Win a Copy of TFWM

The good folks over at Dreadful Tales have reviewed To Fight With Monsters, the comic book written by Brian Keene and myself and illustrated by Ben Dunn. You can read the full review here, but here’s a blurb:

This story reeks of modern horror in its themes and intense, unbridled sense of… wrongness… if I may use that word. The subject matter at hand is brutal, and so far from what one would automatically thing this little story is about. It is, in fact, about monsters – but who and what the monsters are is left completely to the reader to find out. In fact, I’d say that that there are more monsters present in this than the average reader would admit. It’s just a matter of opinion as to how you would define the word.

As a bonus, the DT guys are giving away free copies of the comic! You can win one by purchasing your very own copy of Winter Kill and sending proof to DT. Supplies are limited, so act fast. For full details, scroll to the bottom of the review.

About Mike Oliveri

Mike Oliveri is a writer, martial artist, cigar aficionado, motorcyclist, and family man, but not necessarily in that order. His Bram Stoker Award-winning first novel, Deadliest of the Species, was just reprinted by Evileye Books.

To Fight With Monsters On Shelves Today!

Word is To Fight With Monsters has landed on store shelves as of today. Get out there and get yourself a copy!

To Fight with Monsters final cover

To Fight With Monsters from Antarctic Press, available now!

If your shop doesn’t have it in stock, it can still be ordered with the Diamond/Previews order code DEC10 0723.

Or, if they’re unable to fill the order, you can purchase a copy direct from the publisher, Antarctic Press.

I don’t know what kind of  store penetration Antarctic gets, so please do let me know if your store has it in stock. If you like, send pictures or add them to the comments and I’ll be happy to note it on message boards.

This comic was adapted from the short story of the short story of the same name by Brian Keene and I. It first appeared in the collection 4×4 from Delirium Books, and you can find the script in the upcoming collection Smoke and Mirrors from Cemetery Dance.

If you like this book, track down a copy of New Dark Voices, which features the sequel novella, “To Travel Among Men”. I hope to reprint that as an e-book at some point in the future, as well as two more sequel novellas to round out the trilogy. One of those is written and the other plotted.

Once Lie with the Dead is put to bed, I’ll be able to concentrate on getting all of that done.

About Mike Oliveri

Mike Oliveri is a writer, martial artist, cigar aficionado, motorcyclist, and family man, but not necessarily in that order. His Bram Stoker Award-winning first novel, Deadliest of the Species, was just reprinted by Evileye Books.

TFWM Has Arrived

To Fight With Monsters is out there!

To Fight With Monsters has arrived!

To Fight With Monsters has arrived!

I imagine preorders will be filled very soon. If you ordered your copy at a shop, please let me know you’ve received it.

Haven’t ordered it yet? Check out what Indie Pulp had to say about the book. Then you can jump over to Antarctic Press to order.

Hope you dig it!

About Mike Oliveri

Mike Oliveri is a writer, martial artist, cigar aficionado, motorcyclist, and family man, but not necessarily in that order. His Bram Stoker Award-winning first novel, Deadliest of the Species, was just reprinted by Evileye Books.

TFWM: New Cover, Preview

A new cover and six-page preview have been posted for To Fight With Monsters, the one-shot comic I co-wrote with Brian Keene. I just wrote a foreword for the inside front cover this week, and I’m told the book is on its way to printing. You can still preorder, and it should be in your hot little hands very soon.

To Fight with Monsters final cover
Art by Ben Dunn

I dig the new cover. The old one wasn’t bad, but this is a little sharper and cleaner.

If your comic shop isn’t stocking Antarctic Press, ask them to start! Antarctic also publishes Brian’s The Last Zombie and several other quality titles.

And don’t forget, The Pack: Winter Kill digital editions are only $2.99! You can get it in Kindle, Nook, or iBooks formats.

About Mike Oliveri

Mike Oliveri is a writer, martial artist, cigar aficionado, motorcyclist, and family man, but not necessarily in that order. His Bram Stoker Award-winning first novel, Deadliest of the Species, was just reprinted by Evileye Books.

To Fight With Prizes

The To Fight with Monsters one-shot comic written by Brian Keene and myself will be dropping from Antarctic Press soon, but there’s still time to preorder. In fact, if you preorder direct from Antarctic Press between now and March 8th 22nd, you’ll win one of the following fabulous prizes:

  • Call of the Wild #1-3 signed by Mike Oliveri (1)
  • The Pack: Winter Kill signed by Mike Oliveri (1)
  • Urban Gothic signed by Brian Keene (2)
  • Castaways signed by Brian Keene (2)
  • Darkness on the Edge of Town signed by Brian Keene (2)
  • Blood Splattered & Politically Incorrect signed by Brian Keene (2)
  • The Last Zombie #1 signed by Brian Keene (5)

To Fight With Monsters cover
Click here to preorder.

To Fight with Monsters first appeared in the fan favorite (and now hard to find) collection 4×4, and is the prequel to my novella “To Travel Among Men”. A must-have for Keene or Oliveri fans, but a great read for anyone.

About the book:

When humanity rapidly devolves into a monstrous state, teenager Rick Donovan joins his fellow townspeople in makeshift trenches to defend their homes. However, the monsters may already be among them…

New post-apocalyptic horror from Bram Stoker Award-winning horror novelists Mike Oliveri (The Pack, Werewolves: Call of the Wild) and Brian Keene (The Last Zombie, Dead of Night: Devil Slayer) and Godfather of American Manga Ben Dunn (Marvel Mangaverse, Ninja High School, Warrior Nun Areala)!

Thanks for preordering, and good luck with the contest!

Update 3/9: The prize drawing has been extended until March 22nd! Get those orders in!

About Mike Oliveri

Mike Oliveri is a writer, martial artist, cigar aficionado, motorcyclist, and family man, but not necessarily in that order. His Bram Stoker Award-winning first novel, Deadliest of the Species, was just reprinted by Evileye Books.

Smoke & Mirrors

Cemetery Dance has just made Smoke & Mirrors available for preorder. This compilation of comic scripts and screenplays includes the script from “To Fight with Monsters” by myself and Brian Keene, as well as work from genre luminaries such as Neil Gaiman, Frank Darabont, William F. Nolan, Joe R. Lansdale, and Mick Garris.

Smoke and Mirrors cover

Coming soon from Cemetery Dance

From the announcement:

Cemetery Dance Publications is proud to announce Smoke and Mirrors, a collection of screenplays, teleplays, stage plays, comic scripts, and treatments by thirteen masters of horror and fantasy. This deluxe oversized book reproduces the scripts exactly as they were written in the author’s own formatting.

Whether you’re a fan of the massive talent in this collection or a writer looking to explore the script format in greater detail, you’re going to want a copy of this book. Click here to preorder.

Call this a late addition to the Book Roundup I posted last week.

About Mike Oliveri

Mike Oliveri is a writer, martial artist, cigar aficionado, motorcyclist, and family man, but not necessarily in that order. His Bram Stoker Award-winning first novel, Deadliest of the Species, was just reprinted by Evileye Books.

Book Roundup

With the holiday coming up, new releases coming, new products on the shelves, and deadlines coming up, I thought Id’ go ahead and post a quick roundup of the various Oliveri products you can get your hands on.

Spice up your holiday!

First off, The Pack: Winter Kill Kindle edition is still only $4.99 through the holidays. If you have a Kindle or are gifting one, stock it up! It will also be available at that price for a short time after Xmas in case you receive a Kindle as a gift. Of course, if you prefer hardcopy, the trade paperback is still available from Amazon and from Barnes & Noble online or via special order in B&N stores.

Evileye Books is still taking email reservations for the limited edition hardcover acquisition list. The way this works is you send an email to WinterKillHC@evileyebooks.com and give them your name and address. When full details of the the limited edition are announced, you’ll be guaranteed a copy. This will be a signed and numbered edition with exclusive bonus material I know fans will love. More information can be found here.

Need a little extra convincing? I picked up a few new reviews from Dark Intruder and Destroy the Brain.

Meanwhile, work continues on the second book in the series, Lie with the Dead, and the third book, Chimaera. I’ll have more information on those books in the beginning of 2011.

Hack/Slash Trailers Part 2 is in comic shops right now. It includes my small contribution to a killer horror series.

Finally, To Fight With Monsters, a comic book adaptation of collaborative short story with Brian Keene, will be published in February by Antarctic Press. You can preorder at any comic shop with the following information from the Previews catalog: Page 214, DEC10 0723. (Get your order ASAP, as comic shops will be placing their orders with Diamond before Christmas!) It’s also available for pre-order from Horror Mall and online comics retailers like Things from Another World.

Stay tuned for more news in the beginning of 2011! I’ve contributed to some anthologies and am contracted to write stories for a couple more, and they should all start seeing print by the end of next year.

As always, thanks for reading. Please keep spreading the word so I can keep this stuff coming.

About Mike Oliveri

Mike Oliveri is a writer, martial artist, cigar aficionado, motorcyclist, and family man, but not necessarily in that order. His Bram Stoker Award-winning first novel, Deadliest of the Species, was just reprinted by Evileye Books.