Read Ebook {PDF EPUB} Death Among Us by Jack Crosby Death Among Us by Jack Crosby. Completing the CAPTCHA proves you are a human and gives you temporary access to the web property. What can I do to prevent this in the future? If you are on a personal connection, like at home, you can run an anti-virus scan on your device to make sure it is not infected with malware. If you are at an office or shared network, you can ask the network administrator to run a scan across the network looking for misconfigured or infected devices. Another way to prevent getting this page in the future is to use Privacy Pass. You may need to download version 2.0 now from the Chrome Web Store. Cloudflare Ray ID: 6587dd7acde284c8 • Your IP : 188.246.226.140 • Performance & security by Cloudflare. Guitarist Dies. morning following a long battle with AIDS. He was 42. The cause of death has not yet been determined, according to Craig Harvey, operations chief for the Los Angeles coroner's office. One of the original members of the '80s metal rockers known for hits such as. "Round and Round" and "Lay It Down," Crosby began speaking out several years. ago about his drug use in the band's heyday and how it led to his contraction. of the deadly virus nearly eight years ago. Ratt formed in the late '70s under the name Mickey Ratt, eventually settling. on the catchier, shorter moniker by 1983. The band — vocalist Stephen. Pearcy, Crosby, guitarist Warren DeMartini, bassist and drummer. — released an independent, self-titled album in 1983 before. signing to Atlantic Records. Their 1984 Atlantic debut, , was an immediate hit, selling more than 3 million copies thanks to the melodic bubblegum metal. hit "Round and Round" and its tongue-in-cheek video featuring late comedian. dressed in drag. The group split in 1992 and went on hiatus for much of the '90s, re-forming in. 1997 to release Collage and a self-titled album two years later, after. which Pearcy quit the group. In a June 1999 interview for a Ratt episode of VH1's "Behind the Music" that never aired, Crosby talked about how. drug addiction and his HIV status changed his life. "What has drug addiction done for me?" he asked. "It's cost me my career, my fortune, basically my sex life when I found out I was HIV positive. "I had spoken to somebody . [whose] opinion mattered to me," he continued, "and he said, 'Do you wanna be remembered as the guy . [from] one of the premier groups of the '80s? Or do you wanna be remembered as the guy who has a disease and who is dying out in Hollywood somewhere?' I feel like if I can help just one person to avoid what got me. into this maelstrom of hell then it's worth it for me." The 6'6" Crosby had also changed physically. Due to a pancreatic condition. that changed his metabolism, the already strapping guitarist had gained. quite a bit of weight since his '80s glam heyday. "Apparently my pancreas has given up and I'm not metabolizing food the way I should," Crosby explained prior to his death. "It's real frustrating. . I have a roommate that probably weighs 150 lbs. and he eats a lot more than I do. It's not like I'm a pig or a slob." At the time of his death Harvey said the guitarist weighed 400 pounds. Drummer Blotzer posted a message to his late bandmate — affectionately. referred to as "The King" by fans — on the group's official Web site last. week. In his note, Blotzer called Crosby "one of the most kind harted (sic), the most compassionate, intelligent, talented" people he'd ever known. Despite the band's recent litigation with former singer Pearcy and strained. relations, Blotzer thanked Crosby and the rest of his bandmates for the mark. they made together and Crosby for his courage in the face of declining. "Never once did any of us hear King complain about his situation," Blotzer wrote. "The man was put thru hell and never . ever bitched about it. . I can only dream of being onstage with him and the rest of us together again because that's all it will ever be with him gone." Ex-singer Pearcy also put animosity aside and praised his former guitarist. "Robbin was a sweet soul, great talent and he will be missed. Rest in peace," Pearcy wrote on his official Web site. A memorial will be held for Crosby in , California, on Friday, and the family has requested that donations be sent to the Robbin Crosby Memorial Fund benefiting the Pathfinders halfway house c/o Regent's Bank, 875 Prospect St., Ste. 100, La Jolla, California 92037. ISBN 13: 9781365647826. Death Rides Again! Derrick Grimm is an easy going twenty something college kid, or so he wants you to think. When the Lust Demon Roxanne shows up at his door and seduces him, she also drops important information; the Arch-Demon Beelzebub is after and artifact to unleash hell. It's up to Derrick and Roxanne to figure out what's going on and who they can trust. If they aren't careful, they'll get screwed over and not in a good way. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. (No Available Copies) If you know the book but cannot find it on AbeBooks, we can automatically search for it on your behalf as new inventory is added. If it is added to AbeBooks by one of our member booksellers, we will notify you! The Crosby Files. So recently Death Among Us has picked up a lot of steam, reaching into the Top 100 Dark Fiction category on Amazon. I'm really happy that new readers are finding my book and for the most part, enjoying my writing antics. Over the past two days, I've received quite a few emails about my stories, with most questions centering on things Derrick does in Death Among Us. Well, I'll do my best to answer these and more. Q - As a reviewer pointed out, why didn't Derrick know who Maggie was already if she was a world famous historian? I mean, they're having sex and he doesn't realize who he's in bed with? A - Stay with me for a second. You go into a bar and see this gorgeous lady, a few years older than you and she's staring you down. You get some drinks, you make small talk, and then boom, you're back at her place doing the deed. At what point in time do you know or care what she does for a living? That was Derrick's frame of mind at the time in Chapter 1. This was a hot lady and he just wanted to have sex with her. Q - Follow up to that, why didn't Derrick just get the info he needed off the internet? A - He's Death, one of the old ones. As I've tried to make clear, he's not exactly tech savvy, nor does he believe information he can't verify. It is totally within his character to want to find the source of the information and make sure it's legit. Q - Death is this all powerful being that's been around since the beginning of time. Why does he constantly want to have sex? A - In this universe, spirits take shape in different ways. Death happened to come out as an early 20's guy and with it, all the impulses that they have. Sure he has a job to do and he's rather good at it, but he's also acting within the nature of who he is. Q - You're writing style is a bit scattered. What's up with that? A - I'm not a classically trained writer and I don't pretend to be. I get that my style's not for everyone and it might come off as clunky. What I do try to do is improve everyday and get a lot of opinions from those around me. What I write entertains me and I hope it entertains you. Q - I love the interaction between all the celestial beings in the book. Will we get more of that, perhaps visits to Heaven or Hell? A - I don't want to give everything away, but ask me that again once you finish the 3 books available. I'm in the midst of writing book 4 and you never know what might happen. I hope this helps you when it comes to making a decision to buy my books. I don't write serious material and I can't see that ever changing. What I do write is silly, ridiculous, and hopefully fun to read. One last thing before I go - I'll try to keep the blog updated more often as we are getting closer to the release of book 4. Writing has been going well and the story is really taking shape. Plus, you have more questions? Don't hesitate to ask. The Crosby Files. A guy is gone for a month or so on business field trips and comes home to find his inbox full of angry messages about where the Grimm's Reapers series has gone. Here are a few examples: Jack - I purchased Death Among Us and Old War Stories. Where the hell are the rest of the books? Seriously not cool. Mr. Crosby - Just logged into Amazon to get Divide and Conquest and was told its unavailable. Is this an error? Can you please let me know when I can get the last book? Grrrr, I'm so mad that you pulled your books. NOT HAPPY! As you can see, I'm not exactly Mr. Popularity right now amongst my good people. As I explained before, the reason for the pull was to improve quality. Just as many readers sent me email after reading one or two books stating how poorly edited they were. I was young, naïve, and thought I could handle shit on my own. I learned from those mistakes and wanted to put out a better quality product. I'm happy to report today that by Halloween this year, all four books will be back out under new titles and 150% better. With the help of Jeremy Croston over at Bolt Publishing, the two of us were able to take my hot messes and make them shine. In April, Death Among Us was re-released as Demons in D.C. Here's the cover if you haven't seen it yet: The second book of the series, Old War Stories , is just about done its makeover. Renamed In the Nyx of Time , it is up for preorder on Amazon with a release date on June 6th. If at any point you dropped the series due to the errors, I'd like to extend you a welcome back. The under construction signs are being torn down and The Chronicles of Death are sure to delight all you heathens. Before I go today, here's the new cover for In the Nyx of Time. I love it. PS - If you're still here, look for the Feast or Famine remake in August. Rumor has it that its new title will be Abaddon Rising . *Special thanks to all the people who've helped me turn shit into gold: CG Blade, Stephanie Croston, Galuh Obodi, Cindy Calloway, Morganna Williams and many more.