{"id":9,"date":"2011-09-18T21:21:06","date_gmt":"2011-09-18T21:21:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jameschambersonline.com\/blog\/?page_id=9"},"modified":"2012-03-10T22:24:58","modified_gmt":"2012-03-10T22:24:58","slug":"books","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.jameschambersonline.com\/blog\/books\/","title":{"rendered":"Books"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>CORPSE FAUNA<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Corpse Fauna<\/em> is a series of four novellas set in a world overrun by the walking dead. Portions of the <em>Corpse Fauna<\/em> cycle were originally published in anthologies and magazines during the heyday of the &#8220;zombie rennaisance.&#8221;\u00a0Dark Quest Books\u00a0is publishing the complete <em>Corpse Fauna<\/em> cycle in expanded and updated editions, including\u00a0the all-new, never-before-published concluding novella. <a title=\"Corpse Fauna page\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jameschambersonline.com\/blog\/?page_id=26\">Read more.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Praise for <\/em>The Dead Bear Witness (Corpse Fauna, Volume I)<em>:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cChambers\u2026evoke[s] the sense of terror that has kept zombie lore a staple of the horror industry for years\u2026 disturbing not only for the gore and gristle therein, but for the psychological implications\u2026\u201d<em><br \/>\n<\/em>\u2014<em>Vampirella Magazine<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2026somewhat humorous, often insightful, and downright creepy\u2026\u201d<em><br \/>\n<\/em>\u2014<em>The Nth Degree<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2026Chambers made me cry.\u201d <em><br \/>\n<\/em>\u2014Horror-Web.com<\/p>\n<p>\u201c&#8230; a nice grisly piece for late at night.\u201d<em><br \/>\n<\/em>\u2014Allen Koszowski, illustrator<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>THE ENGINES OF SACRIFICE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A collection of four, original novellas inspired by the works of H.P. Lovecraft. <a title=\"The Engines of Sacrifice\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jameschambersonline.com\/blog\/?page_id=28\">Read more, including free excerpts from each novella, and check out <em>The Engines of Sacrifice<\/em> video.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Praise for <\/strong><\/em><strong>The Engines of Sacrifice<\/strong><em><strong>:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Chambers&#8217;s damaged characters cling to hope even as the world comes apart at the seams, making the insanity and despair of their circumstances poignant as well as deliciously creepy.&#8221; &#8212;<em>Publisher&#8217;s Weekly<\/em>, Starred Review <a title=\"Publisher's Weekly, Starred Review\" href=\"http:\/\/www.publishersweekly.com\/978-1-937128-08-1\" target=\"_blank\">[FULL REVIEW]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;&#8230;one of those books that just sucks you in and does not let go until it is all over.&#8221; &#8211;Horror Bob, The Horror Review <a title=\"Horror Review\" href=\"http:\/\/www.horrorreview.com\/2011\/enginesofsacrifice2011.html\" target=\"_blank\">[FULL REVIEW]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>RESURRECTION HOUSE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Part of Dark Regions Press&#8217; New Voices in Horror anthology series, this collection gathers some of my best horror fiction, including a new short story and a new novella. <a title=\"Resurrection House\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jameschambersonline.com\/blog\/?page_id=30\">Read more, including the full story, &#8220;Trick,&#8221; and an excerpt from &#8220;Mooncat Jack.&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Praise for <\/em>Resurrection House:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Chambers has a skill for evoking the emotions that are needed in the horror field.&#8221; &#8211;David Agranoff, Postcards from a Dying World <a title=\"David Agranoff review\" href=\"http:\/\/davidagranoff.blogspot.com\/2010\/06\/book-review-resurrection-house-by-james.html\">[FULL REVIEW]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Delving into human frailties and fears, Chambers acknowledges the internal monsters of the psyche.\u00a0 He also adroitly addresses the external evils; those terrors that are kept at bay for the sense of sanity.&#8221; &#8211;Hellnotes<a title=\"Hellnotes review\" href=\"http:\/\/hellnotes.com\/resurrection-house-book-review\"> [FULL REVIEW]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Chambers manages to turn the ordinary into something creepy, conspiracy into something scary, and history into Hell&#8230;&#8221; &#8211;Monster\/Colleen Wanglund <a title=\"Monster Review\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/102457119\" target=\"_blank\">[FULL REVIEW]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;These stories are highly creative accounts of horror, fantasy, and a bit of science fiction. James Chambers writes stories that are unique and represent some extraordinary short fiction. The stories were ingeniously written&#8230;&#8221; &#8211;Living Dead Media <a title=\"Living Dead Media\" href=\"http:\/\/livingdeadmedia.com\/component\/content\/article\/145-tauseret.html\" target=\"_blank\">[FULL REVIEW]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>ANTHOLOGIES<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>My short stories of crime, fantasy, horror, and science fiction have appeared in more than thirty anthologies and magazines, including the award-winning anthology series Bad-Ass Faeries and Defending the Future. <a title=\"Published Stories\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jameschambersonline.com\/blog\/?page_id=32\">Read more, including a full list of my published stories.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CORPSE FAUNA Corpse Fauna is a series of four novellas set in a world overrun by the walking dead. Portions of the Corpse Fauna cycle were originally published in anthologies and magazines during the heyday of the &#8220;zombie rennaisance.&#8221;\u00a0Dark Quest Books\u00a0is publishing the complete Corpse Fauna cycle in expanded and updated editions, including\u00a0the all-new, never-before-published &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jameschambersonline.com\/blog\/books\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Books&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-9","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jameschambersonline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jameschambersonline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jameschambersonline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jameschambersonline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jameschambersonline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"http:\/\/www.jameschambersonline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2078,"href":"http:\/\/www.jameschambersonline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9\/revisions\/2078"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jameschambersonline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}