When I signed my contract to write The Hand of God, the biggest issue for me was I was a former mailman who could not spell, not an English major who wanted to do this their whole life. I made a lot of rookie mistakes, until someone ( I don't remember who) suggested I not …
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Happy New Year, everyone. As we step into 2025, I wanted to take a moment to share an update with all of you. The past few months have been quite the journey—both creatively and physically. First, a little about my personal journey: I’ve been recovering from back-to-back surgeries. In late 2024, I underwent sinus surgery, …
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When Kentucky Monthly Magazine published my short story, Leaves of Departure, in 1998, they asked me if I was working on anything else and I told them I was working on my first detective novel. It was an idea which floated around in my head for years. I grew up loving the Rockford Files, Columbo …
It was USA Today bestselling novelist, Jamie Livingston Dierks, who first described my Victor McCain series as paranormal crime noir. I wasn't quite sure what she meant. While I had seen the movies the Maltese Falcon and the Big Sleep, I'd not read any crime noir novels. Then I picked up a copy of I, …
This Halloween I am offering up one of my Victor McCain short stories for free. It is set in La Grange, Kentucky, my former home town and takes place in the basement of Karen's Book Barn, a store I once owned. Any of you who have been in the basement of the store, know just …
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Yesterday, I signed two contracts with Dark Harbor Pictures, a division of Element Media Group, for not one, but two shows based on my books. Here is the press release from Hydra Publications, my publishing house. PRESS RELEASE HYDRA PUBLICATIONS PUBLISHER TONY ACREE ANNOUNCES TWO SERIES STREAMING DEAL Hydra Publications and Tony Acree are excited …
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The Devil's Mark, the first Paige Aldridge and Victor McCain crossover novel, is now available in both ebook and print. Many thanks to Lynn Tincher for her fantastic work in bringing this project together. And we are already working on book number two in the series. Please be sure to leave us a review on …
The story of Samantha Tyler continues in Absolution, the heart-pounding follow-up to Vengeance. This time around Rachael Rawlings is joined by Mary Ellen Quire and the duo hits a homerun continuing Samantha's story. Samantha Tyler is a kick-ass, take-no-prisoners kind of girl. She lives by her own set of slightly broken rules, and the drummer …
Part of the problem with being insanely busy is keeping up with my personal website. I plan to do a MUCH better job of things going forward. Some quick updates: The movie is progressing. We continue to work on the script while we sort out the financing. When you are dealing with a project this …
Revenge, narrated by Steve Rausch, is now out on Audible.com. I'm a huge fan of Steve's narration and you guys are going to love hearing Vic, Winston, Kurt and the gang throwing down and taking names. Victor McCain, God's bounty hunter, knows how to hunt down the world's most evil beings and remove them. Permanently. In Revenge, the thrilling follow-up to The …
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