ERIC AVEDISSIAN
Martyr’s Vow
Accursed Son
THE DEPARTED HAVE THEIR SECRETS
Armand Tarkanian is trapped in the ultimate dead-end job: embalming decedents under his abusive uncle’s watchful eye. Every day he goes through the motions, making death look beautiful while his life is anything but.
A car accident leaves him indebted to Berj, a mysterious man with rune-carved gold teeth and a penchant for worshipping old gods. Blackmailed and desperate, Armand feels more trapped than he was under his uncle’s thumb. But the embalmer harbors his own dark secret, a bloodline curse that allows him to communicate with the dead.
When the spirits show him how they were murdered, Armand must choose between fealty to the sadistic and manipulative Berj, or joining the Legion of the Lamb, a monster-hunting biker gang with their own agenda. What began as a dangerous game between secret societies has led Armand on a frightening quest to save the only family he’s ever known and a chance to get closer to the rebellious misfits who saved him.
Heartfelt and evocative, Accursed Son is a story featuring generational clashes, found families, and the rewards of tempting fate.
Mr. Penny-Farthing
PENNY-FARTHING WILL TAKE YOU
FOR A RIDE
All Armand wants is to share his life with his girlfriend Vonnie. But money is tight, their relationship is fizzling, and not even a monster-hunting side gig is paying off.
When a mysterious drifter named Mr. Penny-Farthing blows into town on his antique high-wheeler, Armand thinks his troubles are over. Penny-Farthing offers Armand and Vonnie enough money to cover their expenses with one condition: they must find and return the soul of a serial killer who escaped Hell.
Completing Penny-Farthing’s contract won’t be easy when demons appear all over the city and bodies start piling up. Overwhelmed and pushed to the brink, Armand realizes his greatest fear isn’t demons or shadowy murderers: it’s losing Vonnie forever. Can Armand stop a killer and keep the woman he loves, or will Hell take everything from him?
Nail-biting and visceral, Mr. Penny-Farthing is a high-octane horror story about escaping your comfort zone while fighting for love.
Midnight at Bat Hollow
Reece Rokowski is a dedicated police officer and stickler for law and order, but lately, his life has been anything but orderly. His wife split, his gambling debts spiraled, and his fellow officers ostracized him.
Drowning his sorrows at a local watering hole, Reece meets Queenie, a woman too good to be true. He could tell her anything, perhaps too much. On his way home, Reece stumbles upon a John Doe sucked dry of blood and becomes the prime suspect.
As Reece investigates on his own to clear his name, he encounters bikers from the Legion of the Lamb, a clandestine group of monster hunters looking into the same case. Reece teams up with the Legion and uncovers the startling truth about Modesto's vampires. When the bloodsuckers capture Queenie, it's up to Reece and the Legion to save her before the Regens Noctis - the true ruler of the night - plunges the city into an orgy of blood.
Eric Avedissian is an adjunct professor at Atlantic Cape Community College in New Jersey where he teaches English composition. He has an MA in Writing from Rowan University and is a member of Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA).
When not writing, he wastes time on Twitter (like writers do) and participates in the writer’s groups #5amwritersclub and #WritingCommunity
You can find Eric On Twitter @angryreporter or on his website, www.ericavedissian.com