The Sound of Shiant - print edition

It's been a criminally long time since I've updated here. I've spent the past month working away on a kindle update of The Sound of Shiant - nothing major, just sorting out a few spelling mistakes and grammatical errors which slipped through the net the first time round. Those good souls who have already purchased the kindle edition will be able to download a free update very soon.

The ebook update ties in very nicely with the forthcoming print edition of The Sound of Shiant. The book features this fantastic cover by Chris Cowdrill and will shortly be available to buy from Amazon and Lulu.

I'll post an update and a link to the book when it becomes available. In the meantime, you can check out Chris Cowdrill's other wonderful works of art here.

Finally, if you are wondering what happened to the Forrester short story collection Strange Cases, don't panic! I am aiming to release the kindle book in the next few months. I could give all sorts of explanations as to the book's delay but none of them are particularly interesting...

The Sound of Shiant - Out Now!

The Sound of Shiant, the first novel-length story featuring gruff Victorian detective Edmund Forrester is now available on Amazon's Kindle store. To celebrate its release I tinkered around with some video-editing software and made this little trailer.
Buy your copy here!

Forrester coming to Kindle!

Thanks to the wonders of modern technology, The Casebook of Edmund Forrester and The Second Casebook of Edmund Forrester will soon be available through Amazon's Kindle store in one thrill-packed volume. Strange Cases: The Adventures of Edmund Forrester will features all seven stories from the two limited edition print books and three brand new tales exclusive to this collection.



Also coming to the Kindle store is The Sound of Shiant, a novel featuring Edmund Forrester. The Sound of Shiant sees Forrester travel to the Outer Hebrides where he investigates the disappearance of a young child. However, he soon discovers that dark secrets lie hidden beneath the waters.


Both books will be available August 2011.

Throw Down Your Dead

Residents of the United States can now purchase a copy of Throw Down Your Dead, an anthology of Western-themed horror. The collection features my zombie vs cowboy story "To Kill a Dead Man". Click here to buy your copy!

"The Second Casebook of Edmund Forrester" reviewed at Booksquawk!

"The Second Casebook of Edmund Forrester" has received a lovely review from Mr Pat Black over at Booksquawk.
Click here to read it!
There are a few copies still available. If you're interested then drop me a line at herewardproops@yahoo.com.

Coming Soon...

Happy New Year!

2011! Good gracious. Well, it's been a frightfully long time since my last update so I thought it best to check in.

The first draft of The Sound of Shiant has just been completed but it needs some serious rejigging before I'm happy enough with it to start sending it out to agents. The prologue of it can still be read here. I'll hopefully have some more news about that in the next few months.
Sales of The Second Casebook of Edmund Forrester have been good though there are still a few copies left. Drop me a line if you are interested.

Those who regularly check in at booksquawk will know that I've been a busy bee with the book reviews. My 45th (!) review has just gone live and there are a few more to follow in the next few weeks.

Finally, the exceedingly talented Robert Jackson Bennett, author of Mr Shivers and writer of this awesome blog has said this in his most recent post:
"Over at Booksquawk, Hereward L.M. Proops (the best-named reviewer I've seen yet, and in all honesty possibly best-named human being), has chosen Mr. Shivers as his book of 2010. Many thanks!"

Happy New Year folks!