WOW! TALK ABOUT AN INSIGHTFUL INTERVIEWER!
Thanks to podcaster and interviewer extraordinaire, Tim Dennis, for the extraordinary insight he brought to his interview with me. It’s rare to encounter an interviewer so well prepared that I came away feeling he just might have a better handle on THE SERIAL KILLER’S SON TAKES A WIFE than I do. Give it a listen below! And be sure to check out Tim’s other shows, as well, at Darkness Radio and True Crime Tuesday. Meanwhile, lend an ear here:
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WITTY TWIST ON HORRIFYING GENRE IS A CRASH COURSE IN SURVIVAL FOR SONS OF SERIAL KILLERS
“Only a writer as flat-out funny as Michael Libling could remind us that 99% of ‘slaughter’ is ‘laughter.’” — Paul Witcover, author of Lincolnstein and many others
NEW YORK, Oct. 17, 2023 — There wasn’t a soul in town who didn’t know what Bobby Blessing’s father had done, and would have kept on doing if he weren’t behind bars. He had murdered 27 innocent people. But Bobby knew that number was higher. Much higher, most likely. Bobby’s father was a bad, bad man. But even Bobby himself didn’t know the whole story.
In The Serial Killer’s Son Takes a Wife, author Michael Libling plunges readers inside the decidedly cursed life of Bobby Blessing, a young man struggling to navigate a reality few people will ever ponder: how to survive having a serial killer for a father in a small town where nothing is forgotten.
Small towns. Big horrors. Plus all the ice cream you can eat!
“Most of my stories are set in small towns, and … The Serial Killer’s Son Takes A Wife is no exception,” Libling said. “There’s something wonderful and comforting about small towns, until you make the mistake of probing beneath the surface.”
When readers meet Bobby, he has a new last name and a relatively benign existence as the owner of an ice cream parlor in Saratoga Springs, New York. He is working hard to leave his family’s horrific legacy behind, including his mother, who wasn’t exactly a sweet treat herself.
How do you tell the woman you love your dad is a serial killer?
Bobby’s life is a lonely one, as having a dad for a serial killer isn’t exactly an icebreaker conducive to forming friendships. But then,
one harsh winter night, the astonishing Cori Widdoes shows up with a hankering for ice cream, and Bobby abruptly forgets the one key to his survival: Nothing is what it seems. And before too long, Bobby must face yet another dilemma: How do you tell the woman you love your dad is a serial killer?
With surprising doses of humor that cut through the tension and horror, The Serial Killer’s Son Takes A Wife “delves into areas few, if any, so-called ‘serial killer’ novels have explored before,” Libling added.
Through it all, the specter of Bobby’s bloodthirsty father looms, forcing Bobby to face unspeakable answers to questions that have haunted him for a lifetime.
“The Serial Killer’s Son Takes a Wife is as fun as it is titillatingly horrifying, with references to current rock bands, TV shows, and movies, and at least one reference to COVID,” said Dan Laxer of The Suburban weekly newspaper. “The reader is yanked from one chapter to the next, cliff-hanger to cliff-hanger, until reader and protagonist meet in the dark, one as blind as the other as to what happens next.”
Available now wherever you buy books
Published by WordFire Press, The Serial Killer’s Son Takes A Wife is available now wherever books are sold—ebook, paperback, and hardcover. To find out even more about this dark, twisted, and wholly original take on the serial killer genre, including what others are saying about it, please click here.
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MEANWHILE, WE WALKED INTO OUR FAVORITE KOREAN RESTAURANT AND…
Should you live on Montreal’s West Island, you’ll find Doshrock at 15742 Pierrefonds Blvd. We crave the homestyle dishes on a regular basis. Tell ’em Mike sent you. And bring a copy of The Serial Killer’s Son Takes A Wife when you go. Doshrock cuisine and my latest novel—talk about double the pleasure!