Killers By Trade Publishing

Here is a bit from the new story. Enjoy...

     He honestly didn’t know whether it was a knife or a gun but before he could work it out, his adrenaline engorged body reacted. While his mind had been busy trying to work out more than 20 years of unresolved grief and anger in the span of a few seconds, his body had decided to fight. Likewise, His body, being controlled only by a pea-sized reptilian part of his brain, the part devoted to simple acts of survival, had noticed the guy had a weapon. It also remembered that Alan was still carrying the sword. In a quick, short movement, Alan whipped the tip of the sword across the man’s hand, sending what was now, very obviously a small revolver skittering across the parking lot.

     The scraggly mugger lunged toward his lost weapon and into a powerful thrust. Alan plunged the sword into the left side of his chest and then withdrew it as the shocked man rolled away with a cry, wide-eyed as he held the place where Alan had just stabbed him. Blood began to pour through his fingers as he back-pedaled and struggled again to regain his feet.

     “You…” The man was terrified. “You killed me!”

     Now Alan was terrified. He was too shocked to say anything. He had just stabbed someone and killed them. Reality came rushing back and he started to feel a sickness in his stomach. He looked at the man he stabbed. The frightened man had regained his feet and was limping down the alley, still clutching his chest with both hands. He looked at the woman. She was now brandishing the object again, this time at him. It was a can of pepper spray. She started to scream and Alan bolted back across the street. He ran through the parking lot to his car, planning at first to get in it and drive. He saw the towel that once hid the sword on the ground and picked it up. He knew at once that if he ran, everyone would know something was amiss. He looked at the sword and surprisingly, there was very little blood on it. He wiped it with the towel, then wrapped it up again and headed not to his car, but back into the lodge.

Just wanted to send a shout out and give thanks to everyone who has purchased Brew or Die! or Hard Core Tarot. Also to the long-standing Finsternis and KBT fans who have shelled out money for their music downloads when one could easily pirate them for free.

Anyone who knows me is aware that I make shit for money and only write and record for the love of the game. You guys keep tyres on my motorbike and bullets in my guns, and therefore restore my creativity.

Thanks, Arigato, Vielen Dank and Tusen tak!!

Clint

Ned K's War Diary may be moving over to Facebook. It saves me space on the home site and will allow for more interaction and comments. I've split up chapter one into 2 and added a third chapter. There is also what I call "Ned's Fact-finding Mission" (which will be an appendix to the book once it's finished) soon to be posted.

You can now log into Facebook through the forum and link your killersbytrade.com ID to your facebook ID. I'm still working out some of the kinks but it will hopefully allow you to stay logged in instead of asking for your ID every time you visit the site.

Now on Createspace and soon on amazon.com, Clint's latest book, Brew or Die! features recipes for homebrewed alcohol going back to the Finsternis days when he first learned the art of brewing. Included are mead, ale-mead, country wine, liqueurs, Apple Jack and an essay on Absinthe. Click on Brew or Die and follow the link. Don't forget to copy the coupon code so you can save 15% off the cover price!

go to www.amazon.com and Search for Hard Core Tarot or click here. Note:If you want to use the 15% discount coupon, you still have to USE THIS SITE. Just click on the Hard Core Tarot link, copy the coupon code and click on the cover image.

Or just get sick. Got some funk slowin' me down, but I'm still working on Brew or Die.

My next book, called "Brew or Die!" is being edited for publication as we speak. If you've ever wanted to brew your own mead, wine or make all-natural liqueurs, this book should be of great interest. For all 8 of my fans out there, the recipe to the legendary Finsternis Mead is in there as well as the ale-mead recipe similar to the one responsible for the behavior at the infamous pig show. I also include an article on absinthe and some bootlegging stories.

If you've ever wanted to be a bootlegger or just brew your own, this is it!

Clint

For $9.99 at createspace and soon at Amazon and other locations, you can now buy Hard Core Tarot, Clint's first published work. Just click on the link to the e-store. It is only $9.99+ shipping. We did our best to keep it under $10, but we gotta make some money now and then. We are also working on a PayPal option and ordering direct from KBT. If you live in the Dallas Area, you will be able to find it at independent book stores. If you come from the KBT website and enter AUPQ7RYK as a coupon code, you will get 15% off the price.

I am in final editing stages, re-editing, actually of my book "Hard Core Tarot" which can teach you how to read tarot cards in record time. It is written from the perspective of a musician, of course. It was actually finished about 3 years ago. It got rejected by a major publisher in the final stages. Personally, I think it was because I kind of called Bullshit on Cold Readers in a roundabout way. That and I didn't want a purple book with flowers on it. Amazon has a way to self-publish now, so I'm going to put it out there. I wrote it while I was still doing a lot of readings. I'll follow up on this when it's available.