THE MUERTE SEQUENCE

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The Reverend's Powder

THEN

Reverend Billy Simms has healed tens of thousands during his time as a faith healer, and his reputation as “the real thing” draws thousands of the sick, the weak, and the wounded. Against his better judgment, Matthew agrees to accompany his cancer-stricken sister to the faith revivalist’s assembly. A skeptic at heart with a jaundiced eye, he recognizes the reverend as a fraud, but can’t help but feel hope as his sister’s condition seems to improve. Two days later, though, she's dead.

NOW

As Reverend Simms stands naked, unconscious, and strapped to an appliance hand truck, Matthew has a decision to make. He has reached a fork; one road stretching toward forgiveness and the other descending into bloody revenge.

From the author of DEMON comes a novelette of love, loss, and revenge.

What Others Have Said...

“The Reverend's Powder explodes out of the gate from the very first sentence and is a one-sitting thrill ride through love, life, faith, and the bittersweet taste of revenge.” -Gord Rollo, author of THE JIGSAW MAN

"With the white-hot intensity of a holy-rolling blowtorch, Williams delivers a blistering gutter-Gospel on the deception that preys on blind faith, and the long, bloody road to truth and forgiveness. When there's no more room in Hell, let the worst sinners burn in the mind of Erik Williams." -Cody Goodfellow, author of RADIANT DAWN and PERFECT UNION

"The Reverend's Powder is a gripping little tale. I’d say 'It grabs you from the first sentence and never lets you go!' but that’s kind of trite, so instead I’ll point out that...it comes highly recommended." -Jeff Strand, author of DEMONIC

"If less is more, then Erik Williams's The Reverend's Powder is definitely more. With stripped-down prose that foregoes flowery wordplay in favor of in-your-face brutality that cuts to the heart of the protagonist's plight, Williams has created the perfect horror tale for a quick read in bed, lights off, blankets up, sleeping partner oblivious to the violence your ingesting." -Kevin Wallis, author of BENEATH THE SURFACE OF THINGS

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Consecrated Highways

The sequel to THE REVEREND'S POWDER is available again and for the first time in print as a short chapbook!

Ten years have passed since the events of THE REVEREND’S POWDER. Instead of choosing the straight and narrow path in life, Matt has forsaken goodness, becoming a feared gun-for-hire. In his mind, though, he considers himself a public servant, eliminating evasive criminals who deserve righteous justice, for a nominal fee of course.

Now, faced with a target even feared by law enforcement and criminals alike—a devotee of Santa Muerte, the Mother of Death—Matt grapples with the consequences of his chosen profession. As he pursues a drug cartel killer conducting grisly sacrifices, he catches the attention of Santa Muerte. Appreciation from the deity brings unforeseen demands, and Matt must reckon with the cost of being esteemed by a force as deadly as the one he pursues.

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This Way to the Gladiator Show

This Way to the Gladiator Show, the third installment in The Muerte Sequence, is now available for the first time in both electronic and print editions. I say first time as it's the first time it's appeared in either format solo. It originally appeared in the electronic version of The Muerte Sequence collection in 2012, which didn't stay available very long. It also had a different title then: Gladius or, Marty Robbins Doesn't Play Here Anymore.

So, why change the title and do a solo version? Well, to complete the trilogy of standalones that includes The Reverend's Powder and Consecrated Highways. In addition, I wanted to change the title so, this gave me a chance to do both.

Like its predecessors, the print version is a short chapbook so be aware you're getting a small paperback if you pick it up.

Included in this version is the story Door to Ever, which tells the story of that guy on the cover up there.

Anyway, the summary:

Twenty years since the events of CONSECRATED HIGHWAYS. Thirty since those that transpired in THE REVEREND'S POWDER. Seems like a long time.

But time means nothing to the Great Mother of Death. Once she chooses you, she'll have you, regardless of the passage of time.

In Baja Mexico, a bus of Christian volunteers travel toward a home for poor and disadvantaged people to perform works of mercy. On the way, the bus is stopped by a group of local bandits and militiamen. Bandits in the employ of the local drug cartel.

Soon, the volunteers find themselves pitted in gladiatorial combat for the entertainment of the cartel. Entertainment that demands blood is spilled as an offering to the Mother of Death. Among them, is seventeen-year-old Scott, who has more of his dad, former hitman turned holy man Matthew, in him than he knows.

Killing runs in the family. And the Mother of Death may have found her best recruit.

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