LILITU: BLOODY CALEB NOW AVAILABLE + INTERVIEW + LAUNCH EVENTS

BLOODY CALEB LAUNCH

LILITU: BLOODY CALEB is now available for Paperback, Kindle, & Kindle Unlimited! GRAB IT HERE! Make sure to leave a review on Goodreads if you can!

I've also updated the website. BLOODY CALEB's page now has an FAQ.

Also, don't forget to pick up your FREE ebook of SAINTKILLER for more LILITU frights!

INTERVIEW

My publisher Crystal Lake Publishing was good enough to interview me about BLOODY CALEB. You can watch it right here:

EVENTS

To promote the book, I'm going to be doing a few events this month.

First, I'll be reading at a Spooky Book Faire happening Saturday 10/11/25 2pm - 6pm, at the San Mateo Public Library.

I'll also be reading at Litcrawl with the Bay Area chapter of the Horror Writers Association! We'll be reading Saturday 10/25/25 8pm - 9pm at Silver Sprocket in San Francisco.

Finally, we don't have a flyer for this yet, but I'll be tabling at the Hillsdale Barnes & Noble in San Mateo on Saturday 11/8 at 1pm - 3pm. Alas, no live reading, but I will be selling & signing copies.

Until next time!

FREE BOOK: SAINTKILLER: A Lilitu Novel

Enjoy Gothic Horror? Then check out SAINTKILLER, a FREE NOVEL I wrote so people can check out the LILITU universe. At 45k words it's much shorter than the main books, making it perfect for those of you with ADD (hi!), but is still substantial enough to feel like a real book. This also lets it be a more focused "pure" horror novel. I'm really proud of how it turned out, and hope you'll give it a read -- whether you read the first one or not! It's designed to work for newcomers and fans alike.

You can get it here: https://dl.bookfunnel.com/jod64iv98m 

Summary:

"Three years ago, the Nightfall blotted out the sun, allowing demons, vampires, and satyrs to take over Europe and enslave its mortal populace. One such mortal is 23-year-old Sybil Ashwell, a timid English maid whose fear of her demonic rulers is matched only by her lust for them.

When Sybil is purchased by a new master, she is whisked away to a labyrinthine Edinburgh mansion surrounded by ravenous monsters. Worse, Sybil soon learns that the mansion’s dark halls will play host to an unholy ritual…one performed by Mother Pursha, a succubus nun whose god may be the most terrifying being in the universe.

With time running out before the ritual completes, Sybil must overcome both her fear and her desire in order to escape…but her only way out may lead her deeper into darkness. For locked deep within the mansion’s dungeon is a succubus who wants freedom just as much as Sybil does. A succubus with crimson red hair. A succubus who Sybil’s captors call the Saintkiller…

SAINTKILLER is a self-contained Gothic Horror novel set within the nightmarish alternate 19th century world of LILITU, designed to satisfy fans and new readers alike."

I really hope you'll give it a read. It's pretty dark, so fair warning. If you like what you read, don't forget to pre-order Lilitu: Bloody Caleb, coming out October 3rd!

LILITU: BLOODY CALEB Pre-Orders Available Now

Lilitu fans rejoice! I'm delighted to announce that e-book pre-orders are now available for Lilitu: Bloody Caleb, launching October 3rd. Paperback pre-orders should be available soon - just waiting on that from my publisher. Here's the link: https://getbook.at/Lilitu2

Also, check out this sweet cover from Ben Baldwin:

Plot summary:

Dante's Inferno meets The Count Of Monte Cristo in Lilitu: Bloody Caleb—a Gothic dark fantasy of murder, revenge, and the horrors of Hell.

22-year-old Caleb Schwartzenfeld is a vagrant violinist, struggling to survive the fog-choked streets of Victorian England. But when his search for a patron leads him into the clutches of a sinister cult, he is brutally sacrificed—and awakens in Hell, a nightmarish realm filled with demons who delight in torturing damned souls like him. But no matter how brutally the demons maim him, Caleb finds that he cannot die.

Refusing to let eternal agony break him, Caleb vows to escape from Hell, reunite with the woman he loves, and exact revenge on those who murdered him. Yet returning to Earth may require him to become one of Hell's monsters himself.

Under the dark tutelage of the depraved incubus Salem Sotirios, Caleb is seduced into the twisted pleasures and deadly politics of Hell’s elite. As he navigates a macabre underworld of power, lust, and vengeance, Caleb must decide whether reclaiming his life is worth risking his soul.

Perfect for fans of Gothic horror, supernatural revenge thrillers, and darkly romantic fantasy, Lilitu: Bloody Caleb delivers a chilling, seductive, and unforgettable journey through Hell and back. Readers can start with either this book or with Lilitu: The Memoirs Of A Succubus. Characters from both stories will converge in Book III.

"From its haunting gothic vistas straight out of Victorian London to scenes of gruesome gore that would turn Jason Voorhees’ stomach, Bloody Caleb casts a dark spell over the imagination. Caleb’s story is macabre yet touching, a blood-soaked, tormented descent that explores the substance and meaning of manhood, and the way hope and desperation can live side by side in one heart. Fans of complex, layered characters need look no further: Caleb is a protagonist you can sink your teeth into, and who is eager to return the favor." - Owen B Greenwald, author of Weapons of the Mind and Midsummer Night