Arithmophobia by Ruschelle Dillon - Book Tour
Ruschelle Dillon's Arithmophobia Blog Tour
November 5-12, 2018
Get ready for a great blog tour featuring Ruschelle Dillon! Arithmophobia is a very creative and unique collection of tales that centers around the magical, mysterious impact of numbers! This collection spans a number of genres, including dark humor, mystery, thriller, and horror!
About the author: Ruschelle Dillon is a freelance writer whose efforts focus on the dark humor and the horror genres. Ms. Dillon’s brand of humor has been incorporated in a wide variety of projects, including the irreverent blog Puppets Don’t Wear Pants and novelette “Bone-sai”, as well as the live-action video shorts “Don’t Punch the Corpse” and “Mothman”. She also interviews authors for the Horror Tree website.
Her short stories have appeared in numerous anthologies and online zines.
Ruschelle lives in Johnstown with her husband Ed and the numerous critters they share their home with. When she isn’t writing, she can be found teaching guitar and performing vocals and guitar in the band Ribbon Grass.
Book Synopsis for Artithmophobia: Adam is a young preacher, with a loving wife and a child on the way. His family, his congregation, and his affinity for one particular science fiction movie are enough to keep him happy with his life. But when a new member of that congregation begins to haunt him at seemingly the worst possible moments, he begins to question the weight of his life’s responsibilities. Can he handle being “the one” – the one so many look to in times of need?
Detective Oswald Quinn is not so happy with life. His marriage has not turned out quite as happy as Adam’s, but his responsibilities have become just as heavy. The latest of these burdens have led him to the investigation of a serial killer who seems to seek perfection in the number 3.
Meanwhile, Scott seems completely unburdened by responsibility, save for his endless pursuit for a full glass at the bar. The drinks should be flowing freely on May 5, or “Cinco de Mayo”. But on this date, Scott discovers a failure much more haunting than an unquenchable thirst.
Arithmophobia is a collection of short stories that leads you on a journey to consider the sometimes haunting, sometimes humorous impact of numbers. Whether it be the value we assign to our lot in life, a date on a calendar, or the numerical magic that mother-nature can offer, Arithmophobia’s nine stories examine the magic and mystery that begins at the intersection of life and a single digit.
Humor and Horror: The Writer’s Bastard Child
By Ruschelle Dillon
Writing a humorous horror story is an art form. The bad news is that purists of the horror genre believe giggles have no place in the dark realm. The good news? We have many fabulous examples in both writing and film that say otherwise.
From modern films such as Scream and Shaun of the Dead to the classic tome from Washington Irving The Legend of Sleepy Hollow to the short
story collective Arithmophobia by
this hot chick Ruschelle Dillon (shut up it’s my blog post), we love to be
scared when it's tempered with a solid laugh.
Humor and horror go together like fleas
and the plague. Like Michael Myers and his sister (or IS she?) Laurie Strode.
Like Father Karis and pea soup. Well, you get my meaning. Sure they're both great
on their own, but bastardize the two and you spew something from your loins
that is…magical.
When done correctly, the humor and horror
elements enhance the reader’s experience. Readers finish the book not caring
about the genre; they only care that what they just finished reading was GOOD.
My first story ever was Bone Sai. It was
about a murderous, zombified penis, mutated from an ant bite infected by nuclear
fallout. The dirty bugger launched itself from its host and murdered everyone -
monkeys included - , that crossed his groin…err…path. The trouser snake even
attempted to kill its host prompting the man to consider…amputation. Oh yeah. I
went there.
A story about a man with a killer penis
cannot and should not be taken seriously. Ergo the funny. But the funny should
not overpower the horror. Not every paragraph should include a punchline. You
want the story to be funny but not a joke.
Because
I’m oh so funny (and I know I am because my mom told me so) I have cobbled
together some humor-infused writing prompts. These will nuggets are perfect to
get your humor on. Don’t say I never gave you anything.
You’re welcome.
Digging up Mommy
Children of a Lesser Corn
The Monster that Wouldn’t Come Out of the Closet
Black Cats- Racist Witches
Eating for Two -You and Your Tapeworm
I Sold My Soul for a Kia
Optima (Better Gas Mileage)
The Sandwich that Wouldn’t Be Eaten
Why Black isn't Always Beautiful (The story of Frostbite)
Why Grilled Cheese will NEVER Talk
Grammy put Pappy in a Home Because He's Going to Die... and I
Helped! (A children’s book)
Author Links:
Website: www.ruschelledillon.net
Twitter: @RuschelleDillon
Tour Schedule and Activities
11/5 Horror Tree https://www.horrortree.com Guest Post
11/5 Shells Interviews http://shellsinterviews.blogspot.com/ Author Interview
11/6 Breakeven Books https://breakevenbooks.com Author Interview
11/7 I Smell Sheep http://www.ISmellSheep.com Review
11/7 Sonar4 Landing Dock Reviews http://sonar4landingdockreviews.blogspot.com/ Review
11/8 The Seventh Star http://www.theseventhstarblog.com Guest Post
11/9 Sapphyria's Books https://saphsbooks.blogspot.com/ Guest Post
11/10 The Book Lover's Boudoir https://thebookloversboudoir.wordpress.com/ Review
11/11 Jazzy Book Reviews https://bookreviewsbyjasmine.blogspot.com/ Vlog or Guest Post
11/12 Willow's Thoughts And Book Obsessions https://wssthoughtsandbookobsessions.blogspot.com/ Review
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