Friday in the App Store

So a whole slew of my work just went live in the App Store for iPhones & iPads. Here’s the list, which you can go grab at your leisure…just click on the title and you’ll be whisked away to the goodness that is Apple.

NINJA

In the style of Robert E. Howard, NINJA tells the story of a mythical warrior hero named Ran as he graduates from the ninja school he has been attending for twenty years and begins undertaking all sorts of missions across an alternate Earth. Ran will travel far and wide gathering intelligence, acquiring priceless artifacts, and battling evil wherever he finds it…

PARALLAX

Two professional assassins-Jolino, a Mafia hitman and Stahl, a former German terrorist-form a psychic bond that enables them to see into the other’s world. Stahl & Jolino are on a collision course-each running from a past and trying their best to survive the future. But will either one of them emerge alive from the face-to-face showdown on the streets of Boston?

VICARIOUS

When disgraced ex-FBI agent-turned-Boston-cop Steve Curran finds a corpse with no practical explanation for its death, the nightmares start anew. Convinced the killer is once again haunting him, Curran soon teams up with the sister of the latest victim, and they must confront the very real prospect that the killer is not of this world at all…and is after something far worse than just killing.

DANGER-CLOSE

For Jake Thunder, a paralyzed ex-specops commando, everyday life is a battle. A hard-boiled, hard-drinking womanizer on one hand, Jake also tries to learn from the wisdom of his Native American past. When a knockout blond demands he figure out who killed her sister, a simple “whodunit” becomes a tangled web of deceit, familial backstabbing and black-market baby-dealing with the Russian Mafia & DIA.

THIS TIME OF NIGHT

A collection of 29 short stories from Jon F. Merz, spanning the years 1994-2002. A motley assortment of horror, action, crime, and the bizarre, THIS TIME OF NIGHT features many stories not seen since their original publication in the early years of multimedia web publishing, small press magazines, and even a few that have never been seen before at all.

PRISONER 392

“They called it the slit. And it was the only way Prisoner 392 could see the outside world.” One man’s journey into a hellish prison where escape is truly impossible…a short story by author Jon F. Merz originally published in Borderlands 5 & reprinted in From the Borderlands, it earned him an Honorable Mention in the 2004 edition of the Year’s Best Fantasy & Horror edited by Ellen Datlow.

THE MADAGASCAR MATTER – Chapter Eleven

Chapter Eleven

“You’re lying.”

Hjelm smirked. “And why would I do that?”

“Throw me off the fact that you’re planning something that will adversely affect our entire race.”

Hjelm sighed. “Is that what you really think? That I’m deliberately trying to mislead you?”

“I’d do the same if I was face with a sanction.”

Hjelm nodded. “I’ll grant you that, but in this case, it’s simply not true. The fact is, I was assigned to kill Hitler with the full blessing of the Council.”

“But that doesn’t make any sense. We don’t kill humans unless it’s unavoidable.”

“Or unless it is deemed appropriate action in the best interests of preserving our race.”

I wondered if Andrian was getting bored. I’d been inside for a while. And he hadn’t deigned to show his face as yet. “Was there a direct threat?”

“Did there have to be?” Hjelm yawned once and then interlocked his fingers behind his head. “We saw the way the trend was going in Germany after the first World War. The country was ruined. Emotionally it was a fragile state. Ad when Hitler started making inroads, he came to our attention fairly quickly.”

“So how come he wasn’t taken out immediately?”

“He kept himself very well insulated. It was tough getting accurate intelligence out of his closest circle.”

“So they sent you.”

“Indeed. My mission was to infiltrate his inner cordon. Get close to the man and find out what he had planned. See if things were as bad as the indicators had led us to believe they were.”

“And if they were…”

“Take him out before he had a chance to put any of his plans into action.”

© 2010 by Jon F. Merz All rights re­served

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Giveaway #9: The Grand Finale

First off, thanks to everyone who has swung by since Wednesday to take part in the fun. The results have far exceeded my expectations and I’m thrilled to have met a bunch of new folks this week. I hope you’ll continue to hang out – here and on my Facebook Fan Page and grab my books to enjoy!

That said, we’ve got one more giveaway to get to & it’s a big one. This runs all weekend and I’ll announce the winner on Monday, so you’ve got plenty of time. And the prize package is pretty awesome.

My good friend Dennis Mahoney of Shinobi Martial Arts in Plaistow, NH runs the best school for Ninjutsu training in northern New England. If you’re in New Hampshire or Maine, there’s simply no one better to train with. Dennis is offering a really amazing package for this giveaway: THREE months of training, a free uniform, and an introductory private lesson at his school.

Also, my old friend author Scott Nicholson is offering his graphic novel DIRT as a free ebook. Scott and I go way back to 2002, when we were both being published by Kensington Publications in New York City. Scott’s a great writer and DIRT is a wonderful read.

Finally, I will be kicking in a brand new embroidered sweatshirt with my JFM Logo on it, several cover flats from my earlier novels, and a mystery bag of goodies.

Let’s bring this celebration to a fantastic close! Here’s all you have to do to enter for your chance to win:

Try to do as many of the list above as possible and let me know in the comments section below what you’ve done. My big goal this week with the grand opening is to introduce a lot of people to my work and what I do – the more people we can introduce me to, the better, so please get out there and participate. If you can’t get involved today because you’re at work, take a few minutes this weekend to participate. It’s a pretty awesome prize package, and I might pick some extra winners so we have a lot of people getting prizes! Go forth and spread the word! have fun! 🙂

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Giveaway #8 Winner!

Congratulations to…

Charity Todd!

You win the hardcover and trade paperback “Mystery Package” from Variance Publishers! Congratulations! (I’ll be in touch soon with details!)

Tomorrow we’ll do our final giveaway of this celebration, so please be sure to check back tomorrow for an amazing giveaway prize! And thanks to everyone who has gotten involved! You guys rock!

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