Short Story Contest Winner!

Congratulations to the winner of the Rabbit in Red short story contest, Matthew Daudish.

Matt's short story will appear in Bury the Rabbit, the final Rabbit in Red book, scheduled to release on October 31, 2017.

Matt was born in Indiana and currently lives in Connecticut with his wife Ashley, their springer spaniel puppy Luna, black cat Seuss, and guinea pig Arya.  Matt attended the University of Connecticut and graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering in 2012.  He currently works as a manufacturing engineer, programming inspection machines that measure jet engine parts.  

In his free time, Matt enjoys visiting local breweries, watching movies, reading, and writing short stories with horror themes.  He also enjoys brewing his own mead and painting horror themed labels for the bottles.  His favorite Horror movie is Hellraiser and his least favorite horror movie is Hellraiser Revelations.  His favorite non-horror movie is The Last Action Hero.

You can find him on Twitter at @MJDAUDISH.

Congrats, Matt! And thank you to everyone who submitted a story for this contest. Picking a winner is always difficult. After Halloween, if you'd like, we can publish the other entries on this blog. 

Look for Bury the Rabbit this Halloween. 

Haven’t started the series?

Get Rabbit in Red and Burn the Rabbit on sale on Amazon for just $2.99 (Kindle edition). Or request the paperback copies at your favorite local bookstore!

Or search for them on whatever platform you prefer to read. We even have a great audio edition for the first book on iTunes, Amazon, and Audible. But if you ask me where to get them: always support local. Call your favorite bookstore and put in an order for the first two books today and get caught up!

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Contest Time!

In just a few months (see release details here), the final Rabbit in Red book, Bury the Rabbit, will be available. It's been an amazing adventure, thanks to the enthusiasm of friends and readers like you.

So, to build momentum for the release of the final book, I'll be doing a bunch of different promotions this summer. The first is a giveaway in exchange for a review of Rabbit in Red and Burn the Rabbit (the first two books in the series) on Goodreads.

Reviews help authors reach new readers, and for your efforts, you will have a chance to win the following:

You get TWO prizes, if you win:

Prize one: Your choice of A) Rabbit in Red poster, B) Burn the Rabbit poster, C) SIGNED book of either Rabbit in Red or Burn the Rabbit, D) Rabbit in Red t-shirt

Prize two: Your choice of A) Bury the Rabbit poster or B) magnet of any book cover

How to enter:

1. Rate and review Rabbit in Red on Goodreads.
2. Rate and review Burn the Rabbit on Goodreads.
3. After you've done that, then please share either this blog or your Goodreads reviews or post a status/tweet/pic on any of your social media about the book. Tag me so I see it.

Contest begins Tues, June 13 and ends July 13. We will have weekly winners! Once you've done a review on Goodreads, you are entered for the entire contest.

This blog will be updated each week with winners posted below.

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WINNERS

For our first week's winners (June 19), I'm not selecting just one winner. I'm selecting FOUR!

That's because I'm amazed at the turnout and response.

Winners are: SHWAN BROWN, SHIVAWN, BECCA CORDLE, and SALINA PORTER

(Please don't be disappointed if you didn't win; I had someone do this drawing for me, too, so I would stay out of it and be unbiased, or I'd be giving away too many prizes!!!)

To claim your prize: Message me on my Facebook page with your choice of prize from category one and category two. If you want a t-shirt, I only have adult S, M, and L-- out of all other sizes. Be sure to message me your address, too.

FOR EVERYONE ELSE WHO ENTERED: You are still eligible to win! Others can still enter! And now here's your chance for a BONUS ENTRY!

Post a review on Amazon, too! Go to the following links: Rabbit in Red and Burn the Rabbit and submit your review. You could even just copy and paste your Goodreads review over to Amazon!


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Joe Chianakas is the author of Rabbit in Red, a horror trilogy. Rabbit in Red won best horror book of 2016. It was picked up by Horror Block and sent to thousands around the world. The second book, Burn the Rabbit, hit #1 on Amazon’s hot new horror releases and is available now. The trilogy concludes this fall with Bury the Rabbit. Follow Joe on Facebook or visit his webpage here.

New Year Giveaways!

I promised that when Rabbit in Red received 100 ratings on Goodreads that we would do a giveaway as a thank you to all who have supported! Well, we're at 103 ratings as of today, so thank you! Every rating, add, and review helps reach new readers.

Well, I don't just want to do one contest. I want to do multiple contests! So, if you have fun with this and participate, I'll keep doing them (it's a great distraction from cold, gray winter skies, don't you think?).

Plus, I do have some new things coming your way to announce!

How many should we do? Hmmm . . . the number 666 is coming to mind. That's probably too many. Let's just start with just six.

Six contests, each with a different prize, each with a different but easy way to enter! I'll announce and update the blog as we go.

CONTEST NUMBER ONE

Win a $10 Amazon Gift Card! You can use this to buy anything on Amazon, not just my books!

How to win: Share the Amazon link of my book with a comment as to what you thought about it or why people should get it. Tag my Facebook page in your post so I see it (this is my Facebook page link or just use @Chianakas): 

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01AEAY0ME

For each share, you will be entered to win. BONUS ENTRY: Add a review of Rabbit in Red and/or Burn the Rabbit on Amazon. You do NOT have had to purchase the book on Amazon to post a review, so if you got it somewhere else, you can still review it on Amazon. Just be sure to let me know you added a review-- post a message or comment on my Facebook page. Everyone will be entered into a random drawing.

Contest begins now, 11:30 a.m. CST, January 12. Contest ends Sunday night, 11:59 p.m. Winner announced on Monday, January 18, and contest #2 will be revealed then!

CONTEST NUMBER TWO

Win a $25.00 gift card to Etsy! See the details here. 

MORE CONTESTS WILL BE ANNOUNCED ON MY FACEBOOK PAGE. FOLLOW ME ON FACEBOOK or VISIT MY WEBSITE

Thanks for the support!

CONTEST-- Win a Free Horror Block!

Horror Block is the coolest pop-culture mystery subscription box in the world, and in November, they included my book, Rabbit in Red. It's been awesome already connecting with so many new readers, and I'm honored to receive your messages and thrilled you've enjoyed the read.

What I didn't know is that Horror Block had planned on sending me a free box this month. I already subscribe, so I actually received two boxes.

That gave me an idea-- CONTEST TIME! I will give away a complete November 2016 Horror Block box to one person in the United States (just to save on shipping costs, sorry, international friends). 

First, take a look at what you will win:

This is over $60 worth of goodies including: an adult large ugly Christmas sweater Cthulu design on a t-shirt, a Krampus Christmas ornament, an awesome Gremlins Christmas snow globe, Freddy vs Jason cookie cutters, and my book, Rabbit in Red with the Horror Block exclusive cover. Plus, you get a copy of Rue Morgue magazine, too. That's six awesome items! FOR FREE!

HOW TO WIN

I'm looking for people to post a review of the second book in the Rabbit in Red series, BURN THE RABBIT. You'll post a quick review on Amazon or Goodreads, then share it on social media and tag me, and you're entered! That's all it takes.

You don't have to write a book report, friends. Just write a couple of lines about what you enjoyed (assuming you enjoyed it, I hope!). Short, simple reviews are perfectly fine!

Haven't read it? Get a copy online or order the paperback now! Or swing by your favorite bookstore and ask them for it. The app, Tapas, has copies, too.

So, let me get more detailed and break it down for you. Follow these steps by the Wed, Dec 14 to be entered to win this amazing Horror Block!

1. WRITE a review of Burn the Rabbit on Amazon or Goodreads. Yes, you get TWO entries if you post your review on both platforms! If you've already posted a review, you can still be entered to win. Just skip to step 2!

(Note: To write a review on Goodreads, you need to view "desktop mode) or access it from a computer.)

2. SHARE your review online or at least make a PUBLIC status about the book and tag my Facebook page, Joe Chianakas, or my Twitter account. This is how I'll be notified that you posted a review!

3. You have from today (Tues, Dec 6) until Wed, Dec 14-- a full week to do this! I'll get the Horror Block in the mail on Thursday, Dec 15 in hopes that you get it by Christmas! WINNERS WILL BE ANNOUNCED ON MY FACEBOOK PAGE THURSDAY, DEC 15 in  the morning on my way to the post office!

GOOD LUCK!!!

LINK TO BURN THE RABBIT ON AMAZON

LINK TO BURN THE RABBIT ON GOODREADS

My FACEBOOK PAGE-- be sure to LIKE this and TAG me when you share your review

My TWITTER handle-- in case you prefer Twitter, just tag me when you share your review