Hello cowboys & vampires!

A review by author Erin Cole

The third installment of The Cowboy and the Vampire: Rough Trails and Shallow Graves is a dark road through love and sacrifice. The duo nature of this story rings throughout, in the hope and struggles that Lizzie and Tucker face, the evils of man vs. monster, and the quirky adventures of contrasting characters such as Elita and Lenny teaming up to save THE DAY, makes for a very fulfilling and enjoyable read. McFall and Hays know a thing or two about the harmonic nature of dark comedy and western gothic, and they share that magic in many surprising twists and turns in this book. Unlike books one and two, book three takes the reader towards a conclusion no one expected, a conclusion that after all Lizzie and Tucker managed to suffer through, was inevitable and leaves the reader pleading for more. Five stars! It’s that good.  Read the full review

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Guest Post by “blaqrhythm” aka Russell Simeon from the U.S.

This post is part of #50daysofFiverr; we asked for a blog post, writer’s choice, but it had to feature cowboys or vampires. He picked cowboys (smart). Great writing. Quick turnaround. Check out his gig offerings on Fiverr.

Every kid grows up playing Cowboy, throwing on a cowboy hat, a fake holster with fake guns and running around shooting up anything that moves, having a with duel with a tree, or the kid down the street if the tree wasn’t available! Even as a kid growing up in the inner-city, we played cowboys and watched cowboys on T.V. I can remember watching old western cowboy/kung-fu flicks with my father. There was a series called “Kung Fu” starring David Carradine, it as one my favorite Saturday shows to watch with my father, after watching Saturday morning cartoons.

This show was surprisingly popular in the black community. Follow me now! As kids, we ran around playing cowboys; kung-fu flicks have been popular in the black community since the 60’s-70’s or since Bruce Lee became popular. So isn’t it natural that the show “Kung Fu” featuring showdowns between kung fu masters and cowboys be a hit in the black community? Seems so to me.

Now let’s take this a step further. The inner-city black community primarily gave birth to Hip Hop music. Kung-fu is littered throughout Hip Hop music, most notoriously with the Wu Tang Clan. I guess you can kind of sense that from the name of the group right. Well, doesn’t it seem only right that cowboy culture mashes up with Hip Hop culture? Well, it has. Read the rest of this entry »

“I am beginning to see a Tarantino movie with this series. The strength of this series is in the characters and witty dialogue…”

A Very Unusual Romance (Book 1): Five stars

There is a very unusual twist on the origins of vampires and humans. It is a unique story. The characters are complex and unpredictable. The authors did an excellent job of writing this novel. Even though this is a dark tale, it is funny. It is much more than the standard vampire story.

Blood and Whiskey (Book 2): Four stars

The best part of this series is that it doesn’t take itself too seriously. In between sharing their day’s activities, characters may need to save the world, but, the attitude is hey, ‘you’ve got your problems, I’ve got mine.’ Love conquers all, or at least is the best hope at solving intractable species’ differences. Book 2 is as delightful as the first in this series as The Cowboy and the Vampire continue their romance and plan for world harmony.

Rough Trails and Shallow Graves (Book 3): Five stars

This third installment in The Cowboy and the Vampire series is the best yet by far. Deviating from the usual chaos that tends to surround Lizzie, Tucker, and their cast of characters, we’re given a deeper story with a bit more tooth to it. You’re smacked in the face with tough decisions and heartache throughout the entire novel, but it only makes you pull for the characters more. Despite the darker and more serious tone of Rough Trails and Shallow Graves, you are treated to lots of laughter along the way. Elita’s usual brand of dry humor is laced throughout as well as the more in-your-face version brought along on Lenny’s heels. As nutty and over-the-top as Lenny can be, he’s long been one of my favorite characters in this series. In addition, you learn more about where the vampires go when they die during the day and I found that to be absolutely fascinating.

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Dear Cowboy, So I’m a senior in high school and I am going to meet my boyfriend’s dad. He’s a massive cowboy. My boyfriend is not. I know the basics about horses and that is about it. I thought I knew a lot but now that I’m realizing it, I know nothing at all. So how do I impress his dad?

Signed, Looking to Shine

Dear Shiner, Thinking you can impress someone by knowing as much as them is a surefire way to get off on the wrong foot. The best way to impress someone is to be your authentic self. The bigger the difference between who we are and who we show the world, the greater the odds of disaster. I’m reminded of the time I tried to make friends with old man Campbell. He lived up the creek from us on a ramshackle little place and everyone thought he was a nasty piece of work. He had barbed wire strung up everywhere and a sign that said “Strangers will be shot.” And next to that sign was a sign that said “I mean it.” Well, I didn’t think he meant it. I figured he was just lonely and misunderstood. Read more of the Cowboy’s answer>>продвижение

We sat down with Willenator’s World recently for an interview. Will is one of our newly discovered – and now among our favorite – book blogs. Thoughtful commentary and reviews (and not just because we’re featured on the blog, really). 

Whose idea was it to do a cowboy and a vampire novel?

The idea behind the book has its own creation story. We had a bad break up after a short, fiery romance. We were apart for two years and were both feeling burned, but unable or unwilling to shake free. Finally, we agreed to meet on neutral territory — a truckstop diner in rural Madras, Ore., halfway between our places of residence at the time — to see if we could get things back on track.

We decided a creative project might help us contain and redirect the explosive sexual and intellectual energy that torched us to the ground before. We talked about writing a novel together as a test for a long-term relationship, figuring if we could remain friends and lovers during that process, we had a shot at the long haul. We searched for a concept that brought together our mutual interests — the west, the macabre, religion and neuroscience — and we came up with the idea on the spot, literally sketching it out on the back of a placemat in crayon while we drank endless cups of bitter coffee and chain smoked. (Confession: We’ve since quit smoking).

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