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WHEN YOU'RE HOT YOUR HOT The winner was one Robert Ryang. His latest creation? A wholley new spin on Stanley Kubrick's THE SHINING (I say Stanley Kubrick and not Stephen King because King once described the picture thusly "I felt like I tossed Kubrick a live grenade and he just threw his body on it." Also because it's not the only film version of THE SHINING. Mick Garris made one as well.). In the contest, the editor could only use actual clips and quotes from the film - not shoot any new ones. Check out the full story at Tatteredcoat.com. Then check out the story at The New York Times. Check out the trailer for yourself here, SHINING. I bet you'll watch it more than once. THE HORRORS THAT NEVER WERE HAPPY
HORROR BIRTHDAY TO-
OCT. 13
SIGNINGS On October 15, at 2:00pm, a special Dark Delicacies signing will include, Angela M. Robinson signing her vampire novel LOST HUNGER (Hardcover/Trade paperback) Susan Squires signing her new vampire novelTHE HUNGER (Paperback) Maggie MacKeever signing WALTZ WITH A VAMPIRE (Paperback) Ashleigh Raine signing the shape-shifter anthologyTHINGS THAT GO BUMP IN THE NIGHT (Trade paperback) Lexi Davis signing her bookPRETTY EVIL (Trade paperback) Konstantinos signing collection of magickal techniques, NOCTURNICON: Calling Dark Forces (Trade paperback) Then on Sunday, October 16th, at 2:00pm Editor Nancy Holder will be signing the anthology that cruises the abnorm of society, OUTSIDERS (Trade paperback). And, of course, Del Howsion is expected to be there and will likely sign his anthology, DARK DELICACIES - but only if you buy it first! Dark
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ADULT SWIM’S HALLOWEEN TREAT – KAKURENBO: HIDE & SEEK "Kakurenbo is an amazing, frightening, beautiful animation," said Newton Grant, Business Development Director at Central Park Media. "And for Adult Swim to air this gritty, gothic story in time for Halloween, we couldn't be happier." Kakurenbo: Hide & Seek is the first film by the new animation studio YAMATOWORKS, an independent computer graphics production house founded by Syuhei Morita, a veteran of the prolific Studio 4C (THE ANIMATRIX, Steamboy). Morita left Studio 4C to found YAMATOWORKS to create CG productions with the look and feel of traditional 2D animation. Despite Kakurenbo being YAMATOWORKS' first project, some of the biggest voice acting talent on both sides of the Pacific were attracted to it – with its cast led by Junko Takeuchi (Naruto) in Japan and Michael Sinterniklaas (ALIEN NINE, Fullmetal Alchemist) in the United States. Screened at more than twenty of the most-prestigious film festivals around the world including the Tokyo Anime Fair, Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival, and Fantasia International Film Festival, Kakurenbo: Hide & Seek has received significant recognition and a number of awards including Best Short Film at the Fantasia International Film Festival and the Exemplary Production Award at the Tokyo Anime Fair. In addition, preview showings at Anime Expo, San Diego Comic-Con, and Otakon this past summer were standing room only. HAPPY HORROR
THRILLER BIRTHDAY TO -
OCT. 12
HALLOWEEN COMES EARLY Author David Morrell has redefined the “haunted house” genre with his spine-tingling new dark-suspense thriller CREEPERS (CDS Books, September 2005; Brilliance Audio, September 2005), sure to top this year’s list of recommended Halloween reading. CREEPERS is part horror, part thriller - combining Morrell’s talents as an award-winning writer in both genres. His classic horror novel THE TOTEM is cited in Horror 100 Best Novels and two of his novellas are Stoker Award winners from the Horror Writer’s Association. Considered to be the “father of the modern-action novel”, he is the author of numerous best-selling thrillers and is co-president of the International Thriller Writers Association. CREEPERS takes place on a cold October night, when five people gather in a run-down motel on the Jersey shore and prepare to break into the long-deserted Paragon Hotel. The five are “creepers”, the slang term for urban explorers: city archeologists with a passion for investigating abandoned buildings and their dying secrets. Soon after they enter the rat-infested tunnel leading to the hotel, they discover that some places are abandoned for a reason. Danger, terror, and death await the creepers in a place ravaged by time and redolent of evil. Hailed by reviewers as a ghost story without a ghost, CREEPERS is a terrifying and haunting novel destined to be a Halloween classic. As a character in CREEPERS says, “Given the disastrous condition of our world, it makes a lot of sense to retreat into the past.” But what if the past turns out to be more frightening than the present? In stores everywhere September 2005. Available in hardcover and audio.
ARE YOU A WRITER? THEN WRITE! But I often get more email than I post. Why is that? There are quite a number of people out there that I'll put under the umbrella name of Reginald Buttwort (it sounds like a J. K. Potter style of fictional name and christ but I hope it's not! I haven't read all the books so you never know). Reginald Buttwort writes his press releases like this. Hello, independent publisher, Banality Press, has just published my book The Vile Bile. You can use this link Ahem. No joke. I get an awful lot of "press releases" like that. You would think that someone who is trying to promote themselves as a writer could write something better than that. Do I even have to mention that buying such an unknown quantity only supports the author - maybe - and does nothing to support Horror? I thought I might. Please keep this in mind when you are writing a press release: I must demonstrate my writing skill. So get people excited about your work! Get them charged up! Because your work is a worthwhile read, right? Your work is worth people spending their money on, right? Remember, you have to believe that before I or anyone else will. Have fun! HAPPY HORROR
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OCT. 11 by Thomas M. Sipos Last year's winning short film, Stiffs by Sid, secured a DVD distribution deal after being profiled in the Investigator. Afterwards, all all its featured films were screened at the 2005 World Horror Convention. Continued at Hollywood Investigator.
From Elizabeth Massie Friday night there will be a reception entitled "A Toast to the Ghosts" at the Queen's Hotel, 601 Columbia Avenue, Cape May. The Queen's Hotel is the inn that inspired the series. The reception, which is free and open to the public, begins at 7 p.m. and will offer delicious treats and cider, short readings from each of the three authors, and presentations on the creation of the series as well as the architectural history of the inn, including a display of artifacts. The three novels will be offered for sale and there will be drawings for excellent Abbadon Inn prizes (no purchase necessary) Saturday from noon until 2 p.m. there will be a book signing of all three novels at Atlantic Books on the Washington Mall in Cape May. Again, all three "Chris Blaines" will be present as will Ginjer Buchanan and Cortney Skinner. We hope to see you there! It's going to be good fun! From Spawn.com Continued at Spawn.com.
From Delirium Books "Woe to you oh earth and sea, for the Devil send the Beast with wrath because he knows that time is short…" But when the Beast couldn’t get the job done, the Devil sent his other son. Some call him Brian Keene. Others call him bastard. You call him…Saten. SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL is a funny, poignant and deeply personal portrait of one of the hottest new authors in the business. SIGNINGS For full info, check out Burbank Library. NOLA WILL GO ON NOLA considers itself a: "celebration of independent publishing featuring small presses, zinesters, book artists, anarchists, rabblerousers, weirdos, and more!" This annual event, to be held Saturday, October 29, will be much smaller than past fairs, but a few die hard publishers have not backed down from sponsoring the event. They are (so far) Last Gasp If you plan to be in New Orleans the last weekend of October, why not check out the NOLA and support these fine folks? The fair will be located at For more info, go to NolaBookFair.com.
OCT. 10 7.6 ON THE RICHTER Asia needs your help. Storms are causing death and destruction in Central America. Guatamala needs your help. It's been one hell of a weekend. Few of us can respond to everything and some of us can't respond to anything. That's okay. As for those who can do something, Here's the Red Cross link.
HALLOWEEN HAUNTS The one, the only, the original! Beware of imitations! This is Eddie Allen, creator of It's that time of year again for HAUNTED ILLINOIS! God bless America! To hell with Illinois, how about HAUNTED WISCONSIN? Cheeses rose from the grave in HAUNTED Michigan. Ohio serves up WARDELLS HAUNTED HAYRIDE.COM To hell wid all dem midwestern hicks! We got da HAUNTED NEW JERSEY There are Southern Haunts in Salem has HAUNTED HAPPENINGS.ORG? The devil you say! But yes, it's true. There really is a HAUNTED SALEM.COM HAUNTED HOUSE in general. HAUNTED ATTRACTION in general Haunted stuff in HAUNTED HAMILTON.COM, Ontario, Canada in particular. Floods may have temporarily washed the ghosts away from HAUNTED HISTORY TOURS.COM. San Francisco, California! It's like a Left Wing Branson, Missouri, and it's got a HAUNTED BAY.COM! Great Pizzas are found in HAUNTED CHICAGO.COM New Hampshire is nice, especially their HAUNTED PINE ACRES.COM Rhode Island is not too tiny to be haunted This website is cool and creepy Keywest, Florida is not immune to storms or HAUNTED TOURS.COM Gambling, Nuclear fallout, and now ghosts And England, I mean, Great Britain, I mean UK goddammit, has its HAUNTED-ISLES.CO.UK When you want to keep your fears secret from everyone except your little brother, you write them down in a HAUNTED DIARY.COM Is that melody is haunting? HAUNTED RECORDS.COM CYBERHAUNT.COM? That must mean RoboGhosts! Horror writer, Scott Nicholson has a HAUNTED COMPUTER.COM What ghost stories are written in Basically, all HAUNTED-PLACES.COM will do Of course, some folks don't need to look for Haunted stuff, because they ARE THE-HAUNTED.COM Not haunted, but need to find haunts? HAUNT FINDER.COM? Still no luck? You need the Consider this investment carefully Not quite John Carpenter's THE FOG HAUNTED FOG.COM Why Rex wants to stay inside with you HAUNTED DOG HOUSE.COM You cheap spectral bastard! Bad enough to be haunted by ghosts The last place you'll ever haunt At least, you'd LIKE to think that! Face it, its a HAUNTED PLANET.COM
From Matthew Warner They'll provide tips on "How to Get Published, Where They'll also read excerpts of their work at the Upper Valley Writers Show on October 18 at 7 p.m., Beverley Street Galleries, 22 West Beverley St., Staunton, VA. Additionally, Warner will give a Teen Read Week presentation about horror literature on October 20 at 7 p.m. at Chinn Park Regional Library, 13065 Chinn Park Dr., Woodbridge, VA, ph. (703) 792-4800. Saturday is also your last day to enter a drawing for a special hardcover book from artist Deena Warner (THE COLLECTED CEDAR HILL STORIES, VOL. 1-2 by Gary Braunbeck). The 1-of-1 limited, autographed book commemorates the fifth year of her collectible Halloween greeting cards. It will contain an original short story by author Matthew Warner based on the cover image. Go to Deena Warner.net. Tip from Jonathan Reitan And if that happens you know what that means: Pajama parties for everyone! From Rue Morgue See Rue Morgue for more.
ROOSKIE HORROR Apparently the folks who created NIGHTWATCH NOCHNOI DOZOR thought they had something too hot to allow some high placed studio exec from a temp agency relegate NIGHTWATCH to direct to video status. So the method of the moment is to generate so much enthusiasm overseas that the U.S. market will be begging to release it, or at least remake it vis-a-vis, THE RING. It remains to be seen whether or not NIGHTWATCH will be as cool and unheralded as EQUILIBRIUM, or as dissapointing as CASSHERN. We'll soon see. Because 20th Century Fox nabbed the distribution rights, and despite rave reviews from no less than Quentin Tarantino, has relegated the film to their "Fox Searchlight" status, which means it will likely be on your video shelves instead of hitting theaters. Go here for the trailer.
HAPPY
HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAY TO-
OCT. 7
From Jonathan Reitan The anthology of ghost stories, edited by local author Dianna Rodgers, stems from an annual ghost story weekend held at Siltcoos Lake every spring. Each writer who attends has twenty-four hours to write a ghost story and then all the stories are read in an old creaky boathouse by candlelight. This weekend has been held every spring since 1992.
YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED ... TO HELL!
From Harry Shannon This is going to be a keeper. Also, check the website of AMC Channel for out takes from the interviews this month. Some may be scarier than expected. Visit the composer's website: harrymanfredini.com.
A WEEKEND OF FUN FOR THE ROCK & SHOCKERS One other scary monster hanging with the crew will be the Undead Scalper Rock and Shock edition. While not zombified, this exclusive will scream to the top of its bones. The Rock and Shock Skeleton will come sporting the Rock and Shock logo with cool accessories and a numbered slip of authenticity, as well as a base and stickers. The Rock and Shock exclusive will only be available in a very limited supply for $10.00 and limited to 80pcs and for purchase at the Shocker Toys booth and through the Rock and Shock show. HAPPY
HORROR BIRTHDAY TO-
OCT. 6
ANOTHER SCARY FOOKIN' SCOTSMAN! "Derek Adams is a Glasgow PI with plenty of time on his hands. Until the Bogart Case walks in. A priceless family heirloom has been stolen and everyone in town is looking for it. The stars are right once more, and an ancient evil has been awakened from its dreaming sleep. It was supposed to be an easy case, fast money. But pretty soon Derek is up to his armpits in bodies, femme fatales and tentacles. The city's dark side has him. And it doesn't want to let the Midnight Eye go!" Want a closer look at Willie? Go Here.
From Tom Piccirilli Contest #1 - The Nightjack/Headstone City Contest - BE AN ALTERNATE IDENTITY! My new novel NIGHTJACK deals with a group of misfits who all suffer from multiple personality disorder. Here's the story: Pace is one of a group of four men who each suffer from MPD, experiencing complex delusions, hallucinations, and sometimes fantastical identities. The four go into hiding in the city, trying to piece together what happened when apparently one of their alternate personalities went on a killing spree at the hospital where they were patients. For unknown reasons, Pace is able to access others' delusions–when alternate personalities take over members of the group, Pace alone is able to see and experience the intense hallucinations and detailed back-stories of each persona. Including Princess Eirrin, ten thousand year old sorceress and heir to the Atlantean throne; the Red Dreamer, an autistic child and sage; Smoker, a half-breed gunman from 1880s Arizona; Thaddeus, friend and companion to St. Paul, spreading the word of Christ across a troubled new world; Mei Lau, concubine to a Manchu Emperor, who's spent a decade in slavery for the moment when she may set a nation free. Anyone who pre-orders a copy of my next paperback novel HEADSTONE CITY (due out from Bantam in February) from either Shocklines or Clarkesworld Books will automatically be entered into the BE AN ALTERNATE IDENTITY contest. Who knows what kind of character you'll be (I sure don't, I'm still writing the book). Will you be a saint or killer? Poet or hitman? Hero or betrayer? Human or alien sloth? Here's your chance to find out! ----------------- FeoNote: You should enter, though I sure as hell won't. My real first name is Ed, and whoever heard of being threatened by an Alien Sloth named Ed? No one could take that varmint seriously! But wait, there is also contest #2! And just what is contest 2? Well, according to Tom, Contest #2 is exclusively for members of his newsletter. Ha! Ha! See how you've gone and screwed yourself by not being a fine upstanding member of Tom Piccirilli's newsletter? Perhaps you should look into getting that taken care of right now. I'll help speed you on your way. From Brian Freeman Mick has been talking about his upcoming novel for some time. Back in April he spoke to Fangoria about it. And just what is it about? Why ... Hollywood, California: the Bermuda Triangle of art, sex, and commerce. The beautiful people make their daily deals with the devil on the sun-dappled patio at the Ivy, not in a fiery underground cavern. Nobodies become somebodies in the blink of an eye, but the flash of heady success can be fleeting. The rocket that shoots you into the atmosphere can be carrying weapons of mass destruction that can send you just as quickly and efficiently to Hell. And back to Heaven again. DEVELOPMENT HELL is a wicked Hollywood satire, disguised as an extreme erotic horror novel. It is told knowingly from an inside perspective, tracking the career trajectory of a young film school hotshot into the annals of the Big Studio. This arrogant young director leads us through his own set of unique experiences, starting with his explosive and disastrous first Hollywood movie; his discovery of a mutant baby in the arms of a Mexican news dealer in downtown Los Angeles that will be his ticket back to the top of the heap; It is a side of Hollywood rarely seen from beneath its unvarnished, Botox-free, crinkling, wrinkling flesh, and features a supporting cast of characters you will surely recognize. DEVELOPMENT HELL welcomes you into a behind-the-scenes peek unlike any other you have witnessed before. (FeoNote: And featuring a cast of reviewers YOU would DIE for!) "Mick Garris writes like a combination of Robert Bloch and James Ellroy, hardboiled noir with a ghastly little prink of the devil's own pitchfork." "You want to see Hollywood's dark side? Read Mick Garris' Development Hell. Garris has earned the right to tell this story from years of working in the creative salt mines of Tinsel Town. He finally gets to show us the way it looks from the inside, and it isn't pretty. This is a sharp, funny and chilling book; an unflinching report from the ego-haunted wasteland behind the face lifts and million-dollar smiles." "Mick Garris, the nicest and least offensive of men, exhibits none of those finer tendencies in Development Hell: The Nine Lives of a Hollywood Player. In the studio-speak of movie executives taking a meeting, it would be described as 'The Twilight Zone meets David Lynch on steroids,' but that would be selling it short. It's a wildly original, vicious, and twisted gut-punch of a book that makes my worst day in Hollywood look like a pleasant trip to Disneyland. Garris claws at the walls of the film biz as if it were a padded cell and he himself a howling lunatic who's missed his medication. I love it." It's probably not that surprising that the cover art is done by Stephen King favorite, Bernie Wrightson. Also check out the Michael McCarty interview with Mick at SciFi.com.
From Market Wire "Last year our goal was to debut before Christmas," says Mike Blevins, game designer. "We made that goal, but missed Halloween." Because the game is especially popular with fans of vampire legends and urban myths, the team behind OCHO VAMPIROS is going all-out this Halloween. "We're treating it like a Harry Potter release for vampire fans," explains Blevins. The company is distributing "How-To-Invite-The-Undead-To-Your-Halloween-Party" instructions, debuting new OCHO VAMPIROS products and presenting valuable coupons to thank their customers. Additionally, a dozen new Ocho Vampiros "City Sites," including MiamiVampire.com, NYCvampire.com and LondonVampire.com are now officially open. These are useful sites for strategy-game lovers or anyone who wants to throw a creepy Halloween Party. Due to a resurgence in the popularity of traditional and folk games, October '05 is expected to shatter the December '04 sales record for individual decks of the OCHO VAMPIROS card game. In July '05, the "Minute Men controversy" prompted the game distributors to gradually replace the Ocho Vampiros slogan "Game of Illegals," with a less controversial slogan, "The Card Game with Fangs." Blevins says, "Most fans still call it 'The Game of Illegals,' so changing a slogan in order not to fall into the footprint of politics can be a gingerly paced journey." OchoVampiros.com or ColdHarborAZ.com The OCHO VAMPIROS card game is trademarked by Cold Harbor AZ Gallery, an art gallery and traditional game developer located near Pittsburgh, PA. Cold Harbor AZ Gallery's phenomenal growth over the last year is attributed to a strong presence on the Web, unique advertising, and a resurgence in popularity of traditional card games. QUICK BITES HOW MANY AMERICANS DID THE MEDIA KILL? Sometimes a question is also an accusation, and this one, by the Washington Post is pretty damn inflammatory. Did unsubstantiated reports of murder, rape, and even cannabalism slow down rescue efforts? Washington Post reporters, Robert E. Pierre and Ann Gerhart, seem to think so. Read it Here.
OCT. 5 From Mark West To aid with publicity, I have set up a mini-site - from my As an 'on-line exclusive', there's an Afterword/essay - which follows the book from original idea right up to publication (and also lists some of the trivia and in-jokes I've put in).
A report on the launch (and FantasyCon 29 in general) Pictures from the day - A photographic tour of Gaffney - and an opportunity to leave feedback - This mini-site will be added to over the coming months (as signings and 'local launches' are planned), so drop by and have a look. Any feedback, as ever, is welcomed. The book will be with the publisher by Wednesday, so if you want to buy from Amazon/Shocklines, now is the time to do it. I will be in possession of copies by the end of the week, so if you're family/local and are interested in getting hold of a novel about "lost love and gut-wrenching terror", then drop me an email!
From Arvid Nelson Jim was incredibly supportive and helpful - it might sound strange, but he got me through my blackest moments of despair. In fact, he was pivotal in helping me find the new artist. Yes, I have a new artist, and I'm incredibly excited to be working with him. He's already started on Issue 16, and we're right on schedule. Who is it? None other than... Jim was incredibly supportive and helpful -- it might sound strange, but he got me through my blackest moments of despair. In fact, he was pivotal in helping me find the new artist. Yes, I have a new artist, and I'm incredibly excited to be working with him. He's already started on Issue 16, and we're right on schedule. Who is it? None other than... JUAN FERREYRA JOINS REX MUNDI How spectacular is that, Dear Reader? Of all the artists I've worked with, Juan's come closest to drawing the characters of Rex Mundi the way I see them in my mind's eye. Juan's draftsmanship is impeccable, and he has a real knack for picking up on the subtleties of character. He's going to take this book to a whole new level. Thanks to Jim for suggesting Juan, and for helping me enlist him. Jim, you are the best, your unique, quirky style is beyond compare. I am so glad to have had the chance to work with you, and I'm just as glad to have become your friend. PROGRESS REPORT
Tip from Scott Essman Check out Fangoria.com for more! From Del Howison SIGNINGS If you plan to be in the Los Angeles area the weekend of October 8-9, you might want to know about this. At Dark Delicacies, the only Horror bookstore in the Los Angeles area, there will be a COLD BLOOD DVD signing with writer/director Brian Avenet-Bradley (GHOSTS IN THE NEEDLE) Heather Graham (aka Shannon Drake) will be signing her new supernatural mystery novel set in New Orleans, GHOST WALK. All proceeds from the sale of this book will be donated to the Red Cross. Dark
Delicacies is located at HAPPY HORROR
BIRTHDAYS!
OCT. 3 From John Passarella Plenty of BUFFY, ANGEL, LAURELL K HAMILTON, and other GENRE ITEMS are available. The auction items will be up for bid for 10 days. Please note that I entered these in batches so the entire lot will NOT end at the same time. Many people watch the last 10 or 15 minutes of an auction to get in last minute bids. These items are staggered. Four or five or more items will expire together rather than all at once. Also, I have some more items to add after I get confirmation from the donors, and some items may be local only, such as the autographed STING and MARTINA McBRIDE photos. Keep checking our auction page for details and updates Our seller ID is mattmiles918
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