As far as the Vince character is concerned ... I'd like to think that you've warmed to the man. He is one of my favourites. In book three and four he was quite obnoxious and vulgar, but I think the first half of this book missed him. I was originally going to have the whole of book eight without him, leaving readers hanging, but decided that it was too cruel. So you had to wait until Chapter Thirty Six for him to finally make an appearance, so to speak.
Occasionally, I do like to revisit the old books—like the toddler from book two—and throw in reminders, as it could have been a year or so since you guys have read them. Shaz's bracelet (made for her by her son, Spencer) gets a few mentions, as well as characters reminiscing.
Another example of going back to the old books can be found in Chapter Twenty Eight of this one. I wrote the following sentence: "Theodore Davidson drove slowly to the Ash Tree pub and turned left at the roundabout. He went down a road, passing an abandoned vehicle to his left that was stuck in a ditch." That very same vehicle in the ditch was the one from book two. Jack Slade had drove it into a ditch as he and Paul Parker left the supermarket, shell-shocked, after the brutal death of Gary Jenson, and were making their way back to the village hall. And then there was the shopkeeper that Vince had robbed in book three that had now turned. He was reanimated when Vince and Stephanie returned to Spode Cottage.
I have had the odd email, asking me when this series is going to end. What I'm going to do, with the ninth book in the series, is wrap it up. I'm going to make sure that I finish the book with no cliffhanger and very little, if any, loose ends, and create some kind of ending. So if you are one of those individuals who wants this series to finally end, then Snatchers 9: The Dead Don't Scream is your last book and I thank you for sticking by it. And unless I get hit by a bus, it should be out in the Spring/Summer of 2016.
But for everybody else, the series WILL continue.
As well as releasing stand-alone books inbetween, I have managed to release eight Snatcher books since September 2013 which isn't bad going. The first one was 115,000 words, but the rest have all been between 85-95,000 words), and according to Amazon’s great Text Stats feature, the median length for all books is about 64,000 words.
I know the books are not perfect, I'll be the first to admit that, and it's also the reason why I make them so cheap. But I hope you have enjoyed the stories so far, and hope you stick with the series. And also, thank you for your patience inbetween waiting for the books.
Very kind regards,
Shaun.
SNATCHERS 9: The Dead Don't Scream will be out in Spring/Summer 2016.
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Table of Contents
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Eighteen
Chapter Nineteen
Chapter Twenty
Chapter Twenty One
Chapter Twenty Two
Chapter Twenty Three
Chapter Twenty Four
Chapter Twenty Five
Chapter Twenty Six
Chapter Twenty Seven
Chapter Twenty Eight
Chapter Twenty Nine
Chapter Thirty
Chapter Thirty One
Chapter Thirty Two
Chapter Thirty Three
Chapter Thirty Four
Chapter Thirty Five
Chapter Thirty Six
Chapter Thirty Seven
Chapter Thirty Eight
Chapter Thirty Nine
Chapter Forty
Chapter Forty One
Chapter Forty Two
Chapter Forty Three
Chapter Forty Four
Chapter Forty Five
Chapter Forty Six
Chapter Forty Seven
Chapter Forty Eight
Chapter Forty Nine
Chapter Fifty
Chapter Fifty One
Chapter Fifty Two
Chapter Fifty Three
Chapter Fifty Four
Chapter Fifty Five
Chapter Fifty Six
Chapter Fifty Seven
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