Book Release Day—my first novel, DOORWAYS TO THE DEADEYE

Announcing the birth of my long-awaited baby! It’s… It’s… A BOOK!

DOORWAYS TO THE DEADEYE is born, er, released TODAY!!!!!

My first full-length novel, about legend-building and memories, the search for perseverance after death, all framed in the fantastic travels of a 1930s-era train-hopping hobo, and the homeless narrator who is trying to keep the stories “alive” in more ways than one.

Title: Doorways to the Deadeye
Author: Eric J. Guignard
Date of Publication: July 26, 2019
Number of pages: 328
Published by: JournalStone

Synopsis: A Depression-era hobo rides the rails and learns the underlying Hobo Code is a mystical language that leads into the world of memories, where whoever is remembered strongest—whether by trickery, violence, or daring—can change history and alter the lives of the living.

Thank you to publisher, Christopher C. Payne, acquisitions editor Jess Landry, copy editor Scarlett Algee, and cover designer, Mikio Murakami

https://www.amazon.com/Doorways-Deadeye-Eric-J-Guignard/dp/1947654977/

Out now -- STRANGE TALES OF THE MACABRE: POST-APOCALYPTIC

This! Available! Now! STRANGE TALES OF THE MACABRE: POST-APOCALYPTIC

Cool lil’ project I’m part of through 5x5 Publishing: 5 authors, 5 mini-anthologies. Each author edits 1 antho, and all authors rotate through, placing a story in each theme.

Vol. I: Strange Tales of the Macabre: Stormy Weather, edited by Kate Jonez

Vol. II: Strange Tales of the Macabre: Gothic, edited by John Palisano

Vol. III: Strange Tales of the Macabre: Post-Apocalyptic, edited by Eric J. Guignard

Vol. IV: Strange Tales of the Macabre: Haunted Journeys, edited by Rena Mason

Vol. V: Strange Tales of the Macabre: Ghosts, edited by Lisa Morton

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VOL. III: POST-APOCALYPTIC: Military factions, monsters, environmental disasters: all speak to the possible grim calamity of what could occur in the not-too-distant future or, perhaps, is occurring today. Dark and foreboding, sometimes hopeful, sometimes anguished, sometimes wondrous: Can we survive the coming apocalypse, or are we and our surrounds doomed to perish in any number of ways? Find out within!

https://www.amazon.com/Strange-Tales-Macabre-Post-Apocalyptic-Guignard/dp/1949491153/

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(With Cover artwork by GregChapman who is always highly recommended for such work!!

And Kindle Formatting by Lori Michelle, who is also always highly recommended for such work!)

Only 11 more days until the release of my first novel, DOORWAYS TO THE DEADEYE!

Only 11 more days until the release of my first novel, DOORWAYS TO THE DEADEYE!!!

Thanks so much for advance praise coming in:

“Eric J. Guignard’s Doorways to the Deadeye isn’t just a magnificent, magical, mystical epic; it’s really a long, hard look into the heart of the myth of America. With this, his first novel, Eric has crafted an extraordinary tale that will haunt readers long after they finish it.”

—Six-time Bram Stoker Award-winning author Lisa Morton

Coming from JournalStone, July 26. Pre-order now! https://www.amazon.com/Doorways-Deadeye-Eric-J-Guignard/dp/1947654977/

Title: Doorways to the Deadeye
Author: Eric J. Guignard
Date of Publication: July 26, 2019
Number of pages: 328
Published by: JournalStone
13-digit ISBN (paperback): 978-1-947654-97-6
13-digit ISBN (e-book): 978-1-947654-98-3
Synopsis: A Depression-era hobo rides the rails and learns the underlying Hobo Code is a mystical language that leads into the world of memories, where whoever is remembered strongest—whether by trickery, violence, or daring—can change history and alter the lives of the living.

Direct Book Links:

JournalStone Page: http://journalstone.com/bookstore/doorways-to-the-deadeye/

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Doorways-Deadeye-Eric-J-Guignard/dp/1947654977

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/46218234-doorways-to-the-deadeye

Barnes & Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/doorways-to-the-deadeye-eric-j-guignard/1131955734

Great Write-Up This Week by Library Journal

Fantastic write-up on the state of horror in writing and film this week in LIBRARYJOURNAL by librarian superstar, Becky Spratford, including news, podcasts, and summer releases with mention of my upcoming novel, DOORWAYS TO THE DEADEYE! “…Guignard captures the depth of emotion underlying fictional terrors.”

https://www.libraryjournal.com/?detailStory=ljx190701horrorpreview 

With mention of numerous friends and authors I admire, Paul Tremblay, Tim Waggoner, Chuck Wendig, Ellen Datlow, Michele Brittany & Nicholas Diak, Jim Chambers, J.G. Faherty, Joe Hill, Leslie S. Klinger, Josh Malerman, Cherie Priest, Brian Keene, Priya Sharma, Stephen Graham Jones, et al.

Great article overall—thanks Library Journal and Becky!