Welcome to Hell Hole : New Cover Reveal and a Tease
I’ve taken horror to the old west with my next full length novel for Samhain, HELL HOLE. I’ve been sitting on the cover for a while now, waiting for the right time to show it to you.
Set in the turn of the 20th century in real life mining ghost town, Hecla, Wyoming, Hell Hole has a posse full of terror. What can you expect to find? How about this :
Nat Blackburn, an aging cowboy, former Rough Rider and current New York City cop on a mission for his war pal, President Teddy Roosevelt. There are rumors of riches in the abandoned mines, but everyone who has gone to look for it has disappeared, including the entire town.
Teta Delacruz, Dominican gun-for-hire and Nat’s right hand man. He’ll happily fight to the death for the man who saved his life on the battlefield.
When they arrive in the dusty remains of Hecla, all hell breaks loose. From savage wild men to eerie black eyed children, vengeful Djinn and tortured souls chained to the land, there’s more to the mines of Hecla than flecks of gold.
It’s a gunman’s last chance for glory, and maybe, the end of the world.
Hell Hole will be out in ebook and trade paperback summer, 2014. Stick close to this blog and chain for more details as we get closer!
I hope you’re excited as I am. What do you think of the cover?
Hunter Shea 
You are a non-stop horror machine!! Congrats on another upcoming release!
Thanks Nina. This was my winter writing project this year. I love westerns, so why not add hell to the mix? 🙂
Great cover and concept. As Spinal Tap once sang “you know where you are in a hell hole!” 🙂 – Monster congrats dude!
That song went in circles around my head the entire time I wrote the book. Wait for the sequel, Big Bottom Boomtown.
I LOVE IT!! And it looks great with the story, and I LOVE this book (thanks so much for trusting me to read its preliminary stages) and I can’t WAIT for it to come out, everyone is going to love it. It really would be a great film!
And thank you for all the help with the ms. You defintely helped me tighten that sucker up. A film? From your lips to Hollywood’s ears!
Woo-hoo! I’m adding this to my TBR list right away!
Thanks Lindsey. I promise to keep all readers very busy next year.
Congrats, Hunter. And sweet cover!!!
Thanks Joe!
Nice! I’ve noticed a couple of authors putting out Horror/Western books lately. This definitely has me intrigued. Also seems to have a dash of ‘Ghost Mine’ in it. Congrats and can’t wait for the release!
It’s a very strange synchronicity. I was talking to 2 other authors back in the winter and we were all working on horror westerns, even though we hadnt’ discusses it previously. Luckily, all of our concepts were different. I was midway through Hell Hole when Ghost Mine came on, which was the second odd coincidence. The collective unconscious at work!
Two subconscious, unrelated ideas. One badass book!
Nice cover! #1 on the beach read list this summer.
Especially for folks summering in hell. 😉
VERY cool cover. (And Hell Hole is one of my favorite Spinal Tap songs.)
I was tempted to break it up the total chapters in the book went to 11.
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