Specimen #4

In honor of the release of my collection THIRTEEN SPECIMENS from Delirium Books (see my post of July 4), in oh-so-affordable trade paperback form, I am posting thirteen entries that will each feature an excerpt from one of the thirteen pieces in the book. In addition, each post offers an odd little specimen from my personal life. I’ll leave it to you to decide which, fact or fiction, is more compellingly disturbing. Here’s the next item on our tour…

(1) From the story SYMPATHETIC IDENTITY DISORDER:

My own personal experience with this disorder was the most marvelous if poignant of the cases I have researched in my many years as a physician. Sixteen years ago I was called upon to examine a young woman by the name of Joan Crestfallen, whom I found to be an exceptionally lovely girl of eighteen, with a commendable figure and delicately feminine airs. Upon interviewing this young woman and her family, however, and viewing photographs of Joan as a younger child, I believed their assertion that Joan had previously been a male, then called John, who had taken on the appearance of the parent he had never seen in person.

(2) More of me, for less:

Maybe there’s no bizarre personal experience in this post, but my stories are bizarre enough…and here’s an opportunity to acquire some for cheap!

Dark Regions Press (publisher of my books DOOMSDAYS, VOICES FROM HADES and the upcoming VOICES FROM PUNKTOWN) is having a fantastic sale over at the very cool online store, the Horror Mall. Here are the details:

A great summer deal coming your way for Dark Regions trade paperbacks. Snag some great pool-side reading at 40% off!

(click on:) Dark Regions Sale #1

Get all four Dark Regions trade paperbacks and save 40%!

This four book lot contains:

* Voices From Hades by Jeffrey Thomas
* Over The Darkening Fields by Scott Thomas
* Darker Loves: Tales of Mystery and Regret by James Dorr
* Tango in the Ninth Circle by Corrine DeWinter.

(click on:) Dark Regions Sale #2

Get all four Dark Regions trade paperbacks and save 40%!

This four book lot contains:

* Proverbs for Monsters by Michael A. Arnzen (Bram Stoker award winner)
* Vectors: A Week In The Death of a Planet by Charlee Jacob & Marge Simon (Bram Stoker award winner)
* Other Gods by Stephen Mark Rainey
* Songs of Silver by Laura J. Underwood.

An awesome deal, and awesome writers, some of my favorites of the indie press, like Charlee Jacob –and of course there’s my brother’s stellar collection OVER THE DARKENING FIELDS. So go forth and take advantage of this excellent offer. But don’t forget…

THIRTEEN SPECIMENS: https://www.horror-mall.com/THIRTEEN-SPECIMENS-by-Jeffrey-Thomas-Trade-Paperback-p-18122.html