Author Derek's Wachter's horror books Hidebehind, Crete and Solipsism earn 5-Star Reviews from Reader's Favorite Book Reviews and Awards of America. Author Derek Wachter would like to thank the agency for reviewing three of his books and entering them into their book award contest for 2025 and for the wonderful reviews that the readers gave for each book!
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Audio Books Available through ACX audio
Solipsism
Solipsism is a story based on mental health/psychology horror story featuring the Skinwalker monster as the antagonist.
The Cabin at the End of Herrick Road
The Cabin at the End of Herrick Road is a sasquatch horror story.
Crete
Crete is a Greek Mythology horror fantasy story that features the minotaur monster as an antagonist.
Black Flags: The Nautical Tale of William Teach
Black Flags; The Nautical Tale of William Teach is a pirate action and adventure story.
60 Suntides Blvd
60 Suntides Blvd is a haunted home/cryptid horror story that uses the Kushtaka monster as the chief antagonist.
The Dark Side of the Moon
The Dark Side of the Moon is a military mission alien on the moon science fiction horror story
About author derek wachter
Genres of his writing include and in the future will include, psychological horror, horror, thriller, action/adventure, science fiction, and stories that convey a hidden message for the readers.
Derek possesses an associate degree, bachelor degree, two master degrees, and is currently working on his Ph.D. In his free time, he enjoys spending his time with family, traveling, riding his motorcycle (to which you can find his information YouTube motorcycle channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@PhantomRider698), amateur landscape photography, golf with his friends, and of course, writing.
Messages from the author
Author Derek Wachter has approved the start of the audio project for his latest story of horror in the woods titled Hidebehind. Project will end in the middle of November, and this story will be made available in audio format during the week of Thanksgiving. As always, Author Derek Wachter hopes you enjoy listening as much as he enjoyed writing for your pleasure.
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Chanticleer Book Service and Awards has made Author Derek Wachter's science fiction alien horror story "The Dark Side of the Moon" for the 2024 Cygnus Award for best science fiction story of 2024 semi-finalist. Thank you to Chanticleer for the nomination and consideration to be a finalist for the best science fiction story of 2024 and I hope you all enjoy reading The Dark Side of the Moon as much as I had a good time putting it all together for those who enjoy a science fiction horror story.
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The isolation in the forest horror story titled Hidebehind is now available for readers on Amazon! Electronic version for Kindle and Nooks available for $.99 cents, paperback available for $10 and hardback available for $15!
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Chanticleer Book Review Services has pushed the sasquatch horror story The Cabin at the End of Herrick Road for the short list nomination for the 2023 Chaucer Awards for Paranormal Fiction book of the year. Thank you to everyone who has read (or listened) to The Cabin at the End of Herrick Road, and thank you to Chanticleer Book Reviews for the nomination to be placed on the short list for the Paranormal Fiction book Award!
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Chanticleer Book Review Services has pushed the Pirate Adventure Story Black Flags: The Nautical Tale of William Teach with a Long List award for the 2023 Chaucer Awards for pre-1750's Early Historical Fiction book of the year. Thank you to everyone who has read (or listened) to Black Flags, and thank you to Chanticleer Book Reviews for the nomination and placement to the Long List for the Chaucer Award!
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Chanticleer Book Review Services has pushed the Greek Mythology Horror Story Crete as a potential semi-finalist story for the 2023 Ozma Awards for Fantasy Fiction book of the year. Thank you to everyone who has read (or listened) to Crete and thank you to Chanticleer Book Reviews for the nomination to be a semi-finalist for the Ozma Award!
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Audiobook for Solipsism, Crete, Black Flags: The Nautical Tale of William Teach, The Cabin at the End of Herrick Road, The Dark Side of the Moon, and 60 Suntides Blvd. are now available for purchase through ACX. Hidebehind will be available around the Thanksgiving holiday in November of 2024.
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SONS OF THE PROMISED LAND
(Release Plan for Early Winter 2025: Currently started writing June 19th, 2024.)
The year 1882 has been a struggle for the poor folks living in the small mining town of Montrose, Colorado. Promised a better life to live west of the Mississippi river, the town is more used for shipping supplies for the mining community through the Denver and Rio Grande Railroads, serving the mineral-rich San Juan Mountain ranges in the south. Life is difficult, as the small number of citizens continue to struggle living in the area.
John Ashberger is one of those men who dreamed of a better life for his family. Moving out west, he looks to escape the war-torn confederate southern states and for better opportunity of frontier life to start over. John purchases newly acquired government land just after it was taken from the Native American Ute tribes by violent force. Planting Red Delicious fruit trees across eighty acres of open farmland, John began to plant the seeds of a better and prosperous life for himself, as he slowly grows his empire in the agriculture sector of the west.
Meanwhile, Ute tribal leader Antero Black Hawk, whose family and tribe were violently forced from the lands John now owns, looks on the town of Montrose and the invaders now living there with nothing but sheer hatred. The lands that belonged to his family and lineage stolen. The graves of his ancestors, uprooted and discarded like wild animals. The buffalo that once roamed freely there, hunted and killed off by the men who took the lands merely for sport. Antero looks to any means to take back what was stolen from him. The rich, prosperous land of the Montrose Valley.
Meanwhile, James Hackenberry and Charles Sanderlin currently own Hackenberry and Sanderlin Real Estate in Baltimore, Maryland. Through fraudulent corporate land grabbing, Charles hears about the government selling land cheap out in the western state of Colorado, around the small town of Montrose. Charles and James meet with two crooked government officials who sell them forty acres of land and pocket the money for themselves near the apple farm belonging to John in Montrose. Surrounded by the photogenic mountain ranges of the Uncompahgre Plateau to the west and snow-capped San Juan mountains to the south. Their plan is to create a resort there, for the wealthy and privileged and build their mogul business empire in Colorado.
The conflict and brutal violence that ensues when John, the crooked realtors, and Antero clash with one another is the most grotesque any of the citizens living there have ever seen in their lives. Dead bodies begin to turn up on the lands around the town, killed in violent ways. All three groups, envious to control the land, gain their wealth, and take what they feel rightfully belongs to them at the expense of all others.
By any means necessary….
(Release Plan for Early Winter 2025: Currently started writing June 19th, 2024.)
The year 1882 has been a struggle for the poor folks living in the small mining town of Montrose, Colorado. Promised a better life to live west of the Mississippi river, the town is more used for shipping supplies for the mining community through the Denver and Rio Grande Railroads, serving the mineral-rich San Juan Mountain ranges in the south. Life is difficult, as the small number of citizens continue to struggle living in the area.
John Ashberger is one of those men who dreamed of a better life for his family. Moving out west, he looks to escape the war-torn confederate southern states and for better opportunity of frontier life to start over. John purchases newly acquired government land just after it was taken from the Native American Ute tribes by violent force. Planting Red Delicious fruit trees across eighty acres of open farmland, John began to plant the seeds of a better and prosperous life for himself, as he slowly grows his empire in the agriculture sector of the west.
Meanwhile, Ute tribal leader Antero Black Hawk, whose family and tribe were violently forced from the lands John now owns, looks on the town of Montrose and the invaders now living there with nothing but sheer hatred. The lands that belonged to his family and lineage stolen. The graves of his ancestors, uprooted and discarded like wild animals. The buffalo that once roamed freely there, hunted and killed off by the men who took the lands merely for sport. Antero looks to any means to take back what was stolen from him. The rich, prosperous land of the Montrose Valley.
Meanwhile, James Hackenberry and Charles Sanderlin currently own Hackenberry and Sanderlin Real Estate in Baltimore, Maryland. Through fraudulent corporate land grabbing, Charles hears about the government selling land cheap out in the western state of Colorado, around the small town of Montrose. Charles and James meet with two crooked government officials who sell them forty acres of land and pocket the money for themselves near the apple farm belonging to John in Montrose. Surrounded by the photogenic mountain ranges of the Uncompahgre Plateau to the west and snow-capped San Juan mountains to the south. Their plan is to create a resort there, for the wealthy and privileged and build their mogul business empire in Colorado.
The conflict and brutal violence that ensues when John, the crooked realtors, and Antero clash with one another is the most grotesque any of the citizens living there have ever seen in their lives. Dead bodies begin to turn up on the lands around the town, killed in violent ways. All three groups, envious to control the land, gain their wealth, and take what they feel rightfully belongs to them at the expense of all others.
By any means necessary….
Contact Author Derek Wachter
- Yakima, Washington, United States
Where to find Author Derek Wachter's books in the local community
Signed books from Author Derek Wachter are now available to the community of Ellensburg, Washington at Jerrol's Bookstore, beginning Friday, October 27, 2023.
Signed copies of the book Black Flags: The Nautical Tale of William Teach and The Cabin at the End of Herrick Road can be purchased here at the Sundance Espresso coffee shop located in Selah, Washington, near the McDonalds on 1st St. Stop by this establishment and grab a tasty coffee drink, and enjoy either a story of piracy and vengeance from Black Flags or a suspenseful story of sasquatch, isolation and survival from The Cabin at the End of Herrick Road!
Encore Books located in Yakima, Washington as of Sunday, September 17, 2023, are carrying books from Author Derek Wachter. Signed copies of 60 Suntides Boulevard, The Cabin at the End of Herrick Road, Solipsism, Black Flags: The Nautical Tale of William Teach, and Crete will be for sale there in paperback format. Please support Encore Books as they continue to remodel and clean up their bookstore for the local public! Coffee shop is open and brewing very tasty drinks too!
FOR OUR MILITARY SERVICE MEMBERS
At all events in 2024, Author Derek Wachter is making a committment to our military personal, who have served or currently serving for our country.
Come to Author Derek Wachter's vendor booth for a free signed copy of a book of your choosing, with a personalized message from Derek inside.
Author Derek Wachter thanks the sacrifices and dedication of our service men and women who have given so much to ensure our freedoms we have in this beautiful country!
Audiobooks are also a possibility. Please inquire with me at the conventions.
-Derek
Come to Author Derek Wachter's vendor booth for a free signed copy of a book of your choosing, with a personalized message from Derek inside.
Author Derek Wachter thanks the sacrifices and dedication of our service men and women who have given so much to ensure our freedoms we have in this beautiful country!
Audiobooks are also a possibility. Please inquire with me at the conventions.
-Derek
upcoming Events author Derek Wachter is attending
Author Derek Wachter is excited to announce that he will be selling copies of all 7 of his books at this years 2024 Written in the Northwest event at the Lynnwood Event Center in Lynnwood, Washington. Come by and pick up a signed copy or two of your favorite horror story from Author Derek Wachter, and come meet many other great authors in a day full of books, books, and more books!
Come meet Author Derek Wachter who will be attending the 2025 Oregon Ghost Conference in Seaside, Oregon from March 21st-23rd, 2025. Come ask questions and have time to talk to Author Derek Wachter in person and have your chance to purchase a signed book of horror or adventure of his at the conference!
Author Derek Wachter has confirmed that he will be participating again in the 2025 Crypticon Seattle event at the Doubletree Hotel in Seatac, Washington from May 2nd-4th, 2025. Come meet Author Derek Wachter and grab a signed copy of one of his books of horror at the event!
Author Derek Wachter will be participating at this years Legends Casino Bigfoot CON event on Saturday, October 26th from 10am to 5:30pm. Derek will be available all day, signing copies of all 7 of his books and highlighting his bigfoot horror book "The Cabin at the End of Herrick Road". Come down and meet Author Derek Wachter and check out all the other vendors and shows and special guests and pick up a signed copy of your favorite horror stories from Derek!
Author Derek Wachter will be present on Sunday, September 29th at Encore Books located in Yakima, Washington, with other local authors, selling all 7 copies of his horror books in paperback and hardback formats. Come down and meet Author Derek Wachter and come ask questions about his books and the story he is working on next, a historical fiction story title "Sons of the Promised Land".
Come meet Author Derek Wachter who will be attending the 2024 Pirates of the Pacific Festival in Brookings, Oregon from August 9th-11th, 2024, located in Brookings Harbor. Come ask questions and have time to talk to Author Derek Wachter and have your chance to purchase a signed book of his at the conference.
In the media
Metaline Falls Bigfoot Festival
Author Derek Wachter is spotted on Metaline Falls Bigfoot Festival Facebook page. At the event, Derek will be releasing his 5th and newest book to his selection titled, "Crete". A present day Greek myth horror story of adventure, betrayal, and excitement as a College Professor and his student go in search of a legendary gemstone in the labyrinth of the minotaur on the island of Crete.
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Derek Wachter, Author of "Black Flags: The Nautical Tale of William Teach"
Author Derek Wachter gives an interview to the YakTriNews.com for KAPP TV, on his latest book of piracy and the pleasures about writing as an author.
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Goodreads.com Update!
Hello everyone! I encourage everyone to find me at goodreads.com, where you can review my books and feel free to give your review and what you think of the story!
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The Cabin at the End of Herrick Road
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60 Suntides Blvd.
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Yakima encore Books to Hold Local Author Book Signing Event
Sunday, September 17, 2023, Encore Books located at 415 W. Walnut Ave. in Yakima, Washington, will be holding a local author book signing event for the public. It will feature 9 local authors and Derek Wachter will also make books available for purchase after the event from the Encore Books on that day and from thereon his books can be found at the local author table by the front doors of the store.
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News Report YouTube Video for Encore Book Signing Event on September 17
Author Derek Wachter's First Commercial
Author Derek Wachter introduces his first YouTube Channel The Writer's Block with Author Derek Wachter. Here you can find video montages of his books, along with future recordings from the author himself.
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