MAY
MAY
31, 2001
For
those of you who are not on his mailing list (but secretly wish you were)
Geoff Cooper (JOLERAMI'S ROSE, BRACKARD'S POINT stories) tells us that
Shane Staley from Delirium
Press has kindly set up a message board for him at Geoff
Cooper's Message Board. You can also access it from a link
off of Delirium's website. Geoff says, "Might be worth checking out,
but I make no promises... "
Geoff
went on to say "Okay, now I'm out of your hair." but I didn't
understand the meaning as the concept is alien to me.
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MAY
30, 2001
From
Edo van Belkom and E.C.McMullen Jr.
2001 ARTHUR ELLIS AWARD
According to the CWC,
The Arthur Ellis Awards were established in 1983 and are presented annually
by the Crime
Writers of Canada. The awards are named after the nom de
travail of Canada's official hangman. They honour the best works, regardless
of setting or place of publication, published in the preceding year by
a writer, regardless of nationality, resident in Canada, or a Canadian
writer resident abroad. Awards are made in the categories of Best Novel,
Best True Crime, Best First Novel, Best Short Story, Best Genre Criticism/Reference,
Best Novel for Juveniles, and Best Play.
Best
Novel
COLD IS THE GRAVE by Peter Robinson
Best
First Novel
HANDS LIKE CLOUDS by Mark Zuehlke
Best
Short Story
MURDER IN UTOPIA by Peter Robinson in Crime through Time III
Best
True Crime
THE SPINSTER AND THE PROPHET by A.B. McKillop
Best
Juvenile
THE BOY IN THE BURNING HOUSE by Tim Wynne-Jones
Best
Work in French
Norbert Spehner, , for Le ROMAN POLICIER en AMERIQUE FRANCAISE
Derrick
Murdoch Award
L.R. (Bunny) Wright.
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MAY
28, 2001
ANOTHER
GREAT CONVENTION BECOMES A PART OF HISTORY
The World Horror Convention in Seattle WA. (or to be more precise, at
the SeaTac Marriot smack dab between Seattle and Tacoma) has wrapped up
for the year 2001. Chicago, Illinois will host the WHC for 2002 and by
the time Kansas City, Missouri hosts WHC 2003 we'll get there in flying
cars.
Our own Judi
Rohrig won a special medal for outstanding service in the field of Horror
and with good reason. In addition to her work here she also contributes
to Twilight Tales, Lone Wolf Publications, and just recently stepped down
as Czarina for the Horror Writer's Association. Richard Laymon once called
her "The voice of the HWA."
As always,
we will have a full photo spread of the happenings at the WHC 2001 in
Seattle in the latter part of June.
The
winners of the year 2000 Bram Stoker Awards are here! The following lists
the final nominees. The winners are listed last and in bold. Congratulations
to all who were nominated! As always, the only losers were those writers
who didn't submit any stories during the year 2000. Send Those Stories
In!
Other
Media
TWILIGHT TALES READING SERIES: Tina L. Jens & Andrea Dubnick
BACK TO THE BLACK LAGOON by David J. Skal
GOTHIC.NET editor Mehitobel Wilson
CHIAROSCURO by Patricia Lee Macomber, Steve Eller & Sandra Kasturi
Poetry
Collection
PARATABLOIDS by Michael A. Arnzen
THE COMPLETE ACCURSED WIVES by Bruce Boston
BURIAL PLOT IN SAGITTARIUS by Sandy DeLuca
A
STUDENT OF HELL by Tom Piccirilli
Work
For Young Readers
HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE by J. K. Rowling
BE AFRAID! edited by Edo van Belkom
THE CHRISTMAS THINGY by F. Paul Wilson
THE POWER OF UN by Nancy Etchemendy
Screenplay
REQUIEM FOR A DREAM by Darren Aronofsky & Hubert Selby Jr.
THE CELL by Mark Protosevich
UNBREAKABLE by M. Night Shyamalan
PITCH BLACK by David Twohy, Ken Wheat & Jim Wheat
SHADOW OF THE VAMPIRE by Steven Katz
Illustrated
Narrative
RED ROMANCE by Joe R. Lansdale
CABLE 79-84 by Robert Weinberg
SPUDS by Bernie Wrightson
THE
LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN by Alan Moore
Nonfiction
HELLNOTES by David B. Silva and F. Paul Olson
AT THE FOOT OF THE STORY TREE by Bill Sheehan
HORROR OF THE 20TH CENTURY by Robert Weinberg
ON
WRITING by Stephen King
Anthology
BRAINBOX: The Real Horror edited by Steve Eller
EXTREMES: Fantasy & Horror From The Ends Of The Earth edited by Brian
A. Hopkins
BAD NEWS edited by Richard Laymon
THE YEAR'S BEST FANTASY AND HORROR 13TH ANNUAL COLLECTION edited
by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling
Fiction
Collection
UP, OUT OF CITIES THAT BLOW HOT AND COLD by Charlee Jacob
WIND OVER HEAVEN AND OTHER DARK TALES by Bruce Holland Rogers
CITY FISHING by Steve Rasnic Tem
MAGIC TERROR by Peter Straub
Short
Fiction
DEAD CAT BOUNCE by Gerard Daniel Houarner
FALLEN ANGEL by Robert J. Sawyer
MEXICAN MOON by Karen E. Taylor
GONE by Jack ketchum
Long
Fiction
RIDING THE BULLET by Stephen King
IN SHOCK by Joyce Carol Oates
GOD SCREAMED AND SCREAMED, THEN I ATE HIM by Lawrence P. Santoro
THE MAN ON THE CEILING by Melanie and Steve Rasnic Tem
First
Novel
NAILED BY THE HEART by Somon Clark
HOUSE OF LEAVES by Mark Z. Danielweski
RUN by Douglas Winter
THE
LICKING VALLEY COON HUNTERS CLUB by Brian A. Hopkins
Novel
THE INDIFFERENCE OF HEAVEN by Gary A. Braunbeck
SILENT CHILDREN by Ramsey Campbell
THE LICKING VALLEY COON HUNTERS CLUB by Brian A. Hopkins
THE DECEASED by Tom Piccirilli
THE
TRAVELLING VAMPIRE SHOW by Richard Laymon
Lifetime
Achievement Award:
This very special award went to NIGEL KNEALE creator of the Science Fiction/Horror/Thriller
movies THE QUATERMASS EXPERIMENT, QUATERMASS II, and QUATERMASS
AND THE PIT.
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MAY
23
40
movie reviews for May! Is that cool or what? Including new reviews of
old movies like THE
LOST BOYS, CURSE
OF THE UNDEAD, and THE
ASTRONAUT'S WIFE, as well as new movies. Who says I haven't
been busy? Damn!
So
now I am temporarily through with the ABCs of Horror, Thriller, Mystery,
and Suspense movies. Starting in June we are going to take you on a
journey through the Ds, Es, and Fs of this realm! Keep in mind that
new reviews of new movies will also be posted regardless of their alphabetical
significance. DAMN! Sesame Street scarred me for LIFE!
This
site will not be renewed from May 25 through May 28 since I'll be at
the World
Horror Convention. Other movie reviewers expected there
are Mike Oliveri and Paul V. Wargelin. If you are going to be there
come on up and say "Hi!", I'll be damn glad to meet you!
Damn
glad!
God
Dammit! I'll be DAMN glad to meet you!
Where's
my Xanax?
Here
it is.
Now
what does it do?
STEVE
YOU GOT SOME 'SPLAININ' TO DO
Brett
Savory informed his fans today that his upcoming novelette,
THE DISTANCE TRAVELED, would not be released as scheduled or by Imaginary
World's Press.
"The
good news," Brett added, "is that it's sitting with another
interested publisher as I type this, so we'll hope for the best on that.
I'll keep you informed, of course."
Steve Saville
of IWP said that he would be issuing refunds on the early book orders
after the 25th of May.
Those who
ordered their book through Brett will be getting their refund as soon
as Brett can dish it out.
Brett apologized
for any incovenience.
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MAY
17 , 2001
HOLY
SHIT, CAPTAIN AMERICA!
Chances are you'll never see that line in a Marvel Comic, but after a
Wednesday announcement we'll be one step closer to the slight possibility.
Marvel
Comics held a press conference Wednesday, May 16, announcing they would
no longer be following the Comics Code Authority guidelines nor will they
be using the CCA seal on their publications.
"Marvel's
decided that we are going to go ahead and institute new content guidelines
and a parental advisory system for our comic books," said Marvel President
of Publishing Bill Jemas.
"Let
me start by saying that most Marvel comics will continue to be suitable
for readers of all ages, but we have been expanding and diversifying the
line, and in the future, books that are specifically targeted for teens
and adults will be labeled accordingly," Jemas said.
I should
say the controversy here is the dropping of the logo. After all, DC has
been publishing their mature readers Vertigo line for several years now.
And Marvel's own imprint, Marvel Knights, put out several books without
the logo as well.
No, the
important factor is that Marvel has taken a stance to pull away from a
system that started out with good intentions but only hurt the comics
medium (in America, anyway) in the long run.
The CCA,
for those not familiar with it, is a voluntary system to comic book publishers.
The publishers would submit their books to the Code administrators, who
would then review the book and make sure it meets certain criteria. Particularly,
the book is acceptable to an all ages audience.
Now,
I'm all for keeping certain comics out of the hands of children. PREACHER
(hell, FAUST!) is definitely not a children's book. But the unfortunate
side effect of the 50-year reign of the Comics Code is the creation of
a perception that comics are for kids and for kids only.
"In
retrospect, thinking about the Code and the CMAA, let me just put this
bluntly, I just think the CMAA did a very poor job with respect to letting
people in the general public know that there were comics other than the
ones for kids, thus, I think in a lot of ways perpetuating the CMAA, and
Marvel was a very big part of that," said Marvel Editor-in-Chief Joe Quesada
(formerly editor of the Marvel Knights imprint).
The Code
thus created confusion. Perhaps parents grew used to seeing the CCA logo
(referred to as a "bug" in the press conference, actually, due to its
tiny size), and grew comfortable in buying comics for their children.
Imagine their surprise were they to pick up a copy of Cerebus the Aardvark
after little Johnny has collected it for three years only to find Cerebus
is not a cute, fuzzy little barbarian Aardvark but is near-schizophrenic,
foul-mouthed, and horny.
The Code
also started the concept of "racking" comics. Go into a bookstore and
you'll see what I'm talking about: that tall, spinning wire rack with
all the comics. Sometimes this is placed near the front of the store,
sometimes near the magazines, sometimes in the kids' section. But rarely
is it browsed by adults (if it is browsed at all!).
Marvel
plans to change this as well.
"What
racks do - and again, I think this is part and parcel of the 1950's attitude
towards comics - is they take comics out of the mainstream magazine line,
and they stick them off in a corner," Jemas said. "Frankly, even when
Marvel was very successful at the newsstand in relative terms, we were
never comfortable with the idea that a comic book would have to live in
a separate area. I think that the racking is part of this feeling that
comic books are this creature in itself." [Note: sounds a lot like Douglas
Winter's thoughts on the horror bookshelves, no?]
To point
out the differences of comics in culture, Marvel used a long-standing
example: European comics. Readers familiar with Serpieri's DRUUNA or just
about anything by Milo Manara will know exactly what I'm talking about.
These are most definitely ADULT books: explicit sex, violence, nudity...
Pick up a copy of HEAVY METAL ILLUSTRATED FANTASY MAGAZINE (http://www.heavy-metal.net)
and you'll see some of these comics.
"You
wouldn't go to any other country in the world and say that a comic book
is a kid's thing any more than you'd say a magazine is a kid's thing,"
Jemas said. "We really think that we needed to shake ourselves loose from
the traditional thinking and the traditional fears in order to do what
we needed to do to succeed in the long haul."
And that's
what it all boils down to: fear and paranoia. In effect, voluntary censorship
and the way it affects business. Again, Marvel is not the first publisher
to stop using the Comics Code. But they are by far the biggest, and they
have been active members of the CCA through past decades.
Now,
don't expect changes overnight. It takes a long time to change people's
mindsets. I think we're going to have to wait a good ten years or so to
see true results, after today's younger readers have reached their twenties
(and hopefully continue to collect comics).
I mean,
let's face it. Have you ever tried to get an adult into a comic shop?
Or worse, actually get them to BUY and READ a comic book? It's like pulling
teeth. Probably harder. It's an ingrained perception.
I can't
tell you how many horror fans in, say, the Horror Writers Association,
would love some of the books coming out from Vertigo. But year after year,
their annual Bram Stoker Award for Illustrated Narrative (that's right,
comics) gets only a smattering of attention. [Note: hopefully seeing folks
like Robert Weinberg and Mort Castle writing comics will help change some
of their minds -- but I'm not holding my breath.] John Platt, Paul Wargelin,
and I chat up comics on the message boards, but for the most part our
words fall on deaf ears.
You can
almost hear it: "Comics? Please."
"So enough
with the chatter, Mike!" you may be saying. "What's Marvel gonna do?"
Once
again, Marvel will ensure their books are getting into the appropriate
hands. Their plan is expected to be modeled after the TV ratings system,
as they felt it would be the closest ratings system to what they are trying
to do.
The core
Marvel Universe titles will continue to be strictly all-ages, and they
will bear some form of logo indicating as much. Furthermore, books already
in the all-ages line will always be all-ages, so younger fans won't have
to miss out on certain story arcs because a different edgier writer has
taken over the book (however, Quesada indicates this does not rule out
the possibility of a Marvel Universe miniseries bearing a higher rating).
"But
wait! That's still self-censorship!" you may be saying.
Not necessarily.
You see, they are NOT censoring their books. Yes, core universe books,
for example Captain America, will carry an all-ages rating and be "toned
down." But moving away from the CCA gives Marvel in-house control over
both content and marketing. No more third party.
Plus,
it will make marketing a bit easier. No more "these are CCA, but I don't
know what's up with these" confusion. No more "these must be for kids."
I knew
Quesada would make things more interesting. And it's about time somebody
starting shaking things up in the industry (at least, somebody that actually
puts books out on time). I anxiously await whatever he's got next.
Check
out the Comics Code itself at Comics
Code Text
For a
transcript of the full press conference, visit Comics
Continuum
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MAY 14, 2001
Sometimes
these things come in bunches and I'll never know why. In this case,
perhaps a few fans of Vampire Hunter D got together and decided
to hit me with a few cult mailings. At any rate, though I've been re-posting
the newly designed movie reviews in alphabetical order, I'm posting
both the Vampire
Hunter D (1985) and Vampire
Hunter D (2000) reviews now for those who wish to read
or re-read Paul V. Wargelin's excellent critiques.
Paul
better not have been behind this. If I start getting requests for all
the Nightmare On Elm Street reviews, I'll smell a rat.
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MAY 11, 2001
The World
Horror Convention is coming up this Memorial Day Weekend
in Seattle, Washington! I'm going to be there along with Feo Amante
contributors, Mike
Oliveri, Judi
Rohrig, Brian
Keene, Monica
O'Rourke, and Paul
V. Wargelin.
Now
we are heading into the "C"'s of Horror movie reviews with
over 200 left to go. Not to mention all the new reviews from the latest
movies that will be listed. 23 movie reviews just for the month of May.
More coming this month!
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MAY 10, 2001
AMAZON.COM
WILL NO LONGER CARRY SPECIALTY TITLES
Gauntlet
Press was the first, apparently, to get the news. Amazon.com,
which once billed itself as the largest book warehouse in the world
- only without the warehouse - will no longer list new specialty titles.
According to Lindsay
Bradfield of the Book Catalog Department Amazon.com, Inc. "We are
no longer adding new Special Order titles to the Amazon.com Book Store.
All new titles must be listed through our two main distributors, or
through one of our Advantage programs."Lindsay goes on
to say, "It is not Amazon.com's intention to limit authors and
publishers with our new submission guidelines. Our new listing requirements
are competitive with other major retailers, and we feel they are fair
and reasonable. "Specialty Titles
will now have to be listed with distributors like Ingram (DarkTales
recently announced that they had just been listed in the Ingram distribution
catalogs) or Baker & Taylor. Amazon will also list publishers/authors
on their own Amazon Advantage program (membership is free), which consists
of amazon.com stocking fewer than 5 copies of each title.Amazon is the #1
book seller online with sales in over 160 countries and more than 29
million customers.Time will tell if
this new policy will be profitable or another "We sell your privacy."
fiasco.Thanks to Buddy
Martinez and Barry Hoffman of Gauntlet Press for some of the info for
this piece. According to Martinez
and Hoffman, all three amazon.com distribution plans require a 55% discount
- from the publisher - off of the cover price.
For publishers or
writers interested in contacting amazon.com's Catalog Hotline, that
number is (206) 266-2952.
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MAY 9, 2001NEW
IN THE WRITER'S BLOCK
New to the scene and chewing up the scenery,
Jason Brannon enters the list at The
Writer's Block with a vengence. Check out his bibliobio
and see what this fresh blood is churning out in no time flat!
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MAY 8, 2001
NEW IN STORY TIME
As
the great work, (re-designing this site) moves ever closer to completion,
a new story is up at StoryTime.
Ann Gerfin's tale is the 2nd
place winner in the Jobs In Hell/Feo Amante fiction contest. See why THE POWER
OF HYMN rocked our world.
Ann Gerfin is also listed
at The
Writer's Block. Check out her BiblioBio and see if you
are already aquainted with Ann's powerful style.
And in our review section,
check out Regina Mitchell's new review of Simon Clark's BLOOD
CRAZY, Mike Oliveri's review of CLICKERS,
and E.C.McMullen's review of Weston Ochse' NATURAL
SELECTION.
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MAY 7, 2001
PICK
UP ON PICCIRRILLI
Tom Piccirilli may be one of the hardest working writers in the field
(all right! The rest of you shut the hell up! I know yer bustin' butt
too! I'm making a point here!)
His novel THE DECEASED
and his poetry collection A STUDENT OF HELL have both made the final
ballot for the 2000 Bram Stoker Award.
His new Leisure
novel A LOWER DEEP (part of his "Self" series) will be on sale in October
2001. You can can see the cover art on the site, Epitaphs (his webmaster, our own "Fanboy" Mike
Oliveri, runs his website). Just click on it to learn
more about the book.
Back in 1997, Tom
first started talking about writing a western novel and bounced it off
of fans and friends in chatrooms and later, message boards. Now Leisure
has set a date for Tom's first western novel GRAVE MEN. Release date
is March 2002.
In his newsletter,
Tom says "I know that there's an even bigger stigma attached to
the western field than to the horror genre, but this novel is fairly
macabre and bizarre as well. Hopefully fans of my horror and mystery
work will enjoy it."
When Andy Fairclough
killed the Masters Of Terror website in the U.K., Tom lost his message
board voice along with many other writers, now that voice is back. On
March 15 -the same day that feoamante.com returned to life - Andy launched
the all new HorrorWorld.
Talk to Tom on his new message board there.
New short work either
recently released or coming up is Dennis Etchison's MUSEUM OF HORRORS
(the HWA anthology),
Richard Laymon's BAD NEWS,
John Pelan's THE DARKER SIDE,
Rich Chizmar's OCTOBER DREAMS,
Robert Randisi's BOOT HILL, and
Ed Gorman's DESPERADOES, GUNS OF THE WEST, and FELONIOUS FELINES.
Tom is workin' it!
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MAY 6, 2001
HORROR
MOVIES RETURNS!
Feo Amante's Horror
Movies, which covers all movies dealing with Horror,
Thriller, Mystery, and Suspense (Like the rest of the whole damn site,
natch!) IS LIVE!
What a hell of a
lot of work! But I hope you all like it! With over 200 reviews of movies
to be re-set with the new design, code, and database configurations,
it wasn't easy!
Old reviews will
be re-posted on a daily basis. For those of you who haven't read them
before, it will give you a chance to catch up. For those of you who
HAVE read them before, there will also be new movie reviews mixed in
with the old.
I know this is taking
time gang but its being done right! I hope you'll agree wth me when
I say its looking BEE-YOO-TI-FULL!
If you disagree
you can eat shit for all I care!
No seriously, I
value your opinion.
Eat shit you ingrates!
No seriously . .
.
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MAY 5, 2001
Report from John
B. Ford
BIRMINGHAM TERROR SCRIBES MEETING
We currently have over 40 people requiring rooms at the Britannia Hotel
in Birmingham, England on the 21st July, and going on for 100 who have
said they will attend on the day. Unfortunately, we've been unable to
negotiate a discount for a group booking with the hotel, and so people
requiring rooms are advised to book themselves in as soon as possible
to avoid disappointment.
The telephone number
for the Britannia is: 0121 631 3331.
Festivities will
begin around 1pm in the main bar, with people more than welcome to bring
along books, flyers, posters, etc. We would also like to make it clear
that this is an informal meeting of horror writers, readers, etc, and
has no links at all to the usual British Fantasy Society convention.
We look forward to seeing you all on the 21st July!
PICK
UP ON PICCIRRILLI
Tom Piccirilli may be one of the hardest working writers in the field
(all right! The rest of you shut the hell up! I know yer bustin' butt
too! I'm making a point here!)
His novel
THE DECEASED and his poetry collection A STUDENT OF HELL have both made
the final ballot for the 2000 Bram Stoker Award.
His new Leisure
novel A LOWER DEEP (part of his "Self" series)
will be on sale in October 2001. You can can see the cover art on the
site, Epitaphs (his webmaster, our own "Fanboy" Mike
Oliveri, runs his website). Just click on it to
learn more about the book.
Back in 1997,
Tom first started talking about writing a western novel and bounced it
off of fans and friends in chatrooms and later, message boards. Now Leisure
has set a date for Tom's first western novel GRAVE MEN. Release date is
March 2002.
In his newsletter,
Tom says "I know that there's an even bigger stigma attached to the
western field than to the horror genre, but this novel is fairly macabre
and bizarre as well. Hopefully fans of my horror and mystery work will
enjoy it."
When Andy
Fairclough killed the Masters Of Terror website in the U.K., Tom lost
his message board voice along with many other writers, now that voice
is back. On March 15 -the same day that feoamante.com returned to life
- Andy launched the all new HorrorWorld.
Talk to Tom on his new message board there.
New short
work either recently released or coming up is Dennis Etchison's MUSEUM
OF HORRORS (the HWA anthology),
Richard Laymon's BAD NEWS,
John Pelan's THE DARKER SIDE,
Rich Chizmar's OCTOBER DREAMS,
Robert Randisi's BOOT HILL, and
Ed Gorman's DESPERADOES, GUNS OF THE WEST, and FELONIOUS FELINES.
Tom is workin'
it!
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MAY 4, 2001
INEXHAUSTABLE
BARRY HOFFMANN
Is at it again. His new novel JUDAS EYES, the third installment in Barry
Hoffman's EYES series is now available in a mass market hardcover edition
from EDGE Books.
JUDAS EYES reintroduces
Shara Farris, the sympathetic vigilante from Stoker and International
Horror Guild Award nominated Hungry Eyes.
Afterword by Jack
Ketchum, and Harry O. Morris furnished the cover art.
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MAY 3, 2001
ITS
A NEW MONTH!
That means new stories at Story
Time!
For May 3, check
out Michael T. Huyck Jr.'s FROM
THE NECK, and John Urbancik's OUT
OF TIME.
Other writers appearing
in May include GERARD HOUARNER, WESTON OCHSE, DOUG HEWITT, and more.
You can also check
out past stories in our Story
Archive.
Hellacool!
From Brian
Keene
The schedule for HWA panels at this year's World Horror Convention in
Seattle are finalized and yours truly (that's me!) will be sitting on
the Saturday panel trying to appear as unobtrusive as possible.
2:00pm to 3:00pm
Web Design For the HTML Illiterate
Moderator: Judi Rohrig
Panelists: Dave Nordhaus,
Feo Amante,
Erin Heinemeyer,
Michael Oliveri
Dig it! Three of
us are contributors to this site and the fourth, David Nordhaus, has
contributed a piece for the upcoming FeoGames section to be set this
summer! How cool is that?
If you are going
to be in the Seattle Washington area during the Memorial Day Weekend
(May 25 through May 28) or if you want to go specifically for the convention
check out the convention website at whc2001.org/
HORROR
MOVIES IS LIVE!
Lots of broken image links so for the nonce
pretend that you are running a lynx browser. Movies starting with "A"
are getting preferential treatment and the list goes all the way down
the alphabet. New pages are being repaired and/or added everyday. Feo
Amante returns from the dead!
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MAY 1, 2001
From Brett Savory
THE NEW CHI / LEISURE SHORT STORY CONTEST IS OFFICIALLY A "GO"
In conjunction with Leisure
Books, The Chiaroscuro is proud to present: THE SEVENTH
CHIAROSCURO SHORT STORY CONTEST
JUDGES:
Dan Lee
Louis Maistros
Brett A. Savory
Mehitobel Wilson and
Don D’Auria (tie-breaking judge)
PRIZES: 1st prize:
Publication in Chiaroscuro:
Treatments of Light and Shade in Words at three (3) cents per word,
plus the winner’s choice of eight (8) selected Leisure horror titles.
2nd prize: Publication in Chiaroscuro: Treatments of Light and Shade
in Words at three (3) cents per word, plus the winner’s choice of five
(5) selected Leisure horror titles.
3rd prize: Publication in Chiaroscuro: Treatments of Light and Shade
in Words at three (3) cents per word, plus the winner’s choice of three
(3) selected Leisure horror titles.
There will also
be two honourable mentions.
For more information,
go to: thechiaroscuro.com/contest
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
From Brett
Savory
THE NEW CHI / LEISURE SHORT STORY CONTEST IS OFFICIALLY A "GO"
In conjunction with Leisure
Books, The Chiaroscuro is proud to present: THE SEVENTH
CHIAROSCURO SHORT STORY CONTEST
JUDGES:
Dan Lee
Louis Maistros
Brett A. Savory
Mehitobel Wilson and
Don D’Auria (tie-breaking judge)
PRIZES: 1st
prize: Publication in Chiaroscuro:
Treatments of Light and Shade in Words at three (3) cents per word, plus
the winner’s choice of eight (8) selected Leisure horror titles.
2nd prize: Publication in Chiaroscuro: Treatments of Light and Shade in
Words at three (3) cents per word, plus the winner’s choice of five (5)
selected Leisure horror titles.
3rd prize: Publication in Chiaroscuro: Treatments of Light and Shade in
Words at three (3) cents per word, plus the winner’s choice of three (3)
selected Leisure horror titles.
There will
also be two honourable mentions.
For more
information, go to: thechiaroscuro.com/contest
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.
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