Earth's End Edited by Rebecca Besser

Dale Eldon here with spooky, twisted, and yet endearing, Rebecca Besser. Yes she is a permanent resident here on the Eldon blog, but can you blame me? It's authors like Rebecca who make this blog thrive.

Today we focus on the anthology, Earth's End. Not only is this collection Edited by Rebecca, but she has a story in the anthology as well. I am currently reading this wonderful tome, and I have to say that it oozes with quality, and is a must have for Sci-Fi/horror readers. Okay, more on the review later on. Now give you *cue spooky music and sound effects*, REBECCA BESSER...

Rebecca Besser

Earth's End, a Scifi Apocalyptic anthology, is being released by Wicked East Press in Jan 2012!

My story, “The Olden Gears,” is included in Earth's End. Here's an excerpt from my story:

"He drove faster, but everywhere he looked there was more destruction.

With numb fingers, he reached over and turned on the radio to see if there was any news about what was going on; it took him a couple of minutes before he could find a radio station that was still on the air.

“...Overnight the world has been bombarded with attacks by the elderly. On every continent, in almost every country, they’ve taken lives at will, showing no mercy...”

Looking out around him, he tried to decide how he was going to make it home. Almost every street was blocked off by accidents, and everywhere he looked, someone was being slaughtered; his attention focused back on the radio as they continued.

“...Medical experts are saying the cause of the outbreak and behavior in their elderly patients is linked to the chemical compound used in the ‘lubrication’ of the ReGen ‘parts’ surgically implanted; the chemical was supposed to act as synthetic blood. Once it leaks into the real blood system, it targets certain parts of the brain and triggers uncontrollable, aggressive behavior...”" ~ The Olden Gears by Rebecca Besser - Earth's End

Would you like to win a free copy of Earth's End???

On March 1st I'll be having a drawing to give away a copy of Earth's End signed by me (I'm also the editor). Everyone who comments on my Earth's End post at one of the stops on my tour will be enter into the drawing (one entry per person, per blog), so you have a chance to win at every stop along the way. The very last post of the tour will be on my blog and will announce the winner (on March 1st). So, stop by as many blogs as you possibly can to increase your chances to win a copy of the book!

I will announce each posting on Facebook and Twitter. So, if you aren't my friend or following me...you better start if you want to win. ;)

If you would like to purchase your own copy look for Earth's End on Amazonor Barnes and Nobel!

Interview


What do you do for fun?

Bec: Relax, watch movies, do crafts, shoot guns, and hang out with my family!

What was the most challenging part of writing this story?

Bec: Finding time to do it. I edited the anthology...and wrote my story last, after everything else was done. If worst had come to worst, I wouldn't have had a story in the antho, but I found time.

I'd had the idea from the beginning, when I originally came up with the idea for the collection.

What did you learn from writing your story?

Bec: That I want it to be longer! I plan to expand it to novella length.


Do have any current projects that you are working on?
Bec: I'm wrapping up my online serial, Nurse Blood, and then I'll be writing the first book in my zombie novel series: The Hunger Plague.

Out of all the death scenes that you have written, which is your favorite, and why?

Bec: That would be in Hall of Twelve, where a girl literally chokes/lacerates herself to death on barbed wire. Panic can be your worst enemy sometimes.

Rebecca's Bio

Hi, I'm Rebecca Besser, a wife, mother, editor, and full time writer, and the author of "Undead Drive-Thru" a zombie novella. I write fiction, nonfiction, and poetry for various age groups and genres. I've been published over 140 times in various publication.

I'm a graduate of the Institute of Children's Literature. My work has appeared in the Coshocton Tribune, Irish Story Playhouse, Spaceports and Spidersilk, joyful!, Soft Whispers, Illuminata, Common Threads, Golden Visions Magazine, Stories That Lift, Super Teacher Worksheets, Living Dead Presents Magazine (Issues 1 and 2), The Broke One, The Stray Branch, and The Undead That Saved Christmas and the Signals From The Void charity anthologies. I'm also a contributor to multiple Collaboration of the Dead projects. I have multiple stories in anthologies by Living Dead Press, Wicked East Press, NorGus Press, Pill Hill Press, Hidden Thoughts Press, Coscom Entertainment, Knight Watch Press, and one in an anthology by Post Mortem Press. I also have a poem in an anthology by Naked Snake Press.

To learn more about me feel free to visit my website: http://www.rebeccabesser.com/ or my blog: http://blog.rebeccabesser.com/

You can also find me on Facebook: MY PAGE or MY PROFILE

I'm also on Twitter under: @BeccaBesser