LET'S PLAY DRESS-UP!
Its time to dress-up Brian Keene for his moment at the Stoker Awards!
Do you think YOU could dress-up Brian? His friends are going to give it a shot!

IRON MAN
Enough about your hangover Brian! If you think
YOU'RE sore, just talk to Vince!

A LITTLE HELP FROM HIS FRIENDS
We don't need no steenking shirt!
A little toothpaste crust on the lips, but
otherwise our boy is good to go!
Regina Mitchell helps with the jacket.

FEEL THE LOVE!
As you can see, Brian has reconsidered the shirt.
Yeah, there's a lot of love in this room. Maybe a
little TOO much love.
AWRIGHT YOU TWO, KNOCK IT OFF!

LET'S NOT FORGET FUTCH!
Brian: Hey, I love you too, James!
James: Yeah, whatever. Just keep
your hands to yourself. I don't kneel
in front of men and I don't hug them
either!

REPRESENTING THE MAMBO
While the Stokers are decided, those of us who choose to party, do so, at the seemingly never-ending Gothic.net Shebang.
Here, 3 of the reigning Gods of Horror sites pose for the Futchman. Left to Right
Brett Savory poses with typical French Canadian arrogance.
Eddie "Feo Amante" McMullen Jr.
(FEO AMANTE'S HORROR HOME PAGE [that's me!]) poses with a typical warm Texas grin.
Darren McKeeman (GOTHIC.NET) at the end
also poses smiling, but with a somewhat malevolent grin.
Why was he so concerned over the amount of alcohol I was pouring through my liver?
And why did he ask the bartender if they stocked a nice Chianti?
I mean, any fool knows that you want a nice dark wine with liver!

"BUT OF COURSE THE 351M WAS REALLY JUST A 351 CLEVELAND . . . "
John Pelan's lovely wife Kathy, sweetly endures
Geoff Cooper as he waxes nostalgic about old engine blocks and transmissions.

BEWARE!
Weston Ochse (center) gave us no respite from his evil machinations. Here he attempts to trap John Urbancik in the cage of some devious word play.
Left to Right
Me (Duh!),
John Urbancik (ROSES GROW),
Weston Ochse (BLOODY MUSE),
and Dan

TWO EVIL MINDS HATCHING A PLOT!
Between the vile James Futch with his intrusive camera, and the immorally funny Ryan Harding (SILENT EMPIRE) with his outrageously debauched tales, there is just something, well, discomforting about these two laughing like that.

YES THEY'RE A CUTE COUPLE
but don't tell them that.
Here Mike Bracken (Feo Amante's Horror Movies), and Laura Elvin (WEB OF HORROR) relax on the couch and People Watch.

Midnight is approaching.

FEO DEFENDS THE CONTEST
First the background: Anyone who has been to the
Story Time section of this site knows that Brian Keene (Jobs In Hell) and I are throwing a Horror Fiction Writer's Contest.
This attractive woman in her lacey gothic refinery (very nice!) decided to confront me at the party.
She insisted that I would not accept her Horror stories.
"Is it Horror?" I asked.
"Yes," she answered. "But you don't want my stories, they're too too strong for you."
In a nutshell, she insisted that her stories were too
"heavy" for the contest and I maintained that, as long as they were well-written stories, nothing was too strong (whatever that means).
This went back and forth for far too long until I finally boomed
"IF ITS WELL WRITTEN HORROR WE WANT TO SEE IT!"
Then I growled until she went away.

Meanwhile, it was Midnight on the Mississippi.

NO, I HAD THE VEAL, YOU HAD THE CORNISH HENS
Mark McLaughlin (THE URBANITE) and
Carlton Mellick III (ERASERHEAD PRESS),
look over the promotional material for Mark's
new chapbook I GAVE AT THE ORIFICE.
See? These parties ain't ALL fun and games!

BEST OF FRIENDS
Julie "Jewel" Morales takes a picture with
Mike Oliveri (Feo Amante's Shadow Music).
Among the swirling mad personalities that make up the Horrornet Cabal, Mike Oliveri is a warm island of stability (well, by comparison anyway) and a true friend.

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See these other photo articles on the World Horror Convention 2000:
MEDIA NOCHE - PLATTCAVE - HATHOR RISING

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