in their divorce to listen to his problems. And the only thing his therapist's been able to do is fuel his anger.

Stumped for a solution, Matt has an impromptu idea one day while watching an ant crawl across the lunch room table. He consequently decides to create his own therapy group in order to overcome his growing list of problems. With the help of his only friend, Ray Miller, they seek out two other troubled high-school rejects into The aNT'S Club. But will it work? Only one thing is for certain. If Matt doesn't get the help he needs soon, his repeated truancy will inevitably lead him to Briarwell, a juvenile detention center. And he would rather commit suicide before ending up there.

https://www.amazon.com/Surviving-High-School-aNTS-Club-ebook/dp/B074WN2Q2B/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1503202320&sr=8-4&keywords=troy+mccombs

Monday, July 24, 2017

FREE for July 25th,2017: The Music of 1997

If you liked the film, The Butterfly Effect, you should read the novella, The Music of 1997, by Troy McCombs. It is the literary equivalent of The Butterfly Effect. Below is a blurb.

https://www.amazon.com/Music-1997-time-travel-story-ebook/dp/B003DTMUJO/ref=sr_1_20?ie=UTF8&qid=1500964399&sr=8-20&keywords=troy+mccombs

Stephen Stanson had it rough: no job, no friends, no girl, no life. He hasn't even listened to any modern music that he's liked for quite some time: 1997, to be exact.

The first song he hears from that era, he learns one night while flipping through TV channels and finding a music video station, can take him back to 1997... where suddenly he has a chance to fix everything that went wrong.

But there are two complications: he only has the time of the duration of the song(s) to work the problems out, and the songs themselves only work until Stephen gets used to them. After that, they can't transport him back to 97 anymore.

So here he is, stuck between 2001, his present, and 97, the best year of his life before everything fell apart.

Can he repair his broken past? Only time will tell, and of that, he's got little left.


https://www.amazon.com/Music-1997-time-travel-story-ebook/dp/B003DTMUJO/ref=sr_1_20?ie=UTF8&qid=1500964399&sr=8-20&keywords=troy+mccombs