Category: Audiobooks

Congratulations to Crossroad Press Authors & Narrators 2018 ABR Award Nominees
By David Niall Wilson

Congratulations to Crossroad Press Authors & Narrators 2018 ABR Award Nominees

A number of Crossroad Press audiobooks are nominated for the ABR first annual Audiobook Listeners Choice Awards… Details below. Congratulations to our authors and narrators, and please, if you want to support Crossroad Press – it’s a listener’s choice award.  Go… listen… vote. You can vote more than once (details below) Beneath those details you will find our nominated books.

“Winners to be honored at the HEAR Now: The Audio Fiction & Arts Festival in Kansas City, MO on June 8th hosted by internationally acclaimed comedienne, award-winning audiobook narrator and bestselling author, Alison Larkin.

Audiobook Reviewer (ABR) has announced finalists for the 1st annual Audiobook Listeners Choice Awards competition, the premier awards program in the United States recognizing distinction in independently published audiobooks and spoken word entertainment. Winners will be revealed at HEAR Now: The Audio Fiction & Arts Festival on June 8, 2018. The awards ceremony will be completed with a celebration cocktail party and award medallions and christened by internationally acclaimed comedienne, award-winning audiobook narrator and bestselling author, Alison Larkin.” –>Read the Full Details at the ABR HOMEPAGE… and VOTE!

Within These Walls – by Rev. Carroll Pickett & Carlton Stowers – Narrated by Tom Pile in the Biography / Autobiography / Memoir Category:

Clock of Dreams –  by Brian Lumley – Narrated by Simon Vance in the Fantasy Category

  • Clock of Dreams
  • Narrated by: Simon Vance
  • Series: Titus Crow, Book 3
  • Length: 5 hrs and 51 mins
  • Release date: 01-16-17
  • 22 ratings

 

The Rising – by Brian Keene – Narrated by Joe Hempel in the Horror Category

 

The Tower of Zhaal – by C. T. Phipps – Narrated by Jeffrey Kafer in the Horror Category

Straight Outta Fangton – by C. T. Phipps – Narrated by Cary Hite in the Humor Category

  • Straight Outta Fangton
  • A Comedic Vampire Story
  • By: C. T. Phipps
  • Narrated by: Cary Hite
  • Length: 7 hrs and 27 mins
  • Release date: 08-28-17

 

Lucifer’s Star – by C. T. Phipps & Michael Suttkus – Narrated by Eric Burns

 

GOOD LUCK TO ALL OF YOU!

 

January Update from Crossroad Press New Authors & Books!
By David Niall Wilson

January Update from Crossroad Press New Authors & Books!

To say that January has been a busy month would be among the more serious understatements of the new year. Crossroad Press is welcoming a wealth of new authors, as well as launching NECON PRESENTS – a Category of the store that will be much more than just that – drawing together the works of authors who have attended one of the most iconic conventions of all time – Camp Necon… but rather than go on about all the work we’ve been doing, let’s get straight to the updates, because there are a pile of them.

We have new eBooks from a number of authors, and since we added multiple titles for each of them, I’m going to provide links to their author page in our online store, rather than to every individual book.  From those pages you can purchase their eBooks from Amazon, Apple, Kobo, Smashwords and Barnes & Noble (depending on availability).  Some are still in the process of being loaded to a few of the sites, and others are in Kindle Unlimited and only available at Amazon. All available options can be found by clicking the links below:

Tim Waggoner  / Tim Curran  /   Aaron Gudmunson   /  Sara St. John  /  Raymond Van Over  /  Eric Shapiro  /  Duncan McGeary  /  Stephen Weiner  /  Seth Sorkowsky  /  Lisa Von Biela  /  Ray Garton  /  David Hambling  /  P. D. Cacek  /  William Meikle  /  Thomas Tessier  /  Elizabeth Massie  /  Dan Foley  /  Trish & Rob MacGregor 

We have three new print editions for January (so far)

GEMINGA – by Melvon Litton – a very strange dark fantasy, bizarre romp through creation mythology

Mountain of Daggers –  Book One of the Tales of the Raven- by Seth Sorkowsky – epic fantasy stories based on the thief Ahren

Temporary Hauntings – by Craig Shaw Gardner – Book II in the Tempoarary Magic series (Book III coming soon in print and available now in eBook formats)

And finally – new audio.  Three titles have gone live so far in January : Remember – Audio prices on our site are full retail – when you order through Audible.com – if you are a member, they are one credit. If it is your first audiobook with Audible, it’s free. If you own, or buy the eBook you will get a discount on most titles through their “Whispersync for Voice” feature.

     Barracuda Final Bearing – A Submarine Thriller by Michael DiMercurio – Narrated by Joseph Courtemanche.

 A Quail in the Family – by William Plummer – narrated by Pete Ferrand – a family’s adventures with an adopted quail…

Wynfield’s Kingdom – by M. J. Neary – Narrated by Tony Cleary – a Tale of the London Slums…

Keep checking back at the store for new titles – search through the author’s pages, and the many categories… spread the word, and tell your friends to sign up for our Newsletter – it’s on the right hand side of every product page and at the top of all the website pages… Until next time… GOOD READING!

Top 25 Bestselling Audiobooks from Crossroad Press in 2017
By David Niall Wilson

Top 25 Bestselling Audiobooks from Crossroad Press in 2017

It should come as no surprise that Clive Barker’s audiobooks continue to dominate our sales, but the good news for us, our authors, and our narrators is that a: A lot of people got to help with the narration of those books and b: a lot of our other books have started to give them competition. I would also like to congratulate the narrators with the most success – Simon Vance, Kevin Pierce, Chet Williamson and Jeffrey Kafer.  Below is a list of the top 25 bestselling audiobooks from Crossroad Press. Remember, if you buy your eBook first (particularly when said eBook is on sale) you can buy the audio at a discount in the Whispersync for voice program from Amazon – and if you are an Audible Member, all our books can be had for a single membership credit. If you have NEVER bought a book from Audible, the firs tone is free, and there are some great suggestions below. Many thanks to Jeffrey Kafer, who is the audio engineer who masters all of our audio files.

You can find our CURRENT bestselling audio (and all 550 titles) at THIS LINK … happy listening, and welcome to 2018!

  • Imajica by Clive Barker  – Narrated by Simon Vance
  • Weaveworld by Clive Barker – Narrated by Simon Vance
  • Journeys Out of the Body by Robert Monroe – Narrated by Kevin Pierce
  • The Books of Blood – Volume 1 by Clive Barker – Narrated by  Simon Vance, Dick Hill, Peter Berkrot, Jeffrey Kafer, Chet Williamson, and Chris Patton
  • Ultimate Journey by Robert Monroe Narrated by Kevin Pierce
  • Great & Secret Show by Clive Barker – Narrated by Chet Williamson
  • The Hellbound Heart:by Clive Barker – Narrated by Jeffrey Kafer
  • Far Journeys by Robert Monroe – Narrated by Kevin Pierce
  • Without Mercy: Obsession and Murder Under the Influence by Gary Provost – Narrated by Kevin Pierce
  • THE DAMNATION GAME by Clive Barker – Narrated by Simon Vance
  • The Education of Little Tree by Forrest Carter – Narrated by Johnny Heller
  • The Thief of Always by Clive Barker – Narrated by Adam Verner
  • The Books of Blood – Volume 2 by Clive Barker – Narrated by Hillary Huber, John Lee, Peter Bishop, Peter Berkrot, Jeffrey Kafer, and Chris Patton
  • Everville: The Second Book of “the Art” by Clive Barker – Narrated by Chet Williamson
  • Cabal by Clive Barker – Narrated by Chet Williamson
  • Aliens in the Backyard – UFOs, Abductions, and Synchronicity by Rob MacGregor & Trish MacGregor – Narrated by Kevin Pierce
  • The Hellbound Heart[ by Clive Barker (abridged – narrated by the author)
  • Blood Moon – A Robert Payne Mystery by Ed Gorman Narrated by Mark Douglas Nelson
  • The Books of Blood – Volume 3 by Clive Barker Narrated by Chris Patton, Scott Brick, Xe Sands, Jeffrey Kafer, and Peter Bishop
  • Cthulhu Armageddon by C.T. Phipps – Narrated by Jeffrey Kafer
The New Store Continues to Grow 450 Plus Titles
By David Niall Wilson

The New Store Continues to Grow 450 Plus Titles

THE NEW STORE IS GROWING

As I load all of the books we’ve published one by one, I’m remembering the circumstances behind each – remembering why I love the people, and the books. For a very long time we’ve sort of rolled along, and I now feel as if I’ve done a disservice by not putting a store like this together sooner – I want to share some of the books, and the stories.  I’ll be doing a lot of this in my own blog, because these posts – and this newsletter – are meant for sharing and promotion. I hope you will all do that – I hope if you are receiving this, you want to – please believe that we will never spam anyone, we just want you to know about all the words, and stories, audiobooks and more… if you know others  who would be interested, please let them know.

Notable additions to the site this week include the works of New York Times Bestselling Author William Bayer – his Janek novels were made into TV movies (and the first of them, SWITCH, I caught being referenced on an episode of Castle a couple of years ago).  His Kay Farrow novels, and the foreign detective series are amazing books, and his novel Hiding in the Weave a mystery set in a private school, along with City of Knives – the latest in his series of novels about foreign detectives – are Crossroad Press originals – published by us first… and we need to get that word out.  He’s an amazing author.

Also original to us and available among all of his other works are the three books of Craig Shaw Gardner’s TEMPORARY MAGIC series … he’s funny, he’s clever, and these books will bring a serious smile. They are original to Crossroad Press…

That’s enough for one short note, but I want to leave you with some links.  We have listed a lot of AUDIOBOOKS in the store …. we have over a hundred of the 400 titles we have in Kindle Unlimited live here… our print books are 20% off if bought through our site (if you see one not marked for sale let me know… I figured out how to do it after some of the print books were already on the site).

And don’t forget that all of the Stargate eBooks are available for direct order…

David Niall Wilson

CEO / Publisher – Crossroad Press

Ronald Kelly – First Author completely live in the New Store
By David Niall Wilson

Ronald Kelly – First Author completely live in the New Store

Rebuilding our entire store is an astronomically large project.  We have just about 150 products added back in, and now we are starting to add them in chunks. We have just added all of the products for author Ronald Kelly – who has a number of horror novels, collections, and a young adult novel with us. I’m writing this post, and will continue to write them as time permits, to show the look and feel of what we are doing. Any product that has a print edition you will be able to purchase here at our store.  Any book with eBook editions, with the exception of the Stargate novels which you can buy directly from our store, will have links to Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Apple iTunes, Kobo and Smashwords (or as many of those as the book is available at) as well as an Audible.com link for audioooks.  Categories now include Kindle Unlimited so that if a customer is signed up for Amazon’s  Kindle Unlimited program, they can find which books of ours are enrolled in that program.  Right now there are over 400 of our 1600 or so titles in Kindle Unlimited… including our popular O.C.L.T. series and Paul Dale Anderson’s Instruments of Death forensic crime series.

All of the Stargate novels are live, all of Ronald Kelly, and a good sampling of other titles can now be purchased through our site, using Paypal or Stripe for Credit Card purchases.  Check it out!  Let us know what you think.

And Check out Ronald Kelly’s Author Category to see what is in store…multiply that times about 180 and we’re there!

New Website – New Store – Growing up…
By David Niall Wilson

New Website – New Store – Growing up…

We have been in need of this facelift for a very long time… Crossroad Press has grown well beyond the tiny dream I once had for it, and become a force in digital publishing, digital audio, as well as producing a growing print catalog. I am going to have to ask readers, customers, and authors to be patient with me. There are around 1600 titles in our catalog… nearly 180 authors. Each product and author has an entry in the store.  I started by making all of the Stargate eBooks available, because, frankly those are the only eBooks anyone regularly buys here at our site, and we have an obligation to the wonderful folks at Fandemonium for trusting us with digital distribution for their books.

Next up will be the books that are either original to Crossroad Press – or that we have done print editions of. I want a good place for people to find and buy our books. I will be adding features like the chance to have any of them autographed by the author … this will require a fee just to ship the book to the author and on to customers, but should add a personal touch. There will be sales and coupons galore.  Each product in the store will have links to audible.com for audiobooks, and to all of the retailers that we use for eBook distribution, as well as direct buy links for print editions.  Each author will have their own drop page, and you can see the bare-bones start of that by clicking this image:

 

 

 

If you are WordPress savvy and (in particular) have experience with Woo Commerce and would like to help with the build, let me know at publisher@crossroadpress.com.

Onward into the future!

New for April – eBook, Print, Audio!
By David Niall Wilson

New for April – eBook, Print, Audio!

As usual, it’s been a busy month at Crossroad Press.  We have several new releases that we hope you will enjoy. eBooks first!

Gideon’s Curse – David Niall Wilson – Dark historical fantasy – eBook and trade paperback through Amazon. Crossroad Press Original – 1st Edition.

Killer’s Diary – Brian Pinkerton – Thriller / Suspense

Anatomy of Evil – Brian Pinkerton – Psychological Thriller

Gothic Lovecraft – Edited by Lynne Jamneck and S. T. Joshi – Lovecraftian themed Gothich tales by contemporary fantasists.

Dead Time – Richard Lee Byers – Horror

A Strange and Savage Garden – Tim Waggoner – Dark Fantasy / Horror

Barracuda Final Bearing – Michael DiMercurio – Military Thriller

The Flying Boy of Calhoun County, Tennessee: A Tale from the Fringe of Reality  – David Wallechinsky – Literary fantasy – Crossroad Press Original 1st Edition.

Wolf’s Trap – W. D. Gagliani – Horror / Dark Fantasy

CROSSROAD PRESS UNABRIDGED AUDIO FOR APRIL!

Ghost Walk
UNABRIDGED
The Haunting of Sherlock Holmes and Other Tales of Adventure
UNABRIDGED
The Tower of Zhaal: Cthulhu Armageddon, Book 2
UNABRIDGED
Betty Grable: The Reluctant Movie Queen
UNABRIDGED

CROSSROAD PRESS NEW IN PRINT!

These titles have been published in trade paperback through the Amazon KDP program. They are available (currently) only at Amazon.com:

The Dark Servant – Matt Manochio – Horror

Gideon’s Curse – David Niall Wilson – Horror (1st Edition)

The Tower of Zhaal – Book 2 of the Cthulhu Armageddon Series – by C. T. Phipps – Post Apocalyptic Dark Fantasy

Still Lake – By Sara Brooke – Horror

Sleepwalker – by Michael Laimo – Horror

Update 3-17 100K Audiobooks – Bargains – 1/2 Price Sale
By David Niall Wilson

Update 3-17 100K Audiobooks – Bargains – 1/2 Price Sale

Remember Bowling Green: The Adventures of Frederick Douglass – Time Traveler – by David Niall Wilson & Patricia Lee Macomber – up for pre-order, due out April 1st. 80% of sales going to the ACLU!  Follow the adventure as Frederick Douglass, a stoner named Walt, Dr. Brody, Lauren Kelly a local reporter, Chief of Police Hannity and many others battle against Ronald Krump and Race Scanlon for control of the city! Cover art by Lissanne Lake.

Happy to announce a landmark for Crossroad Press that makes me very proud… since we started producing audiobooks several years ago through the ACX / Audible system… we have sold 100,077 audiobooks, as of today’s update. We could not have done this without the help of the wonderful folks at ACX, the expertise and tireless patience of Mr. Jeffrey Kafer, and a long list of narrators and authors who have grown with us. Thank you all. We will be looking for a way to create a discount to celebrate this that we can share with our readers this week.  Watch for an update. You can find all of our audiobooks AT THIS LINK.

1/2 PRICE ON ALL OUR TITLES -It is READ AN EBOOK WEEK at Smashwords.com – Smashwords is a distributor and retailer of eBooks that’s been around a long time. They do this sale every year, and this time we are all in at a 50% discount.  From now until the 11th if you visit THIS LINK you will find all of our titles at Smashwords come equipped with a snazzy 50% off coupon. Time to load those eBook readers.  Not all books are available in all formats.  All older books are, newer books are ePub only…  When you click the link for any book – and the product page opens, you’ll see the discount coupon.

ABDUCTED – by Brian Pinkerton – one of the few Crossroad Press books to make the USA TODAY Bestseller list, is on sale for only .99 in eBook formats for a limited time.  Find out why we believe Brian is a name to watch in the coming months.

 

NEW IN EBOOKS:

A Friend of Mr. Niijinsky – Historical mystery by CARO SOLES  – When the great Nijinsky arrives in New York to a tumultuous welcome in April, 1916, young Morgan Vanheusen braves his father’s wrath by helping the dancer steal away from his family’s estate during a charity event. An unlikely alliance blossoms and Morgan becomes known as ‘a friend of Mr. Nijinsky’. Doors open and he grabs the opportunity to get back to racing the motorcars he loves. But as the young American is drawn in to Nijinsky’s paranoid world, he is pulled into a murder investigation and discovers a side of his city he never knew existed. Then his sister is kidnapped by a mad Russian and only his new ‘friend’ can save her. Can Morgan count on the eccentric dancer to rescue his sister?

Disciples of the Serpent – An O.C.L.T. Tie-in Novel by Sid Williams – In Dublin, Ireland, academics and historians are dying. An unidentified venom is to blame. Strange markings from deep in the Emerald Isle’s past suggest adherents to lost and forbidden knowledge may have reorganized.

Detective Aileen O’Donnell, teamed with Geoffrey Bullfinch and Wendell “Mack” Macklemore of O.C.L.T. are on a race through medieval ruins and holy sites. They must collect puzzle pieces, fragments from a forgotten pulp writer and bits of secret Druid history to stop the shadowy band of disciples before it awakens something long sleeping beneath one of Ireland’s most famous landmarks, something modern technology and firepower can’t defeat.

Phoenix Sub-Zero by Michael DiMercurio – The Hegira is the finest super-sub that Arab oil money can buy. But the U.S. Navy is only now learning just how good this undersea sword of Islam is. Already one American sub has been destroyed, and another crippled, as the Hegira breaks out of the Mediterranean and heads toward America to deliver its lethal payload.

Now it’s up to Captain Michael Pacino and the USS Seawolf to find the enemy sub and destroy it—in the ultimate battle between the most advanced weapons technology on the planet…and the sheer force of human courage.

FIND THESE AND MANY MORE AT AMAZON.COM – BARNES & NOBLE.COM APPLI iBOOKS, KOBO and wherever eBooks are sold!

Crossroad Press – FEBRUARY DEALS – eBook – Audio – Print – Bargains
By David Niall Wilson

Crossroad Press – FEBRUARY DEALS – eBook – Audio – Print – Bargains

EBOOKS: We are featuring two brand new, original Crossroad Press novels – TEMPORARY MONSTERS by Craig Shaw Gardner and U R MINE by T. J. MacGregor. These will be available in print and audio soon, but can be ordered now in eBook. Temporary Monsters is first in a brand new humorous fantasy series by Gardner, and U R Mine is a new, never before published thriller from award-winning author T. J. MacGregor.  Also featured is FOR FEAR OF THE NIGHT by Charles L. Grant.  We have released eBook versions of a number of new titles by Charles Grant this month, including sci-fi AND horror.

Find these titles and all the new eBooks from Crossroad Press at Amazon.com  (Please search by author at B&N under Nook Books – http://www.Kobobooks.com for Kobo,  and at iTunes or iBooks for Apple. They don’t have an option for search by publisher). All of our titles are also available in most formats through http://www.Smashwords.com

DIGITAL AUDIO BOOKS: 

New Audio is always being released. We have recent titles from Warren Fahy, Gary Provost, Briam Lumley, Charles L. Grant, and more – and we have a brand new audiobook from Clive Barker coming soon, “Tonight Again,” Narrated by none other than Doug Bradley of PINHEAD fame.  Find all of our new audio titles at Audible.com / Amazon.com / iTunes.

Audible Audio Search by Release Date

TRADE PAPERBACK:

Cthulhu Armageddon by C. T. Phipps (Book One in an Original Series)

Abducted – by Brian Pinkerton – the USA Today Bestselling novel

Claw Hammer – Book I of the Instruments of Death (Police Procedural) – by Paul Dale Anderson

Dark Harvest – an original anthology of Dark Fantasy edited by Nerine Dorman

The Great Apparitions of Mary – by Ingo Swann

$0.99 BARGAIN:  From Now until the 3 March, 2017, NEVERMORE – A NOVEL OF LOVE, LOSS & EDGAR ALLAN POE, will be on sale for only .99.  There are a number of promotions upcoming. Please get your copy – share – review. If you buy this title for .99 on Amazon.com – it is “Whispersync for Voice” ready – so you can get the companion audiobook for only $1.99 – a huge savings.  Remember, though, this price is only for a limited time.  Spread the word!

REVIEW OPPORTUNITY! FREE THREE BOOK BOX SET:  We are offering the “Off-the-Wall Mystery” Box set from the late, and sorely missed Neal Barrett Jr. for review.  All you need to do to receive this eBook for review is to SEND US AN EMAIL telling us what format you prefer, ePub or .mobi (kindle). Neal was an extremely unique and talented voice.  These books are hard to categorize, and we would love to get enough reviews on the box set to make it eligible for some bigger promotions to a much wider audience. Hope to year from you soon.  This book is only available to subscribers, and their friends.

 

Until next month… happy reading from Crossroad Press!

 

 

Titus Crow Series by Brian Lumley & Black Oak Series by Charles L. Grant in AUDIO!
By David Niall Wilson

Titus Crow Series by Brian Lumley & Black Oak Series by Charles L. Grant in AUDIO!

THE TITUS CROW SERIES – by BRIAN LUMLEY – Narrated by SIMON VANCE & COREY SNOW

In a departure from many Cthulhu Mythos stories, Lumley’s characters are not helpless victims of unimaginable forces which can drive humans mad by merely manifesting themselves. Instead, Titus Crow, his friend Henri-Laurent de Marigny, and other Lumley characters confront Cthulhu’s minions in a series of increasingly large-scale encounters, in which humans, although outmatched, try to fight back.

FIND THE ENTIRE SERIES IN AUDIO at AUDIBLE.COM / AMAZON.COM / iTUNES

THE BLACK OAK SERIES – by CHARLES L. GRANT – Narrated by ARTHUR FLAVELL

If you enjoy such surreal eyes as Harry Angel, Harry D’Amour and “Repairman Jack”, you might also be interested in checking out Charles L. Grant’s Black Oak series, which centers around Black Oak Security, “a crack team of private investigators led by brilliant, enigmatic ETHAN PROCTOR.” Black Oak handles many of the typical P.I. gigs: office fraud, business scams, background checks, missing persons, and a variety of white collar crime. But they also frequently trip the dark fantastic, thanks to Proctor’s abiding interest in, as one Amazon pundit puts it, “creatures and forces greater than natural.”

FIND THE ENTIRE SERIES IN AUDIO AT:  AUDIBLE.COM / AMAZON.COM / iTunes

Book 1
Book 2
Book 3
Book 4
Book 5