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MAY 15

Brian Keene

SO WHAT ABOUT NSA?
At the World Horror Convention, held this year in San Francisco, my bud, Stoker winning Horror writer, Brian Keene, (NO REST FOR THE WICKED, THE RISING), known for his conservative leanings, asked me my opinion of this NSA spy stuff.

First off, I want to congratulate Brian on submitting to the Feo Amante look of shaved bald head, 'Stache & Goat w/glasses. There is no shame in going Feo, and his life has improved immeasurably since he started it!

Now then: Perhaps Brian was engaging in conversation, perhaps he was having fun and baiting me. I answered honestly, "What about it?"

After all, its not new as any search on the web will call up pages from 2005. I'm not understanding the outrage as if this is a NEW smear against Bush. I could understand it if it was being treated as the continuing mark against him, but that's not what is happening.

Continued at Blog/MySpace.com/feoamante.

HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -
This birthday boy directed many of the most favorite episodes of THE X-FILES and has gone on to direct feature films. Happy Birthday to,
Director/Producer Rob Bowman (WEREWOLF [TV - 1987], DARK SHADOWS [TV - 1991], THE X-FILES [TV], REIGN OF FIRE, ELEKTRA, NIGHT STALKER [TV-2005]) who is 46.
Today's birthday boy has carved a career niche from a niche. Crime Dramas are a dime a dozen, but Chaz seems to have directed himself toward crime thrillers! It's the difference between watching a movie while laying on the couch or sitting on the edge of your seat. And if he can't find a script he likes, he writes one himself! So Happy Birthday to
Actor/Writer/Director Chaz Palminteri (INNOCENT BLOOD, THE USUAL SUSPECTS, JADE, DIABOLIQUE, SCAR CITY, MULHOLLAND FALLS, SCARRED CITY, EXCELLENT CADAVERS, ONE EYED KING, POOLHALL JUNKIES, RUNNING SCARED, PUSH) who is 54.
Chaz shares a May birthday with his INNOCENT BLOOD co-star, Anne Parillaud.
And on Sunday
Actor Cate Blanchett (THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY, THE GIFT, five minutes of silently staring straight into the camera spread over three installments of the LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy, HEAVEN, VERONICA GUERIN, THE MISSING, LITTLE FISH) is 37.
Actor Tim Roth (MURDER WITH MIRRORS, "THE COOK, THE THIEF, HIS WIFE, AND HER LOVER", RESERVOIR DOGS, PULP FICTION, PLANET OF THE APES [2001], KILLING EMMETT YOUNG, SILVER CITY, THE LAST SIGN, DARK WATER) is 44.
Producer/ Director Robert Zemekis (WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT?, DEATH BECOMES HER, TALES FROM THE CRYPT [TV], DEMON KNIGHT, THE FRIGHTENERS, BORDELLO OF BLOOD, WHAT LIES BENEATH, HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL, THIR13EN GHOSTS, RITUAL, GHOST SHIP, GOTHIKA, HOUSE OF WAX) is 54.
Robert shares a May birthday with his actor from GHOST SHIP, Gabriel Byrne.

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MAY 12

DEAD DAUGHTERS COME ALIVE 2006
Russia (NIGHT WATCH), which just might become the next new world import for Horror movies the way Japan and Australia are now, will soon enter Cannes with a second dose of Horror from another Russian film maker.

Russian Director & Writer Pavel Ruminov brings the Horror Thriller film, DEAD DAUGHTERS, to the screen.

Once a mad mother drowned her three little daughters overnight.

Some years later, already in a mental hospital, she was herself murdered with three types of cold steel. Witnesses said that it was done by three teenage girls...

The ghosts of the dead daughters took vengeance on their mother, but neither was their thirst of revenge quenched, nor did their hatred dispel.

A deadly chain reaction began: They have great power. And this power is growing. They cannot rest in peace.

Maybe they’re not just ghosts. They are...

To figure out what, visit their website

ENGLISH website: theddmovie.com
RUSSIAN: website: ddmovie.ru

And check out their new teasers at

theddmovie.com/teasers/ 

And keep updated via their their own Live Journal!

HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -
Big birthday wishes to
Actor Ving Rhames (JACOB'S LADDER, THE PEOPLE UNDER THE STAIRS, TERROR ON TRACK 9, PULP FICTION, FINAL FANTASY, DARK BLUE, DAWN OF THE DEAD [2004]) is 47.
Actor Gabriel Byrne (THE KEEP, GOTHIC, STIGMATA, END OF DAYS, SPIDER, GHOST SHIP, SHADE) is 56.
Actor Stephen Baldwin (BITTER HARVEST, THE USUAL SUSPECTS, DEAD WEEKEND, MR. MURDER, SCARRED CITY, X CHANGE, DEAD AWAKE, SPIDER'S WEB, SHELTER ISLAND, FALLACY, BOUND BY LIES) is 40.
Stephen shares a May birthday with THE USUAL SUSPECTS co-star, Gabriel Byrne.

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MAY 11

HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAY TO -
Actor Nicky Katt (GREMLINS, V [TV], STRANGE DAYS, A TIME TO KILL, THE KINDRED: The Embraced, PHANTOMS, DELIVERED, RULES OF ENGAGEMENT, INSOMNIA, RIDING THE BULLET, SIN CITY) is 36.

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MAY 10

VAL GUEST MOVES ON
There was a time when director Val Guest and Alfred Hitchcock were names synonymous with good Horror and Thriller movies. Then in one deciding year, 1960, Alfred Hitchcock pulled ahead with his movie PSYCHO, while Val released his first bad movie EXPRESSO BONGO. Hitchcock then compounded his success, following up with THE BIRDS in 1961. Val Guest released two good films that year, STOP ME BEFORE I KILL and THE DAY THE EARTH CAUGHT FIRE. Both were good films, but they were swamped by THE BIRDS. That and the titles probably seemed a little too breathless.

Val's catalogue is still full of excellent entertainment, from the first CAT PEOPLE to his QUATERMASS films. Val left us at the age of 94.

QUICK BITES
Abominable Reviews
Writer/Director, Ryan Schifrin (ABOMINABLE) was on ABC's Nightline last night, talking about his movie. If you've been following this story and are dying to see this film, check out our review and then check out what Ryan had to say at
abcnews.go.

Al Quaida is Losing
At least, according to them. This is welcome news to many free people in the world, and a major disappointment to other free people in the world who love it when the tyrants win.
NewYorkTimes.com.

Are zombies welcome in Haiti? According to a blog report by Kevin Sites: No they are not! Especially those zombies who drink right out of the milk carton instead of pouring it into a container. No respect for the people who live around them - That's the zombie's first problem. That and cannabalism - which actually ties right back into their first problem!
Zombies Not Wanted.

THE AFTER WHC RUSH TO DARKNESS
If you plan to be in the Los Angeles area this weekend, you may want to know about the following.
Dark Delicacies is having one hell of a mass signing, especially considering that many of the guests will have to high-tail it from the World Horror Convention up in San Francisco, all the way down to Los Angeles. The authors include:
Stephen Jones and Kim Newman signing HORROR: Another 100 Best Books
Newman will also be signing his books, THE MAN FROM THE DIOGENES CLUB and DEAD TRAVEL FAST.
Nancy Holder and Nancy Kirkpatrick will be on hand to sign the anthology, THE OUTSIDERS.
Kilpatrick will also be signing TO THE THIRD POWER: Jason X.
Holder will also be signing, BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER: Carnival of Souls and PRETTY LITTLE DEVILS.
Dan Madison will be signing his novelization ofSEE NO EVIL.

The signing takes place at 6:30pm and all books must be bought at Dark Delicacies. First come first served as always so not all books may be available to all customers - and I should know, it's happened to me a few times.

For more information, go to Dark Delicacies.

HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -
Director David Fincher (ALIEN³, SE7EN, FIGHT CLUB, PANIC ROOM) is 44.
Editor, DP, Actor, Director, and pretty much everything else in film, Danny Draven (HORRORVISION, THE FRIGHTENING, CRYPTZ, HELL ASYLUM, DEATHBED, DARK WALKER, WITCHES OF THE CARIBBEAN) is 28.
Actor Meg Foster (WELCOME TO ARROW BEACH, THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW, THE OSTERMAN WEEKEND, THEY LIVE, LEVIATHAN, STEPFATHER II, SHRUNKEN HEADS, OBLIVION, THE KILLERS WITHIN, THE MINUS MAN) is 58.
Composer Jay Ferguson (PULSE, BAD DREAMS, TALES FROM THE CRYPT [TV], A NIGHTMARE ON ELMSTREET 5, TREMORS 2, TREMORS 4) is 59.

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MAY 9

QUICK BITE
Flying Robots Attack!
Don't give me that look! George Pal WARNED you!
And D. F. Jones
And Harlan Ellison
And James Cameron
And the Warchowski Bros.
Flying Robot Attack Unstoppable: Experts.

From William D. Gagliani
GAG ON THIS
The Leisure edition of my novel, the Bram Stoker Award finalist WOLF'S TRAP, has just hit the streets. You can find it everywhere! Soon, our friends at Shocklines will have signed copies. And they'll have a little bonus, too. For a limited time, anyone who buys a copy of WOLF'S TRAP from Shocklines gets a free numbered chapbook containing a story from my Ghosts of the IRA series (borrowed from the SHADOWPLAYS ebook collection published by Ebooksonthe.net). What's even better about this is that the chapbook features a stunningly evocative Deena Warner cover painting! That's right, the talented artist has illustrated "Kneel at the Shrine" and the painting is so good it gives me chills (Shhh, anyone who buys a copy of WOLF'S TRAP from me at World Horror will also receive a free chapbook with the Deena Warner cover! If I run out, you'll get a rain check).

WOLF'S TRAP CONTEST!

In order to get you interested in WOLF'S TRAP, I'm starting a website contest that will run to the end of May. Between now and then, anyone who either,
a) subscribes to my Gag Order newsletter, or
b) writes me an email with LOST CHAPTER in the subject line, will have his or her name added to a special drawing for the following prizes: four signed copies of WOLF'S TRAP, each of which will be accompanied by a "Kneel at the Shrine" numbered chapbook and maybe something else, too. A grand prize winner will receive a signed photocopy of the galleys, a finished book, a chapbook, and a signed and illustrated cover flat. Go to williamdgagliani.com.

Why LOST CHAPTER? Well, if you've read WOLF'S TRAP, you may be interested in a section that was edited out of the original edition and did not make it back into the Leisure edition. It's called "The Death of ---" (well, why should I tell? Let's just say it's Martin up to more of his fun and games).

After May 31st, I'll make the chapter available as a download, but until then you can use it to win!

HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAY TO -
Anthony started in Horror, got older and turned toward Mysteries (even playing Sherlock Holmes). But even his dramas teeter on Horror and Thriller. I mean, there's just something a little off, a little disturbing, about the roles of today's birthday boy. How disturbing? Take, for example, his dramas: A WALK WITH LOVE AND DEATH, BLOOD OF THE LAMB, BLACK FLOWERS FOR THE BRIDE, VOYAGE OF THE DAMNED, SWEET KILLING. And those are just the dramas! So Happy Birthday to
Actor Anthony Higgens (TASTE THE BLOOD OF DRACULA, VAMPIRE CIRCUS, FLAVIA THE HERETIC, RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK, THE COLD ROOM, YOUNG SHERLOCK HOLMES, SHERLOCK HOLMES RETURNS and more) who is 58 today.

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MAY 8

Feo Amante

THINGS TO DO AT THE WORLD HORROR CONVENTION 2006
If you plan to be at the World Horror Convention in San Francisco, one of the things you should do when you see me is say,
"Gimmie something ugly, Feo!"
If you say that WHILE I'm wearing my black head cover, I'll reach into my bag and present you with a surprise gift in the form of a DVD or maybe a book or possibly a beer!*. Some are even autographed (Well, except for the beer*. But I can autograph the beer* if you really need it)! Pretty sweet, eh? I'll also take your picture, which might be used on this website! But remember, it only works when I'm wearing my black head cover AND you say, "Gimmie something ugly, Feo!"

That way I'll know that you read this and you'll know that you have something good coming to ya!

Offer good while supplies last, duh!

*If you don't or can't drink beer, that's okay. I'll buy MYSELF a beer and toast you with it! How cool is that? Pretty damn cool, from my point of view!

QUICK BITES
Horror Crossover
Two veterans of Science Fiction Horror grabbed some more awards from the Nebulas this year.
Writer William F. Nolan was named "Author Emeritus.
Writer Harlan Ellison was presented the Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award.
Full story at Locus.com.

Pinned To The Wall
Horror Thriller writer, Paul Pinn, has some stuff to tell you that can only be found at FreeWebs.com/PaulPinn He also has some poetry for you at PaulPinn.BraveNet.com.

And that's ALL he has to say to the media at this time! This press conference is OVER!

From Shocker Toys
TOXIC AVENGER TOYS? NOW THAT'S A SHOCKER!
Buffalo NY, May 8 2006- Shocker Toys recently burst into the fully articulated action figure game with the announcement of a 7 inch line based on the cult music phenomenon GWAR. Now, Shocker takes a crack at a line including heroes, fiends, monsters, robots and other characters created by some truly unique minds.

Welcome to INDIE SPOTLIGHT!

Focusing on classic characters as well as underground favorites and new arrivals to the panels, INDIE SPOTLIGHT will bring these icons of the Independent Comic Universe to comic shops all over the world and into the homes of the fans who have come to love them. For the first time ever, the likes of Witchblade and Grim Jack will stand toe to toe with Scud the Disposable Assassin and Dick Tracy!

Companies who have signed onto Indie Spotlight, pitching some of their characters into the line include Top Cow, Classic Media, Image, Troma, AAApop, Blue Water Productions and King Features. Some characters in the Indie Spotlight include Solar:Man of the Atom, Magnus Robot Fighter, Dick Tracy, Lone Ranger, Jack Staff, Madman, The Atomics, Witchblade, Darkness, Nexus, Shark-Man, The Moth, Retro Rocket, The New Toxic Avenger, The Phantom, Sachs & Violens, The Wraith, Scud the Disposable Assassin, Isis, Victoria Secret Service, Judo-Girl, Shadowhawk, OZF5, Grim Jack, Fallen Angel, Badger, Cyberforce, Jetcat, Atomic City, Smoke & Mirror and God of Thunder.

Indie Spotlight will feature 20+ pts of articulation in every 6 inch scaled figure. President of Shocker Toys, Geoff Beckett stated "We want you to be able to recreate classic moments from your favorite comics so posability and accessories are key. Shocker Toys wants to have as close a relationship with the creators of each character as you have come to have over the years of reading their books, so our figures will reflect that. We also realize that Indy Spotlight will create it's own universe as it grows, so look for scale to play a big part in expressing the diversity from character to character with giant robots staring down super powered vixens and over muscled supermen going toe to toe with sickly creatures..we'll have it all!"

New York, Buffalo based Shocker Toys LLP, founded by Geoff Beckett in 1999 as a creative new product developer in the toy industry. This company is transforming itself into a fully functioning new force in the action figure business. The company's current roster includes such lines as Licensed Shockinis, Indie Spotlight 6-7" sculpted Indie Comic action figures, GWAR music group 7" sculpted action figures and their own new brands of customizable Shockinis. For more info visit: shockertoys.com.

HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -
Actor David Keith (FIRESTARTER, TEMPTATION, DEADLY SINS, EPOCH, ANTHRAX, CARRIE [TV], SABRETOOTH, WATERVILLE, DAREDEVIL, HANGMAN'S CURSE, DEEP SHOCK, EPOCH: EVOLUTION [TV], ALL SOULS DAY, LOCUSTS: THE 8th DAY) is 52.
Today's next birthday boy has largely contributed to Horror and Thrillers via thy Boob Toob. Happy Birthday to
Writer/Director David Winning (FRIDAY THE 13th [TV], KILLER IMAGE, ARE YOU AFRAID OF THE DARK? [TV], GOOSEBUMPS [TV], PROFILE FOR MURDER, EXCEPTION TO THE RULE, DEAD MAN'S GUN [TV], NIGHT MAN [TV], DON'T LOOK BEHIND YOU, PAST SINS [TV]) who is 45
We say goodbye to Peter Benchley, who didn't make it to his birthday, as he had to leave on February 11 of this year.
And on Sunday -
Actor Traci Lords (NOT OF THIS EARTH, SHOCK 'EM DEAD, RAW NERVE, THE TOMMY KNOCKERS, SERIAL MOM, CIRCUITRY MAN II, SKINNER, VIRTOUSITY, UNDERWORLD [1996], BLADE, YOU'RE KILLING ME, DEATHLANDS) is 38.
Director Ruggero Deodato (CASTLE OF BLOOD, UNA ONDATA DI PIACERE, JUNGLE HOLOCAUST, CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST, HOUSE ON THE EDGE OF THE PARK, ATLANTIS INFERNO, CUT AND RUN, CAMPING DEL TERRORE, UN DELITTO POCO COMUNE, THE WASHING MACHINE [TV]) is 67.
And say goodbye to Darren McGavin, who didn't make it to his birthday this year as he had to leave on February 25th of this year.
And on Saturday -
Actor Anne Parillaud (NIKITA, INNOCENT BLOOD, PASSAGE À L'ACTE, DEAD GIRL, SHATTERED IMAGE, DEADLINES) is 46.

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MAY 5

E.C.McMullen Jr.

HAPPY CINCO DE MAYO!
Cool! Wow! Cinco de Mayo! What's that mean?
May 5th.
Oh, um...
It has a rich history.
Yeah?
In 1862, a small Mexican Army of 4,000, led by Texas born General Ignacio Zaragosa - a Chicano - and his Colonel Porfirio Diaz, destroyed the much larger invading French Army and traitorous Mexican Army (a combined force of 8,000). The victory was short lived. Under another pretext, the French sent 30,000 troops the following year, installing a relative of the French governing family, Archduke Maximilian of Austria. Mexico asked for our help.

Mexico asked the United States for help?

This, in itself, was a minor miracle for the following reasons.

Continued at Blog/MySpace.com/feoamante.

HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -
Actor John Ryhs-Davies (SPHINX, RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK, WAXWORK, THE LOST WORLD, THE UNAMEABLE II, LORD OF THE RINGS, CHUPACABRA TERROR) is 62.
Actor Lance Henrickson (MANSION OF THE DOOMED, DAMIEN: Omen II, THE VISITOR, PIRANHA II, NIGHTMARES, THE TERMINATOR, ALIENS, PUMPKIN HEAD, ALIEN³, NEAR DARK, SCREAM 3, MIMIC 3, ALIEN VS PREDATOR, HELLRAISER: HELLWORLD, ABOMINABLE) is 66.
Actor Vincent Kartheiser has been turning to Horror Thrillers ever since reaching adulthood (RICKY 6, THE TIES THAT BIND, ANGEL [TV]) and turns 27 today.
Horror BizMan Sage Stallone, founder of GRINDHOUSE RELEASING, which brings digital remastering and quality re-releases to both theaters and DVD of some serious old Hardcore Horror and exploitation movies like CANNIBAL FEROX, CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST and more. Sage is 31.

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MAY 4

QUICK BITES
Where's your Happy Face?
Hospitals reporting cases of Flesh Eating Bacteria (necrotizing fasciitis) appear to be on the rise - never a good thing. But who to blame? Well, whose watch is this anyway? Bush? Good. Could the appearance of rising cases of NF be a result of Global Warming? Could this be ... BUSH'S FAULT? I'm outraged!

Oh, no, wait: It appears to be the result of Hospitals getting sloppy. But they ARE getting sloppy on Bush's watch! I'm outraged!

Sorry about your amputations! My Bad!
Hospital Reports Flesh-Eating Bacteria Cases.

Prepare, No, Just Get The Hell Out Of There
An undersea earthquake measuring nearly 8.0 on the Richter scale has hit near Tonga. The Tsunami could hit New Zealand and the Fiji Islands.
Tsunami Warnings After Massive Quake Off Tonga. Could this be ... BUSH'S FAULT? I'm outraged!

E.C.McMullen Jr.

LET'S PLAY IMAGINE!
Imagine yourself as a parent (perhaps you are). Imagine that you have a very trusted caretaker, a Nanny perhaps, who has been caring for your children almost since their birth. While you and your spouse are at work, Nanny looks after your children.

Now imagine that one day you come home to find your 16 year old daughter has murdered your Nanny. And then a flood of revelations come out.

You discover that since the very beginning this Nanny:

Sold off your child's favorite things as punishment, because your daughter didn't win a state championship.

Punished her for scoring only 96% in an exam.

Forced her to stand naked in a corner - even at the age of 16 - whenever she disappointed the Nanny. And EVERYTHING disappointed the Nanny!

And the more you discover, the worse it gets. Her parents and her Nanny is all your daughter has ever known: of course she never told. And whether you knew it or not, you were part of it. Now, only in retrospect do you start to realize all of the warning signs that had been there all along.

Your daughter is arrested and jailed for stabbing her Nanny to death. The prosecutor wants and gets to try her as an adult - to send her to an adult prison.

What would you do?

Continued at Blog/MySpace.com/feoamante.

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ORGAN DONORS: LIVE
Long time visitors to this website have noticed that, over time, some reviews continue to be updated in the TRIVIA bar often found in the right hand column of the review. The updates often go unannounced, but sometimes the story behind the story is so compelling and so alive that it bears drum banging.

So check out the TRIVIA update in my review of Matthew Warner's THE ORGAN DONOR.

To quote The Crow: "Nothing is trivial.

From Lauren Rhoads
THE DEATH OF MORBID CURIOSITY
The final issue of Morbid Curiosity is now available. Morbid Curiosity #10 defends a murderer, survives a rapist, flees the WTC on 9/11, sees the Loch Ness Monster, camps out in the 9th Ward after Katrina, suffers temporal lobe seizures, works for Survival Research Laboratories, and plans its own funeral. All stories guaranteed true.Contributors to Morbid Curiosity #10 include JOHN EVERSON (Stoker Award-winning author of Covenant), SIMON WOOD (Working Stiffs and Accidents Waiting to Happen), painter ALAN M. CLARK (The Paint in My Blood and The Pain Doctors of Suture Self General), SETH LINDBERG (former editor at Gothic.Net), SHADE RUPE (editor of the Funeral Party books), and ETHAN PORT (member of the bands F-Space and Savage Republic).

Morbid Curiosity Open Mic at the World Horror Convention, Holiday Inn Golden Gateway, Van Ness Avenue in San Francisco.Our annual Open Mic takes place Thursday, May 11, at 11 p.m. Contributors to past and present issues of Morbid Curiosity will open the evening, before volunteers come up from the audience. Got something you want to confess? Featured readers will include Simon Wood, John Everson, Maurice Broaddus, Alan M. Clark, Seth Lindberg, and Claudius Reich.

MORBID CURIOSITY'S FIRST BENEFIT:
Inspired by Jane: Morbid Curiosity raises money for breast cancer research
Tuesday, May 23 at 7 p.m.
Borders Books on Union Square, San Francisco
San Francisco writing teacher Jane Underwood was diagnosed with breast cancer last fall. Her trials have inspired MC's editor to do the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer in July. Loren needs to raise $1800 to participate, money that supports women living with the disease as well as research into a cure. Jane's students will read their Morbid Curiosity stories at an event designed to raise the money Loren needs to walk. Featured readers will be: RuthAnn Spike (MC 9 & 10), Seth Flagsberg (MC 10), Beth Touchette-Laughlin (MC 8-10), Mary Ann Stein (MC 7), David Booth (MC 9), and Rachel Trachten.If breast cancer has touched your family and you would like to donate something toward its eradication, Loren's Avon page is up.

THE OFFICIAL WAKE for Morbid Curiosity #10 takes place Saturday, June 3, from 7 to 9 p.m. at Borderlands Books. Readers will include M. Parfitt, Keith Lowell Jensen, Karen Harper, Will Walker, Lena Strayhorn, Sherilyn Connelly, Chris West, Seth Lindberg, Seth Flagsberg, and Beth Touchette-Laughlin. Topics will range from visiting a homunculus to seeing a UFO, from defending a murderer to planning your own funeral.

Borderlands Books is located at 866 Valencia Street in San Francisco's Mission District. Parking will be impossible, but the free entertainment will be worth it.

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MAY 3

From Ed Peters
WELCOME TO ROOM 6
On June 13th, 2006, Anchor Bay Entertainment, an IDT Entertainment Company, will release the supernatural hospital thriller ROOM 6. A terrifying exploration of one woman’s personal demons and how far she will go to exorcise them, Room 6 was directed by Michael Hurst (NEW BLOOD, MANSQUITO, HOUSE OF THE DEAD 2) who co-wrote the film with Mark A. Altman (HOUSE OF THE DEAD, ALL SOULS DAY, HOUSE OF THE DEAD 2), and features special makeup effects provided by Almost Human, Inc. (BONES, BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER, ALL SOULS DAY).

After being injured in a car crash, Amy Roberts' (Christine Taylor: NIGHT OF THE DEMONS 2), fiancé Nick (Shane Brolly, UNDERWORLD, UNDERWORLD: Evolution) is mysteriously spirited away by ambulance – but to where? Accompanied by fellow victim seeker Lucas (Jerry O’Connell, SCREAM 2) she must breach the walls of a haunted hospital destroyed by fire years before. A place of healing transforms into a hospice of horrors! ROOM 6 is staffed with other stars of the horror genre, with Ellie Cornell (HALLOWEEN 5) and Kane Hodder (FRIDAY THE 13th Part VII and VIII, JASON GOES TO HELL: The Final Friday, JASON X). Raymond Stella, whose past work includes THE THING, ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK, PSYCHO II, BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA, THEY LIVE, JURASSIC PARK, and BLADE, provides the atmospheric cinematography.

From Viki
TWILIGHT TALE'N
While we dedicated our May 1st Open Mice to Fred Hunter, we thought it would be best to offer a few more opportunities to jump in the spotlight with two more open mics back to back. Also, we have plenty of Fred Hunter books still available. We will be posting the titles and prices to the web site and mailing lists very soon.

May 8th Open Mic
Sign up at the door! 20 minutes for fiction; 10 minutes for poetry, non-fiction, essays, performance art. STRICTLY ENFORCED!

May 15th Bonus Open Mic
Yep! Three open mics in a row. New voices for a new season! 20 minutes for...aw, you know the rules!

May 22nd
CANDY IN THE DUMPSTER!
A new small press publication from TT alum John Everson, featuring readings from Mr. Everson, Bill Breedlove, Martin Mundt, and more...

May 29th
POST WisCon Extravaganza
We'll have our newest title EX CATHEDRA from Rebecca Maines available, along with two very special con guests:
Judith Berman - BEAR DAUGHTER and
Ysabeau Wilce - CALIF IN SUNSHINE AND SHADOW

OUT AND ABOUT

May 26-29th
WisCon Twilight Tales will be debuting Rebecca Maine's single author collection EX CATHEDRA. Join us in beautiful Madison, Wisconsin for a fun-filled weekend of science fiction and fantasy. Yes, we'll be throwing a party. For more information, check out their web site here: wiscon.info.

JUNE 3rd-4th
Printers Row Book Fair
With twice the space of last year, Twilight Tales will feature more titles, more author signings, and more wacky fun (some of us get a little loopy after 8 hours in the sun and no food) at this year's Printers Row Book Fair here in Chicago. Watch our web site to find out who will be appearing in our booth and when, as well as our booth location. For more information about the fair itself, visit printersrowbookfair.org.

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MAY 2

E.C.McMullen Jr.

START OF THE MONTH UPDATE
Okay, we're two days into May and this is what's happening.

According to Urchin 5.0, feoamante.com, for April, received over 94,000 Horror, Thriller, Mystery, and Suspense visitors world wide (you all, of course) who, in turn, visited over 243,000 pages. This month saw slightly fewer visitors with a higher number of pages visited. Go figure.

Here are the folks I wanted to be in the MySpace.com/FeoAmante friend's list for the month of March.

Chesya Burke is a published horror writer and even wrote a review that was published here (Richard Wright's CUCKOO). Her stories have appeared both in chapbook form (CHOCOLATE PARK) as well as anthologies (DARK DREAMS, SMALL BITES, and more). Chesya has been a friend long before either of us got a spot at MySpace. You can find her at MySpace.com/Chesya.

James Newman is another Pre-MySpace friend. He is also another Horror writer, James Newman has been published in chapbook form (HOLY ROLLERS), books (THE WICKED, MIDNIGHT RAIN), and even wrote a few music reviews here (GODHEAD: 2000, THE CULT: Beyond Good and Evil). You can find James at MySpace.com/NewmanJames.

Don. That's all he wants you to know about his name. I met Don on several occassions prior to our becoming Myspace-ers. Don and Kevin McQueen invited me to be a guest on their talk show, Geek R@wk, and we've been hangin' ever since. A former U.S. soldier attached to the 1st CAV, Don is also the Los Angeles Instructor for Ishi Yama Ryu Battoujutsu (Japanese Swordsmanship), and a member of Bujinkan, Los Angeles (Togakure Ryu Ninpo). Check him out at MySpace.com/TheDonster.

Tim Sullivan is a movie writer, director, and producer (DEADLY SPAWN, 2001 MANIACS, HOOD OF HORROR). I first met Tim during the filming of 2001 MANIACS in California. He was just a scant few hundred yards from where Rob Zombie was shooting THE DEVIL'S REJECTS. That's the movie making biz, gang. Visit Tim at MySpace.com/NewRebellion.

Michael Laimo is an award winning Horror writer (DREGS OF SOCIETY, ATMOSPHERE, DEEP IN THE DARKNESS, SLEEPWALKER, THE DEMONOLOGIST) who I've met at many a World Horror Convention. Michael applies himiself both to his writing as well as his publicity as few authors of his stature do - or will. Find him at MySpace/MichaelLaimo.

Maurice Broaddus is another Pre-MySpace bud. A Horror and Science Fiction writer whose works have appeared in various anthologies and magazines (SMALL BITES, WEIRD TALES). Maurice has also has a review here (Chesya Burke's CHOCOLATE PARK). Often mistaken for me, the difference is obvious: Broaddus is shorter and I'm white! Visit him at MySpace.com/MauriceBroaddus.

Kenneth J. Hall cemented himself in cult film status by making movies like EVIL SPAWN and THE HALFWAY HOUSE. Kenneth J. Hall is a Horror movie writer, director, and producer, as well as being the Big Cheese over at Fright Film Factory. Kenneth's creature creations have graced films from BIOHAZARD to DOLLMAN VS. DEMONIC TOYS and wrote THE TOMB, TERROR NIGHT, and PUPPET MASTER. Often confused with me, the difference is obvious: Hall is older and I'm better looking! Visit him at MySpace.com/kennethjhall.

Carlton Mellick III and I have circled each other warily at Horror conventions for some time now. A Horror writer, Carlton and I had stories appear in editor Brian Knight's Random Acts of Weirdness. For that same anthology, Carlton also won a Best of Fantasy & Horror from Ellen Datlow while I got a mere "Honorable Mention". Grrr! Carlton is known for his colorfully titled books including SATAN BURGER and RAZOR WIRE PUBIC HAIR. Mellick and I are never mistaken for each other. Visit him at MySpace.com/CarltonMellick3.

Staci Layne Wilson is more than just the "Flick chick" she pretends to be. Don't let her pose fool you! She is also a dark fantasy writer in her own ... uh ... right! The author of such novels as DARK LULLABY and collections like HORRORS OF THE HOLY, Staci and I keep running into each other at various Horror events: which is why I've bought myself a personal airbag for the upcoming run in at the World Horror Convention. Visit her at MySpace.com/StaciWilson.

Monica J. O'Rourke is still another Pre-MySpace friend. In addition to being a writer in her own right with books like SUFFER THE FLESH and her anthologies like ROYAL ASPIRATIONS. Monica also wrote reviews for this site ranging from books (DREAMCATCHER) to movies (THE LOST). What's more, she was my editor on no less than 2 anthologies, DECADENCE ONE and DECADENCE TWO. Visit her at MySpace.com/DeadlyMojo.

Deena Warner is someone I actually met through my bud, Matthew Warner, who didn't really become my bud until after I wrote a glowing review of his novel, THE ORGAN DONOR. Now that I think of it, nobody wants to be my bud when I write a scathing review of their work. Go figure! Deena designs both books (Matthew Warner's DEATH SENTENCES) and websites (Chesya Burke). Visit her at MySpace.com/DeenaWarner.

Teri A. Jacobs is a Horror writer (THE VOID, SECRETS OF THE BONES) and someone with whom I've shared an anthology (DECADENCE ONE). I first met Teri in 1999 at my first World Horror Convention in Atlanta, Georgia. You know. I've met nearly every one in this list long before they became a Myspace friend. Kinda makes MySpace seems pretty worthless for my pursuits. Oh well. Visit her at MySpace.com/TeriJacobs.

Other people in the mix are those whom I've met, but have no photos of like
Megan Fatras - MySpace.com/MeganFatras,
Or I've never met but have heard of like
L. L. Soares - MySpace.com/LLSoares,
Or have met but they prefer to promote their work instead of themselves:
Cullen Bunn - MySpace.com/CullenBunn,
Jason Brannon - MySpace.com/DarkGraffiti,
There are also those who prefer to be MySpace friends through their work, rather than themselves, and that includes the following books: SATAN'S 3-RING CIRCUS OF HELL, which can be found at Myspace.com/Satans3RingCircusofHell, and
MySpace.com/BadAssHorror,

Also the following movies:
MySpace.com/DeadandGone,
MySpace.com/Abominable (you can also read my review of the movie ABOMINABLE), and
MySpace.com/WithYoumovie,

And the Following Music:
MySpace.com/SobMusic.

And that's it for this update. If my MyFriends list get's even bigger for May, I'll have to continue the damn thing elsewhere! perhaps at FeoAmante.Net.

From Scott Essman
RAY HARRYHAUSEN GETS LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
On the hallowed grounds of Universal Studios, birthplace to such genre epics as Lon Chaney’s PHANTOM OF THE OPERA and HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME, Boris Karloff’s FRANKENSTEIN and THE MUMMY, and Béla Lugosi’s DRACULA, among many others, stop-motion animation legend Ray Harryhausen (20 MILLION MILES TO EARTH, EARTH VS. THE FLYING SAUCERS) was awarded for lifetime achievement by a new honorary society of motion picture character designers called Cinerouge.

After the screening, Paul Davids presented Harryhausen with his award, ironically a bust with a Chaney’s Phantom likeness, created by sculptor Brent Armstrong. Davids commented, “How does one introduce the greatest craftsman in cinema to ever have lived?” Gracious as always, Harryhausen, now 86, humbly countered that he’s glad that his films “have had such a positive influence. Most fans know Harryhausen’s work from Jason and the Argonauts and the 1950s-1970s run of “Sinbad” films, but few know that he also piloted the animation in RKO’s Mighty Joe Young and worked into the early 1980s before retiring to Europe.

HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -
Since 1989, actor David Suchet has been successfully playing and replaying Agatha Christie's infamously famous Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot, on numerous television movies. David is 59.

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Harry Shannon

From Harry Shannon
FELICIA ROSE NOW DEAD AND GONE
Scream Queen Felissa Rose (RETURN TO SLEEPAWAY CAMP, EVIL EVER AFTER, SLAUGHTER PARTY) has joined the cast of DEAD AND GONE, an indie horror feature directed by Yossi Sasson and written by novelist Harry Shannon. Ms. Rose, who will play attorney Peggy Goldstein, joins a cast which includes
Kyle Gass of Tenacious D,
Ben Moody of the band Evanescence,
Chris Bruno of TV's THE DEAD ZONE,
Quentin Jones, Gillian Shure (CSI, THE SLAUGHTERHOUSE MASSACRE) and
Kathryn Bates. The film is scheduled to wrap the week of May 8th, and will be scored by
master horror composer Harry Manfredini (FRIDAY THE 13TH, HOUSE, HOUSE 2, DEEP STAR SIX, THE OMEGA CODE). Folks can learn more my visiting deadandgonethemovie.com or the film's page at
MySpace.com/deadandgonethemovie.

Weston Ochse

SCARECROW GODS
Horror writer Weston Ochse (SCARY REDNECKS w/David Whitman, NATURAL SELECTION, APPALACHIAN GALAPAGOS w/David Whitman) — whose first novel, Scarecrow Gods, was just nominated for a Bram Stoker Award—told SCI FI Wire that the book was very personal to him. "Danny, the young white [protagonist], lives in my old house, in my old neighborhood in Chattanooga, Tenn., and does the things I did," Ochse said in an interview.

Continued at SciFi.com.

Michael Laimo

From Michael Laimo
MICHAEL LAIMO & GREG STECHMAN'S 'TRIPTYCH'
Threading Over Dark writer / director / producer Greg William Stechman and novelist Michael (THE DEMONOLOGIST) Laimo have reached an agreement to bring three of Laimo's original short stories to the small screen.

Titled TRIPTYCH, the motion picture will consist of three short films, each helmed by a different filmmaker, based upon the works of Michael Laimo. The film will be released by Stechman's production entity Burning Grounds Motion Entertainment, LLC and it will be made available exclusively through the internet and mail order. Readers and fans will be able to download the feature film, special features, as well as liner notes and a DVD cover/label.

Triptych will be a joint production between Sacramento, California's Burning Grounds Motion Entertainment and Vallejo, California's Room 121 Productions. The anthology film will consist of three short stories adapted to film. The Alley Man, the first story in the film's line up, will be directed by Roberto Berrios, Jr, a longtime collaborator and crew member of Stechman. Alley was adapted by screenwriter Scott Chema. `Till Death Do They Part, a darkly comic horror tale concerning a care giver and two very creepy new clients, will be directed by Andrew Hooper based upon his screenplay adaptation. The third installment in the film is Room 412, which was adapted and will be directed by Greg William Stechman. The short concerns a traveling businessman who begins receiving phone calls from the dead in a luxury high rise hotel.

From F. Paul Wilson
IN THE PIPELINE
THE TERY had its start in 1971 as a novelette called "He Shall Be Jon." I expanded it to novella length for 1978 publication as “The Tery” in BINARY STARS #2. Unfortunately the accompanying Steve Fabian illustrations were muddy messes due to the printing process. I fleshed it out to novel length for the 1990 Baen version. Earlier this year I did extensive revisions. So here you have the definitive text in hardcover for the first time, with bright, crisp reproductions Fabian's art. Scheduled for 2006 publication from Overlook Connection Press.

In the mid 1990s I wrote the novel, VIRGIN, about the discovery of the Virgin Mary's body. As I did with vampire lore in MIDNIGHT MASS, I began with the premise that all the Catholic lore about Mary is true except for one thing: She wasn’t assumed body and soul into heaven; instead, her body was hidden away in Israel’s Negev Desert. The guardian of her remains gets careless over the millennia and, while he’s busy elsewhere, the body is discovered and spirited away. This sets in motion a chain of cataclysmic events that reverberates around the world. I had a ball with it, putting all my Catholic background (with extra input from my wife) into play. I sent it out under my wife's maiden name (Mary Elizabeth Murphy) and gave it a blurb under my own. Even dedicated it to myself: "To my husband, without whom this book would not have been possible." This is the first hardcover edition and the only publication under my own byline.

My lost novel, BLACK WIND, long out of print returns thanks to Borderlands Press. After finishing THE TOUCH in 1985, the next story in line returned to WW2, but this time to the Pacific Theater. I’d been reading a few books that recounted how nicely the Pearl Harbor attack played into Roosevelt’s desire to go to war against the Axis, hinting that Pearl had been set up. The result was a revisionist historical family saga horror war novel (try saying that fast 3 times) that took me almost two years to write and research. The mix of cultural fanaticism and wrenchingly dark supernatural horror got excellent reviews, but no one knew how to position the mongrel so it would sell. And so it didn’t. Thus its out-of-print status. Despite its poor sales record, I'm very proud of BLACK WIND. Looking at it in terms of character development and sweeping plot, it's probably my most accomplished work. I’m delighted it will be back in print.

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