APRIL
APRIL 30, 2001
Report by Judi
Rohrig
WHERE THE ACTION WAS!
Ain't It Cool News shouted "Soo-EE!" asking for extras in the LA filming
of Don Coscarelli's adaptation of Joe R. Lansdale's BUBBA HO TEP, and
now you want to know how it went Saturday, April 28? Well, lookie see...
Truck on over for a first hand report with pictures of Bruce Campbell
(EVIL DEAD) in his Elvis duds no less! aint-it-cool-news.com
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APRIL 29, 2001
From the Brian
Keene Newsletter
DARK FLUIDITY,
has a special “all-Brian Keene issue” which is live and racking up page
hits.
In addition to
an interview an exclusive story (A DARKER SHADE OF WINTER ), visitors
can also read an exclusive interview with Brian, conducted by partner-in-crime
Geoff Cooper. Who better to reveal the author’s darkest secrets than
one of his closest friends? Among the topics of discussion are: Brian’s
pre-writing years as disc-jockey Brian Rage, the methodical madness
behind the worm-eating contest and other public displays, the future
(?) of Jobs In Hell, and the final word on some enemies from the past.
The interview, story
and review can all be found at darkfluidity.com.
While there, be
sure to check out the featured band, Mercy Machine, and the featured
artist, Magic the Gathering illustrator Nene Thomas.
Report by Mark
McLaughlin
Shane Ryan Staley's print magazine Delirium has turned into a webzine,
and a link to it can be found at deliriumbooks.com.
As with all Delirium
Books products, it's enough to shock the gonads off a bull-elephant,
so if you're a wispy little autumn leaf who trembles at the mere sight
of suggestive grocery store produce, you'd better not look at it.
I have a story in
the webzine - a collaboration by myself and British multi-media artist
Hertzan Chimera. I think the new webzine is also a new market, so check
out the guidelines pages there, too, if you're a writer.
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APRIL 28, 2001
NEW
NEIGHBOR'S ON THE BLOCK
If you haven't been to The Writer's Block here at The Horror Home Page,
you deserve to be slapped around a bit.
New folks have been
added in April including James Newman (HOLY ROLLERS) and Tina Blevins
(A MONTH OF BLEEDING). Many of the writer's BiblioBios have also been
updated.
Check out The Writer's Block.
Note from Dave
Silva
Charles Grant will be participating in an online chat on Monday, April
30th at 9 p.m. Eastern (8 p.m. Central; 7 p.m Mountain; 6 p.m. Pacific).
The moderated chat
room is located at: horrorauthors.net:8000.
Everyone's invited to join in.
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APRIL 27, 2001
From StealthPress.com
MOBILIZATION
Download a FREE e-story from award-winning author JOHN SHIRLEY's new
Stealth Press collection DARKNESS DIVIDED! The PDF format e-book - designed
by Doug Clegg, includes Poppy Z. Brite's introduction to the book as
well as "My Victim," the powerful, chilling story of a young assassin-in-training
by an acknowledged "master of the short form." Although Stealth Press
encourages the distribution of "My Victim" to others you think will
enjoy it, the download will be available for a limited time only! Go
to the Stealth
Press Web site for your copy today. (Adobe Acrobat Reader
software to view and/or print the file is available free of charge.
Stealth provides a link for you if you don't have it.)
NOT
ONLY THAT BUT . . .
Next Real World Initiative:
LOS ANGELES TIMES FESTIVAL OF BOOKS, April 28: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. April
29: 9:30 a.m. - 3 p.m. UCLA Campus - Hilgard and Sunset Boulevard, Los
Angeles Stealth Press will sponsor a booth at the Festival (# 627) along
with Dark Delicacies. Authors Peter Atkins (HELLRAISER II, WISHMASTER),
Dennis Etchison (TALKING IN THE DARK), Noel Hynd (REVENGE), John Skipp
(THE SCREAM with Craig Spector), Craig Spector (TO BURY THE DEAD), and
Chelsea Quinn Yarbro (TEMPTING FATE)will interface with readers; Peter
Schneider, Director of Sales, will marshal the troops.
Information: latimes.com/events
1-800-350-3211
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APRIL 26, 2001
Report by Mark McLaughlin
Shane Ryan Staley's print magazine Delirium has turned into a webzine,
and a link to it can be found at deliriumbooks.com.
As with all
Delirium Books products, it's enough to shock the gonads off a bull-elephant,
so if you're a wispy little autumn leaf who trembles at the mere sight
of suggestive grocery store produce, you'd better not look at it.
I have a
story in the webzine - a collaboration by myself and British multi-media
artist Hertzan Chimera. I think the new webzine is also a new market,
so check out the guidelines pages there, too, if you're a writer.
-
FeoNote: The following was supplied to us
by Paul Lockey, a bastard Brit who is known to be a bit of a madman.
Because Feo suffers fools gladly, the press release is given - as is
- unedited.
UNHINGED
RESURRECTION
The most incredible comeback since Lt. Ripley or possibly even Bobby
Ewing!
The magazine for
discerning adults has returned from the small press graveyard! Cloned
and electronically engineered, UNHINGED Online is leaner, meaner, smarter
than the original printed version and currently enjoying a new lease
of virtual life!
The debut issue
contains disturbing fiction by T.M. Gray, Stephen Winch, Ray Clark,
Staci Layne Wilson and Joe Rattigan.
Plus artwork by
Dave Fode, Des Knight, Bob Covington Russell Dickerson and Gillian Holmes.
And reviews - Penny
Dreadful #13 by Peter Tennant, Songs of Innocence #6 by Peter Tennant,
Cold Storage by Paul Lockey and Not A Chance by Paul Bradshaw.
UNHINGED Online
Issue #1: May 2001 Now showing on a computer screen near you! Experience
the darker side of humanity on unhinged1.co.uk.
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APRIL 25, 2001
THE
ATTIC EXPEDITIONS
Is doing the rounds at various film festivals
from Seattle, Washington to Edinburgh, Scotland, and all over Europe.
If the film is anywhere near as cool as the website, which is one of
the absolute best movie websites I've seen since PITCH BLACK, then it
should be a rocker!
Stars Seth Green (IDLE HANDS) and Jefferey Combs (REANIMATOR, THE FRIGHTENERS).
FREE
BITES!
Author Tippi N. Blevins, whose horror and dark fantasy tales have appeared
in anthologies like THE KISS OF DEATH, HORRORS! 365 Stories, OUTSIDE
THE BOX, and the magazine Dreams of
Decadence, is inviting readers to experience her serialized
vampire story, "Welcome to Oloroso", for free on her website.
The story represents
something of a departure for Blevins, "This story is just fun," says
Blevins, who has recreated her Texas hometown as the fictional Oloroso.
"It's about vampires in this small town. One of them is trying to start
a mafia. One of them is a vegetarian. That's the kind of story this
is. Also, this is my first time posting a story as it's written. I'm
really looking forward to seeing what comes of it."
Some of the installments
take the form of emails written by the characters, while others will
be written as more traditional narrative. Readers can view new installments
every Monday at Fangsters.com.
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APRIL 24, 2001
Report by Mike Oliveri
FAUST: LOVE OF THE DAMNED
previews at Fangoria's Weekend of Horrors!
Writer David Quinn
(LADY DEATH, NIGHTVISION) made an appearance at Fangoria's Weekend of
Horrors on April 7th to discuss the new FAUST film, FAUST: LOVE OF THE
DAMNED. Directed by Brian Yuzna (producer of the REANIMATOR series and
FROM BEYOND), written by Quinn, and much anticipated by fans of Quinn
and Tim Vigil's (CUDA, GUNFIGHTERS IN HELL) long-running Faust adult
comic book series, the flick has been through a lot in its history,
which stretches back almost ten years.
FREE
BITES!
Author Tippi N. Blevins, whose horror and dark fantasy tales have appeared
in anthologies like THE KISS OF DEATH, HORRORS! 365 Stories, OUTSIDE THE
BOX, and the magazine DREAMS OF
DECADENCE, is inviting readers to experience her serialized
vampire story, "Welcome to Oloroso", for free on her website.
The story
represents something of a departure for Blevins, "This story is just fun,"
says Blevins, who has recreated her Texas hometown as the fictional Oloroso.
"It's about vampires in this small town. One of them is trying to start
a mafia. One of them is a vegetarian. That's the kind of story this is.
Also, this is my first time posting a story as it's written. I'm really
looking forward to seeing what comes of it."
Some of the
installments take the form of emails written by the characters, while
others will be written as more traditional narrative. Readers can view
new installments every Monday at Fangsters.com.
APRIL 22, 2001
Report by Judi
Rohrig
MYSTERY MOVES INTO TWILIGHT TALES
It's move over horror as mystery invades the regular Monday night readings
at Twilight Tales on April 23. And it's coming in threes (always an
ominous sign). Alex Matthews reads from WANTON'S WEB (Psychotherapist
Cassidy McCabe investigates a high-class madam's murder); J. Bard-Collins
offers WHAT PRICE HONOR? (P.I. Garrett Lyons, professional fallguy,
takes the stage); and Mary Harris reads THE CHOCOLATE UNDERPANTS CAPER.
Festivities begin
at the usual 7:30 p.m. (EDT) at the Red Lion Restaurant & Pub, 2446
N. Lincoln Ave. across the street from the Biograph Theater, in Chicago,
IL. Admission is $4 per person and it's a mystery how they can present
so much for so little.
And don't forget
next week, April 30, Feo Amante's own Fanboy
of Fear Mike
Oliveri will present A VAIN EXERCISE IN ABSOLUTION: An
hour of mayhem. David David Katzman will follow with his DEATH BY ZAMBONI
(P.I. Satan Donut cracks the case of TV stars, mad scientists & werewolves).
Don't miss this!
Report by Judi
Rohrig
AND WHILE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HISOWNSELF... Mysterious Press which
is celebrating its Silver Anniversary has just released THE MYSTERIOUS
PRESS ANTHOLOGY, and inside its covers is a new story, "The Mule Rustlers,"
by Joe R. Lansdale. Okay, some other people have original stories in
it, too: Ed McBain, Donald E. Westlake, Marcia Muller, Margaret Maron,
Joe Gores, Stuart M. Kaminsky, and Archer Mayor among them. You can
find this book at your favorite local independent bookstore or through
the largest bookstore in Texas, The
Book People.
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APRIL 20, 2001
Report by Judi
Rohrig
MYSTERY MOVES INTO TWILIGHT TALES
It's move over horror as mystery invades the regular Monday night readings
at Twilight Tales on April 23. And it's coming in threes (always an ominous
sign). Alex Matthews reads from WANTON'S WEB (Psychotherapist Cassidy
McCabe investigates a high-class madam's murder); J. Bard-Collins offers
WHAT PRICE HONOR? (P.I. Garrett Lyons, professional fallguy, takes the
stage); and Mary Harris reads THE CHOCOLATE UNDERPANTS CAPER.
Festivities
begin at the usual 7:30 p.m. (EDT) at the Red Lion Restaurant & Pub, 2446
N. Lincoln Ave. across the street from the Biograph Theater, in Chicago,
IL. Admission is $4 per person and it's a mystery how they can present
so much for so little.
And don't
forget next week, April 30, Feo Amante's own Fanboy
of Fear Mike
Oliveri will present A VAIN EXERCISE IN ABSOLUTION: An
hour of mayhem. David David Katzman will follow with his DEATH BY ZAMBONI
(P.I. Satan Donut cracks the case of TV stars, mad scientists & werewolves).
Don't miss this!
Report by Judi
Rohrig
NEW PLANS FOR TWILIGHT SHOWCASE
On the heels of Chiaroscuro's
announcement of crawling into the sack with Leisure
Books and being able to pay pro rates to its writers, Twilight
Showcase's Editor-In-Chief Gary W. Conner unveiled new
plans for his popular site as well.
"Effective
immediately, Twilight Showcase is going to a quarterly publication schedule,"
Conner announced. "This will allow us to offer three cents per word for
fiction and one-and-a-half cents per word for non-fiction. The new rates
are effective with issue twenty-seven, and most involved parties have
already been informed.
"While we
are ecstatic to be able to offer pro rates for fiction, we are now closing
to fiction submissions, as we are overstocked until August 1, 2001, when
issue twenty-eight is posted. We will make the appropriate announcements
when we again open to submissions."
The News
section at TS will continue to be updated regularly, so press releases
will continue to be accepted on a daily basis.
APRIL 19, 2001
BECAUSE
HE ROCKS
While we are still waiting for THE MUMMY 2 to be released, filming is
already underway for THE SCORPION KING. The Rock (The Scorpion King)
was so impressive in the clips (I'm guessing) that Universal Studios
is betting that he can carry a third sequel even if the second one flops.
Now THAT'S gambling!: because Hulk Hogan could only carry crap in the
movies and Rowdy Roddy Piper did little better. I'm hoping for the best
as always.
Report by Judi
Rohrig
NEW PLANS FOR TWILIGHT
SHOWCASE
On the heels of Chiaroscuro's
announcement of crawling into the sack with Leisure
Books and being able to pay pro rates to its writers, Twilight
Showcase's Editor-In-Chief Gary W. Conner unveiled new
plans for his popular site as well.
"Effective immediately,
Twilight Showcase is going to a quarterly publication schedule," Conner
announced. "This will allow us to offer three cents per word for fiction
and one-and-a-half cents per word for non-fiction. The new rates are
effective with issue twenty-seven, and most involved parties have already
been informed.
"While we are ecstatic
to be able to offer pro rates for fiction, we are now closing to fiction
submissions, as we are overstocked until August 1, 2001, when issue
twenty-eight is posted. We will make the appropriate announcements when
we again open to submissions."
The News section
at TS will continue to be updated regularly, so press releases will
continue to be accepted on a daily basis.
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APRIL 18, 2001
Report by Judi
Rohrig
HEY, BUBBA NEEDS YOU!
Ain't
It Cool News released a cattle call for help in LA for
Saturday, April 28, in the filming of Don Coscarelli's (PHANTASM, BEASTMASTER)
adaptation of Joe R. Lansdale's story "Bubba Ho Tep." This story follows
the "real" King of Rock 'n Roll's struggle to defeat the decomposing
and profane mummy from beyond, Bubba Ho Tep. And quivering his lips
and swaying his hips as Elvis is none other than EVIL DEAD's own Ash,
Bruce Campbell.
Here's the need
AICN advertised: "To put it succinctly we need as many of you as possible
in the Southern California area to come out and be extras in several
carnival scenes which will be featured in the film. We need y'all to
dress as 70's trailer park trash types and to be prepared to scream
your head off for the King of Rock'N'Roll." Huh? Huh? Interested? Get
the phone! Just leave a message at (310) 204-9078, and they'll call
you back with more pertinent info.
NEWCOMER
- NEW BOOK
Author/Journalist, Mark Halliday, has turned his interest in the supernatural
into a novel and a website where visitors can share their own extraordinary
experiences with the unknown.
Mr. Halliday of
Brisbane, Australia, recently had his book THE WALK-IN published in
the United States, and has now launched a website promoting not only
the book, but a meeting place where people from all over the world can
share their supernatural experiences with each other.
THE WALK-IN is currently
being considered by US screenwriters in preparation for film production.
"It was while conducting
interviews for a regular column with my local newspaper, that I came
across a true story that inspired my novel," Mr. Halliday says. "I interviewed
an individual who began to relate a tale regarding someone who had been
taken over by the spirit of another. "He called this process walking-in.
Apparently one spirit walks-out of a body when he can no longer continue
to cope with life, leaving the door open for another to take his place."
The person's soul leaves the body and another slips right in. This change
is always accompanied by a change in the person's behavior. This change
can be subtle, but is most often dramatic as the person begins to take
on the personality of the entity that now resides within. This is what
is commonly referred to as a "WALK-IN."
THE WALK-IN is
the story of one woman's violent ex-husband, who returns from the grave
and "walks-in" on her new husband in order to reek the revenge that
he vowed with his dying breath.
thewalk-in.net
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APRIL 17, 2001
CHIAROSCURO
JOINS WITH LEISURE
When Brett Savory stepped down as head honcho at Chiaroscuro,
who could have thought that would be a good thing?
Patricia MacComber
was given the reins to run the site and she has done a great job, both
in keeping the original vision and feel of the site as well as bringing,
little by little, her own sense of flair to the mix.
But Brett has not
been resting on his laurels as El Presidente. Instead, he had the time
to pursue administrative duties. That is usually a vague term but Brett
shows results. April 4, Judi Rohrig reported that Leisure and Chiaroscuro
announced a partnership.
This was on a temporary hold until Leisure had finished their Horror
section of their site. That is complete and the word is out. Leisure
is now the Sponsor of Chiaroscuro.
Leisure is a division
of Dorchester
Publishing, a publisher of Romance Novels, and has found
a new and profitable audience in Horror Literature.
JOEY
RAMONE IS DEAD
Back in the early 1970s, while punk was still getting overdressed and
having its hair done, the RAMONES were banging away in clubs and making
a noise that can only be described as Fast and Furious. Record companies
didn't hear a single but signed them up all the same because surely anyone
with this much energy was bound to produce SOMETHING!
The RAMONES
had the distinction of shaking up not only the record companies (as they
were called at the time), but the public as well. Clean, to-the-point-then-stop
songs like BLITZKRIEG BOP, BEAT ON THE BRAT, SHEENA WAS A PUNK ROCKER
and I WANNA BE SEDATED, started sweeping away all the seventies clutter
of overproduced sound, over-indulgent shows, and the aimless wandering
of potty break-for-the-band guitar and drum solos. Even the No Bullshit
Frank Zappa found himself coming up short compared to the hard driving
sound of the RAMONES.
Heavy Metal?
No, but few Metal bands of any stripe played it faster, rawer or with
more brutality - brutality in the music, not just the words. Many musicians
today who count the RAMONES among their influences say,
"The RAMONES saved Rock and Roll."
Joey Ramone
died of cancer April 15 at the age of 49.
Go to The RAMONES official site
SOME WISDOM
Miramax
very quietly released their movie THE WISDOM OF CROCODILES direct
to videotape in March. Apparently the movie bites something awful (HA!
Its about vampires! It Bites . . . it . . . aw hell . . . I've got nuthin') and
it wasn't worth the money to even release it to art-house theaters.
The film is now called IMMORTAL. Jude Law plays an emotional vampire
who must literally feed off the love of women in order to live. The
funniest review I've seen of it so far was at imdb.com where a visitor
wrote "Indeed, this is a brilliant movie. This is a brave movie."
without ever saying why. I'll be watching it this week so stay tuned.
I'll let you know if it even rates a single Shriek Girl.
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APRIL 16, 2001
Report by Judi
Rohrig
STOKER NOMINATIONS ARE FINAL
The Stoker rules say: "Once the final ballot has been mailed, the
Secretary of HWA, or such other person as the President designates,
will prepare and issue a press release listing the finalists. The contents
of the ballot will be reported in the HWA newsletter, and by any other
means convenient to the organization, including but not limited to e-mail
bulletins and a listing on the World Wide Web."
Well, the ballots
are indeed in the mail, the voting members have been advised of their
choices on the Final Ballot, and President David Niall Wilson has moved
that the body of members and the public in general be advised of the
nominations for the Horror Writers Association's 2000 awards for outstanding
writing in the dark fantasy/horror/occult genre, the Bram Stokers.
Continued at Story
Time
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APRIL 15, 2001
JOEY
RAMONE IS DEAD
Back in the early 1970s, while punk was still getting overdressed and
having its hair done, the RAMONES were banging away in clubs and making
a noise that can only be described as Fast and Furious. Record companies
didn't hear a single but signed them up all the same because surely
anyone with this much energy was bound to produce SOMETHING!
The RAMONES had
the distinction of shaking up not only the record companies (as they
were called at the time), but the public as well. Clean, to-the-point-then-stop
songs like BLITZKRIEG BOP, BEAT ON THE BRAT, SHEENA WAS A PUNK ROCKER
and I WANNA BE SEDATED, started sweeping away all the seventies clutter
of overproduced sound, over-indulgent shows, and the aimless wandering
of potty break-for-the-band guitar and drum solos. Even the No Bullshit
Frank Zappa found himself coming up short compared to the hard driving
sound of the RAMONES.
Heavy Metal? No,
but few Metal bands of any stripe played it faster, rawer or with more
brutality - brutality in the music, not just the words. Many musicians
today who count the RAMONES among their influences say,
"The RAMONES saved Rock and Roll."
Joey Ramone died
of cancer April 15 at the age of 49.
Go to The RAMONES official site
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APRIL 14, 2001
Report by Judi
Rohrig
STOKER NOMINATIONS ARE FINAL
The Stoker rules say: "Once the final ballot has been mailed, the
Secretary of HWA,
or such other person as the President designates, will prepare and issue
a press release listing the finalists. The contents of the ballot will
be reported in the HWA newsletter, and by any other means convenient to the organization,
including but not limited to e-mail bulletins and a listing on the World
Wide Web."
Well, the
ballots are indeed in the mail, the voting members have been advised of
their choices on the Final Ballot, and President David Niall Wilson has
moved that the body of members and the public in general be advised of
the nominations for the Horror Writers Association's 2000 awards for outstanding
writing in the dark fantasy/horror/occult genre, the Bram Stokers.
NOVEL
THE INDIFFERENCE OF HEAVEN by Gary A. Braunbeck (Obsidian)
SILENT CHILDREN by Ramsey Campbell (Forge)
THE LICKING VALLEY COON HUNTERS CLUB by Brian A. Hopkins (Yard Dog Press)
THE TRAVELING VAMPIRE SHOW by Richard Laymon (Cemetery Dance, Headline)
THE DECEASED by Tom Piccirilli (Leisure)
*No Award
FIRST
NOVEL
NAILED BY THE HEART by Simon Clark (Leisure)
HOUSE OF LEAVES by Mark Z. Danielewski (Pantheon/Random House)
THE LICKING VALLEY COON HUNTERS CLUB by Brian A. Hopkins (Yard Dog Press)
RUN by Douglas E. Winter (Knopf)
*No Award
LONG FICTION
RIDING THE BULLET by Stephen King (Scribner/Philtrum Press)
IN SHOCK by Joyce Carol Oates (Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction)
GOD SCREAMED AND SCREAMED, THEN I ATE HIM by Lawrence P. Santoro (Cthulhu
and the Coeds, or Kids and Squids)
THE MAN ON THE CEILING by Melanie and Steve Rasnic Tem (American Fantasy)
*No Award
SHORT
FICTION
DEAD CAT BOUNCE by Gerard Daniel Houarner (Space and Time)
GONE by Jack Ketchum (October Dreams)
FALLEN ANGEL by Robert J. Sawyer (Strange Attraction)
MEXICAN MOON by Karen E. Taylor (Daughter of Dangerous Dames)
*No Award
FICTION
COLLECTION
UP OUT OF CITIES THAT BLOW HOT AND COLD by Charlee Jacob (Delirium Books)
*Wind Over Heaven and Other Dark Tales by Bruce Holland Rogers (Wildside
Press)
*Magic Terror by Peter Straub (Random House)
*City Fishing by Steve Rasnic Tem (Silver Salamander Press)
*No Award
ANTHOLOGY
THE YEAR'S BEST FANTASY AND HORROR 13th ANNUAL COLLECTION edited by Ellen
Datlow and Terri Windling (St. Martin's Press)
BRAINBOX: The Real Horror edited by Steve Eller (Dreams Unlimited)
EXTREMES: Fantasy & Horror from the Ends of the Earth edited by Brian
A. Hopkins (Lone Wolf Publications)
BAD NEWS edited by Richard Laymon (Cemetery Dance)
*No Award
NONFICTION
ON WRITING by Stephen King (Scribner)
HELLNOTES by David B. Silva and Paul F. Olson (David B. Silva)
AT THE FOOT OF THE STORY TREE by Bill Sheehan (Subterranean Press)
HORROR OF THE 20th CENTURY by Robert Weinberg (Collectors Press)
*No Award
ILLUSTRATED
NARRATIVE
RED ROMANCE (in Flinch 11) by Joe R. Lansdale (Vertigo)
THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN (miniseries) by Alan Moore (America's
Best Comics)
CABLE 79-84 by Robert Weinberg (Marvel)
SPUDS by Bernie Wrightson (The Night Terrors)
*No Award
SCREENPLAY
REQUIEM FOR A DREAM by Darren Aronofsky and Hubert Selby, Jr. (Artisan
Entertainment)
SHADOW OF THE VAMPIRE by Steven Katz (Lions Gate Films)
THE CELL by Mark Protosevich (New Line Cinema)
UNBREAKABLE by M. Night Shyamalan (Buena Vista Pictures)
PITCH BLACK by David Twohy, Ken Wheat and Jim Wheat (USA Films)
*No Award
WORK FOR
YOUNG READERS
THE POWER OF UN by Nancy Etchemendy (Cricket Press)
HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE by J.K. Rowling (Scholastic)
BE AFRAID! edited by Edo van Belkom (Tundra Books)
THE CHRISTMAS THINGY by F. Paul Wilson (Cemetery Dance)
POETRY
COLLECTION
PARATABLOIDS by Michael A. Arnzen (Ozark Triangle Press)
THE COMPLETE ACCURSED WIVES by Bruce Boston (Dark Regions Press/Talisman)
BURIAL PLOT IN SAGITTARIUS by Sandy DeLuca (Thievin' Kitty Publications)
A STUDENT OF HELL by Tom Piccirilli (Skull Job Productions)
OTHER
MEDIA
TWILIGHT TALES READING SERIES produced by Tina L. Jens and Andrea Dubnick
CHIAROSCURO by Patricia Lee Macomber, Steve Eller and Sandra Kasturi (Brett
A. Savory)
BACK TO THE BLACK LAGOON (on The Creature from the Black Lagoon DVD) by
*David J. Skal (Universal)
GOTHIC.NET editor Mehitobel Wilson (Darren McKeeman)
LONE
WOLF WRITERS SWEEPING STOKERS
It may not be a record, but its impressive all
the same. No less than eleven contributors to Lone Wolf Publications have
made the final nomination list for Bram Stoker Awards this year.
They are:
Gary Braunbeck (SORTIES, CATHEXES, AND PERSONAL EFFECTS)
Ramsey Campbell (STORYTELLERS)
Melanie Tem & Steve Rasnic Tem (EXTREMES 2)
Gerard Houarner (BLOODTYPE)
Charlee Jacob (BLOODTYPE, HIGH SEAS)
Patricia Lee Macomber (EXTREMES)
Edo Van Belkom (BLOODTYPES, HIGH SEAS)
Steve Eller (EXTREMES 2)
Sandy Deluca (RED, RED ROBIN PROJECT)
Sandra Kasturi (ROUGH BEASTS)
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APRIL 13, 2001
Report by Judi
Rohrig
TWILIGHT TALES SPRINGS OUT SOME HUMOR!
On Monday, April 16, Twilight
Tales will present MAKE 'EM LAUGH! A Three-Hour Special
Event Starring: Dick Minto, Corey Black, John Weagly, Helen Valenta, Dan
Witte, and Joyce Thompson (a.k.a. "Jo Rocks"). Festivities, which begin
at 7:30 p.m., will include the Now-Traditional Raffle of Silly Things
and the Typical Treasury of Valuable Prizes! Admission is a donation of
$6 -OR- $5 if you come dressed as ypur favorite comedian! And mark your
calendars for Monday, April 30, when Feo Amante's own Fanboy
of Fear Mike
Oliveri brings an hour of mayhem with "A Vain Exercise
in Absolution." Appearing on the same bill will be David David Katzman
with his "Death By Zamboni." It all happens upstairs at
The Red Lion Pub,
2447 North Lincoln Avenue,
Chicago, IL. USA
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APRIL 12, 2001
LONE
WOLF WRITERS SWEEPING STOKERS
It may not be a record, but its impressive
all the same. No less than eleven contributors to Lone Wolf Publications
have made the final nomination list for Bram Stoker Awards this year.
They are:
Gary Braunbeck (SORTIES, CATHEXES, AND PERSONAL EFFECTS)
Ramsey Campbell (STORYTELLERS)
Melanie Tem & Steve Rasnic Tem (EXTREMES 2)
Gerard Houarner (BLOODTYPE)
Charlee Jacob (BLOODTYPE, HIGH SEAS) Patricia Lee Macomber (EXTREMES)
Edo Van Belkom (BLOODTYPES, HIGH SEAS) Steve Eller (EXTREMES 2)
Sandy Deluca (RED, RED ROBIN PROJECT) Sandra Kasturi (ROUGH BEASTS)
Report by Nick
Kaufmann of DarkTales
STEVEN LEE CLIMER AT NEBULA AWARDS BOOK SIGNING
Horror author Steven Lee Climer will be signing copies of his novels DEMONESQUE
and SOUL TEMPLE at the Nebula Awards book signing event at Nicola¹s Books
in Ann Arbor, MI, on April 28, 2001. "There is no question that Steven
Lee Climer is hot right now," said Lisa DuMond of SF Site in her
review of Demonesque; "and with horror a hot literary genre again,
it's only fitting that acclaimed author Climer is part of an event honoring
the Nebula Awards, which is given annually to the finest achievements
in speculative fiction by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America."
Climer's
first novel, DREAM THIEVES ("hauntingly poetic" -- Affaire de Coeur),
published as an e-book by Hard Shell Word Factory, won the inaugural 1999
Eppie Award for Best Horror Novel and was a finalist for the 1997 International
Horror Guild Award for Best First Novel. Climer has also received Honorable
Mention in 1998's The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror, won the Memphis
Science Fiction Association's 1998 Darrell Award for Best Mid-South Short
Story (BY ANY NAME A DEVIL), and been recommended for the Horror Writers
Association's coveted Bram Stoker Award.
Climer teaches
English at Davenport University, and works for Fry Multimedia, one of
the top 20 Internet firms, in Ann Arbor. He¹s a graduate of Eastern Michigan
University, and briefly studied for a Ph.D. at Wayne State University.
The Nebula
Awards book signing event will be held on April 28, 2001, 2:00 P.M., at
Nicola's Books, 2513 Jackson Road, Westgate, in Ann Arbor, MI (734-662-4110).
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APRIL 10, 2001
Report by Judi
Rohrig
TWILIGHT TALES SPRINGS OUT SOME HUMOR!
On Monday, April 16, Twilight
Tales will present MAKE 'EM LAUGH! A Three-Hour Special
Event Starring: Dick Minto, Corey Black, John Weagly, Helen Valenta,
Dan Witte, and Joyce Thompson (a.k.a. "Jo Rocks"). Festivities, which
begin at 7:30 p.m., will include the Now-Traditional Raffle of Silly
Things and the Typical Treasury of Valuable Prizes! Admission is a donation
of $6 -OR- $5 if you come dressed as ypur favorite comedian! And mark
your calendars for Monday, April 30, when Feo Amante's own Fanboy
of Fear Mike
Oliveri brings an hour of mayhem with "A Vain Exercise
in Absolution." Appearing on the same bill will be David David Katzman
with his "Death By Zamboni." It all happens upstairs at
The Red Lion Pub,
2447 North Lincoln Avenue,
Chicago, IL. USA
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APRIL 8, 2001
Report by Nick
Kaufmann of DarkTales
STEVEN LEE CLIMER AT NEBULA AWARDS BOOK SIGNING
Horror author Steven Lee Climer will be signing copies of his novels
DEMONESQUE and SOUL TEMPLE at the Nebula Awards book signing event at
Nicola¹s Books in Ann Arbor, MI, on April 28, 2001. "There is no
question that Steven Lee Climer is hot right now," said Lisa DuMond
of SF Site in her review of Demonesque; "and with horror a hot
literary genre again, it's only fitting that acclaimed author Climer
is part of an event honoring the Nebula Awards, which is given annually
to the finest achievements in speculative fiction by the Science Fiction
and Fantasy Writers of America."
Climer's first novel,
DREAM THIEVES ("hauntingly poetic" -- Affaire de Coeur), published as
an e-book by Hard Shell Word Factory, won the inaugural 1999 Eppie Award
for Best Horror Novel and was a finalist for the 1997 International
Horror Guild Award for Best First Novel. Climer has also received Honorable
Mention in 1998¹s The Year¹s Best Fantasy and Horror, won the Memphis
Science Fiction Association¹s 1998 Darrell Award for Best Mid-South
Short Story (BY ANY NAME A DEVIL), and been recommended for the Horror
Writers Association¹s coveted Bram Stoker Award.
Climer teaches English
at Davenport University, and works for Fry Multimedia, one of the top
20 Internet firms, in Ann Arbor. He¹s a graduate of Eastern Michigan
University, and briefly studied for a Ph.D. at Wayne State University.
The Nebula Awards
book signing event will be held on April 28, 2001, 2:00 P.M., at Nicola¹s
Books, 2513 Jackson Road, Westgate, in Ann Arbor, MI (734-662-4110).
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APRIL 7, 2001
Report by Mike
HORRORFIND WEEKEND
Meet BRUCE
CAMPBELL -ASH from Evil Dead Trilogy The Horrorfind Weekend
show scheduled for August 24-26 at the BWI Airport Marriott in Baltimore
Maryland is off to a great start. Yes you heard right Bruce
Campbell who we all know and love as ASH in Evil Dead, Evil Dead
II and Army of Darkness among numerous other credits will be appearing
in person at the Horrorfind Weekend. Horror author Douglas
Clegg will be appearing in person along with many other great
horror writers. Renowned paranormal investigator Mason Winfield will
be there raising the dead. Many other great celebrities will be there,
here are JUST A FEW we have listed SO FAR horrorfindweekend.com/celebrities.html
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APRIL 6, 2001
Report by John
Ford and Andy Fairclough
On Saturday 21st July 2001 a huge gathering of writers is to be held
in Birmingham, UK. The event is being jointly organised by Horror World/Terror
Tales websites. At this time it looks as though the Britannia Hotel
will be the likely venue, but we may change this if we have too many
bookings.
Andy Fairclough
and I will work together to bring about this event, which will include
a one night stay at the hotel. If you would like to come along and enter
into a delicious alcohol haze with us for a couple of days, please e-mail
me at this address so we can compile a list of names for people requiring
rooms. Please state if you require a double or single room. (Estimated
cost is around £35 inc breakfast for a sinlge ensuite room). Anyone
just wishing to attend for the day will also be very welcome.
On a further matter,
which many of you may find totally shocking, we have to inform you that
World Of Horror and Terror Tales websites have now entered into partnership.
We will be sharing links and certain pages in the future, while also
maintaining our own unique identities. This action is being taken to
help bring about a strengthening of both websites, and a possible third
party is liable to be brought into this amalgamation. Thanks for your
time, and we hope to see you all in Birmingham on Saturday July 21st!
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APRIL 5, 2001
Report from Trevor
Denyer
RE-ORGANIZATION AT ROADWORKS
To maintain the high level of print and content quality while facing
the rising costs of publication, UK Horror magazine ROADWORKS will be
a bi-annual publication (Winter and Summer).
LEGEND magazine
(by the same company) will remain a quarterly publication.
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APRIL 4, 2001
Report by Judi
Rohrig
LEISURE ENDS CHIAROSCURO'S LONELINESS
It's been a good week for Chiaroscuro!
On Monday, the writers' website was nominated for a 2000 Bram Stoker
Award in the Other Media Category. Then today, April 4, Editor Patricia
Macomber made this announcement: "Chiaroscuro, in order to gain further
exposure for horror as a genre and its community as a whole, has formed
an alliance with Leisure
Books. Leisure is currently in the middle of revamping
its website, including its horror section, and once the redesign is
complete, we'll be kicking the partnership into high gear."
Later, Macomber
also announced that ChiZine, the monthly magazine, would begin paying
pro rates for fiction (3 cents a word) and poetry ($3 a poem).
It should also be
noted that both the main site and the magazine have new URLs: Chiaroscuro
is now http://thechiaroscuro.com,
and ChiZine's is
http://chizine.com.
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APRIL 3, 2001
Report from The CryptCreeper
CRYPTCRAWL HORROR SEARCH
is back online at cryptcrawl.com.
Due to the huge
amounts of traffic the site receives, we needed to upgrade to a newer,
faster server. This move was something that came on all of the sudden,
so we apologize for the lack of notice. At any rate, we are back and
better than ever. Thanks for all of the support.
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APRIL 2, 2001
Report by Judi
Rohrig
TOOTING OUR HORNS
April at Twilight
Tales brings visiting guests and two new web authors.
This coming Monday,
April 9, HWA's own Internet Mailer Czarina and feoamante.com staff reporter,
Judi Rohrig, makes her Twilight Tales debut with WHEN IN DOUBT, TWIRL.
And coming along for the ride is DAUGHTERS OF THE MOON author Joe Curtin
who will read MONSTERMAN.
Readings begin 7:30
p.m. (CDT) at the Red Lion Restaurant & Pub in Chicago. Admission is
$4 per person. Come early; stay late. More information is available
at the Twilight
Tales website, and while you're there, check out the
authors for April: Ralan Conley, from Denmark, is the month's International
highlighted author. Read his story "KING" from MORE MONSTERS FROM MEMPHIS.
Ralan also runs an excellent spec fic market list, ralan.com.
The Domestic author for the month is Linda Reames Fox, former Chicagoan
and one half of the Jocelin Foxe writing team who penned THE WILD HUNT,
VENGEANCE MOON, and CHILD OF FIRE.
1000 CORPSES UPDATE
That old rumor mill just grinds away, but nothing is definite yet. What
is known is that Rob Zombie has finished shooting his new and first major
motion picture, HOUSE OF 1000 CORPSES. Apparently Universal Pictures
saw it and freaked, so violent and gory it was - which was exactly what
Rob promised. The movie was scheduled for a February 2001 release, but
its anybody's guess now. Hopefully Rob has made a winner and not something
crappy like another Heavy Metal musician, Dee Snider with his STRANGELAND (honestly dude, they were just piercings.
If you didn't want to keep them, the wounds would have healed! If you
couldn't bring yourself to get them, you should at least found someone
who was willing to do it and play the role!). Right now Rob is
carefully considering other distributors. Folks who will not screw around
with the editing of his movie.
For
the record, Hollywood also turned down Rob's version of THE CROW 3 and
instead opted for making THE CROW 3: SALVATION. A brilliant piece of
film making that was not only a box office hit, but swept the Golden Globes
and the Oscars as well (Am I being too sarcastic?)!
If you want more news on this, go to the source at Rob
Zombie (although the information concerning
the movie is pretty old) or check out the movie site at houseof1000corpses.com (truthfully, the site appears dead - not a good
sign). And in the future all you movie money folks, if a flick
calls itself HOUSE OF 1000 CORPSES, chances are its not going to
be pretty. Just a word to the wise, yeah?
WRITERS
AND WHERE TO FIND THEM ONLINE:
Canadian writer Brett Savory has his story JIMMY DALE up at Gothic.net.
Its about cussing, its about bashing heads, but mostly its about tea. You
will also find new stories by Gerard Hourarner and DF Lewis.
You'll find
Brian Keene's latest fiction, A DARKER SHADE OF WINTER, at Dark
Fluidity. Also look for featured artist, Nene Thomas and
featured musician/band mercymachine.
WRITERS
AND WHERE TO FIND THEM IN PRINT:
John Urbancik's short story AUTUMNAL FETE is now available in Flesh
And Blood #7. "She gets one day to live every year..."
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APRIL 1, 2001
WRITERS
AND WHERE TO FIND THEM ONLINE:
Canadian writer Brett Savory has his story JIMMY DALE up at Gothic.net.
Its about cussing, its about bashing heads, but mostly its about tea.
You will also find
new stories by Gerard Hourarner and DF Lewis.
You'll find Brian
Keene's latest fiction, A DARKER SHADE OF WINTER, at Dark
Fluidity.
Also look for featured
artist, Nene Thomas and featured musician/band mercymachine.
WRITERS
AND WHERE TO FIND THEM IN PRINT:
John Urbancik's short story AUTUMNAL FETE
is now available in Flesh
And Blood #7. "She gets one day to live every year..."
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