Goodreads review of Town & Train

Part of  a goodreads review from Lynn Page:

“Moran also depicts the mentality of those who live there, mostly the younger generations. Right down to calling the place a hole. This is precisely how folks feel about Cornwall growing up, and as such, that mentality was a great way to wrap a horror story into.” 

“A very good horror novel with a large cast of interesting characters.”

Town & Train at Barnes & Noble

It's good to see Town & Train listed at Barnes & Noble. Find it here.

Humble

You know, if you're a new writer trying to get their start, it is not a good idea to open your e-mail before having your first cup of coffee to check to see if one of your short stories has been rejected.

I mean, who wouldn't want a story about a hero reliving part of what they consider the best year of their life? And what if this best year involved running cross-country?

O, gods of Caffeine, I remain humble.

Get Drawing Out chapbook for mentioning Town & Train

Just a reminder to you  true believers - if anyone promotes my debut horror novel, Town & Train, they will get "Drawing Out," a free e-chapbook of my three of not one, not two, but three of my fine horror stories.

Town & Train fictionalizes Cornwall, interesting characters, villanous pedophiles

For those of you unfamiliar with my Lethe Press debut horror novel, Town & Train, the book has it all- a fictionalized version of Cornwall, Ontario, where I grew up, closeted protagonists, heinous pedophiles, the creeping supernatural, an array of interesting characters from, from teens to retired firefighters, and a disturbing story set in 1990 before the Internet and cellphones.

Kerouac quote about driving away from people

“What is that feeling when you're driving away from people and they recede on the plain till you see their specks dispersing? - it's the too-huge world vaulting us, and it's good-bye. But we lean forward to the next crazy venture beneath the skies.” 
― Jack Kerouac, On the Road

You know, say what you will about Jack Kerouac, but he sometimes could really pin life to the mat, as Ray Robertson put it, and leave a sense of wonder and sadness and vibrancy on the page.And that's really what travelling is, isn't it? Life in motion.

Reading on July 28 in Pittsburgh

Well, Steel City, we're here! Ready or not, Pittsburgh, we have a reading on Tuesday, July 28 at 5:45pm at Rickert & Beagle Books. 

Me fine wife Anita Dolman will read from her moving sci-fi story, "Pacific Standard", which appears in Triangulations: Lost Voices, an anthology out from Parsec Ink. In her story, Dolman asks 'What would you do if you could hear what the dying thought?' Read more about Lost Voices here. 

I'll draw from my debut horror yarn, Town & Train, also described in the sidebar on the right.

What they're saying about Town & Train:
“Moran does an excellent job of conveying the desperation that drives people to seek salvation in the supernatural...”

—Publishers Weekly

“A ticket to ride an antique train, mysterious dream visions and vanishing towns—these are the things that will set your heart racing in James K Moran's very welcome addition to small-town horror stories. Wondrously weird and eerily compelling, it is a knockout.”

—Jeffrey Round, author of the Lambda Award-winning Lake on the Mountain, the Dan Sharpe mystery series, and The Honey Locust

Looking forward to the whole enchilada—friendly Americans (our trip's chock full of them so far), the fine folks at Rickert & Beagle, the reading, and exploring a new bookstore!

The full listing is here, on the Rickert & Beagle site.