Specimen #10

In honor of the release of my collection THIRTEEN SPECIMENS from Delirium Books (see my post of July 4), in oh-so-affordable trade paperback form, I am posting thirteen entries that will each feature an excerpt from one of the thirteen pieces in the book. In addition, each post offers an odd little specimen from my personal life. I’ll leave it to you to decide which, fact or fiction, is more compellingly disturbing. Here’s the next item on our tour… 

(1) From the story SCARED SHIRTLESS:

 There are as many portals to other dimensions as there are other dimensions. Some of these portals are ostentatious, such as the circle of megalithic standing stones in a secret cave under the jungle at the border between Vietnam and Laos. Others are as humble as a graffiti door painted on the wall of a subway tunnel in Boston’s “Blue Line”…

(2) HEALTH AGENT is groovy:

Curt Purcell at the web site The Groovy Age of Horror has reviewed a bunch of my books in the past, and his latest review has pleased me as much as the others. It’s the first review of my new novel HEALTH AGENT, a noirish SF thriller set in my world of Punktown. Of it, Curt says:

“A quick google search leads me to believe I’m the first to review Health Agent, and I’m proud to do so. With one solid, impressive, entertaining book like this after another, I can only hope Thomas never tires of Punktown…Highly recommended!!!”

The review of HEALTH AGENT in full can be seen here: http://groovyageofhorror.blogspot.com/2008/08/health-agent-by-jeffrey-thomas-raw-dog.html

And while we await the pending release of HEALTH AGENT in hardcover and trade paperback, its unique limited edition can be ordered here: http://www.rawdogscreaming.com/agent_ltd.html

Yes, so HEALTH AGENT is right around the corner, but while you’re feverishly counting off the days you can always find relief with THIRTEEN SPECIMENS: https://www.horror-mall.com/THIRTEEN-SPECIMENS-by-Jeffrey-Thomas-Trade-Paperback-p-18122.html