FIGHTS: Brantwijn Serra Rides in the Weird West

ZBFBOOKS.COM HAD A CHANCE TO SHOOT THE BREEZE WITH

A WEIRD WESTERNER 

ZBFbooks.com - Where are you writing out of?

Brantwijn Serra - I'm writing out of sunny SoCali, which is not the most ideal place for a pluviophile like me, but it has it's charms.

ZBF - How did you find the Weird West?

B - In college a friend introduced me to a pen-and-paper roleplaying game called Deadlands, and I got sucked in really hard. I've loved Weird West ever since.

ZBF - Any favorites or inspirations?

B - Well, as you might guess from my answer above, I adore the story behind Deadlands and it's "sequel", Hell on Earth. But other favorites include High Plains Drifter and the Dark Tower series.

ZBF - Tell us about your book.

B - My book "The Pact" is the first in a 7-8 book series. A lot of story is inspired by the Deadlands games my college friends and I, though I incorporated Norse mythology and paranormal folklore into the tale as well. It's the story of a frontier bounty hunter with the magic of the paranormal world at her fingertips, and her mission to track down a man who wronged her years ago. To be sure she has the ultimate edge in her battle, she's struck a deal with a supernatural spirit, swearing herself to host it's presence in her own body in exchange for its power.

ZBF - Where can readers find your book?

B - It's always nice if folks purchase the book direct from the publisher's site HERE because it really, really helps small presses stay alive. My publisher for The Pact is Champagne Book Group. But if readers must go through Amazon, they can also find it there (http://relinks.me/B01M27C3CX). It's also available on Barnes and Noble, for Nook users.

ZBF - How can readers follow your work?

B - Folks can follow me on Facebook and Twitter, as well as G+, Pinterest, Instagram, and Tumblr. I'm Brantwijn pretty much wherever you go...

ZBF - What are we drinking if we ever hang out?

B - I'm not much of a drinker but I do love me a good Angry Orchard.

BOWIE V. IBARRA is the author of the Weird West title 'The Cruel Fate of Dr. Brewster McGill', available in paperback and Kindle format. Network with Bowie at his official website, ZBFbooks.com.

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FIGHTS: The Weird West with Dominic Stabile

A STRONG VOICE IN THE WEIRD WEST GENRE SITS DOWN WITH ZBFBOOKS.COM

ZBFbooks.com - What part of the world are you writing out of?

Dominic Stabile - I’m currently living in a small Maine town called Penobscot. I’m from South Carolina, so most of my fiction takes place in the South East.

ZBF - What got you into the weird west genre?

DS - Joe Lansdale’s Jebediah Mercer stories. I had been writing for about a year when I read “Dead Man’s Road” in a Lansdale issue of Weird Tales. I had never read anything like it. Most of the Horror I had read up to that point would build suspense, reveal the horror, and then end with the character either dying or going mad. I was expecting the same from Dead Man’s Road. But what blew me away was that after the horror was revealed, and the hero, Jebediah, narrowly escaped death, the story kept going. He went after the creature, and the story ended in a climactic battle. It was a refreshing break from the norm, but it also crippled my own writing for years, because nothing I did could stand up to it.

ZBF - Do you have any favorite weird west stories?

DS - Well, “Dead Man’s Road,” for sure, as well as the rest of Lansdale’s Mercer stories. A novella of Lansdale’s called “On the far Side of the Cadillac Desert with Dead Folks.” The films Seraphim Falls, Bone Tomahawk, Blood Moon, and others I’m sure I missed.

ZBF - Tell us about your title.

DS - The synopsis for Full Moon in the West goes: Juan “Tezcat” Medina is about to take the law into his own hands. Having lost his wife and daughter to a gang of outlaws, he strikes a deal with a local witch. She can resurrect his family. All he has to do is kill the six outlaws before dawn and bring their souls back to her. But there's something different about this gang of outlaws, something Tezcat isn't aware of until it's too late, and he's forced into a showdown with evil.

I originally wrote this for an anthology, but never submitted it. The story grew and took a path that didn’t fit with the anthology’s guidelines. By the time I was done, I had a story that was too long to submit to magazines and too short to submit to book publishers. I came across Grinning Skull Press’s Grave Marker Series, which focuses on publishing ebooks of stories in this range. They accepted it, slapped an amazing cover by Jeffrey Kosh on it, and that’s that.

ZBF -  Man, that sounds like an excellent story.  Where can people get your title?

DS - Full Moon in the West can be purchased for Kindle HERE.

ZBF - How can readers keep in touch with your progress?

DS - I write movie/book reviews at dominicstabile.com. I’m also active on facebook, Instagram , and twitter . I’ll be giving updates on my progress through the third book in my Scifi/Noir series from Mirror Matter Press (Stone Work is available on Amazon, Stone Wall and Stone Factory pending), as well as my progress on my Horror/Magical Realism novel, The Youth Room.

7.       Do you have a favorite alcoholic drink?

Oh yes. Maker’s, neat.

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BOWIE V. IBARRA is the author of the Weird West title 'The Cruel Fate of Dr. Brewster McGill', available in paperback and Kindle format. Network with Bowie at his official website, ZBFbooks.com.

FIGHTS: Alana Melos slings her brand of erotic Weird West

DELILAH DEVILSHOT IS DANGEROUS AND DELIGHTFUL
BY Bowie Ibarra

ZBFbooks.com - So Alana, where do you write your erotic weird westerns?

Alana Melos - South Dakota. Not the middle of nowhere, but next to it.
ZBF - How did you get into the Weird West?

AM - Deadlands the game, but I've always sort of like the weird aspect of many genres. It was sort of eye opening to see the old west portrayed in such a cool way!
ZBF - Any favorite weird west storties?

AM - Right now, my favorite is probably Cthulhu Armageddon. Although it's not "technically" weird west, it's a dystopian horror, but it's got that weird west feel to it with the lone gunman hunting down his prey.
ZBF - Tell us about your Weird West title.

AM - My particular series for the Weird West is Delilah Devilshot, which is Weird West erotica. Her family is gunned down and she makes a pact with a devil for revenge. Although it's got a lot of steamy sections in it (it IS erotica!), it's really heavy on plot, action, and characterization as well. I can't write a story, even a sexy one, without heavy plot!
ZBF - I can dig it! Where can folks find your works?

AM - All of my works are available on Amazon HERE, though for this month I am doing a giveaway of The Devil and Delilah at Instafreebie HERE. ZBF - How can folks keep up with your work?

AM - Sign up for my mailing list! (see above giveaway at Instafreebie) I'm also pretty active on Facebook and Twitter

ZBF - And if we're ever in a bar talking erotic fiction, what are we drinking?

AM - White Russians. :D The dude abides.

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BOWIE V. IBARRA is the author of the Weird West title 'The Cruel Fate of Dr. Brewster McGill', available in paperback and Kindle format. Network with Bowie at his official website, ZBFbooks.com.

FIGHTS: ZBFbooks Interviews #WeirdWestern Author David J. West

DAVID J. WEST BRINGS SOME GREAT TITLES TO THE WEIRD WEST WORLD

by Bowie V. Ibarra

ZBFbooks.com - What part of the world are you writing out of?

David J. West - I was born in Utah, grew up in Montana, moved to Utah got married, back to Montana, got divorced, got remarried and moved to LA and then as luck would have it we are back in Utah. So I'm pretty familiar with the American west as I have traveled all over it. I enjoy traveling and seeing the sights wherever I'm at.

ZBF- What got you into the weird west genre?

DJW - I've always been into history and mythology and the old west is part of both those worlds. Writing the weird western is just the natural progression for me of blending two things I am fascinated with. Maybe fascinated isn't strong enough. Two things I absolutely love.

ZBF - Do you have any favorite weird west stories?

DJW - I'm a HUGE fan of Robert E. Howard and really dig his weird west horror stories Valley of the Lost and The Horror from the Mound and even those that are fantasy that are on the edge of frontier weird west stories like the Conan's tales of Red Nails and Beyond the Black River. I really liked Louis L'amour's Haunted Mesa and for more current authors I dig Joel Jenkins Lone Crow stories, R.S. Belchers Six-Gun Tarot, there are a lot more too numerous to list.

ZBF - Tell us about your title.

DJW - Scavengers is about what people will become when they are driven to the edge. I place a lotta bad dudes in an inhospitable desert wasteland (that I am intimately familiar with from numerous wild camping trips) and get to play around. It is based on some real dangerous people = Porter Rockwell and some real yet rumored lost gold stories in the area. I love using that local stuff as a background.

ZBF - Where can people get your title?

DJW - For right now, Scavengers and others like Cold Slither are only on Amazon HERE, but I will be making them available in more venues by summertime. That includes audiobooks.

ZBF - How can readers keep in touch with your progress?

DJW - There is my newsletter - https://t.co/Q2cP5JefXt Twitter - https://twitter.com/David_JWest My blog/website - http://www.kingdavidjwest.com/ and I shouldn't be too hard to find on facebook either.

ZBF - Do you have a favorite alcoholic drink?

DJW - Hahahaha! No, I am in Utah. I'm a sucker for anything with vanilla in it though.

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BOWIE V. IBARRA is the author of the Weird West title 'The Cruel Fate of Dr. Brewster McGill', available in paperback and Kindle format. Network with Bowie at his official website, ZBFbooks.com.

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BOWIE V. IBARRA is the author of the 'Down the Road' south Texas zombie horror trilogy. Bowie writes Tex-Mexploitation tales with titles that feature zombies, combat sports, horror, lucha libre, the supernatural, and superheroes. Network with Bowie at ZBFbooks.com.  Pick up a copy of his supernatural horror tale 'Alamo Rising, today in paperback or kindle HERE.