Welcome to Third Coast Publishing!

We're so glad you've arrived! Third Coast Publishing offers quality fiction and non-fiction alike. Everyone loves a good read, and it's our mission to bring you several. Whether it's a juicy novel, short story or novella to an insightful non-fiction piece you're looking for, keep checking back in the days to come to see what Third Coast Publishing has to offer you.

With several imprints being generated every week, aspiring authors from all genres are encouraged to submit their best manuscripts for consideration in becoming a top author in our e-book department. Third Coast Publishing offers competitive royalty, promotion and graphics packages to qualified writers. Manuscripts may be submitted in electronic Word or Open Office format to thirdcoastpublishing@gmail.com.

Be sure to subscribe to Third Coast Publishing, and keep checking back for new announcements and promotions.

Friday, March 2, 2012

Guest Blogspot from TCP Author, Ron Warren

 

Third Coast Publishing is pleased to bring you a few words, anecdotes and pearls of wisdom from Ron Warren, author of Insecticide.  Insecticide is available from our Dark House Press imprint for your Kindle reader or free downloadable app, and is sure to make your skin crawl!

A Few Words from Ron

I am so pleased and honored that Third Coast Publishing enjoyed my little tale of betrayal and revenge by way of voodoo and felt compelled to publish it.  And for only 99 cents, I hope you will enjoy a good chill from it, too.

Writers are always being asked where they get their ideas.  More often than not, they say that they hate that question.  However, in the case of "Insecticide", there is a short story about the short story and I'm happy to share it here, briefly.

Many moons ago, I worked for the now defunct Borders Books.  When I started there, the company was still owned by the Borders Bros. and employed a bevy of quirky characters, many of whom I still call friend.  I was acquainted with several other writer/booksellers.  I had just read some bit of disgusting trivia about how cockroaches, if they should, by chance or by malice, come to have their heads removed, will only eventually die because of starvation and thirst, and not, as you might think, by the simple fact of no longer having a head.

I thought that this creepy bit of knowledge might make the basis for a fun writing challenge.  I challenged my fellow writers to write a story based loosely or otherwise, on this fact.  We wrote and we shared and several of the stories were very impressive.  "Insecticide" was my contribution.  I liked the idea of using the roaches as a tool of demons at the behest of a wizened old voodoo practitioner.  And I shall say no more because some of you haven't read the story, yet.  By the way, there is the briefest of teasers here:  http://thenautilusengine.blogspot.com/2011/12/insecticide-teaser.html .

I've always enjoyed a good creepy tale.  Lansdale, King, Koontz, McCammon, Skipp and Spector, Schow, Morrell, Barker, all primed the pump in the eighties and nineties.  I think that that timeframe with the emergence of cyperpunk, a renewed interest in zombies and some well-written vampires by the likes of Rice (don’t get me started on Twilight which I hate to admit I sort of liked but seriously removed all the scary from our favorite creatures of the night) really bostered the genre.  Dell had just started their Abyss line of contemporary horror with authors like Kathe Koja and Brian Hodge. Awesome anthologies like Metahorror, Book of the dead, and Hot Blood, as well as every spooky campfire story ever told convince me, that while their are some truly fantastic and memorable horror novels out there, the short form is where horror really shines.  Whereas anticipation certainly plays a part in a good scare, the short story form allows you to focus on one healthy scare, rather than having to sustain you through the peaks and valleys of a lengthy plot, and often subplot.

In order to help shed some light on newer voices in the areas of speculative fiction, I run a small online venture called The Nautilus Engine. The Nautilus Engine is a webzine of spec. fiction and anything that I feel would appeal to its fans (movie trailers, book reviews, science and tech news, etc.)   It’s a labor of love and neither I nor the contributors make any money from it, but it’s been a terrific jumping off place for some amazing writers.  With my current, very positive experience with Third Coast Publishing, I would recommend that the best of my contributors consider placing material with TCP.  It certainly broadens the audience and provides some added legitimacy to the process (and a few pesos never hurt, either!).

This is turning into a much longer guest-post than I intended, so I will wrap things up, but I am just thrilled to be in TCP’s stable and I look forward to having some thoroughbreds in there with me soon.  One-trick ponies need not apply!

 ~ Ron Warren

Ron Warren has many creative ventures in addition to writing and editing.  He makes his bread and butter from photography (weddings, corporate events, headshots, models, product, real estate, etc.).  Please consider Ron for all your photography needs in the Detroit metro area.  He also designs book covers for print or electronic publishing.

The Nautilus Engine:  www.thenautilusengine.blogspot.com
Apiring Author Book Covers:  http://www.wix.com/activeverber/abc
Ron Warren, Photographer:  http://www.wix.com/ronwarren/photo
Ron Warren, Photo FB:  http://www.facebook.com/warrenphoto

Thursday, March 1, 2012

New Release from Crimson Pages Press!


"She stepped demurely to a spot opposite him, returned his smile, and then lowered her gaze.  He watched her as she stood silently, awaiting the action of the doors, and wondered what her name could be.  She was so striking, her scent so intoxicating, he began to feel his body responding to her yet again....

...His mind raced as the elevator doors slid noiselessly closed and the two began their descent.  The subtle hum of the elevator’s movement strengthened his longing, and he was only mildly surprised when she shot a slender arm forward and slammed her palm against the stop button."

Our erotic fiction imprint, Crimson Pages Press, is proud to announce the release of the first episode of Scarlet,  Bella Noir's latest short story series.  Available now for Kindle readers and free downloadable Kindle apps for your phone and computer, Bella's work is sure to please.


Told in a voice that is both succinct and provocative, Indulgence Aloft takes the reader straight into the heart of a well-told sexual encounter that is rapt with human sensuality and unabashed lust.  Indulge yourself by purchasing your copy today from Amazon.com

http://tinyurl.com/7gfqyyx

Friday, December 16, 2011

New Release from Our Dark House Press Imprint!


Just in time for holiday shopping, Third Coast Publishing is proud to announce the release of Ron Warren's Insecticide under our Dark House Press imprint! A chilling tale of betrayal and revenge by voodoo, this short story is sure to make your skin crawl. Give the gift of creepy reading to the ones you love this holiday season with Dark House Press!

Saturday, November 26, 2011

Welcome to Third Coast Publishing!

We're so glad you've arrived!  Third Coast Publishing offers quality fiction and non-fiction alike.  Everyone loves a good read, and it's our mission to bring you several.  Whether it's a juicy novel, short story or novella to an insightful non-fiction piece you're looking for, keep checking back in the days to come to see what Third Coast Publishing has to offer you.

With several imprints being generated every week, aspiring authors from all genres are encouraged to submit their best manuscripts for consideration in becoming a top author in our e-book department.  Third Coast Publishing offers competitive royalty, promotion and graphics packages to qualified writers. Manuscripts may be submitted in electronic Word or Open Office format to thirdcoastpublishing@gmail.com.

Be sure to subscribe to Third Coast Publishing, and keep checking back for new announcements and promotions.