{"id":8000,"date":"2017-08-30T02:21:49","date_gmt":"2017-08-30T01:21:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mitziszereto.com\/blog\/?p=8000"},"modified":"2017-09-23T19:07:56","modified_gmt":"2017-09-23T18:07:56","slug":"courting-horror-with-florida-gothic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mitziszereto.com\/blog\/courting-horror-with-florida-gothic\/","title":{"rendered":"Courting Horror with Florida Gothic"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_8061\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8061\" style=\"width: 395px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mitziszereto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Stephen-King-loves-Florida-Gothic.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8061\" src=\"http:\/\/mitziszereto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Stephen-King-loves-Florida-Gothic-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"395\" height=\"262\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mitziszereto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Stephen-King-loves-Florida-Gothic-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mitziszereto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Stephen-King-loves-Florida-Gothic-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mitziszereto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Stephen-King-loves-Florida-Gothic-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mitziszereto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Stephen-King-loves-Florida-Gothic.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 395px) 100vw, 395px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8061\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stephen King loves Florida Gothic!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mitziszereto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Florida-Gothic-book-description.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-8034\" src=\"http:\/\/mitziszereto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Florida-Gothic-book-description-300x294.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"352\" height=\"345\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mitziszereto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Florida-Gothic-book-description-300x294.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mitziszereto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Florida-Gothic-book-description.jpg 588w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 352px) 100vw, 352px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/mitziszereto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Florida-Gothic.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8002 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/mitziszereto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Florida-Gothic-195x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"255\" height=\"394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mitziszereto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Florida-Gothic-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/mitziszereto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Florida-Gothic-665x1024.jpg 665w, https:\/\/mitziszereto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Florida-Gothic.jpg 745w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 255px) 100vw, 255px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>OH, THE HORROR!!!!!!!!!!!!!<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mitziszereto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/screaming-woman.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-8009 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/mitziszereto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/screaming-woman-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"378\" height=\"213\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mitziszereto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/screaming-woman-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mitziszereto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/screaming-woman-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mitziszereto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/screaming-woman-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mitziszereto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/screaming-woman.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 378px) 100vw, 378px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Horror isn&#8217;t exactly new to me. No, I&#8217;m not talking about my personal life; I&#8217;m talking about my writing life! I&#8217;ve crossed over into horror on several projects, though technically speaking, it&#8217;s probably safe to say that my new book release <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mitziszereto.com\/florida-gothic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Florida Gothic<\/em><\/a><\/strong> is my first<strong> full-on, guts-on-the-table, cringing-in-the-corner<\/strong> horror novel. As the debut release in The &#8220;Gothic&#8221; Series,\u00a0I&#8217;ve combined plenty of grit and gore for this one. I think the book demonstrates that I&#8217;m no shrinking violet when it comes to swimming in the alligator-infested swamps of the horror genre.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8008\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8008\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mitziszereto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/zombie.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8008 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/mitziszereto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/zombie-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mitziszereto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/zombie-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mitziszereto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/zombie-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mitziszereto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/zombie-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mitziszereto.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/zombie.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8008\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ernesto&#8217;s mad as hell &#8211; and he&#8217;s not gonna take it anymore!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Hang on, did someone say <em>alligator<\/em>? There just so happens to be one in the book! And it&#8217;s because of him (or her?) that events move in a particular direction, shaping the fate of our unlucky protagonist, Ernesto Martinez. We get to see the\u00a0&#8220;hero&#8221; of <em>Florida Gothic<\/em> shambling through life (or make that DEATH) as he seeks payback for all the wrongs that have been committed against him.\u00a0Like this book&#8217;s author, Ernesto&#8217;s no shrinking violet either.<\/p>\n<p>Though I&#8217;d like to think I&#8217;m better looking.<\/p>\n<p>Set against the &#8220;glamorous&#8221; backdrop of South Florida (think heat, sun, sweat, beaches, drugs, voodoo, Cuban food, and Ernesto&#8217;s ever-present <em>cucarachas<\/em>), <em>Florida Gothic<\/em>\u00a0offers what you won&#8217;t typically find in those tourist guidebooks.<\/p>\n<p>So am I using my blog to promote my new book? You bet! If you enjoy horror, I&#8217;m convinced you&#8217;ll enjoy <em>Florida Gothic<\/em>. Even if you aren&#8217;t a horror aficionado, you&#8217;ll have a gruesomely good time reading it. So what are you waiting for?<\/p>\n<p>To find out more about <em>Florida Gothic<\/em> (and access those handy little &#8220;buy&#8221; links designed to make your life so much easier), please visit:<strong>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/mitziszereto.com\/florida-gothic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/mitziszereto.com\/florida-gothic<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Oh, and here&#8217;s the official book trailer!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><code><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oxCPZ7MffcM\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/code><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; OH, THE HORROR!!!!!!!!!!!!! Horror isn&#8217;t exactly new to me. No, I&#8217;m not talking about my personal life; I&#8217;m talking about my writing life! 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