So you’ve been meaning to check out more indie authors. You may have mentioned this online or in person, but you’re not sure where to start. Well, boy, do I have a list for you! I recently shared two lists on Zombies (movies / shows) and where to watch them, which people seemed to enjoy. […]
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CELEBRATING ONE YEAR with the Welcome to Cemetery sale
I’m so excited to officially announce the Welcome to Cemetery anniversary sale! It’s kind of hard for me to fathom that it’s been a year already somehow, but here we are. I wasn’t exactly sure how to celebrate my debut’s first book birthday, but offering up an Ebook sale seemed like a good place to start. […]
Off with their Sleds by C. J. Daley out now!
Cover illustrator: MiblartPublisher: BestGhost BooksRelease Date: December 9, 2025Order Link: Order Now! | Ebook, Paperback, HardcoverGoodReads: Add To Shelf Signed Copies: Order Now!Genre: Crime, Mystery, ThrillerSeries: The Cemetery Collection #3 (Story directly follows Welcome to Cemetery) Blurb Detectives Williams and Ed Reyes are back. This holiday season, the town of Cemetery is getting just a little bit stranger. When a 911 call leads to […]
FINAL DAY Preorder and Blurbs: Tales From Cemetery
Publisher: BestGhost BooksCover artist: Matt Seff Barnes | https://www.mattseffbarnes.com/Editor: Ed Crocker | https://www.ed-crocker.com/services-8Release date: October 7th 2025Preorder Link: https://books2read.com/u/br8AgE Over the last 10 days I have been sharing mini-blurbs for the 10 new short stories that will release in Tales From Cemetery. I have gathered them here, so that they will have a single place to remain, and to […]
EXCERPT: 2 Chapters of Welcome to Cemetery by C. J. Daley
My debut novel Welcome to Cemetery arrives in just over a month! As I’ve had BestGhost floating around as a kind of sample to my writing, I figured it was time to showcase a little of the novel itself! If you didn’t see the cover reveal, check it out here, otherwise, please scroll down and get your […]
BestGhost: A Novelette by C. J. Daley Paperback out now!
Cover illustrator: Stock photo/Canva overlay by ME Publisher: BestGhost Books | Site is under constructionRerelease Date: June 3rd, 2024Order Link: Order Now!GoodReads: Add To Shelf Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller Blurb The world’s best ghost hunters, the town’s most haunted mansion, what could go wrong? A debut sample from the forthcoming Tales From Cemetery! The Old Mayor’s Mansion sits just a few miles outside the town […]
PREORDER BestGhost: A Novelette by C. J. Daley the Rerelease
Cover illustrator: Stock photo/Canva overlay by ME Publisher: BestGhost Books | Site is under constructionRerelease Date: June 3rd, 2024Pre-Order Link: Preorder Now!GoodReads: Add To Shelf Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller Blurb The world’s best ghost hunters, the town’s most haunted mansion, what could go wrong? A debut sample from the forthcoming Tales From Cemetery! The Old Mayor’s Mansion sits just a few miles outside […]
Intro to Indie Horror + Representation
Similarly to my original Intro to Indie posts (which you can check out here: Fantasy, Horror, Sci-fi) this is an idea I’ve been brewing for months. Also feel free to check out my original Intro to Indie + Rep post for Fantasy here. Not just where to start with horror or underrated horrors, but horror from authors you […]
An Intro to Indie Horror For Those Wondering Where to Start
The idea for this came to me several months ago, probably during the latest flair up of “indie/self pub is inferior” or something similar, and you may have seen (or want to check out) where I started with fantasy suggestions. The point of which is not to argue, but to highlight some writers that are […]