tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41593508503587743502024-03-14T07:40:20.098+00:00NEWS FROM THE APOCALYPSENews from Irish Horror and Thriller writer, Derek GunnDerek Gunnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07424628988861220855noreply@blogger.comBlogger179125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4159350850358774350.post-20685587666763822052014-10-26T15:38:00.001+00:002014-10-26T15:38:26.992+00:00Two Novellas FREE from Monday October 27th to Friday October 31st
Download now at Amazon!
Amazon.com Amazon.co.uk
Derek Gunnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07424628988861220855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4159350850358774350.post-21909564765082612572014-07-21T16:35:00.000+01:002014-07-21T16:36:41.001+01:00Get to Know Me!
New interview over at Ginger Nuts of Horror
Derek Gunnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07424628988861220855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4159350850358774350.post-38872852164258736812014-07-21T15:02:00.000+01:002014-07-21T15:02:09.852+01:00New Release: THE HMS SWIFT ADVENTURES
Just released from Permuted Press, THE HMS SWIFT ADVENTURES by Derek Gunn, a reissue of the first novel in this series, Crimson Seas plus the short story, The Diabolical Plan and the novella, The Island. Buy at Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk and many other retailers.
The year is 1791 and Captain Thomas Butler and his loyal crew of The HMS Swift, a frigate in the service of King GeorgeDerek Gunnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07424628988861220855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4159350850358774350.post-22609231180753463202014-06-08T19:33:00.000+01:002014-06-08T19:33:16.070+01:00Reissue of Derek Gunn’s VAMPIRE APOCALYPSE series plus release of the fourth book – TRAIL OF TEARS.
The
Entire Vampire Apocalypse series by Irish author Derek Gunn has recently been
re-edited, undergone partial rewrites and has been completely repackaged by
Permuted Press. Plus a fourth brand new book, Trail
of Tears, has been released! Check them out at www.derekgunn.com
In
a desolate world where communications have ceased…where the global oil supply
is quickly dwindling, vampiresDerek Gunnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07424628988861220855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4159350850358774350.post-7537487171107084142013-10-22T14:57:00.001+01:002013-11-04T21:58:23.052+00:00Latest Release- THE END OF THINGS, a Novella by Derek Gunn
THE END OF THINGS is now available to download at Amazon. This novella was first published as a Podcast in 2007 - Episode 34 of Dr. Pus.
The world has ended with a whimper. The long awaited Zombie Apocalypse took everyone by surprise and everyone is dead. Well, not everyone…
On a small island off the coast of Howth in Ireland a small group of survivers look to the mainland and the hoard ofDerek Gunnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07424628988861220855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4159350850358774350.post-48439402563352461812013-08-31T13:25:00.000+01:002013-08-31T13:25:05.628+01:00Contracts signed with my publisher Permuted Press for the following titles to be released in 2014!Vampire Apocalypse
Book 4, Trail of Tears is coming in April 2014 in print and ebook editions along with a reissue of the first three books in the series in print and ebook and...new covers!
The HMS Swift Adventures
My novel Crimson Seas and the prequels The Diabolical Plan and The Island is being reissued in one single volume in print and ebook edition probably late Summer/early Autumn (Derek Gunnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07424628988861220855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4159350850358774350.post-8662527620505495572013-08-11T16:04:00.002+01:002013-08-11T20:00:50.444+01:00Vampire Apocalypse Book 4 title revealed!Vampire Apocalypse Trail of Tears, book 4 of Derek Gunn's Vampire Apocalypse series, will be released by Permuted Press (www.permuted press.com) in April 2014. Permuted Press currently publishes the first three books in this series in ebook and also in April will be reissuing these books in print also.Derek Gunnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07424628988861220855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4159350850358774350.post-18363515127216055452013-07-11T15:16:00.002+01:002013-07-11T15:16:32.020+01:00Enjoying the Summer!Well, we're having some heatwave on our little island of Ireland, the likes of which we haven't seen since 1995 (my wife informs me). I handed in the final script for Vampire Apocalypse 4 by May 1st (my deadline) and I have been taking a couple of months off from writing (though not from the day job) to enjoy the summer (a nice family sun holiday, celebrating my eldest's 21st birthday and Derek Gunnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07424628988861220855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4159350850358774350.post-5634166299145175222013-05-08T15:42:00.000+01:002013-05-08T15:42:16.929+01:00May News: The Last Stand from just 99c, Vampire Apocalypse 4 update and more...Well, after a winter of seven months long, we finally had some warmer weather and even some sunshine over the May bank holiday weekend over here in Ireland! Also, this was my first free weekend since the end of October last year; yep, I finally got the fourth Vampire Apocalypse book finished and delivered to my publishers :-) Now we wait and see if they like it. There will be a Derek Gunnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07424628988861220855noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4159350850358774350.post-69199727873780920532013-04-02T14:28:00.002+01:002013-04-02T14:32:28.685+01:00THE ROMANOV CROSS by Robert Masello
My assignment recently as a contributing editor of The Big Thrill, the monthly ezine from The International Thriller Writers was THE ROMANOV CROSS by
Robert Masello. This one came in when I was in the middle of another novel. This
is not normally an issue as I have two weeks or so to complete the book I am on,
leaving me plenty of time for the new one. However, this time I was only Derek Gunnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07424628988861220855noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4159350850358774350.post-34054584743635530772013-03-30T13:59:00.001+00:002013-03-30T13:59:45.050+00:00Easter Newsletter now up at my website!
Over 85,000 copies of VA 1 downloaded in 2012. VA 4 almost done. Crimson Seas is my bestselling Ebook.Easter Freebie! The Last Stand available to download for FREE at Amazon this Friday and Saturday only
Click HEREDerek Gunnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07424628988861220855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4159350850358774350.post-13472045794122163232013-01-21T15:13:00.000+00:002013-01-21T15:13:01.963+00:00Very Bad Men by Harry Dolan
Very Bad Men by Harry Dolan
Book review and author interview for The Big Thrill from The International Thriller Writers Association
By Derek Gunn (ITW Contributing Editor)
ANTHONY LARK has a list of names—Terry Dawtrey, Sutton Bell, Henry Kormoran. To his eyes, the names glow red on the page. The men on the list have little in common except that seventeen years ago they were Derek Gunnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07424628988861220855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4159350850358774350.post-30887209647716883532012-11-15T12:32:00.000+00:002012-11-15T12:32:38.269+00:00Vampire Apocalypse and Permuted Press! Latest interview and Crimson Seas.VAMPIRE APOCALYPSE
Great news! Permuted Press (my current publishers of my zombie novel, The Estuary and the ebook editions of the first three Vampire Apocalypse books) have picked up all publishing rights worldwide to the first three books and for the fourth book which I am currently writing - a four book deal!
Here's how this came about: The current publisher of the print editions of myDerek Gunnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07424628988861220855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4159350850358774350.post-20915018461504418732012-10-31T16:29:00.000+00:002012-10-31T16:29:21.493+00:00Weekly UpdateWednesday's Blog ... sounds much better than Monday's blog doesn't it? No? Okay
I'm late again. It was a Bank Holiday here so things got mixed up and the days
blurred. I did get to see Skyfall though so that's a plus.
I always enjoy a good
Bond movie - and this is very much a good Bond movie. No gimmicks, no exploding
pens - just good scripting, great acting and a well spent 2 hours Derek Gunnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07424628988861220855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4159350850358774350.post-40716964501817338712012-10-25T10:51:00.001+01:002012-10-27T13:07:12.071+01:00Weekly Update:New Ebook now available at Amazon and other news!
Another
week and another book available on Kindle. This one is ‘The Last Stand’ and
comes in at 350 or so pages. It’s an Anthology – most of the stories feature
Apocalyptic themes, hence the title. There’s zombies, vampires and just
plain strange in this collection. Before you rush off and buy it please be aware
that it includes some old and some new stories. It includes The
End ofDerek Gunnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07424628988861220855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4159350850358774350.post-62261824748443930732012-10-16T11:21:00.000+01:002012-10-16T11:21:31.426+01:00Weekly Update: New Ebook coming and OctoconWell, it's Tuesday and Monday's blog is a tad late. Sorry about that. It's been
a hectic week and everything got thrown out of kilter due to a family berevement (hence no post last Monday). On the positive side I
have a new Anthology coming out that, hopefully, will make up for the late blog.
The End of things includes two new novellas as well as a number of short stories that
have been Derek Gunnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07424628988861220855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4159350850358774350.post-73475406316699641162012-10-01T15:06:00.000+01:002012-10-01T15:07:23.324+01:00Weekly Update - October 1st 2012 - Whatever happened to the Vampire Apocalypse movie and graphic novel?
Monday again, they seem to come around so
quickly. I saw a review today for the third Vampire Apocalypse Book, Fallout,
where the reviewer loved the book (thank you for that) but was disappointed that
all the story lines were not tied up in the trilogy. I must admit I don’t know
where the term ‘Trilogy’ came from in relation to the Vampire Apocalypse series.
I suppose it’s because Derek Gunnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07424628988861220855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4159350850358774350.post-1203750982693912342012-09-25T16:37:00.001+01:002012-09-25T16:37:27.613+01:00Book Review/Interview: Kin by Kealan Patrick BurkeI am a contributing editor for The Big Thrill, the monthly enewsletter from The International Thriller Writers and most months I have the pleasure of reading a forthcoming release, interviewing the author and writing a review. Although I write what are probably best described as horror thrillers, I do have a fairly wide taste in what I read so, I thought I should post a link at my blog to these Derek Gunnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07424628988861220855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4159350850358774350.post-21087728141052300542012-09-24T13:36:00.001+01:002012-09-24T13:37:13.928+01:00Weekly Update - review, currently reading and more...
Well,
here we are and another week has flown by. True to my new regime and promise I
am back with an update to the blog.
I
have finished the review of ‘Plague of Lies’ and it will appear on the ITW
website on the 1st of the month, http://www.thebigthrill.org/ The newly
designed website looks great and you can check out all the latest releases and
author interviews by clicking the link.Derek Gunnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07424628988861220855noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4159350850358774350.post-25237941002239083552012-09-18T19:41:00.000+01:002012-09-18T19:49:39.311+01:00Book Review - Hybrid by Brian O’Grady
I am a contributing editor for The Big Thrill, the monthly enewsletter from The International Thriller Writers and most months I have the pleasure of reading a forthcoming release, interviewing the author and writing a review. Although I write what are probably best described as horror thrillers, I do have a fairly wide taste in what I read so, I thought I should post a link at my blog to Derek Gunnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07424628988861220855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4159350850358774350.post-61726593727298589402012-09-18T12:27:00.001+01:002012-09-18T19:53:39.812+01:00Weekly Update - Vampire apocalypse 4, Crimson Seas, Writers Centre one day Horror Writing course, Octocon and more...Okay, a new week and a new resolution. This blog has been very under used in the past. I am sorry for this but I have let myself get side-tracked way too easily and the blog has lost out. For those of you who come here to see if there is an update - I apologise and, to those who didn’t, well you didn’t miss anything.
However, I have been sufficiently chastised by my web designer, editor and Derek Gunnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07424628988861220855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4159350850358774350.post-17007050299363668722012-09-17T15:16:00.000+01:002012-09-18T19:53:20.034+01:00Crimson Seas, An HMS Swift Adventures Novel
Ebook edition - Now Available!
Buy at Amazon.com Buy at amazon.co.uk
Crimson Seas is the first novel in my HMS Swift Adventures series.
The year is 1791. It is a time of turbulent and fragile peace between the American Revolution, the looming French Revolution and the threat of Napoleon's growing empire.
Captain Thomas Butler and his crew of the HMS Swift, a Class five Frigate in Derek Gunnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07424628988861220855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4159350850358774350.post-82929219708677261682012-02-15T20:24:00.001+00:002012-02-15T20:28:38.368+00:00Start reading the Vampire Apocalypse series for FREE!My first novel in the Vampire Apocalypse series remains FREE at Amazon (ebook edition). It's Number 5 in science ficton/adventure at amazon.co.uk and number 20 at amazon.com.Here's the links:Amazon.comAmazon.co.ukEnjoy!DDerek Gunnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07424628988861220855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4159350850358774350.post-1388558785632626782012-02-05T16:01:00.004+00:002012-02-05T16:32:18.378+00:00Free ebooks and forthcoming titles! Spring Update 2012FREE ebook of Vampire Apocalypse: A World Torn AsunderAfter including the first Vampire Apocalypse ebook in the Permuted Press Black December sale at $0.00, thousands of copies were downloaded and sales of the second and third ebooks went up. So, the good news is that Vampire Apocalypse: A World Torn Asunder (book 1) reamins free to download at Amazon etc. and sales of the subsequent books Derek Gunnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07424628988861220855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4159350850358774350.post-88674952116031653712011-10-31T14:55:00.004+00:002011-10-31T14:58:39.879+00:00Happy Hallow'een - FREE STUFF! at derekgunn.com.Happy Hallow'een - FREE STUFF! at derekgunn.com. A PDF of the first three chapters of my latest novel, THE GATEKEEPER, now available as an ebook at Amazon from just 99c.Just send your email address to me at derekg@iol.ie or post below and I'll email it to you.Derek Gunnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07424628988861220855noreply@blogger.com0