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I live in Irving, Texas with my beautiful 8 year old daughter.
Writing is something I've always been passionate about, but I've only recently decided to publish my work. In the past year (2013), I released 2 books (Black Rain and The Bartender Always Dies Last)under the name Joshua Caine with the help of a California publisher. After releasing my first two titles under Damnation Books, I decided to test the self-publishing waters, so-to-speak. Thankfully, Amazon has made my first steps into the big world of publishing easy.
If you've read any of my books, you probably noticed one thing right away. I have a strange imagination.
There. I said it.
You have my mother, the life-long Trekkie, to thank for that (I love you, mom!). I grew up on a steady diet of Twilight Zone, Kool-Aid, Night Stalker, and General Hospital (not necessarily in that order). Suffice it to say, my books tend to incorporate two or more elements of the genres I'm most passionate about. I enjoy blurring the boundaries in writing. Coloring inside the lines has never been my strong suit. Some of my friends--after reading my books--have admitted, scratching their heads in baffled amazement, "I've never read anything like this before. Wow! What planet are you from?" This kind of off-handed praise makes me the most proud.I write the kind of books I want to read.
Reviewed by Lee Ashford for Readers' Favorite
Black Rain by Joshua Caine is a very Twilight-Zonesque tale of horror, with a brand-new, unique boogeyman monster. Arlene was heading to Reno, after walking away from her loser boyfriend and apartment earlier in the day. In the middle of a barren yellow desert, her car stopped running. Grumbling to herself, she started walking, with no idea how far she might have to go. Sometime later she was elated to see a diner on the side of the empty road, and began to walk faster. Soon she was at the door, just as another woman was leaving. Going in for a glass of water, she ended up with a job as a waitress. Joe, the diner’s owner, offered to pay for fixing her car in exchange for one shift of work at the diner. It would be the longest shift she ever worked.
Black Rain was very good. In a literary world filled with vampires and zombies, it was refreshing to face a brand new type of monster. The character development was great; it was easy to see exactly what they looked like. Their actions and comments were consistent with their characters. The black rain falling from the sky was particularly unsettling, for both the characters and the reader. The people who came into the diner to escape the rain comprised a vast cross-section of humanity, but they each had a secret. Toward the end of the story, their secrets were revealed by Joe, who somehow knew exactly what each of them had done. On top of all the action leading to the conclusion of the story, there were three or more unanticipated twists to add to the fun. Black Rain is a horror story I’d be happy to recommend to anyone who enjoys horror stories. Joshua Caine is a name to remember, and I will keep an eye out for anything else he may write.
