Blake Petit: 11 books

When a superhero dies, nobody thinks they'll stay dead. When a superhero kills, everybody gets up in arms. When someone close to a superhero bites the bullet, no one knows what to think. A REVOLVING DOOR IN HEAVEN is a series of handy essays about the phenomenon of death (and life) in mainstream American...

Duncan Marks is fed up with Christmas arriving in October, but his wife and son are Yuletide nuts. To make matters worse, the sudden appearance of a mysterious spirit makes it clear that the future of Christmas itself may rely on Duncan finding a way to open his heart. Duncan's story, and eight others...

In 1939 Siegel City only had one superhero, the world’s first. When he discovered his powers, Gabriel Ruston thought he would be the second, but died on his first excursion in costume. After Gabriel’s death, his brother David is drawn into an investigation. What if Gabriel wasn’t the...

Geek Pundit Blake M. Petit turns his attention to scary movies. In this eBook edition of his online project, Blake examines 40 of the most memorable, most influential, and most entertaining thrillers and horror movies, following the way the filmmakers have developed the tropes and techniques of fear...

With Christmas permeating all aspects of pop culture -- music, TV, movies, comic books -- Geek Pundit Blake M. Petit attempts to tackle the ultimate yuletide question... is Santa Claus a superhero?

Filmmaker Curtis Dupré seems to have everything he could want on the set of his second film: studio backing, a professional crew, and an actress he’s admired for years in the starring role. But people begin to vanish from the set, and from the memories of everybody except Curtis. A strange visitor...

The Climax Studios Festival of Fear is a Halloween tradition, but with monsters roaming the theme park and a monster movie filming on the adjacent film lot, what hell will break loose when a real zombie surfaces and starts biting? When you can't tell who's alive and who's undead, can...

This is a revised and expanded edition of the 2002 novel Other People's Heroes. The text has been edited, new scenes have been added, and bonus content is included, including two short stories about Siegel City, the Christmas tale "Lonely Miracle" and the prequel story "Inciting Incident."

Gill Lutz is a Las Vegas runner -- a man employed by a casino to make sure that everything runs smoothly with no interference by people with "special" talents, which in a world full of metahumans is no small task. When the Vegas-based superhero called Lucky Penny uses her powers make Gill's...

Josh Corwood and the Capes of Siegel City are back in a new Halloween special! On Halloween night, the city of faux superheroes finds itself overrun with the REAL undead -- mummies, zombies, vampires, and all manner of creatures of the night have come to wreak havoc. Copycat, Animan, and their crew...

Every Christmas Eve the heroes of Siegel City come together to raise a glass to their fallen friends. On Josh Corwood's first Christmas among them, he learns of an apparition that has haunted Simon Tower for years... a mysterious, nameless phantom, who may hold some of the Tower's biggest secrets...