Mothers Day Madness

This weekend at the Toronto Comics Art Festival artist Noel Tuazon will be on hand to premiere two new book projects which he and myself (Joel Jenkins) were involved with.

The first is a promotional chapbook, The Blood Vault, which contains the fully-illustrated short story which was the precursor to my novel, Devil Take the Hindmost. This story features Damon St. Cloud as he hunts down a missing congressional intern and uncovers an unholy alliance of the undead and politics (really a natural mix, when you think about it). There will be a limited number of copies available, but these will be free at Noel's table.

Also, you'll find copies of The Pirates of Mirror Land--which is my debut in the field of children's literature. At night the stuffed animals in Chase and Destiny's bedroom come to life and Imo, the gopher, and Floppy, the bunny, chase an errant hamster into the lost realm of Mirror Land in an effort to find her. Noel did a fantastic job on the illustrations and he'll have copies of hand in Toronto.

So what if you aren't in the neighborhood of Toronto this coming weekend? Well, it so happens that Amazon has jumped the gun and Pirates of Mirror Land and The Blood Vault chapbook (which also contains sample chapters of other novels) are available via their website. If you order now, just perhaps, you'll be able to get your hands on these books by Mothers Day.