or enjoying nature—whenever it isn’t raining.
He graduated from the University of Nevada-Las Vegas with a degree in film production. His first published novel, Black Tide, was a finalist for the Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a first novel.
Jones applied the Page 69 Test to his new novel, White Line Fever, and reported the following:
Page 69 of White Line Fever is the title page for Part 2. Maybe not the greatest indicator of what's in the rest of the book. But at the same time, the design team chose art for these breaks that slowly shift to reveal a full picture over the course of the story. On page 69, we see a night sky entirely unpolluted by city lights, so that the galaxy is clearly visible. Underneath that, a black, lightless forest silhouetted against the nightscape, the trees blurred slightly from the apparent motion of the viewer. In the foreground, a road is just hinted at, also blurred by the viewer’s speedy passing through this place. It's an eerie shot, even without context. It suggests being chased, or moving quickly toward somewhere else. It hints of a road trip gone awry, a spooky forest, and cosmic horror, which sums up the vibes of this book pretty well. It’s at least probably enough to get a browser to turn the page, which is a much better sampling of things to come, as the main character notes the strangeness of the woods and the road as she and her friends drive through it, before her head smacks the window glass and shocks her out of the highway hypnosis-induced trance she hadn’t even realized came over her. It's just the first time that this road is going to get into her head, and things are only going to get worse for the four friends from here. This road is only fifteen miles long, but it's going to take these characters to places they hoped never to go again.Visit KC Jones's website.
--Marshal Zeringue
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