Monday, July 25, 2022

The Litter



They kept to the shadows so no one would know they existed, and preyed on the nameless who no one would miss. Where did they come from, and who was protecting them? In a city that had seen every kind of savagery, they were something new, something more than murderous. And one woman, who had thought she had lost everything there was to lose in life, would soon find that nothing could possibly prepare her for what would come when she entered their world.


read an excerpt...

A car came squealing around the corner, someone leaning out and throwing an empty bottle in the kid’s direction. He ducked, glass shattering on the wall behind him, and the car continued on its way, drunken curses floating on the night.


The kid stood still for a moment, face reddening and fists clenching. But he knew it wasn’t anything personal. The morons hadn’t been attacking him, just anyone small and defenseless who they happened to come upon.

He’d spent his whole life small and defenseless.

He cinched the zipper of the ski vest a little bit tighter, jerking the collar upright so that it would partially cover his ears, and headed off down the street.

He had no clue where he was heading, or when he would eat or sleep next, but he’d been on his own for years now and had come to learn the way of the streets. He figured nothing could come up that he hadn’t encountered before, and he managed to stuff way deep down into an obscure corner of his mind the longing memories of the warmth and comfort the shelter had offered the night before.

He was a survivor, always had been, and as he wandered down the nearly-deserted street, in the early morning hours of the Zone, he had no doubt that he would continue to survive.

And that was the last that anyone ever saw of him.


about Kevin R. Doyle...


A high-school teacher, former college instructor, and fiction writer, Kevin R. Doyle is the author of numerous short horror stories. He’s also written three crime thrillers, The Group, When You Have to Go There, and And the Devil Walks Away, and one horror novel, The Litter. In the last few years, he’s begun working on the Sam Quinton private eye series, published by Camel Press. The first Quinton book, Squatter’s Rights, was nominated for the 2021 Shamus award for Best First PI Novel.
  The second book, Heel Turn, was released in March of 2021, while the third in the series, Double Frame, came out in March of 2022.

 

Web site: kevindoylefiction.com

Facebook: facebook.com/kevindoylfiction

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6473241.Kevin_R_Doyle

 

The book will be $0.99 during the tour.

 

Buy link:

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Litter-Kevin-R-Doyle/dp/1937769364 



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17 comments:

  1. Good morning. I'd also like to thank you for hosting my book and excerpt.

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  2. The Litter sounds like a thrilling read and I am looking forward to it. Thank you for sharing the author's bio and book details

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  3. Sounds like an exciting book. Congratulations on your release! I like the cover.

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  4. Susan1215,
    Yes, the cover artist did a nice job on this one.

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  5. Sounds like an interesting book.

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  6. You are a new author to me - have to check out your books...

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  7. Really nice cover and excerpt, looking forward to reading this!

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  8. Michele S.
    FYI, my fiction is broken down into two main genres. Most of my short stories and The Litter definitely fall within the horror realm. Most of my other books, though, are mysteries, either procedural or private eye.

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  9. Xjanelx78,
    I hope you enjoy it. It took a long, long time to get just right.

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  10. What would you say is your interesting writing quirk?

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  11. xjanelx78,
    Don't know if it's a quirk as such, but there's a little trick I heard a long time ago that's been around for decades. When I'm working on a first draft, basically coming up with the story on the fly, when I have to stop I make sure and stop in the middle of a sentence. That way, when I return to the piece, I'm forced to pick up right in the same thought I left off.

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  12. What was one of the most surprising things you learned in creating your books?

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  13. xjanelz78,
    Don't know if this is quite what you have in mind, bu the most surprising thing originally was how much work there is ahead once the book is sold. When I wrote short stories for magazines, once you were finished wriing, for the most part you were done. Occassionally someone would want the ending changed or something, but that was it. Same with books. I kind of assumed once you were done writing you were basically done. Although I'd heard all the terms in the past, when it came to books I wasn't ready for content edits, line edits, proof edits, galleys, proofs, etc. It's a lot.

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  14. xjanelx78,
    Darned if I know. Whether as creator or consumer, I just go with whatever appeals to me.

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