NightWhere has been with me a long time. I first thought of the dangerously erotic, if still murky concept before I finished the final draft of Covenant, my very first novel. I remember telling Charlee Jacob about the idea during the World Horror Convention back in 2002, and I remember her urging me to sit my ass down and write it.
It took me a while to heed her advice, but ten books and ten years later, I finally put the last touches on NightWhere. Along the way, there have been many, many people who have been supportive and helpful in ways they probably don’t even know. I can’t list them all, but I do need to thank my editor, Don D’Auria, for taking me with him to Samhain and giving me the green light to go down this deep red path. And as always, thanks to my wife, Geri, and my son, Shaun, for indulging and letting me take the time away to go there. An appreciative nod also for support and inspiration over the years to Charlee Jacob, Edward Lee, Lucy Taylor, Tim Waggoner, Jonathan Maberry, Gerard Houarner, Jeffrey Thomas, Dave Barnett, James Roy Daley, Cheryl Mullenax, Bryan Smith and W.D. Gagliani.
I’ve been lucky to have many readers and reviewers follow me along for the ride through all of these strange and twisted stories, and want to thank Peter Schwotzer, Nick Cato, Colleen Wanglund, Tony Tremblay and Nanci Kalanta in particular for their support, as well as my longtime “street team” members P.S. Gifford, Sheila Halterman, Sheila Mallec, Erik Smith, Paul Legerski, Dave Benton, Lincoln Crisler, Peg Phillips, Martel Sardina, Raymond Brown and Damian Maffei. Finally, huge thanks to my Euro-horror connection, Rich Baldwin, and my web guru and horror movie co-host, Lon Czarnecki, (you should see the film fests we hold in my basement!)
It’s been a really long time in coming, so I hope all of my readers enjoy this twisted tale. I enjoyed, in a most perverse way, writing it…