Book 7 of "Walking in the Rain: Midnight Skills" is live on Amazon.

In other words, William Allen is wrapping up the series with an epic ending.

Luke and Amy? Yes, this is a Luke and Amy story.

What about all of those "other" characters from books 5 and 6 who didn't fit into the Luke and Amy storyline? They actually do.

According to Will, expect to see a pre-order in June. He hasn't given me an exact date, so my only recourse is to send him videos of eye operations. Over and over again until he gives me a solid date!!
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M.C. Allen 
I requested a picture of Will to put on his page. Since he hasn't had the time...well I am his younger brother, and I love a good practical joke. In all fairness, I am the one drooling and looking silly.

   Here's to my loving brother,

​   M.C. Allen

P.S. I'll change the pic when he decides to put aside his day job and get a proper picture sent to me...or I'll dig out the photo album and make a slideshow of all of you awkward years. All of them. 
William Allen was born the oldest of four to a modest Hobbit family.  Oh, wait, that's just not true.  Sasquatch family, maybe.  Anyway, he grew up in the Piney Woods of Southeast Texas as part of a farming family that first came to the state before it was a republic.  He started reading at age four and wrote his first short story at age eight, probably something to do with dragons and knights or some such rubbish.  An avid fan of Tolkien, Heinlein and Andre Norton, he dutifully performed his chores with a paperback book stuffed in a back pocket.  His policy was to always be prepared, in case he had a chance to get in some reading.

After earning a degree from Stephen F. Austin State University ("Ax 'em Jacks"), he continued to create stories for his own enjoyment but never had the courage to test the waters as a "real" writer.  He scribbled and scratched his tales in longhand (something he continues to this day) before entering the computer age long after his contemporaries made the leap.

He probably would have never progressed past the dreaming phase if not for the encouragement of some truly gifted authors such as Stephen Knight, WJ Lundy, and TJ Reeder, who were kind enough to read a few chapters of an unfinished novel and urged him to get the words on paper, stupid!  With this sage advice, he hunkered down and pecked away at the computer, mindful of the advice and urging he received from such notable benefactors.

His biggest supporter, though, was his father.  Sam Allen was a country boy and never one to stray far from his roots.  He never rode on an airplane, never finished his college degree, and was a bit of a technophobe, but he had a voracious appetite for reading and learning that he passed on to all his children.  In recent years, Sam suffered with Alzheimer's and Will knew his father's time was close as he finished the first draft of Walking in the Rain: Surviving the Fall.  In fact, this book was published on Amazon the same day as he received the news of his father's passing.

Now Will is working on his next novel in that series.  Next, he plans to tackle a second installment in the Fight the Hunger saga before collaborating with MC Allen on the seventh and final installment of Walking in the Rain.  After that, well, there's this other story he's been wanting to tell...    

​Synopsis:
Sixteen year old Luke was trapped in Chicago when the lights went out and civilization began to unravel. Determined to get home to his family, Luke begins a thousand mile odyssey that will show him the depths of human depravity while also giving him a chance at redemption. 


All of William Allen's works can be found on Amazon.com in ebook format (by the end of 2016 expect to see them in paper form as well).

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After a memorable meeting on the road, survivors Luke and Amy head for a possible sanctuary as their new friends extend an invitation. Able to rest easy for the first time in months, Luke soon discovers he will have to fight once again for his life and to protect this safe haven.


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Amy and Luke have survived four months in a savage land completely disrupted by the massive power outage, but this last leg of their journey will demand all of their courage as the pair navigate a desperate landscape. Now, new factions begin to take action and sudden violence signals a change in someone’s policies. 

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​Luke and Amy arrive at the Messner ranch to discover not everything has gone according to plan. Reunited with his family, and bringing new friends into the fold, Luke works hard to forget the horrors of their journey and make a fresh start with Amy. But others have plans as well, and Luke discovers there is no real safety in this new world. ​​
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​Before the lights went out, Scott Keller was just another single father, working a job he liked and spending time as he could with his daughter, Isabella. Sure, he had his share of nightmares, but he went to work and did his duty as best he knew how while trying to make the memories of the Green Hell go away,.

Then the lights went out, and everything changed. His family fought to save who they could, and what they could, but with the growing hunger, the forces of chaos and disorder threatened everything he held dear. Scott Keller was just a man, and he was facing the worst odds of his life. Just how much of his humanity was Scott willing to sacrifice to insure the survival of his family and the people he loved?

Lines in Shadow is the latest book in the Walking in the Rain series. With a special thanks from the author to Sabrina Jean and Tina Watson for bringing this book to life. This book is intended for mature audiences, with scenes unsuitable for children.
Brad McCoy is a survivor, and a cynical bastard. He lived through the bloody first few months of the zombie rising and lost everything he cared about before finding his place in this new, terrible world. He fights alone, exterminating the hungry dead, and he is okay as long as he is doing the job. He is an exterminator, and instead of ants in the pantry or raccoons in the attic, he eradicates zombies and he’s damned good at it. He thinks the dead hold no surprises for him anymore, and he must only truly fear the living. Unfortunately for Brad, and the rest of the living population, he is wrong.