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The official T. P. Keating web site.
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Bleeding Hearts: The Diary of a Country Vampire Published by Lulu.com, ISBN: 1-4116-4815-3 For a FREE online preview:
http://www.lulu.com/content/160960 Rated 5 stars on Goodreads.com “Garlic be damned. There's no vampire mojo powerful enough to help us resist this enticing romp by T.P. Keating. Lured into his masterful web of bats, assorted ghouls and things that go slurp in the night; we're ultimately seduced by the melanin-challenged Connie. She's part vamp, obsessed with sunscreen almost as much as the next tempting jugular. The moon is full, the creatures are rampant, and every page is a decadent pleasure. Nothing to do but stock up on some back-up plasma and surrender. With Keating leading us through this delightful darkness, what's a few fang marks between friends?”
GINA GALLO, AUTHOR OF ARMED AND DANGEROUS: MEMOIRS OF A CHICAGO COP.
“I like the idea of being one-eighth vampire, and that manifesting itself as an annoying disability in modern Britain.”
MALCOLM GASKILL, AUTHOR OF WITCHFINDERS: A SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY ENGLISH TRAGEDY. "It's a breezy and humorous twist on the vampire pantheon with an engaging protagonist--and some unique new additions to the mythology as well. The one detail I liked the most was the notion that even after being turned into flooring or furniture, the spirit of a tree remains." JOSEPH PIERSON, PRESIDENT, CYPRESS FILMS INC, NEW YORK. My short story, ONE SICK VAMPIRE, was nominated for the 2004 James White Award. "An unusual take on the vampire myth that manages to reference the old stereotypes and avoid them at the same time. I liked it a lot." MICHAEL CARROLL, JUDGING PANEL. Read it at:
http://www.bloodlust-uk.com "If only there was about a hundred more like you!"
ILLONA VAMP, EDITOR OF BLOODLUST-UK.
HAPPINESS, OR THE CASH EQUIVALENT, appears in the anthology SMALL CRIMES, Betancourt & Co. ISBN 1-59224-949-3 "Perfect beach read... expect the unexpected with this book!"
From BARNES&NOBLE.COM
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The anthology, MURDER IN VEGAS, March, 2005, contains KILLER HEELS KILL TWICE AS DEAD. Forge Books Hardcover ISBN: 0765307391 and Tor Books Paperback ISBN: 0765307405. "...the tales manage to use the usual Vegas topics--desert heat, the Mafia, big scores gone wrong--in new and unusual ways." BOOKLIST. "My favorite story was "Killer Heels Kill Twice as Dead", by T.P. Keating, an author who I'd not read before. In this wicked tale of revenge, a smart show girl tries to get out of an unfair contract she signed under duress. She's out for revenge, and the story is a good one." L. KELLY, LAKEWOOD, COLORADO, USA. “There's something for everyone in this book. As with any book of short stories, some are excellent while others are... well.. not excellent. My personal favorites are "Killer Heels Kill Twice as Dead" by T. P. Keating and 'Oddsmaker' by Edward Wellen. A solid collection for anyone that likes a good murder tale or twenty-two.” FRENCHY’S BOOK CLUB, USA. Smoke on the Water. “In the dark world of crime fiction, there's a clear distinction between authors that are smokin' guns versus those pretenders who merely blow smoke. In this crime compilation, British phenomenon T.P. Keating establishes his peerless talent as he blows us all away with “Killer Heels Kill Twice As Dead” - a magnum round of plot twists, cunning and delicious darkness of the highest caliber. Word-slinging wannabes take note: read and learn from this master marksman. With all that smokey noir blowing across the pond from England, when are we going to see a complete volume of Keating's work?” ELISE LYONS, USA: AUTHOR, EDITOR, NOIRIST. For those who like old-style space opera:
http://www.freewebs.com/saucytales/archive.html The same Spacer heroine rockets into her first printed appearance through the anthology DAIKAIJU!2: REVENGE OF THE GIANT MONSTERS (Agog! Press), with THE SPACER AND THE RED HOT MONSTER. It is available from Amazon.com. “[Daikaiju! 2]… refuses to settle down into simplistic monster stories. Instead it shows us haunting tales that sometimes lead us to question ourselves and our need for monsters.” ADAM BALES: ASIF.DREAMHOSTERS.COM
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I cannot overstate how indebted I am to my beautiful wife, Marielle, for her unending patience in reading my numerous drafts. The stories simply wouldn't exist without her.
My first short story accepted for publication was Magic Bullet, in BlueMurder.com. This story finally saw the light of day in the Nov 2003 edition of Deep Magic.
"I got the feeling I should be sipping an iced martini, admiring my fire-red pedicure peeking from my leopard-skin stilleto mules, and waiving a crystal cigarette holder." Elise Lyons, Blue Murder.
Check out PWG's "decomposing fast" archives: http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://plotswithguns.com March/April 2001: Nothing Promised - No Regrets. May/June 2001: Blood Red Blues. Two further stories appeared in the March/April 2002 issue: Noir and Day, & Dead is a 4-Letter Word.
HandHeldCrime included 1 Nightmare Drive. Although they have closed, just let me know if you would like to read the story (or any other, where the publication has closed).
Jan/Feb 2003 issue of PlotsWithGuns.com saw the appearance of The Case of the Dead Hippy. While Rutger Hauer kindly included two stories on his not-for-profit Starfish Association website.
“ To T.P.Keating, YOUR STORY ROCKS! Really enjoyed it! Loving you forever” ROKETDONUT “ TP Keating! I just read your short story and loved it!! That was hilarious and very clever! Write some more!” LSD
http://guestbooks.pathfinder.gr/read/rutgerhauer?pass=&page=279
You can meet a Weekend Vampire, together with a Gumshoe Bat and Bleeding Hearts, in the Vampire Stories section of:
http://www.bloodlust-uk.com/stories.htm
These feature the same heroine as the James White Award nominated One Sick Vampire. As does Stony Weather, in issue #4 of Fools Motley.
In their Nov/Dec 2003 issue, PlotsWithGuns.com published Beware, Vicious Little Minx with a Gun.
Old Snakehips is Back, for his very first appearance, in Issue #3 of the 1930's noir of Printed Poison. My sequence of werewolf tales comes courtesy of Lost Souls Magazine:
1. Wolf To Go
http://lostsoulsmag.tripod.com/main/id65.html 2. Castle Doig, London
http://lostsoulsmag.tripod.com/main/id76.html
7. Highland Coffee High
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"Thanks TP, I particularly enjoyed the humour... I look forward to reading the next lot of adventures."
JAZMINA CININAS, PRINTMAKER AND AUTHOR/DESIGNER OF THE "GIRLIE WEREWOLF PROJECT" EXHIBITION.
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