PT Hylton

Author of the Storms of Magic, The Savage Earth, and The Deadlock Trilogy

Regulation 19

The Regulation 19 Audiobook is out now!

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I’m very pleased to announce the Regulation 19 audiobook is now available!

reg19_acx_newI had the pleasure of working with the talented actor Alex Zonn. His gravelly voice and southern charm brought Rook Mountain to life. I can’t wait for you to hear his performance.

If you are looking for something to listen to on your holiday travels, this could be just the thing.

There are three ways to listen:

You can listen for free by signing up for a 30-day trial Audible membership.

Or you can purchase the audiobook on Amazon or iTunes.I can’t wait to hear what you think of it.

The Original Opening of Regulation 19

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My first attempt to write REGULATION 19 fizzled out after 900 words.

It opened with inmate Frank Hinkle finding a screwdriver in the prison yard. This was meant to begin a mini-mystery of how and why the screwdriver got there. Frank would then escape. He’d soon discover that everything in his beloved hometown had changed. I imagined he’d spend the majority of the novel hiding in Will Osmond’s basement  (I hadn’t thought of Jake or Christine yet) while investigating the mysteries of the town.

I think this first attempt ran out of steam for three reasons.

  1. I knew I would have to come up with a plausible way for Frank to use the screwdriver to escape, and I couldn’t think of one that didn’t involve him stabbing a guard or two.
  2. I saw an episode of the TV show Orange is the New Black where an inmate found a screwdriver in the prison yard, which made we hesitant to use that plot device.
  3. I got bored just thinking about Frank hiding in Will’s basement for 80,000 words.

I recently found those original 900 words, and I thought it would be fun to share them with you. So here you go. This is the REGULATION 19 that never was. I’ll be back with some further thoughts at the end of the post.

Oh yeah, the story was originally called THE PRISONER. Apparently I blanked on the existence of one of the weirdest/coolest shows of all time.

Here’s the story:

The Prisoner

Five years, four months, and seventeen days into his incarceration at Northeast Correctional Complex in Mountain City, Tennessee, Frank Hinkle found a screwdriver lying on the ground in the yard.

The find was so unexpected that Frank had to blink hard to be sure he wasn’t imagining the object.  Such things simply didn’t happen at NECX. This was a maximum security facility, and the staff, from the warden on down to the freshest rookie C.O., all took that designation seriously. Rules were followed here. Lists were checked and double-checked to ensure no item was out of place. Precaution followed redundant precaution. Human error seemed to have been squeezed out of the staff like water from a dish rag, along with humor, personality, and compassion. [Read more…] about The Original Opening of Regulation 19

99 Cents!

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What can 99 cents get you? This week it can get you my supernatural suspense novel, Regulation 19!

Buy it. Gift it. Whatever. It’s 99 cents so there is no wrong way to enjoy it.

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Watch the Recorded Regulation 19 Q&A Here

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Thank you to everyone who attended the Regulation 19 Q&A or submitted questions. We had some wonderful questions that generated great discussion. I hope we can do it again soon!

Special thanks to Pipes for hosting the event. If you are in need of a book cover, drop him a line at pipes5780 (at) gmail.com.

If you missed the event, you can watch it below. This event is meant for those who have already ready the book, and it contains HUGE, MASSIVE SPOILERS for the novel Regulation 19. Consider yourself warned!

Below the video there is a form to submit your own questions for a future Q&A.

Submit your question for the next Q&A here. Note: Only the message is a required field. Leave the rest blank if you want.

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Live Spoiler-Filled Q&A This Friday!

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I rarely hear authors really talking about their books. I mean, sure, we hear them promoting, talking about the premise, and maybe talking about the plot in vague terms, but we usually don’t get to hear them talk about the complete arc of the character, the key plot points late in the book, or how they approached the ending.

I get it. They don’t want to spoil the story for the readers. However, I feel like some endings need to be discussed. Some plot twists should be examined. That’s why I am doing a spoiler-filled Q&A about Regulation 19.

If you’ve read the book, tune in and watch me answer questions about anything and everything Regulation 19. You can even submit your own questions beforehand using the form below.

Ask me anything! Nothing is off limits! Examples: What’s Zed’s favorite meal? (Chicken parm.) Was Frank secretly attracted to the city manager? (No. What a weird question. Why would you ask that?) Why did you-know-who shoot you-know-whom at the you-know-where? (Please be more specific than this in your questions.)

The event starts at 9:30 PM Central on Friday, May 16th. You can watch by going to www.pthylton.com/live. I apologize to those of you in time zones where this is the middle of the night. I had a limited window to make this happen. If you can’t make it live, no worries! You can watch the recording later here or on YouTube.

The Q&A will be hosted by my good friend Andy ‘Pipes’ Piper of 5780 Designs so you know it will be a good time. Pipes and I hosted the podcast Six-String Bliss together for eight years, so I dare say we know our way around a microphone.

This is my first live/online event as an author, and I’m super excited. Can’t wait to see you there!