The First Multi-Racial Multi-Ethnic Young Adult Urban Fantasy

Happy New Years

With the release of Smoke & Demons (order it if you haven’t) I’m proud to say that my Tales of Urban Horror series is the first YA multi-ethnic urban Fantasy effort on the stands
There remains this sentiment that a good story is all that matters, I agree in part because the reader still wants to identify with the character and my series allow readers of diverse backgrounds to do that
Try the light up test

Give a copy of one of my novels to a reader of color that enjoys vampires, werewolves and other spirits that go bump in the night and watch them light up!
In that moment you will understand

 

Smoking with Demons

October 4th

Drop Dead Gorgeous

Below is a photo of the Night Biters cover model
Michelle. To say the least Michelle is a triple threat, Gorgeous, talented, (singer/musician) and probably the smartest person in whatever room she’s in.

I was truly fortunate to be able to work with her

Thanks Michelle

 

Happy Halloween

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Heart Beat

The newest video for Werewolves the Mix Tape

Read the Page

So I walk into the Verizon store to get a phone, and the walls are covered with posters from their Rule the Air campaign, my friend joked, “They look a lot like your book covers.” I had to confess there were strong similarities.  But hey, I like my book covers and I like the posters from the Rule the Air campaign. I hope Verizon feels the same way about my Read the Page campaign

Theirs

Are Too Many Cat Lovers Writing Werewolf Stories?

Wolves are VERY intelligent, probably in the top 10 of the World’s most intelligent creatures. Although nowhere near the intelligence of Humans, apes or dolphins , they certainly  rank above bears and domesticated dogs and are perhaps equal with big cats and are only slightly behind pigs and carrion crows. That said, I continue to be amazed at how werewolves are treated on shows like True Blood, mutts to be kicked around) the Underworld series, (slaves) Harry Potter series (cursed,  and forced to live outside of normal society and steal food to survive) even in Stephanie Meyer series the werewolf for all of his loyalty (couldn’t get the girl.)

I’m a vampire fan, my first novel Night Biters was about vampires, Werewolves the Mix Tape is about a Werewolf.

But Mix Tape also address something that I’m not seeing  in other stories, that werewolves are intelligent, loyal, brave and extremely social. In Mix Tape, my werewolf abandons his pack to save his human friend because he was loyal to her before he was a werewolf. In my forthcoming novel, Smoke and Demons, exploits the fact  that when the chips are down, werewolves are the paranormal beast you want around

wiki answers states that Wolves are also in the top 10 most MISUNDERSTOOD animals, I guess that also apply to werewolves.

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Black Vampires in Film

Taken from from an article written by Bertena Varney Examinier.com

Vampires have always been known as seductive creatures of the night They have pale skin, glowing eyes, and very sharp sexy phallic like fangs. When one says vampire they often think of the very dark Gary Oldman in Bram Stoker’s Dracula, Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise in Interview with a Vampire, and of course the beautiful vampires in the Twilightmovies. But so often there are another group of vampires that are often overlooked- Black Vampires. They are very sensual and sexy creatures. They range from the blaxpoitation of early film to very strong lead characters such as Blade. So in honor of Black History Month,  I have compiled a list of the very few black vampires in film.

Here is the list based on their release date from older to recent:

1. Blacula- 1972. William Marshall plays Prince Mamuwalde, the ruler of an African nation, who seeks the help of Count Dracula to help stop the slave trade. Dracula, who along with his other evils is revealed as a racist, not only refuses to help but also transforms Mamuwalde into a vampire and renames him Blacula. It is the first of the blaxpoitation horror films.
2. Ganja and Hess – 1973. Archaeologist, Dr. Hess Green who becomes a vampire after being stabbed with an ancient cursed dagger by his assistant and then falls in love with his assistant’s widow, Ganja. The film stars Marlene Jones and Duane Gunn.
3. Vamp- 1986. Stars Grace Jones as a vampire who challenges fraternity boys to survive til dawn.
4. Vampire in Brooklyn- 1995. Sexy Eddie Murphy play Maximillian, a vampire who is searching for his soul mate, NYPD, Rita Veder.

Eddie Murphy in Vampire in Brooklyn

5. Kindred: the Embraced- 1996. Erik King plays the Detective Sonny Toussaint, a vampire who helps protect the masquerade of the vampires. This television show ended after the first season after the real life death of the lead actor, Mark Frankel.
6. The Blade Trilogy: Blade- 1998, Blade II- 2002, and Blade Trinity- 2004. Wesley Snipes plays a daywalker. His mother was turned to a vampire and it affected him prior to birth. This sexy vampire has some of the qualities of vampires such as the need of while being able to walk in the sunlight. Blade was probably the first movie to really draw attention to the black vampire as a sex symbol as well as serious vampire movie.
7. Dracula 2000- 2000. Marcs played by Omar Epps is a supporting character in this story of how Dracula came to be.
8. Queen of the Damned- 2002. Aaliyah, singer and actress portrayed Queen Akasha, the Mother of all Vampires. Lestast’s music waits the Queen and the story begins. This film is based on Anne Rice’s Vampire Chronicle Series. This was the actress’ last movie because she killed during filming. She was a very talented and sexy vampire in the film.
9. Twilight- 2009. Laurent, the member of the “bad” vampires in Twilight was a wonderful sight on screen. His sexy abs, long hair, and stunning eyes make him very sexy. He was very stunning on screen and played the character very well.

Who will be the next sexy black vampire?

Well, according to the MTV website Snoop is a he fan of True Blood so much so that he went so far to ask on camera if the producers would allow him to play a vampire on a future show. Snoop has in the past played a ghost in the horror movie Bones.

Who knows he may be the next black vampire. What do you think?

Unfortunately, there have not been very many black vampires or movies but as the popularity of the seductive monster increases maybe there will be more black vampires in film.

What are your thoughts on this?

Scream Blacula Scream

Scream Blacula Scream

Sure it was over 30 years since Blacula was made, but to me he’s just too cool

When I wrote Night Biters I had to find a way to put  Blacula in the story because how can you do a story about  Black Vampires

and leave out the baddest cat with an overbite?

Were Wolves the Mix Tape wallpaper

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Dear Mr. Antoine Fuqua, please make Night Biters into a movie

Dear Mr, Fuqua please consider  Night Biters as a  future project

Your projects are gritty, filled with characters that are marginalized yet smart,  resourceful

and whether you agree with it or not their own moral code

No other director can capture the many complex elements of  street life as you have in film and video.

The urban purity of  Gangsta Paradise, the Replacement Killers, Training Day and your current film Brooklyn’s Finest are testaments to your skills

Night Biters a Tale of Urban Horror would be a departure  but its clear from King Arthur that you are willing to take risks, I assure you a supernatural vampire tale with heroic teens from multi-ethnic backgrounds would pay off handsomely
Mr. Fuqua I realize this is blatant but I believe in my books and would love to see them on the big screen directed by the best

I can be contacted here

Thank you for your time

A.