 Both books are based on Girard's novella CAIN XP11, which ran as four installments in Apex Digest in 2007.CAIN'S BLOOD and PROJECT CAIN were each shortlisted for the Bram Stoker Award and PROJECT CAIN was officially nominated for a 2013 Stoker Award for "Superior Achievement in a Young Adult Novel" 

His previous books include "Tales of the Jersey Devil" (2005), thirteen original tales based on the legendary Jersey Devil American folklore, "Tales of the Atlantic Pirates" (2006), "Tales of the Eastern Indians" (2007) and a YA adaptation of "The Iliad" (2007).Girard also ghostwrites memoirs and has published fiction (from middle grade to westerns) under various pen names.