New novel in the works!: I WAS A TEENAGE WEREDEER

Hey folks,

I wanted to let my fans know I have a new work in process. I know I should be finishing up all of my existing IPs and not creating new ones but this one is harder than most to ignore. It's about 45K into a 90K novel hard to ignore and that's only been written in the past month.

Specifically, the novel is I WAS A TEENAGE WEREDEER by Michael Suttkus and I. I know what you're thinking, surely that can't be the title but this may surprise you to know I have a tendency to write irreverent funny novels.

In this case, IWATW is another urban fantasy novel. I was pretty bummed about the genre due to the events surrounding ESOTERRORISM and my "divorce" from Ragnarok Publications. Well, now that Esoterrorism is going to be republished and finished as a trilogy with Amber Cover, I feel like I can once more write in the genre. I already took a dip with STRAIGHT OUTTA FANGTON that this novel technically takes place in.

Sherilyn Fenn is the actress who I used as a visual model for Jane.

Jane Doe, yes her parents were cruel, is a young community college student/waitress/weredeer in Bright Falls, Michigan. It's an ordinary rural community with the exception of being home to the majority of shapeshifters in the United States. Divided into clans, she belongs to the shamanistic Cervid who are the spiritual leaders of their people. 

Jane is...not suited for such a position. That doesn't stop her from getting involved when murder strikes their town and she is forced by her best friend to use what little psychic talents she has to help. This leads to uncovering her hometown's terrible secrets and getting chased by far too many monsters that consider her a tasty snack. 

Teaming up with her werewolf bestie Emma, a eccentric FBI agent wizard, and a dragon--she may just survive this situation long enough to solve who murdered the town sweetheart.

IWATW is inspired by my love of TWIN PEAKS, THE SOUTHERN VAMPIRE MYSTERIES, and BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER. I hope everyone who loves my other novels will agree to check this one out.