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Welcome to the official online home for bestselling author Fred Wiehe. He is a Novelist, Short Story Writer, and Screenwriter. Although Fred is a proud member of the Horror Writers Association , he writes dark, speculative fiction that often blurs the lines of genres between horror, scii-fi, fantasy, alternate reality, suspense and thrillers. He is also a Writing Instructor for both children and adults and has written a nonfiction, how-to Ebook for fiction writers: Creative Writing: Get Started Writing Fiction.
Fred's biography has been included in the 2005 edition of Who's Who in America and in the 2006 edition of Who's Who in the World . He regularly appears as an expert, guest panelist at fan conventions, often visits book stores for special events and book signings, and frequently appears as a guest on both radio and television.
- Aleric: Monster Hunter is now available wherever books are sold (click on BOOKS for details).
- Fred's new short story Predator & Prey will be published in the anthology Slices of Flesh by Dark Moon Press. This is a non-profit project, with proceeds going to Literacy Project of America. The anthology will launch at the 2012 World Horror Convention. For details CLICK HERE.
- Fred just completed an online interview for Read Horror, Meet the Writer . Just click the link to read!
- Fred will be aqppearing on The Joe Flyyn Show, Comcast TV Channel 15 on November 26, 2011 at 12am. Watch it live at www.creatvsj.org/streaming.aspx and search Channel 15, The Joe Flynn Show. Also, the show will be archived, so you can watch it anytime. You can find it on a "play on demand" section of the same website under channel 15, www.creatvsj.org.
- Jonathan Maberry, New York Times best selling author of Dust & Decay and Dead of Night says, "With Aleric: Monster Hunter, Fred Wiehe breathes dangerous new life into urban fantasy. With lightning-fast pace, dangerous twists and action that will leave you breahless! Disturbingly entertaining!"
- Fred will be appearing at the Sac Sci-Fi Horror Show, along with Tad Williams, Marina Sirtis, Mike Mignola, Nicholas Brendon, John Stanley, and more. Check them out on facebook at https://www.facebook.com/sacscifihorrorshow.
-The Uglies, Fred's new screenplay is now finished. He is currently looking for a producer/director.
- Holiday Madness is Black Bed Sheet Books #1 Bestseller for 2010.
- The screenplay Freak House (Story by Fred Wiehe and Dave Reda. Script by Fred Wiehe) is being shopped around Hollywood by Elftwin Films
- Fred is now working on a new adult novel (Zero Sin) and a new teen novel (The In Between) .
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Jonathan Maberry, NY Times bestselling author of Dust & Decay and Dead of Night says, "With ALERIC: MONSTER HUNTER, Fred Wiehe breathes dangerous new life into urban fantasy. With lightning-fast pace, dangerous twists and action that will leave you breathless! Dangerously entertaining!"
Read Horror says, "Fred Wiehe’'s latest novel Aleric: Monster Hunter is an ambitious book that ties fast paced action into well-researched gypsy custom."
Aleric Toma Bimbai is a two-hundred-year-old Rom, Gypsy, and a legend among his people. He hunts monsters for bounty, a gun for hire, with secrets as dark as midnight in a graveyard. He is a hero and rogue rolled into one, with preternatural powers of his own, only slightly better than the supernatural creatures he hunts. His exploits border on the mythical and the legendary. His is a land where good versus evil in a never-ending battle for supremacy, and in his world a very thin line separates the two. He walks that line every night. He is in a constant struggle to remain on the side of good, but he must often cross over to the side of evil and meet his adversaries on their ground. Defeat is not an option. He is a hero who believes that the end does justify the means, and he will do whatever it takes to win and to stay alive to fight another day. To that end there is a price to pay. But he pays it willingly, sacrificing eternal salvation for his own soul to help make the world better for all.
Aleric'’s task this time, however, is to save a zombie rather than exterminate it. But Wasso Wonko is no ordinary zombie. He'’s different. He can still think. He can talk. Besides, Wasso is also Gypsy. Aleric soon uncovers an immoral alliance between local doctor, Wilhelm Ratterman, and the self-proclaimed King of the Gypsies, Carranza Tene. Tene is supplying his own people as guinea pigs for Ratterman'’s bizarre experiments. Ratterman is in search of a serum that will not only give him strength and courage but also immortality. But he'’s foolishly using the zombie virus as a catalyst in his serum. Under the guise of free flu shots, the doctor’s testing that undeadly serum on the Gypsies that King Tene supplies him.
Is there an antidote? If so, can Aleric find it in time to save Wasso from his undead existence?
To complicate matters, Wasso goes missing. Ratterman’'s serum—---a Molotov cocktail of chemicals, zombie virus, and now vampire blood---succeeds only in regressing the doctor back through evolution, transforming him into a rampaging, primitive beast—: a Neanderthal. King Tene puts a contract out on Aleric'’s head. Pearsa, Aleric'’s new girlfriend and boojo woman (fortuneteller), is running a scam on an old woman, and both she and her mark go missing. Aleric believes that Jeta, his two-hundred-year-old vampire wife, targeted Pearsa in a fit of jealous rage. What’s worse, Jeta'’s vampire lover, Kinski, is set on ripping out Aleric'’s heart---—you don’t want to get vampires jealous.
Aleric must find the antidote if it exists. He must now track down both Wasso and the Neanderthal. One, he must save. The other, he must destroy. Pearsa’'s life also depends on him finding her. But he must save her without harming Jeta in the process, for he and his vampire bride have a relationship that is not only long and dark but twisted and complicated. And to succeed, Aleric must fight his way through King Tene’'s Gypsy henchmen, an assassin bent on collecting a high-priced fee, and the pissed-off vampire Kinski.
To succeed he must simply stay alive, for he is the world’'s best hope and last line of defense against evil.
He is Aleric: Monster Hunter.
Gauthier Publications, Inc.
Adult Fiction Urban Fantasy/Horror/Thriller
Hardcover ISBN: 0983359318 $19.99
(BBSB #1 Bestseller for 2010!)
"The holidays have never before been more spine-tingling or more fun for Tweens, Teens, and Adults alike than in this anthology of 13 supernatural tales. All of the stories were originally written and then read on the radio by author Fred Wiehe, primarily at Halloween and Christmas, for KKUP--a nonprofit, public radio station in the San Francisco Bay Area. Two of the Halloween stories were later separately published in a trade magazine or in an ezine. The Christmas stories include A Gremlin for Christmas, Holiday Madness, The Three Wolf Men, Run, Run Rudy: A Zombie's Not Too Far Behind, Santa's War, and Christmas-Time Gremlins: A Sequel. The Halloween stories include Trick or Treat: It's the Puppet People (published Halloween 2007 in Sinister Tales), Trick or Troll (published Halloween 2008 at ShadeWorks), The Uglies, The Halloween Box, and Ghosts, Inc. Raven Mocker and Bad Moon round out this collection--two stories for all occasions."
Black Bed Sheet Books
Tween, Teen, and Adult Fiction | Speculative Fiction
Trade Paperback ISBN: 978-0-9842136-5-8 $15.95
"Wiehe's 13 tales of holiday terror will shock and thrill you to the bone. Teens and adults alike will love the twists and turns in this collection. Not a word wasted. Great stuff!!" - Nate Kenyon ( Bram Stoker Finalist for his novel Bloodstone and the author of The Reach, The Bone Factory, and numerous other great novels)
"A chilling collection of madness and despair that will turn your insides out." Lee Pletzers, author of over 40 short stories and editor of four anthologies.
"Ghouls and Santa, Ghosts and Aliens --- —a stocking full of bloody holiday stories hung with care. Scrooges of all ages will shriek with delight!”" Del Howison, author, part-time actor, and owner of Dark Delicacies Bookstore in Burbank, CA
"With HOLIDAY MADNESS Fred Wiehe proves that Halloween is no longer the scariest time of the year. HOLIDAY MADNESS is weird, twisted, spooky, wild and outrageous. Very highly recommended!" Jonathan Maberry, multiple Bram Stoker Award winning author of THE WOLFMAN and MARVEL ZOMBIES RETURN
"Halloween and Christmas: are there two more opposite holidays? The former commemorates death; the latter celebrates birth - not an ordinary birth but a particular world-changing one. Melding these two disparate themes of holiday cheer and chilling horror into a baker's devilish dozen of thirteen supernatural tales and poems may not be your idea of an "under the mistletoe" kind of story. But it certainly takes a reader along some scary and strange paths. San Francisco Bay Area author and teacher Fred Wiehe shares good company with, among others, Charles Dickens ('A Christmas Carol' certainly blends the season's joy with haunting episodes of ghosts and other dimensions) and film director Tim Burton, whose musical fantasy 'The Nightmare Before Christmas' is an unusual excursion into both realms.
Do the stories succeed? Being an avid reader of horror stories myself, I say a resounding YES - but you better watch out! Wiehe's wit sends his yarns twisting in unexpected directions with the title story `Holiday Madness' being a good example, where overwork and stress take their toll on a helpless victim as the Christmas season progresses. I appreciate Wiehe's new-wave take on tales of terror, especially now, in autumn, when it's believed that the curtain between our earthly world and the other side becomes less distinct, and communication between the two worlds is possible, more than any other time of the year. Tales of gloom and doom work well in most any season but admittedly there's an extra buzz when October makes its appearance and tree leaves stage their annual display of fall color. And `Holiday Madness' delivers! Not only rousing excitement and thrills but likable protagonists engaged in combat against overwhelming forces of evil make for consistently compelling reading throughout.
"The Uglies", "Raven Mocker", and "The Three Wolf Men" were a few favorites. "The Uglies" brought to mind Daphne du Maurier's short story, "The Birds", though in this case it's large, bat-like creatures that wreak havoc in a small town. On the other hand, the "Raven Mocker" nemesis IS a bird-like monster. But is it a hallucination in the mind of elderly Cherokee Charlie Two-Lives? Father Joseph Christy, a lapsed priest, grapples with new-found doubts about G-d's existence - and with forces from hell in "The Three Wolf Men". College students band together as paranormal investigators and battle an intransigent apparition to rescue a captive 10-year-old boy in "Ghosts, Inc". And of course there's Santa Claus himself, who puts in several appearances, clashing with various gremlins and alien threats. To read about jolly old Saint Nick firing rounds from a Glock 21 pistol or defending himself with an M16A1 Assault Rifle almost made me feel as if I was having an OBE myself (no, not Order of the British Empire but Out-of-Body experience) - a truly dippy feeling is the only way I can describe it!
*WARNING! Wiehe writes wildly, weirdly, and well. Some of these stories are bloody and gory; shock value is used to full effect. In other words, it's NOT your traditional Christmas fable. So as the days draw in and the nights grow longer, you might want to sit in a comfy chair, read a few of these mind-bending stories and "get into the holiday spirit"(!) Instead of enjoying a hot, spiced mug of apple cider, perhaps consider imbibing a glass of whatever Oktoberfest beer suits your fancy. No, I'm not plugging anything other than this book, but a beverage more bracing seems better suited to a book like `Holiday Madness'.
**Fred Wiehe appears regularly, reading his stories, on radio station KKUP, 91.5FM in Cupertino, California. 'Holiday Madness' is a compilation of those he's written for KKUP over the years.
I first became aware of Fred back in early '07. I was on my way to work one morning and he was reading from his chiller novel 'Strange Days'; I was so mesmerized I just sat, transfixed, 'til the broadcast was over. Needless to say my boss wasn't too happy (I'd never done anything like that before) but I was so thrilled - in the happy sense -to make a new reading discovery! Keep 'em coming, Fred!"
Lisa Hawkins (originally posted on Amazon)
10/21/2010
The small coastal town of Serenity Bay is no longer a serene getaway as it once was; it's now Hell on earth, and its people are spontaneously combusting. Ex-SFPD Inspector Phyllis Blessing moves back to Serenity Bay after her husband and son die in a freak accident. She hopes to find the innocence of childhood and the comfort of family. But when both her aunt and uncle are mysteriously killed, she becomes entangled in a bizarre investigation involving balls of light that speed across the night sky. Along the way, she picks up a group of misfit allies: Madam Volga, the Gypsy fortuneteller, and Lucy McDanell, a girl who believes a vampire visits her in dreams. Phyllis also discovers a Faerie Realm, or Otherworld, where she meets her most trusted ally, an elf named Gideon. Banding together is the only hope of this group of misfits to survive The Burning.
Publish America
Teen & Adult Fiction Dark Fantasy/Horror
ISBN: 1-59129-189-5 Trade paperback $19.95
"This book [The Burning] is a compelling, page-turning read, with a wounded heroine, mythical beings, and some very quirky characters in a small seaside town ... a book I couldn't put down." - Rosemary Laurey, OHIOana Quarterly
"The Burning contains plenty of suspense and plot twists!" - Lisa Hurley, Tracy's Book Reviews
"THE BURNING is a must read! 5Stars. The Burning is the third of Fred Wiehe's books that I have read. All three have been excellent. Be prepared for some twists and a few surprises with this story. I highly recommend it." - Scott Grueninger, Ohio, 3/11/02
"The Burning had an interesting character and used mythology to create an innovative fantasy, something different from the usual dancing elves and Tolkien clones (not that I have anything against Tolkien--I'm just tired of bad imitations). This novel is fresh and new, an enjoyable read. 5 Stars." - James Arthur Anderson, Miami, FL, 6/20/2003
An ancient and evil entity--a monster from another dimension--has murdered Frank Talbort's wife and stolen his identity. In possession of Frank's body, the monster embarks on a bloody killing spree that terrorizes San Francisco. Meanwhile, Frank desperately searches for a way back to three-dimensional time. He must re-enter the physical world if he has any hope of stopping the monster that controls his former body. To that end, he turns to a comatose patient for help. Officer David Kemp has suffered a traumatic head injury while investigating the murder of Frank's wife. He now lies in a hospital bed, fighting for his life. Frank's spirit joins with David's and successfully reawakens the broken body. However, their combined spirits also awaken an internal, schizophrenic battle between two personalities. The competing memories and emotions make it all but impossible to function. Somehow, the two spirits must come to terms with their inner demons and learn to work together. Time is running out. The body count is rising. And the monster has his sights set on David's wife next. They must stop it in time. These are Strange Days indeed.
Helm Publishing
Adult Fiction Supernatural Thriller/Horror
ISBN: 0-9760919-9-2 Trade Paperback 332 pages $12.95
Shirley Johnson, Midwest Book Review says,
“"I want to tell you right-up front that if you are looking for a true horror read you simply must pick up this book. Talk about a creepy, hair-raising, chill bumping read this is the one, and something you should expect and receive in this genre. Believe me, you will not be disappointed. We have an evil spirit, one that survives only to kill and inflict misery on humans. How does he do this? He possesses bodies, from babies to adults, all for the purpose of giving untold misery and death. The depth of this spirit's hatred seeps through the pages and actually makes you shiver. He at first lives through one man, but when that body is killed he posses another body, displacing this man Frank's spirit and leaving it in limbo on the earth; but this man is determined to retrieve his body and end the monster's ramped killing. The how's and why's of this are deep and you must read this work to fully understand the storyline; trust me you will not be disappointed as it twists and turns and slams you from one horror to the next. You will see lives destroyed by this monster, but you will also see the merging of others to defeat his reign of terror.
This story is intense, full of gore, murder, sadness and evil but also touches strongly on the spirit of humanity, the essence of life and the truth that good will overcome evil. If I may use my favorite term, this book 'creeped me out,' and for all those who want the jabegies scared out of them don't miss reading it.
A winner in its genre, definitely giving the reader exactly what they expect to find, and more. One little tip, if you are reading this at night you may want to turn on a few extra lights. Definitely horror at its peak!”"
Barry Hunter, Baryon Magazine says,
“"Edna Gear is alone and about to have her baby when a storm comes up. With it comes an ancient evil that is seeking a three-dimensional body to be reborn and the baby is the choice for this incarnation.
Louis Gear, vessel of the evil entity, rapes and kills Emily Talbort and is in turned killed by her husband Frank. Only problem is that the entity takes over Frank'’s body and leaves his spirit “homeless”. Police Officer David Kemp responds to the call and ends up in a coma. The police think Frank has gone gonzo and is on a one-man crime spree of rape and death.
Frank manages to enter David'’s body and the two of them try to function with conflicting memories and personalities in an effort to stop the killer and protect David'’s wife who is out to be the next victim.
Wiehe has written a solid adventure with a metaphysical twist that is fast moving and action filled. Be on the lookout for this one and others in the future. Wiehe is out to make a name for himself in the horror field, and this is a damn fine start.”"
Weston Ochse, Bram Stoker award winning author of SCARECROW GODS and APPALACHIAN GALAPAGOS says,
"Wiehe's punchy prose pounds us with dementia, mis-adventure and enough multi-dimensional mayhem to KO Quinten Tarantino and leave him smiling as he hits the floor."
Jonathan Maberry, Bram Stoker award-winning author of Ghost Road Blues says,
“"Strange Days by Fred Wiehe is one of those wonderfully strange, mind-twisting stories that never goes where you expect it to go, and always delivers shocks and thrills. This puppy begs for film or graphic novel adaptation.”"
Nicholas Grabowsky, author of THE EVERBORN and HALLOWEEN IV says,
"Out of body experience makes for an intriguing plot device in Fred Wiehe's latest contribution to the world of horror/suspense, the latest in a succession of novel-length works from The Burning to the most recent Starkville.
Louis Gear is a monster; more precisely, is inhabited by a monster. An ancient and diabolical evil dwells in Gear that has flitted from human body to body and life to life throughout centuries past, each existence devoted to destructive mayhem fueled by relentless addiction to violent abandon, rape and murder.
Frank Talbort's wife is yet another victim in Gear's killing spree, but when Frank comes home from a busy day at the advertising agency he finds himself face to face with Gear and his wife's mangled body. In a frenzied confrontation, Frank kills Gear, but the ancient creature within Gear yanks Frank's spirit from his body and then takes that body over, resuming his killing spree as Frank. In the meantime, Frank's spirit, eager to stop the creature for good, enters the body of a coma-stricken police officer--another of the creature's victims. After this shift in identities, it's cat and mouse from then on out.
Frankly (pardon the pun), Wiehe, at the start, does need the kind of poetic fluidity that it takes to draw the average reader into the story at the get-go, that gut-busting rawness that makes the reader know that you have a guttural roar while a picture is being painted before the bulk of the story is told, but the thing is ... when you don't expect it, you get caught up in the whole thing, right about the time when Gear has Frank's wife. When Frank's spirit is catapulted from his body, one cannot help but truly take an interest, and then the tale pulls you in, deeper and deeper, and it gets better and better.
All in all, after you read it, it leaves you thinking and going back in your mind to the events you've just read about, just as a good read should. Strange Days is a novel, ultimately, that does its job, A NOVEL OF AGELESS EVIL TOLD WITH WICKED ABANDON AND STYLISH PROSE. FRED WIEHE HAS ESTABLISHED HIMSELF AS AN IMPORTANT VOICE IN A NEW AGE OF HORROR FICTION. As he grows in his craft, I'm certain we'll be watching. And reading."
Garry Charles, Author of HEAVEN'S FALLING, Volume 1, ASCENSION
"My kind of nasty!"
Nickolaus A. Pacione, Renegade Horror Writer
"Fred Wiehe knows what he wants with horror, and the imagination is of an author that doesn't exactly fit with the current trend. If he was alive in the 1930's he would find great company with the likes of H.P. Lovecraft and Algernon Blackwood."
Holli Burlew, Port Charlotte, FL
"I received my book on Thursday afternoon. I could not wait to read it.. I waited until my children went to bed to begin. I was up almost all night reading. I could not put it down. Even when I had to stop reading because I was so tired I kept looking at it and saying "one more chapter" that's all I wanted but my eyes could not stay open. This is by far the best book I have ever read. I finished it this afternoon, the day after receiving it. The story was amazing, it literally scared me at times. The horror was excellent. The writing was that of greatness. Fred Wiehe is the best in my books. I cannot wait to read the next one."
FYRETHIRD (a fan)
“"If you like horror with some mystery and fantasy woven into it, (Which by the way, to me seems to be a pretty original concept) then try looking up some of his [Fred Wiehe's] books on amazon, His latest is called Strange Days. He is a varily unknown author, but don't let that stop you, I'd say he's at least as good as Dean Koontz or Stephen King.”"
Scott Grueninger , Loveland, Ohio
"Wiehe has outdone himself with Strange Days. The pages could not turn quickly enough for me. Bizarre is probably the single best word I can use to describe the story. The author manages to capture evil, suspense, and drama all in the same well-spun tale. So, grab a copy of Strange Days and curl up on the couch for a good read. Just a warning though -- you may want to leave the lights on."
James A. Feld, Avid Reader & Amateur Author
"Fred Wiehe has created a masterpiece of horror in his latest novel "Strange Days." From the first page to the shocking last page he takes you on an unstoppable journey of death and Unthinkable Terror. If you like Horror you will love "Strange Days."
Suzanne Brenner, Fan in California
"Strange Days is the creepiest, scariest book I've ever read. It raised the hackles on the back of my neck. Read this one with all the lights on ... not just a reading lamp ... and forget a book light ... that's definitely not enough. You won't be able to put this book down so prepare for an all-nighter."
Wendy Lang, California
"Finished it and recommend it to other horror fans. Fred spins a very believable tale here that could explain why wicked people go bad."
Alfie Free and Tommy Chandler, two San Jose police detectives, have been partners and friends for thirteen years. While neither of them is willing to acknowledge that ominously numbered anniversary, they can't escape the strange and horrifying events ahead. They soon find themselves knee-deep into the occult, chasing a drug kingpin and self-proclaimed vampire. Moreover, their snitch turns up in a back alley. Dead. Drained of all his blood. When Tommy unexpectedly inherits a ranch in the Santa Lucia Mountains of Big Sur, both he and Alfie agree they need a vacation and quickly flee San Jose. They can not, however, escape the dark cloud of their thirteenth year together. In Big Sur, while traveling through a dark and foreboding forest, Alfie and Tommy meet and quickly befriend a kumpania, band, of Gypsies. And suddenly, they're forced to protect these new friends from wolfish beasts with hell-fire eyes. The only warning of the beasts' imminent attack is their Night Songs.
Adult Fiction Horror-Suspense
ISBN: 0-595-18839-7 Trade Paperback $14.95
"This book [Night Songs] captivated me, leaving me with scenes that still linger to this day. Mr. Wiehe has moved his art of writing forward and graduates to the top of the class."
Ken Mason, Simegen Reviews
"This [ Night Songs] is an EXCELLENT book. Full of excitement and humor, you can't help but read on to find out what will happen next. Mr. Wiehe has shown great aptitude for leading his readers astray with plot tricks and twists, then springing the real plot on them like a starving werewolf."
Lisa Hurly, Tracy's Book Reviews
"An intriguing book that combines cops and the occult. Wiehe includes some interesting Gypsy lore."
Kate Templeton Fox, OHIOana Quarterly
"Night Songs is a pulse-pounding and humorous horror/suspense novel."
HorrorFind
"This book has everything: vampires, werewolves, gypsies, gypsy lore, cops, and drug pushers. It's as funny as it is scary. And it takes place in one of my favorite places--Big Sur (although next time I'm there I'll be on the lookout for a gypsy encampment and steer clear). I had to read this one with all the lights on! 5 Stars."
Suzanne Brenner, San Jose, CA
"Night Songs is awesome. Reading about the partnership between Alfie and Tommy was cool. These two guys are very funny and strong. Some very scary situations in this one. Some scary situations I would not like to find myself in. I'd probably lose my mind, not knowing what to do. This is a killer novel."
Jamie Nightwalker
Starkville, a sleepy burg in the Sierra Foothills, is under attack. Something is infecting its people, transforming trusted friends into psychotic killers. Maggie Stark, a retired homicide detective, hopes to escape the nightmares and death that surround her family and former career. To this end, she leaves San Francisco with her eight year old son, Billy, and returns to her home town. But Starkville is not her salvation, as she had hoped. Violence erupts all around her. And when Deputy Sheriff Sam Waters calls on her investigative acumen to solve a puzzling and brutal murder-suicide, she is reluctant, yet resigned, to help him with the strange and eerie mystery. The investigation takes a bizarre twist when she and Sam become embroiled with a one hundred and fifty year old Chinese man named Wing Sun. Only Wing Sun knows the deadly secret concerning the outbreak of violence that infects the town! Only he knows how to destroy the evil invading Starkville!
Adult Fiction Science Fiction/Horror
ISBN: 0-595-17924-X Trade Paperback $15.95
"This [Starkville] is an excellent book. Mr. Wiehe has done a fabulous job! The characters suck you into their world, and you can't stop yourself from turning the page to find out what happens next. Both well written, and edited, Starkville will wrest emotion after emotion from you. It is obvious Mr. Wiehe researched his subject matter well, and although you get the pleasure of reading some wonderful Chinese tales, everything is plainly understandable. There is nothing confusing about this book. This is one of the best horror/sci-fi books I've read in a long time, and I think it would make an excellent addition to anyone's collection."
"This story will send chills down your spine! Order pizza for dinner before you begin reading because you will not be able to stop reading this book until the last page has been read, and good luck sleeping afterward! Excellent horror novel and well worth your time!"
Detra Fitch, Huntress Reviews
"Fred Wiehe has written a fast-paced, non-stop story that will draw you in and keep you hooked."
"Starkville is a fast-paced, spine-tingling horror/suspense novel."
"Reading this book was like a rollercoaster ride for me--exciting and full of twists and turns. I cared deeply for the characters. I wanted no harm to come to them. However, harm did come, and I cried. I didn't want this one to end!"
Creative Writing: Get Started Writing Fiction: You want to write. You want to tell a story, create unforgettable characters, entertain and awe readers. You want to see your byline on a short story in a reputable magazine or e-zine. You want to see your novel in a bookstore or on Amazon. You dream of being a writer and making a good living at a profession you love.
But you have no idea how to get started. You have no idea how a story works, how to create interesting characters, how to devise intricate plots, how to create conflict, how to describe setting or mood, how to choose a point of view, how to write an action scene, how to SHOW rather than tell, or how to create sparkling prose with metaphors and similes.
THIS IS THE BOOK FOR YOU!
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Teens & Adults Non-Fiction E-Book $20.00
Fred Wiehe is a creative writing instructor, as well as a published novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter. He's a proud member of the Horror Writers Association. He is the author of the published short stories Trick or Treat: It's the Puppet People and Trick or Troll. His new collection of short stories Holiday Madness: 13 Dark Tales for Halloween, Christmas, and all Occasions is now available. His published novels include Strange Days, The Burning, Night Songs, and Starkville. His new novel Aleric: Monster Hunter will be available in hardcover, Spring 2011. And he just sold the option to his first screenplay--written in association with Dave Reda of Elftwin Films--to Kaki Entertainment.
NOW YOU CAN LEARN HOW TO WRITE GREAT FICTION FROM THIS RESPECTED AUTHOR!
Here's a sample of what you'll learn from this book:
Writing a Short Story vs. a Novel
Picking a Genre
How to Grab Readers' Attention
How Ideas Are Born
How to Write Outlines/Concept Maps
How to Write Character Sketches
The Rough Draft
Dealing with Writer's Block
Writing Descriptions/Show vs. Tell
Conflict & Plot
Different Points of View
Writing Dialogue
Writing Action Scenes
Steering Clear of Minutia
Setting/Mood
The Importance of Revisions
Simple, Compound, & Complex Sentences
Editing and Polishing
And More!
Creative Writing: Get Started Writing Fiction not only instructs you on how to do these things but also SHOWS you how. It's loaded with examples from Fred's short stories and novels, as well as original text examples written only for this e-book. It also has writing lessons at the end of sections, so you can practice the learned skills.
Fred had the same problems with his writing skills that you have today when he started out many years ago. He looked for books on the subject to help, but most of those dealt with nonfiction or self-help books. There was very little about fiction, about creating new worlds and great characters. There was virtually nothing about structuring a short story or novel. He was on his own.
That’s why he wrote this book. It’s his hope to help aspiring fiction writers avoid the pitfalls he fell into and to avoid learning by trial and error. Hopefully, this book will help you write better stories, faster, and succeed as a writer quicker.
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Fred Wiehe is not only a Novelist, a Short Story Writer, and an Author of a nonfiction, how-to book on writing fiction, he is also a Screenwriter :
Freak House is an original screenplay: Story by Fred Wiehe and Dave Reda. Script written by Fred Wiehe. This feature film was written in association with Elftwin Films .
Logline: An elite ghost-hunting team is hired to investigate a Halloween attraction when a young woman's psychic ability inadvertantly unlocks the true horror behind the one-time insane asylum.
This script is represented by Elftwin Films. Contact Dave Reda at clickthis2000_yahoo.com or Fred Wiehe at fred_fredwiehe.com . ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. WGAw Registration #1328776. Copyright 2009 by Fred Wiehe and Dave Reda. More information to come!
As side note, a new short film from producer/director Dave Reda and Elftwin Films entitled Horror of Our Love has been winning awards at film festivals throughout the country and getting great reviews too. (By the way, Fred's seen it and thinks, "It's Kick Ass, Awesome!"). Also, check out the feature length film Bit Parts , directed by Dave Reda and produced by Elftwin Films. It's available on DVD!
The Uglies is Fred's new screenplay. This script is adapted from his short story The Uglies , which is featured in his book Holiday Madness: 13 Dark Tales for Halloween, Christmas, and All Occasions. Buy this BBSB 2010 #1 Bestseller and read the short story before it becomes a movie.
Logline: After returning from college, a young woman born to a family of witches is ill prepared when her grandmother's unexpected death breaks a decades-long spell that had been protecting her hometown, unleashing beasts known only as the Uglies from their prison deep within the hollow of an ageless tree.
Contact: Fred Wiehe, fred_fredwiehe.com .
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. WGAw Registration # 1510423. Copyright 2011 by Fred Wiehe.
More information to come!
Predator & Prey , published by Dark Moon Books in the anthology Slices of Flesh . This anthology is due to be released at the World Horror Convention 2012. Cover art is by Mike Mignola of Hellboy fame. There's a who's who list of contibuting authors--Jonathan Mabbery, Jack Ketchum, John Skipp, Del Howison, Deborah LeBlanc, Ramsey Campbell, and many more. To get the full details and list of contibuting authors click Slices of Flesh .
Creeper, Published by Ethereal Gazette , November 2010.
Trick or Treat: It's the Puppet People , Published by Sinister Tales Magazine, October 2008.
Trick or Troll, Published by ShadeWorks, October 2009.
These two stories also appear in Fred's Collection of Short Stories: Holiday Madness: 13 Dark Tales for Halloween, Christmas, and All Occasions, published by Black Bed Sheet Books. Other stories in this collection include A Gremlin for Christmas; Holiday Madness; The Uglies; Raven Mocker; Santa's War; Ghosts Inc.; Run, Run Rudy: A Zombie's Not Too Far Behind; The Halloween Box; Bad Moon; The Three Wolf Men; Trick or Troll; and Christmas-Time Gremlins: A Sequel.
