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    • The Father John Trilogy
      • Father John vs the Zombies
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A Devil’s Gospel is dedicated as follows: To my dad, the priest of our “little church” It was important for me to dedicate this novel to my father because he was critical in the development of my faith, though in subtle ways. I have very clear memories, for example, of […]

A Devil’s Gospel: Dedication

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And now the third and final part of Chapter 1 of A Devil’s Gospel. (Check out Monday’s and Wednesday’s posts for the first two parts). One day Satan found me walking along the shores of the fiery lake. “It doesn’t end,” I said. “I’ve shifted up and down the shore, […]

A Devil’s Gospel: Chapter 1 (3/3)

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Chapter 1 of A Devil’s Gospel continues below (see Monday’s post for the first part if you haven’t read it yet). The angels cheered once more. There were yells for Lucifer to waste no time in speaking to God and asking for a dimension of our own. Lucifer put up […]

A Devil’s Gospel: Chapter 1 (2/3)

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Without further ado, this week I’m sharing with you the first chapter of A Devil’s Gospel, starting with the first part in 3…2…1… Book One Shadows Chapter 1: The First War It all started with a man and a woman. Did we think He-Who-Rules could do it, even after he’d […]

A Devil’s Gospel: Chapter 1 (1/3)

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Old cover for A Devil's Gospel

Earlier this week I revealed the ebook and paperback covers for A Devil’s Gospel. Years ago, when the manuscript was ready for my wife to edit, I decided that instead of just printing it out, I would print and bind a nice book-like copy for her (this was a while […]

A Devil’s Gospel: Cover reveal (throwback)

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Cover for the paperback of A Devil's Gospel

On Monday of this week I revealed the cover art for the ebook of A Devil’s Gospel. Today I’m very pleased to share with you the cover for the paperback: Like with the ebook, I designed the cover with input from my wife, and incorporated a beautiful image from Pixabay […]

A Devil’s Gospel: Cover reveal (paperback)

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