| “When Bill Ectric wants to make a story weirder, he just adds events from his life - a life which is stranger than anything he invents.” - Steve Aylett, author of LINT and Slaughtermatic |
| What's it about? Tamper, the novel, begins with Roger and Whit, young fans of the unexplained mystery genre and self-described “paranormal investigators.” The story follows Roger, Whit, and a small group of friends from childhood to young adulthood; from summer treasure hunts and dark autumn secrets, through Whit’s estrangement and drug-induced psychosis, to the island of Malta, where, according to an actual 1940 National Geographic article, a field trip of children and their teacher disappeared in the underground tunnels of the Hypogeum catacombs and were never seen again. "Tamper" was the word used by pulp fiction writer Richard Shaver, who sparked a controversy among the readers of Amazing Stories Magazine in the 1940s when he claimed that an ancient civilization of underground mutants were tormenting his mind with invisible rays, “tampering” with his brain. |
| “I very much enjoyed reading Tamper, an original mix of Fortean insight into the paranormal and a coming-of-age novel.” — Adrian Dover, creator of The Ladder: A Henry James Website |
| Bill Ectric |
“For a book described by the author as The Hardy Boys meet William S.
Burroughs, Tamper is a surprisingly tender book about growing up on the edge
of magic.”
— Eric D. Lehman, Professor of English,University of Bridgeport, author of
Bridgeport: Tales From the Park City
Burroughs, Tamper is a surprisingly tender book about growing up on the edge
of magic.”
— Eric D. Lehman, Professor of English,University of Bridgeport, author of
Bridgeport: Tales From the Park City
“Not since Richard S. Shaver's Formula from the Underworld has a
book conjured up such chilling images about what really goes on
beneath small town America!”
— Richard Toronto, creator of Shavertron
book conjured up such chilling images about what really goes on
beneath small town America!”
— Richard Toronto, creator of Shavertron
On the internet, Bill Ectric's writing has appeared on Literary Kicks,
Dogmatika, Mystery Island, The Beat, Syntax of Things, Empty Mirror Books,
99 Burning, Lit Up Magazine, Zygote In My Coffee, and Minnesota Public
Radio. Two of his short pieces are included in the LitKicks anthology Action
Poetry: Literary Tribes for the Internet Age.
Bill started writing stories on his Dad’s classic, jet-black, manual Royal
typewriter when he was about ten years old, but put his writing life on
hold when he inexplicably went against his hippie leanings and impulsively
joined the Navy after graduating from high school in 1972. His duties at the
Naval Air Station in Rota, Spain included towing and fueling jet aircraft.
When off duty, he ran wild in Spain, Morocco, London, and Greece. In
those days, he didn't get much writing done, but now he is making up for it
with gusto. Bill is rarely specific about past his escapades, preferring to let
his stories speak for themselves, with some blurring between reality and
fiction.
Bill lives with his wife and son in Jacksonville, Florida. By day, when not
writing, Bill mows the lawn and complains about the heat. By night, he sneaks
around in the back yard, convinced that the garden gnomes are "up to
something."
Dogmatika, Mystery Island, The Beat, Syntax of Things, Empty Mirror Books,
99 Burning, Lit Up Magazine, Zygote In My Coffee, and Minnesota Public
Radio. Two of his short pieces are included in the LitKicks anthology Action
Poetry: Literary Tribes for the Internet Age.
Bill started writing stories on his Dad’s classic, jet-black, manual Royal
typewriter when he was about ten years old, but put his writing life on
hold when he inexplicably went against his hippie leanings and impulsively
joined the Navy after graduating from high school in 1972. His duties at the
Naval Air Station in Rota, Spain included towing and fueling jet aircraft.
When off duty, he ran wild in Spain, Morocco, London, and Greece. In
those days, he didn't get much writing done, but now he is making up for it
with gusto. Bill is rarely specific about past his escapades, preferring to let
his stories speak for themselves, with some blurring between reality and
fiction.
Bill lives with his wife and son in Jacksonville, Florida. By day, when not
writing, Bill mows the lawn and complains about the heat. By night, he sneaks
around in the back yard, convinced that the garden gnomes are "up to
something."
Tamper
a Novel
a Novel
by
Bill Ectric
Bill Ectric