RELEASE: Wasteland Blues by Scott Christian Carr and Andrew Conry-Murray

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Of Mice and Men Meets The Odyssey in a Post-Apocalyptic Future

Having only ever known the uncivilized wake of nuclear and biological apocalypse, three friends and their wheelchair-bound hostage set out on a perilous fool’s mission--to cross from one side of the devastated United States to the other, in the desperate, half-believed hope of finding a rumored haven. 

Spurred by a dark vision and the murder of their father, rageaholic Derek Cane and his over-sized, simple-minded brother, Teddy, flee the only home they've ever known, a struggling shantytown on the edge of the vast Wasteland. Heading ever eastward, they are accompanied by their friend, John, an orphan brought up by a fanatical religious order, and Leggy, a crippled old drunk who brags that, in his youth, he once traversed the Wasteland as a scavenger.

Wasteland Blues by Scott Christian Carr and Andrew Conry-Murray

Cover Art by Bradley Sharp

 
 

COVER: Wasteland Blues by Scott Christian Carr and Andrew Conry-Murray

 

Of Mice and Men Meets The Odyssey in a Post-Apocalyptic Future

Having only ever known the uncivilized wake of nuclear and biological apocalypse, three friends and their wheelchair-bound hostage set out on a perilous fool’s mission--to cross from one side of the devastated United States to the other, in the desperate, half-believed hope of finding a rumored haven. 

Spurred by a dark vision and the murder of their father, rageaholic Derek Cane and his over-sized, simple-minded brother, Teddy, flee the only home they've ever known, a struggling shantytown on the edge of the vast Wasteland. Heading ever eastward, they are accompanied by their friend, John, an orphan brought up by a fanatical religious order, and Leggy, a crippled old drunk who brags that, in his youth, he once traversed the Wasteland as a scavenger.

Wasteland Blues by Scott Christian Carr and Andrew Conry-Murray

Cover Art by Bradley Sharp

Post-Apocalyptic novel  coming from Dog Star Books in March 2014

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Mike Mehalek
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EVENT: Dog Star Books Author at Anthocon

Anthocon 

November 8-10, 2013 • Portsmouth, NH

Scott Christian Carr will be at Anthocon moderating the following panels and doing both an official reading and impromptu readings throughout the weekend. More information can be found at the official Anthocon site.

Writing From the Fringe: Voices from Beyond the Wall

Does an author need to walk the walk in order to talk the talk? We'll assemble a panel of writers who live in the bizarre worlds that they write about, who share the beliefs, behaviors and motivations of their characters - writers who are brave (or crazy) enough to live on the Fringe and report back.

There Used to Be a Moon: Exploring the Apocalypse

From blowing up the Moon to zombie epidemics, global warming, economic meltdown and disease to tried and true full-scale nuclear catastrophe, we'll explore the current trends in end-of-the world fiction. How do new mindsets and social paradigms, rapidly advancing technology and more sophisticated worldviews change the ways that it can all hit the fan?

Dog Star Books Author: Andrew Conry-Murray

Andrew Conry-Murray was born in Boston, MA, and lived in the area until age sixteen, when his family moved to New Jersey, and then to California. He attended Caldwell College, where he met Scott, his co-writer of Wasteland Blues, their first novel with Dog Star Books. After college, Scott and Drew moved to Boston. He earned a master’s degree in education from Boston College, but decided not to go into teaching.

Instead, he got a job as an editor at a small publishing company that specialized in books on Chinese martial arts and mediation. He also studied martial arts and meditation with the publisher’s founder, Dr. Yang Jwing-Ming. Drew trained with Dr. Jwing-Ming for four years.

In 1998 Drew got married and moved back to California because his wife was starting a Ph.D. program at Berkeley.

He got a job as an editor at a technology magazine for IT professionals. Over time, he moved up from editing to full-time writing. The company was acquired a couple of times, and he stayed on through each iteration. He's now editor of a technology website called Network Computing.com.

He and his wife lived in California for eight years, and both their sons were born there.

In 2006 they moved to Rochester, NY, where his wife got a post-doctoral position at the University of Rochester. They spent two years there before moving to Pennsylvania, where they currently reside.