Caden is Coming begins with the robbery of a secluded mansion in the sticks of rural Georgia, but unfortunately for the gang of thieves, the man of the house is Lafayette Caden, a 190 year old ruler of a vampire clan. When one of the robbers makes off with an ancient history of the clans, written in human blood, an enraged Caden swears to get his property back and woe unto the mere mortals who have the misfortune to get in his way. These mere mortals come to include an enforcer for the Baltimore Mob, a young runaway girl traveling north in a stolen car,an alcoholic motel manager and his teenage son, the son's best friend and the treacherous owner of an out of the way bar and strip joint, where more goes on than meets the eyes. All of them become the focus of the vampire's wrath during what turns out to be the longest night of their lives; before it is over, perfect strangers must learn to trust and rely on one another if they are to survive until sunrise. Who'll make it? What will be the price of survival? And who is the third party interested in getting their hands on Caden's Book of the Undead? Find out in a journey to epic horror. I have always been a fan of such old school monsters as the vampire, the werewolf, the unquiet ghost and the walking dead, and always had the strong ambition to write a novel with one of these creatures in the spotlight. That is why I wrote the BIG CRIMSON series, my vampire trilogy. I consider myself a fan of Anne Rice, having read her VAMPIRE CHRONICLES, but instead of her tales of aristocratic creatures of the night, I wanted my vampires to be a little more down and dirty, less the trappings of nobility and more like organized crime. Most of my blood drinkers lurk in darkened alleys or rundown tenements, and some may be found on the back roads in the wee hours. All of them in search of unwary prey. They come together in clans, ruled over by their "Makers," who run their fiefdoms with an iron hand. Then there are the outlaw vampires who refuse to bend the knee to any Maker and the allegiance to any clan. They roam from city to city, making their way the best they can having perfected the art of "passing for mortal." What happens when one of those outlaw vampires is suddenly in need of the help from a mortal is the opening act of BIG CRIMSON.My favorite type of horror story has always been one where the ordinary and the everyday and the supernatural co-exist, where the "normal" façade of the world we take for granted is pulled back to reveal the house of horrors behind. That is the premise I used in BIG CRIMSON and a couple of short stories I've written, one of which, PICK YOUR POISON, could best be described as The Stand meets Dracula and the Wolfman. A concept that would make for a great straight to DVD movie back in the day. Another one, YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO COME THROUGH THE DOOR, turns on the mundane encountering the extraordinary when a vampire has to go shopping for a new suit.Another genre I have written in is alternate history. ALL THE WAY WITH JFK: AN ALTERNATE HISTORY OF 1964 is my story of what might have happened if the tragic events of November 22, 1963 had turned out differently. It is one of the great What Ifs of the 20th Century, and I wanted to write something original-or as close to it as I could come-that would engage fans of speculative history. Using the framing device of an oral history of an America where John F. Kennedy lived to run for re-election, I tell the story through the eyes of characters caught up in events that threaten to spin out of control at any moment, as history sails into unc...
