Daniel Aegan

On October 29th in the year of the Lord 2024, a new novel will grace the world. Who the Fuck is Rocky Phantasmic?! has finished gestating, and the world’s book womb is ready to birth this bastard child of horror and comedy. The title may be a grammatical nightmare while promoting and talking about the book, but you’re in for the ride of the year as an ensemble of unlikely characters shoot for the MacGuffin to end all Macguffins.

But who the fuck is in this book?

Meet Dave, a queer indie writer who is definitely not a self-insert from the author no matter what anyone says. What does he know about mobsters and demons and undead mobsters in cahoots with demons? Even with his overactive imagination, he’s not ready for what’s coming.

Dave’s would-be partner in crime should’ve been canceled comedian Cliff Quinten, but they seemed to have gotten their wires crossed. Cliff’s on a mission of his own to save his floundering career, but he’s waylaid by his own personal horror movie playing out as he attempts to make his big comeback tour—only don’t call it a fucking comeback tour.

Dave’s polyamorous wife Heather is involved in all this nonsense too, though not by choice. All she wanted was to get laid and get home to her husband and daughter, but Heather’s plans are dashed by a priest who’s hunting her husband. Now she finds herself at the end of a chain, waiting for her opportunity to spring into actual and save her husband.

Father Stephen is the broken priest, a man with a demon in his head. He sees beyond the veil. Demons encircle his entire being, and the only way to stop them and save the world is to kill Dave before the one Father Stephen calls The Enemy can get him.

He’s not the only one after Dave. The Undead Boss has sent a pair of his cronies after him to make good on a deal he’s made with a demon called He Who Walks Above. With the help of a supervillain from the old country, they’re willing to get their hands dirty to get them on Dave. Do demons and low-level mob operations coexist? What kind of evil synergy is this?!

Through all this is a question on everyone’s lips: Who the Fuck is Rocky Phantasmic?!

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Who the Fuck is Rocky Phantasmic?! drops hard on Tuesday 10/29, and will be available in paperback and ebook through Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo Plus, Smashwords, Apple Books, or wherever you can find good books. It’s now available for preorders.