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I've been away for ages, but I've been busy, busy, busy.



My next novel, The Kult is due to be published on May 25th. If anyone is interested in winning an advance review copy, please check out the publishers blog: http://blog.leucrotapress.com/

Ten winners will be chosen at random on the closing date, April 24th, but the one condition of entry is that if chosen, you promise to read the entire novel, and then write a short and honest review about what you thought of the novel, and then email it to the publisher as well as post on Amazon.com, Barnesandnobel.com, or any other review sites you enjoy.

The Kult

People are predictable. That's what makes them easy to kill.

Acting out of misguided loyalty to his friends, police officer Prosper Snow is goaded into helping them perform a copycat killing, but when the real killer comes after him, it�s not only his life on the line, but his family's too. Now if he goes to his colleagues for help, he risks being arrested for murder. If he doesn't, he risks being killed.

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�With Kult, Shaun Jeffrey hits one out of the park with this creepy, character-driven thriller that starts with a jolt, stays in the fast lane, and plunges into the darkest territory of the human mind. It�s a bumpy ride through nightmare country.�

--Jonathan Maberry, multiple Bram Stoker Award-winning author of PATIENT ZERO and PUNISHER: NAKED KILL

"The Kult is a creeping stalk through a shadowy labyrinth of thrills and terror. Shaun Jeffrey delivers a pulse-pounding novel of superb skill and unequivocal horror. Fans of many genres should be ready to embrace one of the brightest new talents on the scene today." - Jon F. Merz author of Parallax and the Lawson Vampire novels.

The book is now available for anyone interested, and there's an associated contest to win gift vouchers:

Click here for further details: Kult Competition

A couple of nice reviews have appeared: http://www.fatally-yours.com/horror-literature/book-review-the-kult-by-shaun-jeffrey/

http://stanleyriiks.wordpress.com/2009/06/25/the-kult-by-shaun-jeffrey-reviewed/

And the book is now on Amazon.co.uk or The Book Depository for �5 and a little change: Amazon.co.uk

Book Depository

Hey! That's the ititle of one of my novels LOL

Great minds and all that

From the Leucrota Press blog: "Gharial Productions has just optioned movie rights to Shaun Jeffrey's The Kult.

The screenplay, adapted from the novel by Danielle Kaheaku and Robert Hunter, went into negotiations in the middle of November with Gharial Productions and has finally come out with a solid contract offer and acceptance by Leucrota Press.

Gharial Productions is an emerging movie and film production company based in San Diego, California, and is currently working on pre-production arrangements for the filming of the movie, tentatively scheduled to begin June 2010."

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Anyone who has had a book optioned knows that it's far from actually being filmed, but it's still a nice early Christmas present.

I was pleased to find out that The Kult is a finalist in the horror category of the ForeWord Book of the Year Awards: http://www.bookoftheyearawards.com/finalists/2009/category/fiction-horror/

And there's more news in that a director has been chosen:

Kip Shelton has been a writer, editor, special effects designer, composer, producer, and director for the last thirty years. He has done work for companies such as DreamWorks, MTV, VH-1, Discovery, and countless motion pictures and television projects. With credits from Behind The Music to Amistad, Kip's experience provides a well rounded foundation for almost any pre-production, production, or post production role.

Shooting is slated for September 2010 and casting calls are taking place soon.

The director of the film has started a journal about the project: http://gharialproductions.com/the-kult-directors-journal/

The book is now available on Kindle: The Kult Kindle version

And filming of the book is still scheduled for the end of September and the principal cast has been announced: http://gharialproductions.com/news/principal-cast-for-the-kult-announced/