99 Cent eBook Sale Extended Through New Year’s!

Get a shiny new Kindle or iPad for Christmas and wish you could still get a couple Spooky books for just 99 cents each to help fill it up? You talked me into it! I’ll keep the sale up for one last week. These links and codes are only good on Smashwords (all common ebook formats are available). This extended offer is only good through New Year’s, so here’s you last chance to get ’em cheap!

Click to get the first book, The Spooky Chronicles: The Crooked Man, for 99 cents in multiple ebook formats by using this code during check out: HQ39S

Moments after a child on his death bed passes away, he is visited by a mysterious “crooked man” who sends him back to the land of the living. Upon returning, the young boy realizes that his mother was taken in his place, but that’s only the beginning of the Crooked Man’s sinister plan.

Click to get the second book, The Spooky Chronicles: The Terminal People, for 99 cents in multiple ebook formats by using this code during check out: DE94L

Still growing up as a dead boy, “Spooky” Spencer Lawson is learning about the strange world he never asked to be a part of (which is a lot more interesting than math). When a mysterious stranger he meets in an alley appears to die after touching Spooky’s hand, Spooky begins to wonder how dangerous he really is, especially to the people he cares about.

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Another Rave for “Terminal People”

“… an interesting twist to the Spooky Chronicles as there is now a more involved underlying storyline than just Spooky and his adventures. This is where Ranson’s writing style really shines as the reader is introduced to The Terminal People.

“As I mentioned in my previous review of the first book in this series, it’s not exactly a zombie/horror/apocalyptic genre novella. The Spooky Chronicles is more a paranormal mystery series that has quasi-zombie elements to it. As an example, Spooky is technically a little dead boy who continues to grow up yet he’s not really a zombie. If he were a zombie based on the traditional lore and canon, he would be a rotting corpse with a thirst for human flesh and there would be no articulate speech or evolution. Kevin Ranson’s take on the genre brings out more of a mythological, paranormal mystery not a gore fest about survivors frantically trying to hold back hordes of the walking dead.

“That is what makes this series so much more interesting.”

~ J.R. Jackson, BuyZombie.com

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Impromptu Review of “The Terminal People”

“I was really impressed with Spooky 2. I thought… the story line was wonderful. I’m especially impressed with the development of Spooky’s voice and thoughts, especially his sense of humor that pops in so early in the narrative. He sounded far more human (well, okay…) and natural for being in such an unusual situation. The handling of his reconciliation with his father was really nice. The story flowed nicely, and I would honestly put it in the same class as the early RL Stine books for maintaining interest. I also like the intro to Schoolhouse Number Five. (Only one real quibble, and it’s minor if you read the first book: the term illuminations pops up without explanation here, and though I could get it from memory if a kid picked this up they might not get it.) All in all, a really good read.”

~ Dennis Wemm, Theater-Guy

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