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Horror writing inspirations and beyond
Posted: September 20, 2011 in Blood Hunger, Dead PulseTags: Blood Hunger, books, Bram Stoker, Dracula Carmilla, ebooks, Horror, Horror Books, novel, paperback, Publisher, publishing, True Blood, twilight, undead, Vampire diaries, walking dead, why write, writing, Zombies


Dead Pulse zombie horror trailer
Posted: March 16, 2011 in Dead PulseTags: A.M. Esmonde, Dead pulse, flesh eaters, George A. Romero, Horror, Horror Books, kindle, kindle horror, novel, undead, walking dead, Zombie, zombie book, zombie books, zombie novel, Zombie story, Zombies
The wait is over. Capturing and encapsulating the spirit of George A. Romero’s zombie mythos and more… Dead Pulse is out on paperback and Kindle. Enjoy the trailer.
The dead have returned to life…
The world’s focus is on the city of Ravenswood and the once idyllic town of Farmore as platoons and scattered survivors fight the hordes of the dead, unbeknownst one of them holds the key to end the undead’s reign of mayhem.
Across the city at a body disposal plant a small group take shifts on the ‘death watch’. Their hopes hinge on the soldiers of Farmore to rescue them. But with no contact for months, no food and surrounded by the dead, have they got what it takes to survive?
With death at their door, only time can tell..
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Heroines. Why Lucia Ferrara is no Bella Swan, Buffy or Mina Harker.
Posted: February 15, 2011 in Blood Hunger, Blood Hunger audiobookTags: Action Heroine, Alyssa Milano, Beautiful Woman, Bella Swan, blood, Blood Hunger, Buffy, dracula, entertainment, Film, film news, Heroine, Horror Books, Jaime Murray, Lucia Ferrara, Mila Kunis, Mina Harker, novel, preview, publishing, Selene, sexy, Terminus, twilight, vampire slayer, vampires, women
What have Underworld, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Van Helsing got in common? No not girl power. Answer: Heroines.Where does Lucia Ferrara fit in this feisty bunch amongst a love struck teenager similar to Twilight’s Bella Swan? Kick-ass characters like Buffy
Trading in Zumba, aerobics classes every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday for something a little tougher like Kalaripayat or sparing sessions, she likes to keep herself in shape. Despite being beautiful, with the looks of her mother (who she tragically lost to cancer) and celebrities Alyssa Milano and Mila Kunis, she still feels self-conscience and insecure about herself.
Lucia Grace Ferrara went to a public school and then Goldsmith University, London picking up a BA (Hons) in English and American Literature. After the death of her father she has only his friend and her godfather Robert Morgan to look out for her and her boyfriend Max to rely on. However, this is her greatest flaw thinking she needs a man in her life to make her feel strong,(a replacement for her deceased father?).
That said, her life changes when Max makes a find that puts him on the cover of the tabloids and she gets an unwanted slice of fame. She meets a captivating, woman named Iliana in a museum and soon Lucia is drawn into a world of mystery and deception. It’s it not long after this ‘chance’ encounter that she is implicated in a murder and has Adrian Michaels a D.I contacting her to be questioned. Little does she know that a frozen body her mountaineering boyfriend has discovered is linked to this enigmatic woman and she instinctively knows that something is not quite right.
Encounters at the museums, several invitations, a masque ball, an outdoor music show and lavish dinners entwined with death, mutation and infatuation and she finds herself in a web of deceit within a rabbit hole.And her life is turned upside down when she meets a man named Stellan.
Lucia is given an old book which gives her an insight to who’s body has been found and who this woman may really be. Soon she finds herself questioning her sanity and decisions as these strangers offer so much and ask for so little. Before long she is forced to go head to head with Iliana, her sisters and even Stellan. It increasing becomes difficult to remove herself from the dreamlike, perilous, situations and locations she finds herself in.
There are endless actresses that would make the perfect Lucia Ferrara, personally I like the idea of Jaime Murray, but casting direction was never my forté, who would you chose?
Blood Hunger is out now.
Dead Pulse and Blood Hunger Seasonal Thanks
Posted: December 14, 2010 in Blood Hunger, Dead PulseTags: A.M. Esmonde, Blood Hunger, books, Dead pulse, Film, Horror, Horror Books, horror novels, novels, Terminus, vampires, Zombies


Reading horror books, how times have changed!
Posted: September 7, 2010 in Blood Hunger, Blood Hunger audiobookTags: amazon, android, audiobook, blackberry, Blood Hunger, books, he-man, Horror, horror audio book, Horror Books, horror novels, iphone, kindle, novel, publishing, reading, star wars, typewriters and Spirograph, vampire, vampires, woodblock
Like horror, enjoy reading, suffering technophobe? Don’t read on…
Call me old-fashioned but I liked using a circular dial on a phone, listening to it chink, chink, chink and speaking to an operator. These days we have mobile phones, touch phones and who know what the future holds. I’ve listen to an audiobook in bed, but never read a book for enjoyment on a PC or an electronic device unless editing or typing my own work. I may sound like a crusty old man, out of time but believe it or not I’m of the Star Wars and He- Man generation. Nevertheless, I do enjoy the tactile feel of a book in my hands, turning the pages the but times have changed… You can curl up on a dark night, grab your latest Herbert or King and not physically have to turn a page as such.
Blood Hunger was published in June 2010. Times have certainly moved on since, woodblock, typewriters and Spirograph, everything has a cross over medium and choice for the consumer is paramount. Already there is an audio book on version of my vampire horror in iTunes, read by a lovely actress Sarah Leigh.
Moving swiftly on Blood Hunger was released on Kindle. Kindle? I must admit I didn’t really know what it was, it’s been around for a while, I’d heard of it but never gave it any attention during my web surfing (which consists of usually keeping update with horror and film news). So what is Kindle? A Kindle is a thin electronic device used to download e-books and some magazines wirelessly and read them.
What is Blood Hunger? Blood Hunger is my latest horror offering, inspired by the spirit of Bram Stoker’s novel ‘Dracula’, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu’s novella ‘Carmilla’, ‘Hammer Horror’s’ film series and cult horror ‘The Hunger’.
An explorer makes a discovery in Romania, dubbed the ‘Ice Prince’ find it is significant enough to put him and his girlfriend Lucia Ferrara in the media spotlight. Iliana and her sister’s journey to the United Kingdom, news that the ‘Ice Prince’ had been discovered ceases their many years of blood abstinence and they unleash a bloodthirsty terror on humankind leaving a trail of death from London to the Welsh countryside.
From the fall of the vampire and the Dracul brothers in medieval Europe to their return in the present day. Prepare yourself, their first bite will be your last! A definitive and fresh reinvention of the vampire legend.
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Blood Hunger, The Dracula Myth and Legend
Posted: July 14, 2010 in Blood Hunger, Blood Hunger: TerminusTags: A.M. Esmonde, ann Rice, Blood Hunger, Bram Stoker, Dracula legend, entertainment, film news, Hammer Horror, Horror, Horror Books, horror news, new moon, novel, publishing, stephenie meyer, True Blood, twilight, Vampire diaries, vampires
The 1477 A.D segments of the book that follow the downfall of the vampire brothers Vlad, Mircea, Radu and Stellan – I tired to encompass the 15th century history as oppose to Bram’s 1897 Victorian London,
and I love that readers ‘got it’ and liked the contrast in setting. Talking of contrast in setting, my research and correspondence with the police on the chapters set in the present day really helped give those parts some realism. Detective Michaels and explorer Lucia turned out well and I’m looking forward to seeing their film incarnations.

Ultimately, I set out two write a definitive vampire story that encompasses and pays tribute to the myth and legend, which has such an affect on today’s pop culture. However, I was very conscientious to write something different to Meyer, Rice and so on, who’s work I have not read but have heard a lot about. I hope Blood Hunger continues to capture the imagination of new readers that have been surrounded by only Twilight, Vampire Diaries and True Blood types respectfully, while at the same time satisfying hammer fans and lovers of the vampire and Dracula legend itself.
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Dangerous and enigmatic vampires
Posted: July 5, 2010 in Blood Hunger, Blood Hunger audiobookTags: a.m., Blood Hunger, Horror Books, horror news, horror novels, novel, publishing, vampire, vampires
Blood Hunger is here!
Follow Lucia’s adventure as she finds herself going head to head with the dangerous and enigmatic vampires of Romania.
From the fall of the vampire and the Dracul brothers in medieval Europe to their return in the present day. Prepare yourself, their first bite will be your last!
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The Real Life Curse of Blood Hunger
Posted: June 29, 2010 in Blood Hunger, Blood Hunger audiobook, Blood Hunger: TerminusTags: Audio book, Blood Hunger, curse, entertainment, Film, Horror, Horror Books, horror film, novel, Orion, Pan, PS Publishing, Revamped, supernatural power, Terminus, vampire, vampires, witchcraft
Investigation: ‘Why’ Darabont’s Walking Dead vision didn’t happen.
Posted: January 8, 2012 in FILM REVIEWS/COMMENTSTags: ACM, AICN, Ain't It Cool News, amazon, book, Dead pulse, Fee, Film, Frank Darabont, George A. Romero, Horror, Horror Books, Investigation: Why Darabont's Walking Dead vision didn't happen!, novel, plagiarism, publishing, Script, Shock Till You Drop, TV series, TV show, undead, walking dead, Zombie Apocalypse, zombie book, zombie novel, Zombie story, Zombies
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