Put My Book In Your NOOK

(Alternate title: I Did It All For The NOOK E-reader.)


Hey, remember how I released a book of my short stories a few months ago called Sometimes Evil Just Don't Pay? No? That makes sense, considering how the sales have been.

Although I was able to cash in my royalty check for upwards of 12 nickels.

When I originally put it up for sale, it was part of a special promotion on Amazon which meant it had to be exclusive to Amazon for at least the first 90 days. Well, those 90 days have long since passed. And considering that my first book, Lifetimes of Blood, has continued selling fairly consistently through Barnes and Noble, I figured it was about time I got my 2nd book up there.

So rejoice, NOOK havers! Sometimes Evil Just Don't Pay, my collection of 14 short stories, is now available through barnesandnoble.com! In fact, that's a link to it right up there! How considerate.

And lest you forget, Lifetimes of Blood is also available on barnesandnoble.com. The link is right here! Holy crap that's convenient!

(And just for fun, the Amazon links for the 2 books are here and here.)

As I mention every time I post about my books, and yet people still don't seem to get, you don't actually have to own a NOOK or Kindle to read the books. You can read them right on your computer through your  browser, or download free apps that allow you to read it on your ipad, phone, laptop, or any other wireless device.

Hell, about the only way you can't read them is on paper. Unless you print them out, of course. Or if you're one of the few people who bought LoB back when it was originally published. Or if you have the original publications that any of the previously published short stories appeared in. You know what, just forget this whole part.

Oh yeah, I almost forgot to mention - Sometimes Evil Just Don't Pay is only $1.99! That's stupid cheap. And Lifetimes of Blood is still only 99 cents! That's stupider cheaper!

So go buy my book right now. I promise you won't regret it.

Ok, you might regret it. But I promise you I won't regret it.

Lifetimes of Blood - The Origin!

It's been one of those weeks where I feel like there's a ton of stuff that I either need or want to get done, and just not enough hours in the day to do so.

This couch isn't going to sleep on itself, for example.

So as usual when that happens, I dig up something a wrote a decade ago and post that instead. This week, in light of my collection of short stories being released, (Sometimes Evil Just Don't Pay, in case you forgot,) I've decided to post one of my short stories that I didn't include in the book. And to tie it in with my other book, (Lifetimes of Blood, in case you forgot that, too,) it's the short story that Lifetimes of Blood was based off of.

This was my second story ever published, although it was the third or fourth accepted for publication. The first sentence of the story had been stuck in my head for a day or two, and eventually I came up with the story to go with it. After it was published, the editor that had published my first story emailed me to say he had read and liked it, and thought it would make for a good screenplay. I didn't feel ready to tackle writing a screenplay at that point, but thinking about it caused me to fill in more of the story. Once I came up with the idea for The Other One that was pretty much the missing piece and I turned it into a novella.

Those who have read Lifetimes of Blood will notice that I used a good portion of this story as the third chapter in LOB. I basically just cut out the flashbacks, since they were chapters of their own now, and embellished a little. Incidentally, I had forgot until re-reading this story just now that I pretty clearly insinuated that Jonas was Jeffrey Dahmer. At the time it was current.

So here you go, after the jump - The Origin of Lifetimes of Blood. I know you'll sleep better knowing all this.

Buy My NEW Book!

The wait is finally over!* My newest book is here!

Sometimes Evil Just Don't Pay is a collection of 14 of my short stories, including 3 that have never been published. The cover is once again by Kory Kolvig, and as much as I loved the last cover he did for me, he topped himself with this one. That cover rules.**

The book is available through Amazon.com for the amazingly low price of $1.99. But even better, if you're an Amazon Prime member, you can read it for free. Yes, free! That's as cheap as it gets!

Here's the description from Amazon:

A suicidal man that just can’t seem to die . . . a world where everyone has become a murderous lunatic . . . unseen horrors hunting deep below the earth . . .demons pouring in from a portal to another realm . . . and a pair of Mafia hitmen with a knack for the supernatural. SOMETIMES EVIL JUST DON’T PAY collects 14 stories of terror, suspense and humor by Adam T. Johnson, with a guest appearance by Satan himself! This collection will leave you screaming, laughing, and begging for more.

How can you say no to that? As I've mentioned before, you don't even need a Kindle to read it. You can read it right in your browser, or download one of these free apps that are available for every device out there.

If you buy it, I'd appreciate it if you use one of these links or the link on the side of the page to do so. I make a few extra pennies that way. And if you read it, make sure to leave me a review. Good or bad, books with more reviews get more sales, so you'd be helping me out.

And once again, it's only $1.99 - free for Prime members! You're not going to find a better bang for your buck. For real. I've done the research.


* I know at least 1 person was waiting for it. So this statement is technically true.


** As if the cover itself isn't good enough, Kory made it by tracing that outline in the parking lot of a school and photographing it. He then left the chalk outline. I really wish I could have been around the next day when someone found it.