Jun 4 2012

The Epitaph, Issue 20 (May 2012)

Issue #20 (May 2012)

The Epitaph

Journal of the New England Horror Writers (NEHW)

The NEHW Committee:

Tracy L. Carbone – Co-Chair
Stacey Longo – Co-Chair
Dan Keohane – Treasurer
Jason Harris – Director of Publicity/Webmaster
K. Allen Wood – Director of Publications
Scott Goudsward – Director of Events
Danny Evarts – Art Director
Tim Deal (alternate)
T.J. May (alternate)

NEHW SIGNINGS AND READINGS:

South Windsor Strawberry Fest

The NEHW will have a space at the South Windsor Strawberry Fest June 16 in South Windsor, Connecticut. Participation will cost $15. Contact Jason at dudley228@gmail.com if you wish to participate.

NECON 32

The NEHW will have a table at NECON. Participation will cost $10. Members will be responsible to man the table for a couple hours if you choose to sell books. Contact Scott Goudsward at screaming602@gmail.com if you wish to participate.

Rhode Island Comic Con

The NEHW will be at Rhode Island Comic Con on November 3 and 4. The cost will be $25 per member to participate. Contact Jason at dudley228@gmail.com to be at the table.

Tantasqua’s Holiday Craft Fair

The NEHW will have some tables at the Tantasqua’s Holiday Craft Fair at the Tantasqua Regional Sr. High School in Fiskdale, MA. from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on December 1. It’s $10 to participate.

NEHW WRITING OPPORTUNITIES

From Scott Goudsward and Rachel Kenley:

Over the river and through the woods does not always lead to grandma’s house or happy endings—especially if grandma’s house is infested with zombies, or if grandma is really a Lovecraftian being in disguise. Once Upon an Apocalypse is a two volume post-apocalyptic anthology laden with the undead and otherworldly mythos crossing into the realm of fairy tales, nursery rhymes and other timeless stories. Editors Goudsward and Kenley, along with publisher Chaosium, are currently open to submissions for these two books of mixed-up retold fairy tales.

What we are looking for:

For both volumes, we want stories with strong narrative lines, stronger characters and a clear blending of the theme and the fairy tales.

For Volume One, imagine Cinderella arriving at the ball and discovering it filled with zombies. Or how different the story would be if it was Snow White and the Seven Zombies. Give us new horrors with Alice in Zombieland, and a prince who climbs Rapunzel’s hair to get away from and find a way to defeat—you guessed it—zombies.

In Volume Two, we want a strong dose of Lovecraft thrown in. What happens to the townspeople in The Boy who Cried Cthulhu? Pinocchio is going to have a much harder time getting out of the Old One than the whale; a wolf would have been preferable to Little Red Riding Hood and the Byahkee and the Little Mermaid has so much more to worry about then her legs and a missing voice when she faces a Deep One.

Once you choose a story to change it’s your call how far you will take it. Make the apocalypse clear and give some meaning as to why the dead are meandering through the streets and munching on the breathing or why the Elder God has paid the town a visit. Plague, pestilence, bio warfare, meteor shower, tail of a comet…be creative.

Because we don’t want duplicates of themes, you will be able to follow the progress of the anthologies on our blog (http://onceuponanapocalypse.com) or Facebook page (www.facebook.com/OnceUponAnApocalypse) where we’ll keep a current list of themes/tales accepted. For example, if we get a Sleeping Beauty story and it’s awesome, that will be it for the book. Stories should be 2K – 4K in length (please query for stories under or over our limit. We will consider them if they are of exceptional merit.) The only true way to have similar stories is A Snow White and the Seven Zombies in one and Snow White Star Vampire Slayer in the other.

What we are not looking for:

We all know these are dark fiction anthologies, but gore for the sake of gore is un-needed. This is not splatterpunk or extreme horror. Sex? If the story calls for it, fine, but keep it to an R rating (maybe even PG-13). We don’t to hear about insertions and spurting fluids, unless its blood from a bite wound or a gun shot. Try to keep the violence towards animals at a minimum. In some mythos, zombies chew on animals and that’s fine, but we don’t want redneck zombies killing all of Bo-Peep’s sheep for a pie. Finally, though we shouldn’t have to mention it (but we will, given the theme)—go easy on the child-related violence, please. And no pedophilia—that’s just skeevy.

Reading period: now through July 31, or until filled.

Pay rates: pays $.03 per word, no royalties, and three free books and additional copies at 50% off cover.

Email subs to: ouaastories@gmail.com

Format:

Stories should be an attachment to your cover letter email, NOT copied and pasted into the body of the email. The cover letter should include a single paragraph synopsis of the story and your publishing history. The submission should be in RTF or DOC format (no DOCX). Left aligned, 1/2” indentation for paragraphs, single spaced. Double space between scenes and use five stars (*****) for breaks in the story. Contact info should be on the first page of the story with word count.

Please do not query for your story until we’ve had it for at least 12 weeks. Publication is expected for the first half of 2013. No reprints and no simultaneous submissions. If we turn you down feel free to try again with a new story, but give it a few days between submissions.

And please, when submitting, be specific which book you are submitting to. We’re reading for both simultaneously. Subject line of the email should be Name, Story Name, Which book.

NEHW MEMBER NEWS:

From K. A. Laity:

A new dark fiction blog, http://aknifeandaquill.wordpress.com, can use some reviewers and reviews: not just horror but also dark fantasy and noirish crime.

Contact email: Luis_Vera05@yahoo.com

From Dan Foley:

Foley’s novel, Death’s Companion, is available at www.neconebooks.com.

From Tony Tremblay:

Tremblay’s story, “Song,” was accepted for the upcoming anthology, Eulogies 2. It will be published under his pen name, T. T. Zuma.

From Don Franklin:

The Reaper’s Walk: Hellstone, Franklin’s first novel in a five-part series, comes out in October in e-book and paperback. The novel is being published by Greyhart Press.

From Dale T. Phillips:

Phillips has published Apocalypse Tango as an e-book (print will be out soon).

It contains 5 stories about the end of the world:

http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/164257

He’s also one of the writers featured at the Chelmsford Library Local Authors Day, Saturday, June 9th, at 2 p.m. For more information, check out the library’s website,

http://www.chelmsfordlibrary.org/programs/programs/local_authors.html.

From Dave Chrisom:

Chrisom’s latest tale of suspense will appear in a fantasy/horror anthology by the Indie Book Lounge which will be handed out at the Phoenix Comic-Con. His story, “For Want of a Nail,” is a chilling account of a band of thieving Celtic warriors being haunted by a lethal Banshee hell-bent on revenge.

He is honored that his previous stories have appeared in Northern Haunts by Shroud Publishing, Zombiality: A Queer Bent on the Undead by The Library of Living Dead, Ante Mortem by Belfire Press and Horrorology by The Twisted Library.

From L.L. Soares:

Soares novel, Life Rage, will be coming out this September from Nightscape Press. More details can be found at http://www.nightscapepress.com/books/novels/.

The Collected Cinema Knife Fight: Volume One (2004 – 2009) by Michael Arruda and Soares is now available on Kindle, Nook, and other e-readers from Necon Ebooks (http://www.neconebooks.com/cinemaknifefightv1.htm). Volume One collects all of their early columns that appeared in the Hellnotes newsletter and the website Fear Zone.

His story, “The Gulch,” will be appearing in the anthology, Welcome to Hell (An anthology of western weirdness) edited by Eric S. Brown, coming soon from E-Volve Books.

From Paul Tremblay:

Tremblay is one of four horror authors teaching a four-week online horror writing workshop, Master the Elements for Constructing a Better Horror Story. The other three teachers are authors F. Brett Cox, John Langan, and Sarah Langan.

The workshop is from June 4 through 30. The price is $397. There is a 15 student maximum for the workshop.

The authors, who are currently members of the Shirley Jackson Awards’ Board of Trustees, are donating their proceeds to support the Shirley Jackson Awards.

For more information about the teachers and the course or to sign-up, click here.

From Michael Arruda:

The Collected Cinema Knife Fight: Volume One (2004 – 2009) by Arruda and L.L. Soares is now available for purchase at NeconEbooks.com.

He also reports that Necon Ebooks will publish an E-book collection of his movie column, In the Spooklight. The book will feature 114 columns from 2000-2012. It’s due out later this summer!

From Daniel R. Robichaud:

Robichaud has been working with indie role playing game company, Spectrum Games, on their new dominoes based RPG Macabre Tales. He wrote the first released sourcebook for the game, an adventure module called, “The Secret of the Dead Man’s Satchel.” It peaked at number seven on the indie game bestseller list at DriveThruRPG.com and has netted a couple of good reviews.

Currently, he is working on a lengthy sourcebook for the game, The Sinister Stranger and Other Tales of Terror, which includes a trio of adventures.

From Eric Dimbleby:

Dimbleby’s debut novel, Please Don’t Go, has won a 2012 Maine Literary Award for Speculative Fiction. His novel can be published in hard copy and Kindle version by visiting http://ericdimbleby.com/buyme.html.

WELCOME NEW MEMBERS:

Chris Samson (MA)
Jim Valente (MA)
Kimberly Dalton (CT)
Derek Wiggins (MA)
Alexis DeCoste (NH)
Jennifer Allis Provost (MA)

– Jason Harris, Editor, the Epitaph: Journal of NEHW
– Stacey Longo, Assistant Editor, the Epitaph: Journal of NEHW

May 2 2012

The Epitaph, Issue 19 (April 2012)

Issue #19 (April 2012)

The Epitaph

Journal of the New England Horror Writers (NEHW)

The NEHW Committee:

Tracy L. Carbone – Co-Chair
Stacey Longo – Co-Chair
Dan Keohane – Treasurer
Jason Harris – Director of Publicity/Webmaster
K. Allen Wood – Director of Publications
Scott Goudsward – Director of Events
Danny Evarts – Art Director
Tim Deal (alternate)
T.J. May (alternate)

NEHW SIGNINGS AND READINGS:

East Coast Craft Fair

The NEHW will be at the East Coast Craft Fair on Sunday, May 6 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in New Haven, CT. It will cost $10 to participate at this event. The fair’s organizer is allowing authors’ readings if anyone would like to do that. Content must be G-rated. Contact Jason at dudley228@gmail.com if you wish to participate.

Foxboro Jaycees Spring Fair

The NEHW will have two spaces at the Foxboro Jaycees Spring Fair on May 19 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Participation will cost $15. Contact Jason at dudley228@gmail.com if you wish to participate.

South Windsor Strawberry Fest

The NEHW will have a space at the South Windsor Strawberry Fest June 16 in South Windsor, Connecticut. Participation will cost $15. Contact Jason at dudley228@gmail.com if you wish to participate.

NECON 32

The NEHW will have a table at NECON. Participation will cost $10. Members will be responsible to man the table for a couple hours if you choose to sell books. Contact Scott Goudsward at screaming602@gmail.com if you wish to participate.

Rhode Island Comic Con

The NEHW will be at Rhode Island Comic Con on November 3 and 4. The cost will be $25 per member to participate. Contact Jason at dudley228@gmail.com to be at the table.

NEHW WRITING OPPORTUNITIES

From Scott Goudsward and Rachel Kenley:

Over the river and through the woods does not always lead to grandma’s house or happy endings—especially if grandma’s house is infested with zombies, or if grandma is really a Lovecraftian being in disguise. Once Upon an Apocalypse is a two volume post-apocalyptic anthology laden with the undead and otherworldly mythos crossing into the realm of fairy tales, nursery rhymes and other timeless stories. Editors Goudsward and Kenley, along with publisher Chaosium, are currently open to submissions for these two books of mixed-up retold fairy tales.

What we are looking for:

For both volumes, we want stories with strong narrative lines, stronger characters and a clear blending of the theme and the fairy tales.

For Volume One, imagine Cinderella arriving at the ball and discovering it filled with zombies. Or how different the story would be if it was Snow White and the Seven Zombies. Give us new horrors with Alice in Zombieland, and a prince who climbs Rapunzel’s hair to get away from and find a way to defeat—you guessed it—zombies.

In Volume Two, we want a strong dose of Lovecraft thrown in. What happens to the townspeople in The Boy who Cried Cthulhu? Pinocchio is going to have a much harder time getting out of the Old One than the whale; a wolf would have been preferable to Little Red Riding Hood and the Byahkee and the Little Mermaid has so much more to worry about then her legs and a missing voice when she faces a Deep One.

Once you choose a story to change it’s your call how far you will take it. Make the apocalypse clear and give some meaning as to why the dead are meandering through the streets and munching on the breathing or why the Elder God has paid the town a visit. Plague, pestilence, bio warfare, meteor shower, tail of a comet…be creative.

Because we don’t want duplicates of themes, you will be able to follow the progress of the anthologies on our blog (http://onceuponanapocalypse.com) or Facebook page (www.facebook.com/OnceUponAnApocalypse) where we’ll keep a current list of themes/tales accepted. For example, if we get a Sleeping Beauty story and it’s awesome, that will be it for the book. Stories should be 2K – 4K in length (please query for stories under or over our limit. We will consider them if they are of exceptional merit.) The only true way to have similar stories is A Snow White and the Seven Zombies in one and Snow White Star Vampire Slayer in the other.

What we are not looking for:

We all know these are dark fiction anthologies, but gore for the sake of gore is un-needed. This is not splatterpunk or extreme horror. Sex? If the story calls for it, fine, but keep it to an R rating (maybe even PG-13). We don’t to hear about insertions and spurting fluids, unless its blood from a bite wound or a gun shot. Try to keep the violence towards animals at a minimum. In some mythos, zombies chew on animals and that’s fine, but we don’t want redneck zombies killing all of Bo-Peep’s sheep for a pie. Finally, though we shouldn’t have to mention it (but we will, given the theme)—go easy on the child-related violence, please. And no pedophilia—that’s just skeevy.

Reading period: now through July 31, or until filled.

Pay rates: pays $.03 per word, no royalties, and three free books and additional copies at 50% off cover.

Email subs to: ouaastories@gmail.com

Format:

Stories should be an attachment to your cover letter email, NOT copied and pasted into the body of the email. The cover letter should include a single paragraph synopsis of the story and your publishing history. The submission should be in RTF or DOC format (no DOCX). Left aligned, 1/2” indentation for paragraphs, single spaced. Double space between scenes and use five stars (*****) for breaks in the story. Contact info should be on the first page of the story with word count.

Please do not query for your story until we’ve had it for at least 12 weeks. Publication is expected for the first half of 2013. No reprints and no simultaneous submissions. If we turn you down feel free to try again with a new story, but give it a few days between submissions.

And please, when submitting, be specific which book you are submitting to. We’re reading for both simultaneously. Subject line of the email should be Name, Story Name, Which book.

NEHW MEMBER NEWS:

From K. Allen Wood:

In May, Shock Totem Publications will be releasing its first non-magazine related product. The company is re-releasing a book, The Wicked by James Newman.

An ode to 1980s horror, The Wicked is Newman’s second book, which was originally published in 2007 in limited edition hardcover. The new version features revised text, a new foreword by Mark Allan Gunnells, a new afterword by Newman, and brilliant new artwork and illustrations by Jesse David Young (with additional cover layout by Yannick Bouchard). Also included is a brand new, exclusive tie-in short story the author wrote specifically for this release.

The Wicked will be released in paperback and e-book formats.

Newman is the author of the critically-acclaimed Midnight Rain and Animosity, the short-story collection People Are Strange, and the novellas The Forum, Revenge Flick! and Olden.

From Kurt Newton:

Newton’s new sci-fi/horror novel, Powerlines, is now available for pre-order through Gallows Press, and is now available on Amazon. Here are the particulars:

Order page: http://gallowspress.com/?wpsc-product=powerlines-by-kurt-newton

Plot description: “After his beloved brother is killed in Iraq, Ethan decides to take a weekend hike to clear his head and to get in touch with nature. His destination is a stretch of power lines that run deep into the forests of Connecticut. His journey will bring him through a reclusive area surrounded by mysteries and strange legends. Kissing his beloved and patient girlfriend, Lindsey, goodbye, Ethan sets off on his adventure. It doesn’t take Ethan long to discover that the stories are true…something strange and insidious is hidden in the Connecticut countryside. Something deadly. When Ethan fails to show up at their rendezvous point, she knows that something is horribly wrong. Finding local law enforcement to be uncooperative, she partners up with an unlikely friend as she enters the woods in search of her lover. As they follow the power lines deep into the woods, they have no idea what awaits.”

Book details: 278 pages, trade paperback, retail price $12.99.

He also has a story in The Gallows, available for pre-order through the Gallows Press site. His is the order page: http://gallowspress.com/?wpsc-product=the-gallows-an-anthology

Book description: “From Gallows Press comes a collection of 11 tales showcasing the narrative talents of the Gallows authors. The Gallows anthology is the perfect book for readers looking to sample what our talented storytellers have to offer.” Newton’s story, “The Pit” is included in this collection.

Book details: 228 pages, trade paperback, retail price $8.99, special pre-order price $7.99.

From Peter N. Dudar:

Dudar is pleased to announce his novel, A Requiem for Dead Flies, will be published this summer by Nightscape Press in a trade paperback and a Kindle edition.

From Robert Heske:

Heske’s graphic vampire novel, The Night Projectionist, a vampire graphic novel, will be out in comic shops and bookstores in May.

He also reminds NEHW members to join the coven at the novel’s Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/thenightprojectionist. The page now has over 10,500 “Likes” and he would welcome more.

The book is only $12.99 and the eye-popping art is by Diego Yapur, whose credits include Priest: Purgatory.

From Tony Tremblay:

Tremblay would like to report he had three stories chosen for inclusion in the Necon E-Books Best of 2011 Flash Fiction anthology.

http://www.neconebooks.com/bytitle.htm

From Deb Eskie:

Eskie would like you to visit the website www.youtube.com/like2productions to view the film short, “Mother’s Sin,” written by her and directed by Chris Lawn.

From L.L. Soares:

L.L. Soares’ story, “The Gulch,” will be appearing in the horror/western anthology, Welcome to Hell, edited by Eric S. Brown, and will be published by E-Volve Books.

Necon Ebooks will soon be putting out The Collected Cinema Knife Fight Volume 1, featuring the early columns by himself and Michael Arruda.

Also, the Cinema Knife Fight (www.cinemaknifefight.com) site has new articles posted every weekday, and has a full writing staff, including several NEHW members.

From Karen Dent:

Dent recently sold her short story, “Basic Nature,” to e-zine publisher Horror On The Installment Plan (HOTIP) for their first issue, Children and Zombies. Check them out, www.HorrorOnTheInstallmentPlan.com. They are a bi-monthly magazine who is still looking for stories to match other themes.

From Alex Kimmell:

Kimmell’s novel, The Key to Everything, is about to be released by Booktrope publishing.

From David L. Tamarin:

New Additions to Profane Exhibit include a Grammy Winner and an Academy

Award nominee. Harbinger International is pleased to announce that Jose Mojica Marins (a.k.a. “Coffin Joe”), Ignacio “Nacho” Vigolando, Chris Vrenna and Steven Severin have joined the Profane Exhibit team.

The legendary Brazilian king of blasphemy and terror, Jose Mojica Marins will be directing the segment “Viral.” Academy Award nominee and film festival favorite Nacho Vigalondo will be directing “Sins of the Father.” Grammy Award Winner Chris Vrenna will score the segment “Viral,” and Steven Severin will also be scoring the film, as well as performing in the film as an actor.

From Dale T. Phillips:

Dale’s next story collection, Apocalypse Tango, will be released in May, featuring different tales of the end of the world (as we know it).

From John Grover:

Grover announces his recent release, “Warning Signs,” a .99 cent short story for Kindle, which is a preview story from his e-book collection, Creatures and Crypts. This story was discussed on the blogtalk radio show, Scary Scribes. The story can be purchased here: http://www.amazon.com/Warning-Signs-A-Short-Story-ebook/dp/B007W84B4E/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1335222682&sr=1-1.

Grover is also excited about the re-release of his very first published collection Shadow Tales by Double Dragon Publishing. This new edition contains all new cover art by artist and NEHW member David E. Chrisom and contains all new edits, a new wrap around story that ties all the tales together and story notes. Don’t miss this great collection. Check it out here: http://www.amazon.com/Shadow-Tales-Second-Edition-ebook/dp/B00107M488/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&qid=1335222979&sr=1-10

He has also recently received a great review for his newly released epic fantasy novella, Web of the Spider Queen. Check it out here:

http://beauty-in-ruins.blogspot.ca/2012/04/ebook-review-web-of-spider-queen–

by.html. When you’re done there, check out the trailer for the book created by S.D.

Hintz with original music composed by Project Trinity:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wu5ejFh8SzQ&feature=youtu.be

As always check out John’s site, www.shadowtales.com, where he’s just added a new projects page that has news on upcoming releases, sample stories from his recent collections, and many other things.

From Timothy Finn:

Finn’s story, “Fighting for Emmett,” appears in the third volume of the Satan’s Toybox series, Satan’s Toboys: Toy Soldiers, from Angelic Knight Press. It’s available in e-book and print formats.

His company’s newsletter recently interviewed him about his nascent writing career.

From Daniel R. Robichaud:

Robichaud has a bunch of short stories he wrote under the pseudonym C. C. Blake being published as e-books by Vampires 2 Publishing (the new incarnation of Vampires 2 Magazine and Vampires2.com). These are not simple repackaging, but revised and expanded versions. He has doubled and sometimes tripled the lengths on them. Three are out so far (available now at Smashwords and soon in other formats as well): a novella length version of Cave and the Vamp (17,000 words) is one book, while the short stories “Cave’s Dark Mistress” and “Cave’s Deadly Beauties” (5k words each) have been bundled together in another (Kindle readers can get the short stories separately, if they wish.) He is really pleased with the new Cave and the Vamp story.

The cover is perhaps over the top, but it makes him smile.

Under another pseudonym, Kaysee Renee Robichaud, he has a blackly humorous erotic trickster tale, “Tricksters are Made, Not Born,” appearing in the Like a Cunning Plan anthology from Circlet Press, due out soon.

Under his own name, his Halloween steampunk story, “Autumn Jitters,” has been picked up for a reprinting in Raven Electrick’s kindle release, Spec-Tacular, which was released on April 24.

WELCOME NEW MEMBERS:

William Rockwell (CT)
Alan Steven Kessler (MA)
Rob Walsh (CT)
Derek Wiggins (MA)
Duane Coffill (ME)
Eric Stanway (NH)
Errick Nunnally (MA)

– Jason Harris, Editor, the Epitaph: Journal of NEHW
– Stacey Longo, Assistant Editor, the Epitaph: Journal of NEHW

Apr 2 2012

The Epitaph, Issue 18 (March 2012)

Issue #18 (March 2012)

The Epitaph

Journal of the New England Horror Writers (NEHW)

The NEHW Committee:

NEHW SIGNINGS AND READINGS:

Stratford Spring Showcase of Crafts

The NEHW will have a table at the Stratford Spring Showcase of Crafts in Stratford, CT, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on April 7. Participation will cost $15. Contact Jason at dudley228@gmail.com if you want to participate.

Foxboro Jaycees Spring Fair

The NEHW will have two spaces at the Foxboro Jaycees Spring Fair on May 19 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Participation will cost $15. Contact Jason at dudley228@gmail.com.

NECON 32

The NEHW will have a table at NECON. Participation costs $10. Members will be responsible to man the table for a couple hours if you choose to sell books. Contact Scott Goudsward at screaming602@gmail.com.

Rhode Island Comic Con

The NEHW will be at the Rhode Island Comic Con on November 3 and 4. The cost will be $25 per member to participate. Contact Jason at dudley228@gmail.com to be at the table.

NEHW ANNOUNCEMENT

The Bram Stoker Awards happened last night, March 31, at 11 p.m. (Eastern Time). The NEHW finally found out if our first anthology, Epitaphs, was going to stay a Bram Stoker nominee or become a Bram Stoker winner. Unfortunately, it was the latter. John Skipp’s Demons: Encounters with the Devil and His Minions, Fallen Angels, and the Possessed won the award in the category, Superior Achievement in an Anthology. The NEHW congratulates John Skipp on his achievement!

NEHW WRITING/ART OPPORTUNITIES

From Hollie Snider:

Snider is the Executive Editor at Hidden Thoughts Press, which is a non-fiction press focusing on mental wellness. They currently have two open submission calls. One is for essays concerning phobias and how people live with them, or live with people who suffer from them. The other is on suicide prevention.

Submission call information can be found on our website at www.hiddenthoughtspress.com. The website is currently under construction, but the tab links do work. If potential submitters have questions, they can email Hollie at holliesnider@hiddenthoughtspress.com. The direct link to the phobia call is

http://hiddenthoughtspress.com/submissions-2/open-calls/real-people-real-phobias/ and the direct link to the suicide prevention call is

http://hiddenthoughtspress.com/submissions-2/open-calls/suicide-prevention-anthology/.

From Charles Day:

Now’s your chance to join our EJP editors David Hayes & Henry Snider as they carefully select the stories that will either keep you from ever stepping foot in an amusement park again, or have you bouncing over those waiting in line to catch all the terrifying fun! Welcome to my newest happy place, welcome to…Carnival of the Damned http://eviljesterpress.com/main/2012/03/16/evil-jester-press-an-open-call-for-carnival-of-the-damned/ Everything you could imagine from traveling entertainment – food, games of chance, sideshows, dancing girls, funhouses, fortune tellers, rides…and the seeds for nightmarish realities made flesh. Give us tales of monstrosities underneath boardwalks, circuses in the middle of nowhere, whatever your mind can conjure!

From Robert Heske:

Dear Comic Book Creators,

Studio 407, the publisher of my new book, The Night Projectionist, is running a very cool art contest, providing creator exposure and giving away some cool stuff on Facebook. Check out the press release, http://studio-407.blogspot.com/2012/03/win-original-art-from-night.html. Please feel free to share the link with your peers. And if you get a chance, please LIKE the FB page at http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Night-Projectionist/303149166415369.

NEHW MEMBER NEWS:

From Deb Eskie:

Eskie’s first collaborative film project, Mother’s Sin, written by her and Chris Lawn, is based on her short story of the same name. It will premiere on YouTube on April 13. Check out the trailer at www.youtube.com/like2productions.

From David L. Tamarin:

Tamarin has been made Associate Producer for the international horror anthology, Profane Exhibit. The film creators are striving to be the most intense and horrifying film of 2012. More information can be found at their Facebook page, www.facebook.com/theProfaneExhibit.

Recently, he attended Uwe Boll’s shoot for the film, a nasty thriller called Basement with Clint Howard and Tara Cardinal.

From Robert Heske:

Heske announces the release of his new graphic novel, The Night Projectionist, a vampire graphic novel, which will be out in comic shops and bookstores in May.

Here’s a quick premise: “On the eve of Halloween a small group of moviegoers attend the final showing in an old movie theater, not knowing it could be the last thing they ever see! All hell breaks loose when the theater is surrounded by a coven of vampires, and the only person who knows why is the mysterious night projectionist. But is he going to help these people or get them killed? Soon a bloody war rages through the theater with the body count multiplying by the minute. Don’t miss this no-holds-barred tale of bloody revenge that puts the bite back into vampire stories!”

The graphic novel is priced at $12.99 and can be pre-ordered at your local comic shop today!

Publisher Studio 407 has made it simple to pre-order the book. Simply click here, http://investcomics.com/news/studio-407-makes-it-easier-than-ever-to-pre-order-comics. To follow the Studio 407 blog covering all their comic book happenings, visit http://www.studio-407.blogspot.com/.

From Charles Day:

The Fierce and Unforgiving Muse: Twenty-six Tales from the Terrifying Mind of Gregory L. Norris by Gregory L. Norris, recently published by Evil Jester Press, includes short stories, novelettes, and novellas.

The Kindle e-book and paperback edition of Attic Toys, edited by Jeremy C. Shipp, and Evil Jester Digest Volume One is now available.

From Roxanne Dent:

Dent’s story, “Magnus the Magnificent,” is appearing in the anthology, The Call of Lovecraft by Evil Jester Press, which will be released in July, the same month NECON happens.

Two of her short stories, “The Banchee of Muddy River,” and a Young Adult one, “Forbidden Love,” are now up on Kindle.

From Steven Withrow:

Withrow’s poem, “The Mad Monologue of Doctor Chronology,” will appear in the September 2012 issue of Dreams & Nightmares: A Magazine of Fantastic Poetry, edited by David C. Kopaska-Merkel (http://dreamsandnightmaresmagazine.com/index.html).

From Thomas D’Agostino:

D’Agostino and his wife, Arlene, will be appearing at the Ocean State Paranormal Conference on Saturday, April 14 at the St. Ann’s Arts and Cultural Center, 84 Cumberland St., Woonsocket, RI from 12 p.m. to 7 p.m. and then Saturday, April 21 at the Southcoast Paranormal and Psychic Faire, at 110 Middle St. Fairhaven, MA from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. followed by a ghost investigation of the Bridgewater Triangle hosted by Tom, Arlene and John Brightman.

On Tuesday, April 24, they will be at The Windham Restaurant in Windham, New Hampshire for the monthly Dining With The Dead series hosted by the New England Ghost Project.

Tickets for all these events are available online or at the door. Here are the links,

www.newenglandghostproject.com and www.scparanormalfaire.com.

From Alex Kimmell:

Kimmell’s new novel, The Key To Everything, is being released by Booktrope Publishing in the next couple of months.

From Kerry A. Morgan:

Morgan works in a school district that is weeding out its library. Some time ago in the New England area, someone requested books for a library that had been hit by a storm at another school. If you know who was asking for donations for the library, please contact Kerry at km@kerryamorgan.com to discuss a donation from her school. Thank you.

From Karen Dent:

Dent’s story, “A Case to Die For,” will be appearing in the anthology, Damnation & Dames. It will be launched at Swancon 37 in Australia on Easter. The anthology will be available from Ticonderoga’s online shop at www.indiebooksonline.com and at internet bookstores such as www.bookdepository.com and www.amazon.com. It will also be available in trade paperback and as an e-book in the Kindle format.

Her story, “Endless Hunger,” will appear in the Evil Jester Press anthology, The Call of Lovecraft. It will be coming out in July.

From Dale Phillips:

Phillips’ collection of short stories, Halls of Horror, is available in print: http://www.amazon.com/Halls-Horror-Ten-Story-Collection/dp/1470162318/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_3

And his latest collection, Strange Tales, is out in print:

http://www.amazon.com/Strange-Tales-Five-Story-Collection/dp/1470179105/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_6. And as an e-book: http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/138384.

From K. A. Laity:

Laity will be appearing at Alt.Fiction in Leicester

(www.altfiction.co.uk), talking with Graham Joyce about The Extremely Dangerous Fairy Folk, appearing on a panel about adaptations and reading some fiction.

Earlier in March, she was a featured writer at Phoenix-Con in Dublin, appearing on panels about myth and folklore, social media and the necessity of editors.

From Scott Goudsward:

Goudsward has just received a contract for the first of two anthologies, to be co-edited by him and Rachel Kenely. Both books are from Chaosium and will be due out in the second quarter of 2013. The first anthology is tentatively called Once Upon an Apocolypse: Volume 1 – Zombies. More news will follow.

From Kristi Petersen Schoonover:

Schoonover kicked off 2012 by appearing on Paranormal, Eh? Radio’s One Year Anniversary Special. You can hear this and any of her other radio interviews by visiting the dedicated page on her website: http://kristipetersenschoonover.com/radio-interviews/

Her radio show, Scary Scribes, premiered on Canada’s Paranormal, Eh? Radio Network and has been getting such real-time interest that the network is adding a call-in line so listeners can interact with guests. January featured NEHW Co-Chair Stacey Longo and a reading of her story “People Person,” February featured John Palisano and the first chapter of his new book, Nerves, published by Bad Moon Books and March featured NEHW member John Grover and his stories “3:15” and “The Tie That Binds.” If you missed them, past episodes are available on iTunes or right from the Scary Scribes website, http://scaryscribes.com/past-episodes/. Future guests will include NEHW members T.J. May, Daniel Pearlman, Kevin Lucia and Rob Watts.

She spent two glorious weeks up at the Norman Mailer Writers Colony in Provincetown, Mass., where she got lots of work done, including drafts for four more short stories.

Schoonover also joined fellow NEHW members T.J. May and Trisha Wooldridge for a successful writers’ workshop at Annie’s Book Stop in Worcester, MA.

Her poem “Today” was accepted by and published in Vagabondage Press’ anthology, Love Notes, and is available in both print and e-book. It’s sold at all major online book retailers, including Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and Kobo, as well as on the Vagabondage Press website at www.vagabondagepress.com. To purchase Love Notes in print, http://bit.ly/LoveNotesPrint or Kindle:

http://bit.ly/LoveNotesKindle

Her short story, “Growlers,” which was commissioned by Literary Mayhem, was published in February. You can read it here: http://literarymayhem.com/wordpress/kristi-petersen-schoonover-growlers/

A reprint of her short story, “Whether Girl,” was published in May-December Publications’ Wake the Witch anthology for the benefit of the Red Cross. To purchase in Print: http://bit.ly/WakeWitchPrint. To purchase for Kindle: http://bit.ly/WakeWitchKindle.

Her short story, “A Bone to Pick” took Second Place in Toasted Cheese’s Dead of Winter 2011 Contest and was published by the magazine on March 1. To read the story and check out the other winners, visit here: http://tclj.toastedcheese.com/2012/12-1/schoonover.htm.

Most recently, she was asked to write a short story, “The Thing Inside,” for the upcoming anthology, Unnatural Tales of the Jackalope.

Lastly, she and her fiancée, Nathan (Schoonover, also a NEHW member) have been planning their wedding. They would love it if any NEHW member would send them a rock as a get-well wish. The rocks will be put on display and the contributor’s names will be listed on their wedding website and in their programs. Details on that are here: http://journeytothecenteroftheearthwedding.com/2012/02/02/friends-fans-please-send-us-a-rock-for-our-wedding-day/

From J.P. Freeman:

Issue 2 of Things Better Left Unsaid will be available April 1 via print on demand at www.indyplanet.com. Issue 1 is still available.

From Miranda Doerfler:

Doerfler participated in a climate change anthology, Hot Mess, which speculates on the human effects of a changing environment. The cover was designed by Sarah Hartley, and the interior illustrations were done by Hannah Werdmuller.

A portion of proceeds will be donated by the individual authors to their preferred climate-change associated charities. To purchase on Amazon, chick here:

http://www.amazon.com/Hot-Mess-speculative-fiction-ebook/dp/B007MFDU3K

WELCOME NEW MEMBERS:

Alex Kimmell (RI)
Kim Krodel (CT)
Errick Nunnally (MA)

– Jason Harris, Editor, the Epitaph: Journal of NEHW
– Stacey Longo, Assistant Editor, the Epitaph: Journal of NEHW

Feb 28 2012

The Epitaph, Issue 17 (February 2012)

Issue #17 (February 2012)

The Epitaph

Journal of the New England Horror Writers (NEHW)

The NEHW Board of Directors:

Tracy L. Carbone – Co-Chair
Stacey Longo – Co-Chair
Dan Keohane – Treasurer
Jason Harris – Director of Publicity/Webmaster
Tim Deal – Director of Publications
T.J. May – Co-Director of Events
Scott Goudsward – Co-Director of Events
Danny Evarts – Art Director

NEHW SIGNINGS AND READINGS:

The 39th Heritage Craft Fair, Framingham, MA

The NEHW will have a table at the 39th Heritage Craft Fair at the Keefe Technical School in Framingham, MA on Sat., March 24. Space is limited at the table so contact Jason Harris at dudley228@gmail.com to participate. Participation will be $15.

Spring Craft Fair

The NEHW will have a table at the Spring Craft Fair at Riley Hall, 17 Silver St., Hanover, MA. from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on March 31. Participation will be $10.

Stratford Spring Showcase of Crafts

The NEHW will have a table at the Stratford Spring Showcase of Crafts in Stratford, CT., from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on April 7. Participation will be $15.

Rhode Island Comic Con

The NEHW will be at the Rhode Island Comic Con on November 3 and 4. The cost will be $25 per member to participate. Contact Jason at dudley228@gmail.com to be at the table.

NEHW REQUEST:

Attention Members:

Please take the time to check the NEHW website to see if your website is listed. If it isn’t, please send me an email with your website information so it can be listed on the website. It should be your main site. Please send an email to dudley228@gmail.com with “website” in the subject line.

NEHW MEMBER NEWS:

From Catherine Grant:

Central Connecticut Writers is a support and critique group for novelists and short story writers located in the Central Connecticut area. Our goal is to cultivate open, constructive criticism and a sense of community among our members. We have meetings on the 2nd and 4th Sundays of each month for critique, support, advice and education. Please email Grant, the organizer, at catmgrant@gmail.com for details.

From L.L. Soares:

Soares’s grisly new story, “Sawbones,” appears in the anthology, Zippered Flesh: Tales of Body Enhancements Gone Bad!, edited by Weldon Burge. The book also includes stories by John Shirley and Graham Masterton. It is now available at Amazon.

From Jason Harris:

Harris’ article about Anthocon was in the February issue of the Horror Writers’ Association’s newsletter.

From Craig D.B. Patton:

Patton is pleased to announce that his flash fiction stories, “Mary” and “Things in the Attic,” have been accepted for publication in Daily Frights 2013 from Pill Hill Press.

From Dale T. Phillips:

Phillips has just published a new short story collection, Jumble Sale, which is a set of 20 previously-published tales from different genres. Here is the link, http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/131954, to stories of odd happenings, of criminals, of ordinary people with issues, and of strange worlds. He states these stories will give you a shiver of frisson, a chuckle, or a chance to think about the world in a new way. Come take a sip from the dark myth pool of the human psyche, and taste a strange wine.

From Karen Dent:

Dent’s latest fiction, “A Case to Die For,” (paranormal/noir) will be released April 2012 in Damnation and Dames, which will be published by Ticonderoga Publishing (www.ticonderogapublications.com). Dent fell in love with the characters from the short story so much that she’s writing her first novel for them, A Case to KILL For.

Dent’s website, www.TheSistersDent.com, is almost complete.

From Jenna Moquin:

Moquin, who resides in Massachusetts, recently released her novel, Deluded Blood, a vampire story that takes place in Boston and centers around the friendship between a vampire and an aging priest. There is a battle going on between vampires and humans, one that grows so epic that only one vampire survives. That vampire is left with a decision to either remain the last one, or continue the race by turning more humans into vampires. Here is the link to purchase the novel, http://www.createspace.com/3741778, which is priced at $12.99.

From G. Elmer Munson:

Munson’s first novel, Stripped, will be published by Post Mortem Press this spring. More details including dates, cover, etc. will be posted on his website and Facebook page as he gets the information.

From Stefan Petrucha:

Petrucha is thrilled with the book trailer Penguin has produced for his upcoming book, Ripper, which will be released on March 1. Here is the link to the trailer, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_9xSYLA6SA&feature=email.

His short story, “The Loft,” was just accepted into Pendragon Press’s Nasty Snips II anthology, a follow-up to the original Nasty Snips published back in 1999. The newest anthology should be published this coming October.

From Kate Laity:

Laity’s story, “Bill is Dead,” will appear in Pulp Metal Magazine (http://pulpmetalmagazine.wordpress.com/) in March and “It’s a Curse” will appear in Drunk on the Moon: A Roman Dalton Anthology, edited by Paul D. Brazill and will be published by Dark Valentine Press (http://www.darkvalentinepress.com/upcoming-releases/) in print and e-book versions.

Laity will be doing a Writer Wednesday feature on her blog and NEHW members are welcomed to be featured. Jan Kozlowski and her new novel, Die You Bastard, Die, will be featured on Feb. 29.

From Jonathan Banchick:

Greetings to all! I just wanted to introduce myself to the members of this group. My name is Jonathan Banchick. I am a freelance illustrator (and wanna-be horror/sci-fi writer) living and working in the Boston area. I’m currently shifting gears and trying to build my portfolio with more illustrations for short stories and novels so if anyone in the group is in need of a great-looking front cover or spot illustration please feel free to contact me about it.

Please take a look at my web pages for examples of my work. I have recently done a couple of new pieces based on some of my own writing (more on that in the future hopefully) and please “Like” my Facebook Fan Page!

deviantArt: http://banchickillustration.daportfolio.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/banchick

Thanks for the membership in this group and I look forward to hearing from anyone in need of a cool illustration.

From John Grover:

Grover is happy to announce his first fantasy book, Song of the Ancestors Book I: Web of the Spider Queen, is now available on Amazon Kindle. It combines elements of horror and sword and sorcery. He weaves a tale full of action, adventure and suspense as a long vanquished evil returns to enslave a once beautiful world and all of its inhabitants. It’s a classic story of good and against evil featuring evil armines, magic, ruined castles, and an evil Queen. Get tangled in her web today! This title is a kindle exclusive and free for Amazon Prime members. Purchase link: http://www.amazon.com/Song-Ancestors-Book-Spider-ebook/dp/B0077XXRMQ/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1328989526&sr=1-1

He has also just started a blog for his new online series called “Aftermath.” It’s a post-apocalyptic tale about a group of survivors following a series of great natural catastrophes that wipes out society and most of the Earth’s inhabitants. Join the story as these survivors make their way in a new broken landscape and discover that some of them now possess wondrous powers that ups the ante in their fight for survival. Three chapters have been posted so far. Check it up and click follow to keep up with the adventure. http://aftermathworld.wordpress.com/.

From Tracy L. Carbone:

Carbone is proud to announce her updated Amazon Author Page http://www.amazon.com/Tracy-Carbone/e/B006Z81UB4/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_pop_1, which sports her six recently released horror stories on Kindle: “One Minute,” “The Attic,” “Stoneman,” “Pretty Pig Let Me In,” “Scent of Lilacs,” and “The Folks.” She is adding new stories every week so please keep checking back.

She also sold two short stories this month, “The Girl Who Drowned” will appear in Evil Jester Digest 1, which will be released at the World Horror Conference in March and “Zombie Ex,” which will appear in Pill Hill Press’ Daily Frights 2013: 365 Days of Frightening Flash Fiction.

From Brian Belanger (Illustrator X):

DAPT’D, a new e-publishing company launched at the beginning of the year, is actively seeking new authors. Please visit www.daptd.com for more information or contact them at info@daptd.com.

WELCOME NEW MEMBERS:

Jonathan Banchick (MA)
Bob Stearns (MA)
Steven Belanger (RI)
Heather Kirsten Aubuchont (NH)
Rick Silva (MA)

– Jason Harris, Editor, the Epitaph: Journal of NEHW
– Stacey Longo, Assistant Editor, the Epitaph: Journal of NEHW

Jan 30 2012

The Epitaph, Issue #16 (January 2012)

Issue #16 (January 2012)

The Epitaph
Journal of the New England Horror Writers (NEHW)

The NEHW Board of Directors:

NEHW NEWS

It was announced on Jan. 21 that Epitaphs, the first NEHW anthology, was included in the preliminary ballot for the Bram Stoker Award for Anthology. According to the Bram Stoker Award rules on the Horror Writers Association’s website, Epitaphs will be on the final ballot, but cannot be called a “Stoker Nominated” collection until after the final ballot is announced on Feb. 18.

NEHW WRITING WORKSHOP:

WORCESTER, MA— NEHW is hosting a writing workshop at Annie’s Book Stop on 65 James Street in Worcester, MA on Saturday, February 4 from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. The class is geared towards beginning to intermediate writers interested in bettering their writing and editing abilities while exploring all the “what now?” possibilities for publishing.
The class will be taught in three parts: writing, editing, and publishing; offer a bagged lunch; and include a professional critique of up to 2000 words of registered attendees’ manuscripts.
Attendees will learn under three professional members of the New England Horror Writers. Kristi Petersen Schoonover is a three-time Norman Mailer Writers Colony Winter Resident; her short fiction has appeared in Carpe Articulum, The Adirondack Review, Barbaric Yawp, New Witch Magazine, Toasted Cheese, and others. Her most recent work, Skeletons in the Swimmin’ Hole, is a collection of ghost stories set in Disney Parks. T.J. May is a writer of dark fiction, daylighting as a behavior therapist to children with autism. He is a regular contributor to Shroud Magazine, co-founder of SUMM Publications, an active member of the HWA and Co-Director of Events for the New England Horror Writers. Trisha J. Wooldridge is the President of Broad Universe, an international non-profit dedicated to celebrating and promoting women who write speculative fiction. She’s contributed to several anthologies, including the EPIC-award-winning Bad-Ass Faeries series, is an associate editor for Spencer Hill Press, and freelance writes and edits for magazines, independent authors, and academic websites.
As this is the first workshop offered at the 65 James Street Annie’s, there is a special price of $30 for the course, or $25 for members of New England Horror Writers, Worcester Writers Collaborative, or Worcester college students. Attendees will need to pre-register either at Annie’s and will have to turn in their manuscript for critique no later than January 27. Seating is limited to 21 attendees. Walk-ins, if there is space, must pay full price and will not have a reserved bag lunch nor will they get the professional critique—but they are eligible for class critique.
For more information, contact Annie’s Book Stop via www.anniesbookstopworcester.com or email anniesbookstopworcester@gmail.com. The phone number for the store is 508-796-5613. Space is firmly capped, so register now!
For more information about the event and all media, contact: Trisha Wooldridge, trish@anovelfriend.com, 774-239-3655.

NEHW SIGNINGS AND READINGS:

Queen City Kamikaze Convention, Manchester, NH

The NEHW will be involved at the Queen City Kamikaze Convention in Manchester, New Hampshire on Saturday, Feb. 18. The convention’s website is http://queencitykamikaze.com/. Email Jason Harris at dudley228@gmail.com if you would like to participate. There will be three tables, so there’s room for 15 people. Nine spots have been taken so far. There is no cost to participate.

The 39th Heritage Craft Fair, Framingham, MA

Spring Craft Fair

The NEHW will have a table at the Spring Craft Fair at Riley Hall, 17 Silver St., Hanover, MA. from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on March 31. Participation will be $10.

Stratford Spring Showcase of Crafts

The NEHW will have a table at the Stratford Spring Showcase of Crafts in Stratford, CT., from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on April 7. Participation will be $15.

NEHW REQUEST:

Attention Members:
Please take the time to send me your website address to be listed on the NEHW website. It should be your main site. Please send an email to dudley228@gmail.com with “website” in the subject line.

NEHW MEMBER NEWS:

From The Dome:

A few months back I met with your group and mentioned Sci Fi Saturday Night and what we do and casually asked if there might be some interest from the group in using our vehicle to help promote their works. Since then, the response from NEHW has been wonderful and it has resulted in a great time for may of your writers in the past 3 months.

Book Reviews on our site have showcased the work of:

Kristi Petersen Schoonover
Rob Watts

Our Fiction Friday column has featured:

Stacey Longo – “Private Beach”
Bob Bois – “Avenging Angel”
Craig D.B. Patton – “Aftershocks”
Kristi Petersen Schoonover – “Screams Of Autumn”

We have done Podcast interviews with:

Rob Watts
Kristi Petersen Schoonover
Kasey Shoemaker

I would like to thank all the wonderful authors who have participated so far. I hope their experience was enjoyable and I invite you to check out the site and help us promote you. Please feel free to contact me at the_dome@comcast.net for any of your upcoming projects.

From John Grover:

Grover announces Creatures and Crypts, his sixth short story collection.

This book contains something for everyone from shambling zombies to vengeful ghosts, the Grim Reaper and monsters that only inhabit the authors’ imaginations. This collection includes new and previous published material along with the second place winner of the New Bedlam short story contest “Unknowable.”

Available on Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/Creatures-and-Crypts-ebook/dp/B006R0IVRG/ref=sr_1_1?s= digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1325284684&sr=1-1

Or Smashwords: http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/119895

Also, Grover has a free story up on Amazon entitled “The Disembodied.” It’s part of Creatures and Crypts and is a free sample for the Kindle. Download here: http://www.amazon.com/The-Disembodied-ebook/dp/B006FQDV9U/ref=sr_1_1?s=digitaltext&ie=UTF8&qid=1327537140&sr=1-1

He would like to mention his digital chapbook, “Revenants,” co-written with author R. Thomas Riley. It’s a sampler of some of their collaborative stories, which are all about the undead in their many forms. It contains a sneak peek of their upcoming novel, If God Doesn’t Show, coming this year by Permuted Press. Check it out here:
http://www.amazon.com/Revenants-A-Digital-Chapbook-ebook/dp/B006FRP0KC/ref=sr_1_6?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1327458518&sr=1-6

You can always visit Grover’s website for more titles, his photo gallery and lots of fun links: www.shadowtales.com.

From Trisha Wooldridge:

UnCONventional, which was edited by Wooldridge and Kate Kaynak, was released this month by Spencer Hill Press at the Arisia convention in Boston. The collection also includes a story by Wooldridge.

This anthology contains 22 original stories including the craziness of ComicCon to the seeming mundane “rah-rah” insurance conference. Some of us always knew there was more than meets the eye happening at conventions, these stories reveals the truth attendees always suspected.

The convention is just a cover. Aliens hold ascensions in hotel ballrooms. Mermaids make clandestine plans under cruise ship photo conferences. Werewolves enter dog shows. There are steampunk fairy time travelers coming to your Dragon*Con. A teenage superhero has to hitch a ride with a super villain for their Super conference. Some comics are more absorbing than you think.

The book comes in paperback and e-book formats:
http://www.site.spencerhillpress.com/UnCONventional.html

From Thomas D’Agostino:

D’Agostino is in the process of writing a new book. It is based on historical accounts in RI. As it progresses more will be available throughout the year; this is the first novel he is attempting to write.

From Craig D.B. Patton:

Patton is pleased to announce that his short story, “Last Testament”, has been accepted for publication in Supernatural Tales. His story, “Aftershocks,” has just been reprinted in Future Imperfect: Best of Wily Writers, Volume 2 (Wily Writers). The book is available online from Amazon and Barnes & Noble. A dizzying range of e-book formats are available at Smashwords.com.

From Dale Phillips:

Phillips has published two e-book horror story collections:
Halls of Horror #1
http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/119047

Halls of Horror #2
http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/119086

From Stanley Wiater:

Wiater is pleased to report that his first two collections of exclusive interviews are now available as e-books for both Kindle and Nook platforms: Dark Dreamers: Conversations with the Masters of Horror (1990) and Dark Visions: Conversations with the Masters of the Horror Film (1992). The former was a Bram Stoker Award winner and the latter a Bram Stoker Award winner finalist. Classic interviews with Stephen King, Anne Rice, Clive Barker, Richard Matheson, Wes Craven, Dean Koontz, Robert McCammon to name a few. There are interviews with nearly 50 authors and filmmakers in all.

From Andrea Perron:

Perron has been busy doing several interviews, including a forthcoming segment on WJAR, Channel 10, in Providence, Rhode Island. R.J. Heim, the feature reporter, is creating a four-week series of reports based on the paranormal, all of which will be airing during February. The interview was conducted on Skype, as she is currently in Georgia.

The next six weeks are booked solid with a variety of meetings, interviews and appearances. Meanwhile, she is preparing Volume Two of House of Darkness House of Light for release in the spring. All of the radio interviews are posted on her author’s Facebook page and the television interviews will be uploaded on YouTube.

The film, which will contain elements of this true story, is just weeks away from shooting and will likely undergo a name change, though it has spent the last two years of development with the working title The Conjuring. It is based upon the investigation of her home and subsequent case file compiled as well as the personal memoirs of Ed and Lorraine Warren. The principle characters have been cast in the last couple weeks and New Line Cinema is full steam ahead with the project.

From Robert Heske:

Heske reports charitable anthology, One and Done, from InvestComics (www.investcomics.com) is now available for purchase. The anthology is a collection of 1-page graphic tales of various genres (horror, super hero, fantasy, comedy) that have one common connection—they all end in death! Heske was editor and also contributed two tales and a 4-page graphic tale in the “Killer Extras” section. The book is $6.99 and all proceeds go to support the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund. InvestComics is supporting the book with a series of creator interviews, the first can be read here:
http://investcomics.com/features/one-and-done-dual-interview-arno-hurter-and-david-edwards

Heske would appreciate it if you would share the link for the book’s online website, write a favorable review or pick up a copy. Here is the link:
http://investcomics.com/features/one-and-done-dual-interview-arno-hurter-and-david-edwards

Heske’s original graphic novel, The Night Projectionist, will be in the April Diamond Previews and available in stores everywhere in the Spring. You can follow tweets on the book on Twitter at #whoisthenightprojectionist.

From Stacey Longo:

Longo is offering copy-editing services to NEHW members at a reduced rate of $1.50 per 250 words. Contact her at staceyblongo@gmail.com for further information.

Longo was recently interviewed on the Scary Scribes podcast about her short story, “People Person,” which originally appeared in the Dark Things IV anthology. You can listen directly from the Paranormal, Eh? Radio Network here: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/paranormaleh/2012/01/29/scary-scribes

From Chris Irvin:

Irvin wants people to know that his new home for dark fiction and weird flash stories is www.HouseLeagueFiction.com.

From Daniel G. Keohane:

Keohane announces the official release of his newest and darkest horror novel, Destroyer of Worlds, on Monday, Jan. 30.

The blurb: Corey Union’s world is about to end. Around every corner lurk the inevitable signs of a coming doomsday. Corey moves his wife and daughter to a new home nestled in the woods…but nothing is what it seems in this man’s world. Elderly sociopath Hank Cowles and his little dog take a deadly interest in the Union family. Beautiful recluse Vanessa believes she is Corey’s only chance for survival, even if saving the man means destroying his family, and his sanity, forever.

The book is available in trade paperback for $12.99 and on the Kindle for $2.99
(the e-book version is Kindle-exclusive for now).

From Erin Underwood:

“Totentanz,” co-authored by Underwood and Nancy Holder, has been accepted into the Danse Macabre anthology edited by Nancy Kilpatrick, which should be published later this year.

WELCOME NEW MEMBERS:

Terry Harmon (NH)
Hannah McLamb (NH)
Scott Davis (RI)

– Jason Harris, Editor, the Epitaph: Journal of NEHW
– Stacey Longo, Assistant Editor, the Epitaph: Journal of NEHW

Dec 31 2011

The Epitaph, Issue #15 (December 2011)

Issue #15 (December 2011)

The Epitaph

Journal of the New England Horror Writers (NEHW)

The NEHW Board of Directors:

NEHW WRITING WORKSHOP:

The class will be taught in three parts: writing, editing, and publishing; offer a bagged lunch; and include a professional critique of up to 2000 words of registered attendees’ manuscripts.

Attendees will learn under three professional members of the New England Horror Writers. Kristi Petersen Schoonover is a three-time Norman Mailer Writers Colony Winter Resident; her short fiction has appeared in Carpe Articulum, The Adirondack Review, Barbaric Yawp, New Witch Magazine, Toasted Cheese, and others. Her most recent work, Skeletons in the Swimmin’ Hole, is a collection of ghost stories set in Disney Parks. T.J. May is a writer of dark fiction, daylighting as a behavior therapist to children with autism. He is a regular contributor to Shroud Magazine, co-founder of SUMM Publications, an active member of the HWA and Co-Director of Events for the New England Horror Writers. Trisha J. Wooldridge is the President of Broad Universe, an international non-profit dedicated to celebrating and promoting women who write speculative fiction. She’s contributed to several anthologies, including the EPIC-award-winning Bad-Ass Faeries series, is an associate editor for Spencer Hill Press, and freelance writes and edits for magazines, independent authors, and academic websites.

As this is the first workshop offered at the 65 James Street Annie’s, there is a special price of $30 for the course, or $25 for members of New England Horror Writers, Worcester Writers Collaborative, or Worcester college students. Attendees will need to pre-register either at Annie’s and will have to turn in their manuscript for critique no later than January 27. Seating is limited to 21 attendees. Walk-ins, if there is space, must pay full price and will not have a reserved bag lunch nor will they get the professional critique—but they are eligible for class critique.

For more information, contact Annie’s Book Stop via www.anniesbookstopworcester.com or email anniesbookstopworcester@gmail.com. The phone number for the store is 508-796-5613. Space is firmly capped, so register now!

For more information about the event and all media, contact: Trisha Wooldridge, trish@anovelfriend.com, 774-239-3655.

NEHW SIGNINGS AND READINGS:

Queen City Kamikaze Convention, Manchester, NH

The NEHW will be involved at the Queen City Kamikaze Convention in Manchester, New Hampshire on Saturday, Feb. 18. Email Jason Harris at dudley228@gmail.com if you would like to participate. There will be three tables, so there’s room for 15 people. Nine spots have been taken so far. There is no cost to participate.

The 39th Heritage Craft Fair, Framingham, MA

NEHW WRITING OPPORTUNITIES:

From David Price:

The Mystery Writers of America are now accepting submissions for an anthology tentatively titled What Lies Inside, edited by Brad Meltzer. This should be a story about something that is hidden, whether it is a real object hidden in a vault somewhere or a secret buried deep down in someone’s subconcious. Stories should be between 3,500 and 7,000 words. Deadline is February 1, 2012. Full guidelines can be found at: http://hosted-p0.vresp.com/208752/42a6e17ebb/ARCHIVE

NEHW MEMBER NEWS:

From Joseph Sherry:

Sherry announces his story, “OCD,” is being published in So Long and Thanks for All the Brains. It is his first published story.

From Charles Day:

As a new member, I wanted to say hello, and express my gratitude on being voted in as a full member of your association. I’m real excited to be part of your professional organization for writers, artists and more. I do know many authors here already. I even see a few I’m proud to call my writer friends.

So here’s a quick update from me.

Right now, I’m excited to see the release of my mystery/thriller “The Plan,” a novelette with Naked Snake Press, released on Dec. 21. I know it’s not horror, but I just had to write what Frankie kept telling me in my head. I had to get him to stop. The voices were overwhelming. “The Plan” is full of mystery, suspense and a conspiracy that should have never came to be. Welcome to Frankie’s twisted and dark world.

Here is the Amazon link: http://www.amazon.com/The-Plan-A-Mystery-ebook/dp/B006O5REH2/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_1

2011 has been a good year, but 2012 is going to rock. Here’s what’s coming.

Legend of the Pumpkin Thief, a YA horror novel with Noble YA Publishers, which will be released on Jan 9.

As publisher for Evil Jester Press, I want to make sure everyone knows that Rick Hautula’s classic horror novel, Moondeath, is returning with a brand new cover by world renowned artist, Glen Chadbourne. It includes a brand new introduction by Christopher Golden and Hautula. It will be released Jan. 2.

Hoping everyone had a great Holiday and Merry Christmas. Looking forward to seeing everyone at ANTHOCON 2012. It’s going to be even better than 2011. Not sure how we are going to top all the great things that happened in November up in Portsmouth, but I know the event is in great hands!

From Nick Cato:

The Apocalypse of Peter, an all-new bizarro/dark fantasy novella by Cato, will be released in June. It is being published by Damnation Books. The story follows an unusual end-times scenario as seen through the eyes of a seminary student.

In late 2012, Cato’s short, “What Was Called,” will be featured in a PS Publishing anthology, Dark Fusions: Where Monsters Lurk (originally titled Arkham Nightmares) and edited by Lois Gresh. For more info, see his blog, nickcato.blogspot.com.

From Kristi Petersen Schoonover:

Schoonover, author of Skeletons in the Swimmin’ Hole—Tales from Haunted Disney World, compares the films Misery vs. 1408 in an all-Stephen King episode of Reviews from the Shadows. You can listen to the show here: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/paranormaleh/2011/12/16/reviews-from-the-shadows-4

From David L. Tamarin:

Tamarin has a short story published at www.BizarroCentral.com.

He was named Chief Counsel for Girls and Corpses magazine and General Counsel for Harbinger Pictures, an extreme horror film production company.

He flew out to Pittsburgh to act in a scene for the film The Profane Exhibit.

His interview with scream queen Seregon O’Dassey will be posted soon at

www.horrornews.net.

He will soon be writing a monthly column for the New England Horror Writers’ website on his experiences in acting and in the horror film industry. “I’ll be talking about being tortured to death on film, getting severely injured making a movie, working with a film producer who spent 6 months in prison for embezzling the funds for the (shitty) film I was in, having a bomb threat called in during the middle of the world premiere of a film I co-wrote, getting stuck on a train during a film shoot with Anna Faris, playing a child pornographer at a strip club that I later learned to be the home turf of an infamous New England serial killer, convincing Boston casting agents I was a crackhead to get a role in Mark Wahlberg’s The Fighter (I got a call back but not the role,) almost getting arrested for hitch-hiking for a local film, eating asbestos, and many more stories of my years in the business since 2005.”

From Daniel Pearlman:

For anyone interested in literature in Italian (as well as English), my latest e-book with 40K Publishers is a translation of my story “The Vatican’s Secret Cabinet” (also on their site in English) at http://www.40kbooks.com/?page_id=10716

From Stacey Longo:

Longo will be the very first guest ever on Scary Scribes, premiering Jan. 29. Visit www.scaryscribes.com for more information.

From Rick Hautala:

Evil Jester Press will release a trade paperback reprint of Hautala’s first published novel, Moondeath, in January.

From Robert Heske:

Heske wanted to share this link to his latest IndieCreator column at www.investcomics.com.

He wants to remind people the clock is ticking, but there’s still time to vote for your favorite horror comic creators in the new GHASTLY AWARDS and the 3rd annual HORROR COMIC AWARDS.

http://investcomics.com/features/we’ve-got-some-merry-scary-news-this-holiday-for-horror-comics-creators

Voting is as simple as a mouse click, so if you are a fan of the horror genre—or if you are a horror creator deserving recognition—vote and share the link.

In early January, InvestComics will also be releasing its’ One and Done anthology which benefits the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund. It’s a great book in support of a great cause. And, as an editor and contributor, I call tell you the content is fresh, unique and darkly entertaining.

Plus, I have a few fantastic interviews with film and scifi creators in the

coming weeks. Stay tuned!

Wishing everyone a 2012 where you achieve all you set out to do, and have fun and are healthy every step of the way!

From Dale Phillips:

Dale’s first horror story collection, Halls of Horror, will be out soon at Smashwords.com. For updates, please check www.daletphillips.com

From Thomas D’Agostino:

D’Agostino and Arlene Nicholson’s eighth and ninth books, Haunted Vermont and Ghost Stories and Legends of Connectitcut are doing very well. A Guide to Haunted New England is working through its fifth reprint.

Thomas was recently called to appear in episode 28 of My Ghost Story and an episode of Ghost Hunters. Both deal with the haunting of the Victorian in Gardner, MA.

Thomas also was cast in a movie about Dudleytown called Dudleytown Curse – The 49th Key.

Go to www.nepurs.com for updates and info.

From G. Elmer Munson:

Munson’s short story, “Thunder,” appears in the recently released Dark Things II: Cat Crimes in both print and Kindle versions by Savage Tiki Digi Books. Both are available through Amazon and can be found on his author’s page:

http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B005S0NWFC

All proceeds for this anthology will benefit various cat sanctuaries across the USA so if you’re a cat lover (or even if you’re not) enjoy a good read while helping out the kitties!

From E.F. Schraeder:

Schraeder’s story, “The Dove,” is included in the forthcoming Father Grim’s Storybook from Wicked East Press, edited by Jessica Weiss (https://sites.google.com/a/wickedeastpress.com/wicked-east-press/coming-soon).

Schraeder’s story, “A Particular Class of Woman,” is included in one of Sonar 4 Publications’ recently released charity publications, White chapel 13, edited by Brian L. Porter (http://www.sonar4publications.com/p/charity-anthologies.html).

WELCOME NEW MEMBERS:

Kendra Saunders (NH)

Peter Schwotzer (NH)

M LaFrance (RI)

Amanda Doughty (CT)

Philip Perron (NH)

Thomas D’Agostino (CT)

– Jason Harris, Editor, the Epitaph: Journal of NEHW

– Stacey Longo, Assistant Editor, the Epitaph: Journal of NEHW

Nov 30 2011

The Epitaph, Issue #14 (November 2011)

Issue #14 (November 2011)

The Epitaph
Journal of the New England Horror Writers (NEHW)

The NEHW Board of Directors:

NEHW HOLIDAY PARTY:

Only 11 Days ‘til the NEHW Holiday Party and YOU are invited!

The NEHW Holiday Party will be on December 10 from 1:00—8:00 p.m. at John McIlveen’s apartment complex (we have a whole party facility at our disposal!) The address is 40 Locke St., Haverhill, MA, and you can always call Mac at (603) 930-8679 if you get lost. Break out your cauldrons and whip up something ghoulish—it’s pot luck! It’s also BYOB, so bring your own poison. RSVP by emailing Scott Goudsward at screaming602@gmail.com or contacting him via Facebook – we need a headcount and a dish list, so please RSVP ASAP!

NEHW SIGNINGS AND READINGS:

Authors Tracy L. Carbone, Scott Goudsward, Karen Dent, and Roxanne Dent will be appearing at the first Pear Tree Publishing/Haverhill Country Club Christmas Book Sale being held at the Haverhill Country Club on Wednesday, Dec. 7 from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. The country club is located at 58 Brickett Lane, Haverhill, MA 01830-8703. Doors open to HCC members at 5 p.m. and to the public at 6 p.m.

NEHW PROMOTIONAL OPPORTUNITIES:

Hi! I would like to take a moment to introduce myself and our group. I am The Dome from Sci Fi Saturday Night. We are a podcast and website devoted to Fantasy and Science Fiction in its myriad forms. We are the Official podcast of Boston ComicCon and over the years we have met many artists and writers and had them and their works on our website and in our podcasts. Some of the people on our website and podcasts are: Ben Bova, Harlan Ellison, Spider Robinson, H.P. Mallory, S.J. Wright and Resa Nelson.

One of our ongoing columns is called “Fiction Friday,” which gives our readers the chance to sample work by authors they may not have yet read. It usually works out that if a short story is appearing on the net by you, we put a sample of it on the website with a link directing our readers to the full text of that story. If this is something you might be interested in, please contact us at the_dome@comcast.net.

NEHW member Kristi Petersen Schoonover is scheduled to appear on the podcast on Dec. 17.

NEHW WRITING OPPORTUNITIES:

From David Price:

The Mystery Writers of America are now accepting submissions for an anthology tentatively titled What Lies Inside, edited by Brad Meltzer. This should be a story about something that is hidden, whether it is a real object hidden in a vault somewhere or a secret buried deep down in someone’s subconscious. Stories should be between 3,500 and 7,000 words. Deadline is February 1, 2012. Full guidelines can be found at: http://hosted-p0.vresp.com/208752/42a6e17ebb/ARCHIVE

NEHW MEMBER NEWS:

From Daniel Pearlman:

Pearlman did an interview for the Italian e-book company, 40K Books, which has already published some of his stories in both English and Italian. Here is the link to the interview about short fiction, http://www.40kbooks.com/?p=12453. 40K specializes in genre fiction.

From Charles Day:

Day has two novels coming out in 2012. The first is Legend of the Pumpkin Thief, a YA horror novel with Noble YA Publishers, which will be released on Jan 9.

An adult horror novel, Deep Within, will be published by Twisted Library Press with a release sometime in the Spring of 2012.

From Steven Withrow:

Withrow has founded Poetry Advocates for Children & Young Adults (http://poetryadvocates.wordpress.com/), a nonprofit, grassroots, and global organization dedicated to promoting poetry for young people.

From K. A. Laity:

Laity is on a Fulbright at the National University of Ireland Galway, working on digital humanities at the Moore Institute. She has a survey for writers that she would love folks to take about what it means to be a writer in the digital age.

Here is the link: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dG1GaGNkQmJ5cFRKS1RaNFN5aW5TeUE6MQ

Recent and Upcoming Publications (none have been listed yet, she believes):

It’s a Curse: Drunk on the Moon, Book VII. Trestle Press (http://www.trestlepresspublishing.com/ (Nov. 2011).

“Mandrake and Magpies.” Dark Pages: International Noir, Vol 1. Ed. Giovanni

“Gelati.” Dark Pages/Trestle Press, http://www.trestlepresspublishing.com/

(Nov 2011)

“And It Felt Like a Kiss.” Blink|Ink, http://www.blink-ink.com/ (Sept.

2011)

“Dracula X.” Defenestration Magazine,

http://www.defenestrationmag.net/2011/07/%E2%80%9Creview-dracula-x%E2%80%9D-by-k-a-laity/ (July 2011)

“The Wyandotte Haunting” in the anthology, There Was a Crooked House.

http://www.pillhillpress.com/crooked-house.html. Ed. Jessy Marie Roberts.

Pill Hill Press (June 2011)

From David L Tamarin:

Tamarin’s story “Melting” has been accepted into the second issue of Grave Demand magazine.

The new issue of Girls and Corpses comes out today. The issue has his interview with the godfather of gore, H.G. Lewis, along with an article about him.

The issue also contains a second article by Tamarin, on winter horror films, featuring discussions about The Thing, The Shining, Dead Snow, Frozen, and more. The issue is available at many bookstores and online at www.girlsandcorpses.com.

The magazine used to be available at Barnes and Noble, but they stopped carrying it because they were offended by the religious issue.

Tamarin appears in the new iParty Christmas commercial which will be airing throughout New England until Christmas.

From J.P. Freeman:

Freeman turned one of his stories into a short-run comic book series, “Suicide Man,” and the first issue is to be released in January. A professional artist did the artwork for the eight-part series. Once every issue is release, they will be compiled into a graphic novel. He will have the exact release date along with a short teaser for the comic for the newsletter next month. He really hopes any horror comic book fans will stop by his website and “like” his Facebook page so they can check this out.

(Editor’s note: his website is listed on the NEHW website under “NEHW Members’ Websites.”)

From Kristi Petersen Schoonover:

Schoonover talked about the real ghost stories which may have inspired vignettes in Disney’s Haunted Mansion attraction, on Dave’s Disney View, and read her out-of-print ghost story, “House Sitter,” on Canada’s Paranormal, Eh? Radio. You can listen to both shows at Kristi’s website here:

http://kristipetersenschoonover.com/about/radio-interviews/

Schoonover’s flash piece, “Slow Grill,” was runner-up in Culture magazine’s annual Scary Dairy Contest (fellow NEHW member Dave Goudsward took first place for “Michael, Is That You?”). NEHW member Stacey Longo also entered (her story’s untitled), and you can read all three stories here: http://www.culturecheesemag.com/blog/wfertman_scary_dairy_contest_2011

Schoonover’s book, Skeletons in the Swimmin’ Hole—Tales from Haunted Disney World, is now available in both the Endicott College (Beverly, MA) and Pinellas Park (FL) libraries.

An interview with her Read Short Fiction co-editor Robert Mayette is now available on Duotrope.com, the online writing market directory: http://www.duotrope.com/Interview.aspx?id=4000.

She and NEHW member and editor of Shroud magazine Tim Deal were interviewed for last month’s Reuters article “Halloween Horror Trend: Less Gore is More.” You can read that here: http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/27/us-halloween-haunted-idUSTRE79Q4V020111027

Her short story, “Under the Kudzu” was accepted for Wicked East Press’ upcoming anthology, Behind Locked Doors.

Paranormal Researchers of Fredericton (Canada) interviewed her for a feature on their website. You can read that here: http://paranormal-researchers.com/?p=453

From Andrea Perron:

Perron’s recent trip back to New England was busy and productive. She made an appearance at The Assembly Theater in Harrisville, R.I for a lecture, “The Biggest Chill.” Keith Johnson of NEAR Paranormal provided the introduction to the lecture, which was filmed and will be released soon.

She filmed an episode of The NEST Files (New England Spiritual Team) in Groton, CT. Johnson accompanied her, as well as her father.

She also had a “memorable appearance” at the public library in Uxbridge, MA, where she gave a speech and had a book signing. She was also interviewed for a local newspaper.

A review of her book was published in Retro Rhode Island Magazine (http://www.retrori.com/ri-places/a-haunting-read-%e2%80%9chouse-of-darkness-house-of-light%e2%80%9d). She also gave several interviews while in the area.

Since her return to Georgia, she has done a few radio broadcasts and booked several more. She met with Brandon Kreitzer and he has arranged to promote her book on Past TV Network, along with a variety of videos too long for her YouTube channels. All the links will be published on her Google profile and elsewhere on the web.

In the last week, she has published articles on Newsvine and Ezine and a new blogspot called “Conjuring the Spirits” is being released.

From Scott Goudsward:

Goudsward’s novel, Fountain of the Dead, has been accepted for publication by Twisted Library Press.

From Dale Phillips:

Phillips was interviewed and featured in a talk on writing on the Brazilian Book Worm blog: http://brazilianbookworm.blogspot.com/

From Patrick Rahall:

Rahall will have two pieces of flash fiction in the upcoming anthology, Daily Frights 2012: 366 Days of Frightening Flash Fiction, from Pill Hill Press. His stories are titled “Pot Roast” and “Stop, Drop and Roll.”

WELCOME NEW MEMBERS:

Brian Dixon (CT)
Matthew Acheson (ME)
Charles Day (NY)
Richard Steeves (CT)
Paula Roswell (CT)
Joseph Sherry (MA)

– Jason Harris, Editor, the Epitaph: Journal of NEHW
– Stacey Longo, Assistant Editor, the Epitaph: Journal of NEHW

Oct 31 2011

The Epitaph, Issue #13 (October 2011)

Issue #13 (October 2011)

The Epitaph
Journal of the New England Horror Writers (NEHW)

The NEHW Board of Directors:

NEHW Events:

SouthCoast Toy and Comic Show, Nov. 6

The NEHW will have a table at the SouthCoast Toy and Comic Show on Sunday, Nov. 6, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Seaport Inn and Marina in Fairhaven, MA. For more information, check out the website, http://www.southcoasttoyandcomic.com. Authors Dave Goudsward, Kasey Shoemaker, Rob Watts, and Stacey Longo will be at the event. Authors Nathan Wrann and Kristi Petersen Schoonover will have books at the show. There is still time to participate. Email Jason Harris at dudley228@gmail.com if you wish to be at the NEHW table at the show.

Anthocon, Nov. 11 – 13

There will be a NEHW table at Anthocon the weekend of Nov. 11-13. Email Tracy Carbone at tracy@tracylcarbone.com if you are interested in a spot at the table.
There will also be a book release party for Epitaphs, NEHW’s first anthology. There will be a special table for the anthology and most of the authors included in this collection will be at the convention throughout the weekend signing copies.
For more information about Anthocon and Epitaphs, click on the “Anthocon” and “Epitaphs” categories on the website, http://www.newenglandhorror.org/.

NEHW Publicity Committee:
The Publicity Committee members are Stacey Longo, Kristi Petersen Schoonover, David Price, and Doug Rinaldi. If you are interested in joining the committee, please contact Jason Harris at dudley228@gmail.com.

NEHW WRITING OPPORTUNITIES:

From David Price:

The Mystery Writers of America are now accepting submissions for an anthology tentatively titled What Lies Inside, edited by Brad Meltzer. This should be a story about something that is hidden, whether it is a real object hidden in a vault somewhere or a secret buried deep down in someone’s subconscience. Stories should be between 3,500 and 7,000 words. Deadline is February 1, 2012. Full guidelines can be found at:
http://hosted-p0.vresp.com/208752/42a6e17ebb/ARCHIVE

PUBLISHING NEWS:

From Stacey Longo:

The Library of Living Dead Press and its sister imprints, including the Library of Horror Press, have sadly announced a hold on all anthology publishing for a minimum of six months. Authors with stories waiting for publication with this press can visit the Twisted Library forum at http://libraryofthelivingdead.lefora.com/ for information regarding specific anthologies and story rights.

NEHW MEMBER NEWS:

From Kristi Petersen Schoonover:

Schoonover’s short story, “Vanity,” which was inspired by Poe’s “The Oval Portrait” is now available in Dark Opus Press’ In Poe’s Shadow.

In this anthology each piece is inspired by one of Poe’s, and they’re grouped as such. If you’re a fan of “The Fall of the House of Usher,” there’s Sorrel Wood’s “De’Atherton House;” if you’re a fan of “The Masque of the Red Death” there’s S.S. Hampton, Sr.’s “The Mumbai Malaise;” if you’re a fan of “The Premature Burial,” there’s Dorian Dawes’ “Loving the Dead.”

You can order your copy of In Poe’s Shadow here: http://amzn.to/InPoesShadow

Schoonover was recently interviewed by Dave’s Disney View, a podcast dedicated to all things Disney for Disney Park fans. She spent the time talking about the real ghost stories behind the tableaux in the Haunted Mansion attraction. You can listen to the episode right from the Dave’s Disney View website here: http://disneyview.blogspot.com/2011/10/ddv-72-look-at-some-of-stories-of.html

For those of you who missed it, Kristi has a mini-movie posted of the New England Horror Writers’ experience at Rock and Shock on her blog. You can watch that here: http://wp.me/pIXRs-13x

From Eric Dimbleby:

Dimbleby’s debut novel, Please Don’t Go, was released in September. Details can be found at his website, www.ericdimbleby.com.

From Dave Goudsward:

Goudsward was interviewed for the October issue of Rue Morgue magazine, an issue dedicated to the Fly movies in their various incarnations. He discusses George Langelaan, author of the original short story, “The Fly” as well as The Fly at Fifty, Dave’s non-fiction book/anniversary retrospect on the classic David Hedison/Vincent Price version of the film.

He will also be attending the SouthCoast Toy and Comic Show in Fairhaven, MA. on Sunday, Nov. 6.

From Alyn Day:

Day has been accepted into the anthology, So Long And Thanks For All The Brains, due out mid-December.

From Rick Hautala:

Hautala has sold Star Road, a collaboration with Matt Costello, to Brendan Deneen at St. Martin’s/Thomas Dunne, for publication in 2013.

His novel, The Mountain King and Four Octobers, is now available as an e-book from Cemetery Dance Publications.

From Dale Phillips:

Phillips’ second novel, A Fall From Grace, is at the publisher and should be released in November. It’s a mystery.

From Timothy Flynn:

Flynn’s first pro sale of a poem, “My Mind Floats Above Me,” will be in Space and Time magazine (Issue 115) this Fall.

From Jesse Young:

Young is a new member and wanted people to know he is an illustrator. He is available for cover art and interiors. His portfolio is available online at www.jessedavidyoung.com.
“I look forward to getting to know and working with you all,” Young said.

From Kevin Lewis:

Dead Christmas: A Zombie Anthology, which features Lewis’ short story, “Merry Christmas, Claire,” is now available in both print and on Amazon Kindle. It is published by Open Casket Press.

From John Grover:

Grover is pleased to announce the re-release of his collection Feminine Wiles to the Kindle and Nook. After years of only being available in paperback, his favorite collection of 16 wicked women is now available on any e-reader.
All new cover art and a great price make this a great deal and it has already garnered two new 5-star reviews.

Check it out here:
http://www.amazon.com/Feminine-Wiles-ebook/dp/B005O53WXS/ref=sr_1_1?s=digita l-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1319585261&sr=1-1

For the nook:
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/feminine-wiles-john-grover/1016121190?ean=29 40011521782&itm=1&usri=feminine%2bwiles

Grover’s story, “Their Familiar,” is now available in the new anthology by Open
Casket Press, Creature Features, which is in trade paperback and
e-book at Amazon.

His story “Projecting Evil,” is in Library of Horror Press’ Horrorology also
available at Amazon.

Grover is also thrilled to have his story, “Windblown Shutter,” in the NEHW’s first anthology, Epitaphs and will be attending the signing at Anthocon where he hopes to meet many of his fellow writers.

Finally, if you would like to sample some of Grover’s writing, he has a free story available on Smashwords, “The Disembodied.” Stop by and check it out:
http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/96063

All of these titles can be easily found on John’s recently updated website:
http://www.shadowtales.com/. Where you will find two new book trailers on the news page, one for Terror in Small Doses, still only .99 cents on Kindle or Nook.

From Stacey Longo:

Longo was recently asked to speak to a group of high school students at the Arts at Capitol Theater magnet school in Willimantic, CT. She spoke about writing as a craft and an industry. Her notes about this presentation appeared on the NEHW blog on October 24, 2011.

From Lawson Welles:

Welles is currently putting the finishing touches on the controversial horror/political novel, Schreck – The Hunt for Hitler’s Vampire, about to go out to an undisclosed publisher (to be announced at a later date). It has been described as “Dracula meets the Odessa File.” His first film, Cricket Snapper, a neo-noir BDSM crime drama based on the true story of the Quincy dominatrix, premiered in Boston this past May, which received news coverage from the Quincy Patriot-Ledger.

He is also preparing his Penn State Master’s paper on Japanese Vampire legends for publication.

WELCOME NEW MEMBERS:
Jesse Young (CT)
Michael Dias (RI)
Christopher Pappas (MA)
Matt Sughrue (MA)
Kris Triana (MA)
Raynard Stevens (NH)
Suzanne Reynolds-Alpert (MA)
Matthew Martino (MA)
Ashleigh Homon (MA)
Jenna Moquin (MA)

– Jason Harris, Editor, the Epitaph: Journal of NEHW
– Stacey Longo, Assistant Editor, the Epitaph: Journal of NEHW

Sep 30 2011

The Epitaph Issue #12 (Sept. 2011)

Issue #12 (September 2011)

The Epitaph
Journal of the New England Horror Writers (NEHW)

The NEHW Board of Directors:

Tracy L. Carbone – Co-Chair
Stacey Longo – Co-Chair/Secretary
Dan Keohane – Treasurer
Jason Harris – Director of Publicity/Webmaster
Tim Deal – Director of Publications
T.J. May – Director of Events
Scott Goudsward – Director of Social Events
Danny Evarts – Member at Large

NEHW News:

The NEHW Committee has a new co-chair, Stacey Longo. Longo has taken over the position after Dan Keohane decided to step down from that position and take on the responsibilities of Treasurer.

I want to thank members Jennifer Yarter-Polmatier, Kristi Petersen Schoonover, Stacey Longo, Dan Keohane, Danny Evarts, Dan Foley, Kurt Newton, Nathan Wrann, Raven Starr, Scott Goudsward, K. Allen Wood, Greg X. Graves, Nathan Schoonover and Ron Winter for participating at the NEHW booth at the Hebron Harvest Fair.

I would also like to thank Robert Heske and Tracy L. Carbone for sending their books to be sold at the booth.

NEHW Publicity Committee:

Would you like to join the publicity committee? Committee members will help find information for website entries along with writing entries. They can also bring up their own ideas for entries. For more information or to join the committee, send an email to Jason Harris at dudley228@gmail.com.

Shirley Jackson Awards information:

The 2011 Shirley Jackson Awards are open to submissions. Publishers, not authors, should contact JoAnn F. Cox at admin@shirleyjacksonawards.org about specifics.

NEHW WRITING OPPORTUNITIES:

From Rod Heather:

Heather’s new publishing venture is now open for submissions. Check out the website,
http://www.lore-online.com/index.php/submission-guidelines.

NEHW MEMBER NEWS:

From Craig Shaw Gardner:

Gardner and Jeffrey A. Carver will be teaching their “ULTIMATE SF WORKSHOP” one more time at Pandemonium Books in Cambridge, MA from October to December. This workshop covers fantasy, horror and science fiction writing. Graduates have sold novels, gotten big-time agents, and sold lots of short stories to pro markets (one grad has a story in the current F and SF). Craig is a former president of HWA and a New York Times bestselling author. Jeff is a Nebula nominee. We’re looking for people who are serious about writing and want to push their prose to a more professional level.

Interested? Go to http://www.starrigger.net/workshop.htm for more information.

From Greg X. Graves:

On September 1, 1889 Labs published Greg’s first novel, Codex Nekromantia. It is a light-hearted urban fantasy about three necromancers who overwhelm a city with zombies, and the survivors of the assault. The serialized online release will be wrapping up next month as well.

From Kurt Newton:

Newton’s novella, The Brainpan Concerto, is available for preorder on the Sideshow Press site. Here are the particulars:

Sideshow Press page link:
https://sideshowpressonline.com/?page_id=4&category=1&product_id=59

Cover art link:
http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k117/blackinkhorror/BrainpanCoverNewmontage.jpg

It is available in Limited Hardcover Edition, which is a case-bound hardcover with graphic cover, 5 x 8,″ 145 pages, fully-illustrated, signed, numbered, and limited to no more than 70 copies

From Kristi Petersen Schoonover:

Schoonover’s short story “Vanity” will appear in Dark Opus Press’ forthcoming anthology, In Poe’s Shadow, in which writers were asked to submit a modern tale directly paying homage to or inspired by one of Poe’s short stories.

“Vanity” owes itself to Poe’s little-known short story, “The Oval Portrait,” which is Schoonover’s favorite piece of his. If you’d like to read “The Oval Portrait”—it’s short, in fact it’s under 1300 words—you can read it at http://www.eapoe.org (The Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore’s extensive online archive): http://www.eapoe.org/works/tales/ovlprtc.htm.

The first round of revisions on her forthcoming horror novel, Bad Apple, is complete! Bad Apple is coming from Vagabondage Press Books this November. To learn more about her novel and read some advance praise, visit her temporary Bad Apple page: http://wp.me/PIXRs-Pp

The Smoking Poet’s Zinta Aistars recently gave her collection Skeletons in the Swimmin’ Hole—Tales from Haunted Disney World an in-depth review, noting that the stories “are imaginative, and each one, in its own way, left me squirming a bit in discomfort as ghost stories should. You can read the full review here: http://www.thesmokingpoet.net/id16.htm

From John Grover:

Grover announces Terror in Small Doses for only 99 cents!
Available for the first time on Kindle. Terror in Small Doses is a re-release of the limited edition print chapbook by the now defunct Nocturne Press. Six flash tales of horror and the supernatural that make a great sampler of the author’s work. All new cover art was done by the artist of
the original, Kirk Alberts. This is a Kindle exclusive … get your copy today at
http://www.amazon.com/Terror-In-Small-Doses-ebook/dp/B005G8SBRA/ref=sr_1_1?s =digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1314234425&sr=1-1

From Jeffrey Thomas:

Thomas’s novella, Beautiful Hell, is now available for pre-order on the Dark Regions Press website, http://www.darkregions.com, in trade paperback edition (first 100 copies signed by the author), with an e-book edition forthcoming.

The novella is set in the world of Thomas’ short story collection Voices From Hades, and the novels The Fall of Hades and Letters From Hades. It can be ordered at the Dark Regions Press website, http://www.darkregions.com/beautiful-hell-by-jeffrey-thomas/.

From Miranda Doerfler:

Doerfler is hosting a Horror Writers Weekend in Albany, NY on October 7 through 9. Come attend the first annual Horror Writers’ Weekend! You will join your fellow horror writers for a night of horror appreciation, where each of you will get the chance to read your very own horror stories aloud. The event will also feature published horror writers as special guests (to be announced). Attendees will gather at Ten Broeck Mansion in Albany, NY, a dwelling that is said to be haunted, and share your works with other horror writers!

Attendees will enjoy a guided tour by the local Tri-City Paranormal Society throughout the mansion as short stories are read aloud to the group to create a truly terrifying atmosphere! People will also receive an EMP tutorial, test the mansion’s rooms for paranormal activity and take a “Ghost Walk” through the garden after dark. This will also be a great opportunity to speak with published horror authors! Refreshments will be provided by talented ghost hunter, baker and cupcake maker, Amy Bennett.

Want to join the fun? Simply message me on Facebook or email me through the Contact page, with the subject, “Horror Writers Weekend.” Tell me your name, age, what kind of story (or stories) you might want to read at the HWW (vampire, ghost, werewolf, dream demon, what have you), and what city you live in. NOTE: At no point will you be REQUIRED to read. You are more than welcome to come to the event, sit back and enjoy yourself! Taking place October 7 through 9, every night at 7:00 p.m.

Admission to the event is only $10.

Please RSVP to Doerfler by sending her a message through the contact page. All of this information is available on the designated page on her website.

She is also releasing her next publication, Bloody Apparitions, on November 4 on the Amazon Kindle and Smashwords. Blood Apparitions contains three short stories: “Til Death,” “Shadow Falls” and “Dead End.”

Til Death: Marriage is the beginning of the end for everyone at this reception.
Shadow Falls: A sleepy town keeps a dark secret amongst its small population…
Dead End: A wrong turn can give a fatal end to this family vacation.
More information on all of her publications is available on the Publications tab of her website.

From Doug Rinaldi:

Static Movement’s anthologies, Tales of Salt and Sorrow and Obsession, are now available through Pill Hill Press and Amazon.com. Tales of Salt and Sorrow features his short story “Maelstrom” and Obsession features his tale “Annual Seed.”

In other news, his pieces “Forlorn” and “Last Goodbye Glance” have been accepted into Wicked East’s Behind Locked Doors and Short Sips – Coffee House Flash Fiction anthologies respectively while his short “Cruciform” has been accepted into Tales of Terror & Mayhem From Deep Within The Box, also through Wicked East Press.

From Rick Hautala:

Hautala sold his novel, Waiting, to CD Publications. Already in the CD pipeline are two books—Indian Summer, a “Little Brothers” novella, and Chills, an original novel based on an original screenplay.

From Timothy Finn:

Finn’s story “Dead Heads” has been accepted by Open Casket Press for the upcoming Zombie Buffet anthology. Finn said, “It’s thanks to the newsletter and particularly the news items from Kevin Lewis and Scott Goudsward that I discovered both Open Casket Press and the anthology. Thank you all.”

Rymfire e-books collection, State of Horror: Massachusetts, featuring Finn’s story “Misfortune” is now available as an e-book from Amazon and the print version is available through Lulu.com.

From Andrea Perron:

Perron has had a busy month. She booked three radio shows and a slew of engagements for Rhode Island. An article about her book, House of Light, House of Darkness, appeared in Oracle 20-20 Magazine.

There is a new You Tube channel for House of Light, House of Darkness.

Margie Mersky, her SEO Administrator (web woman) has made a video they would like to share. It can be found here, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTauG0q5i_A&feature=email.

From J.P. Freeman:

Freeman had one of his stories, “The Anniversary,” published by Wicked East Press. It is included in the anthology, Hannibal’s Manor edited by Jessica Weiss. It’s available on their online store (https://sites.google.com/a/wickedeastpress.com/wicked-east-press/wicked-east-press-books), his site, Amazon, and Barnes and Noble. It is also available for the Kindle and Nook.

He recently started to self publish his own magazine, “Things Better Left Unsaid” which features one of his short stories each month. The first issue is available now through his website, www.jpfreemanpresents.com. The downloadable version is free.

From Karen Dent:

Her story, “Endless Hunger” has been accepted into the H.P. Lovecraft anthology, The Call of Lovecraft due out in 2012.

From Kevin Lewis:

The Amazon Kindle edition of Creature Feature: A Monster Anthology, which features Lewis’ short story, “The Floodlings,” is now available.

In other news, Lewis’ story, “Merry Christmas, Claire,” will be published in the upcoming anthology, Dead Christmas: A Zombie Anthology. Both anthologies are published by Open Casket Press.

From Dale Phillips:
Phillips’ story, “The Mousetrap” is out now in the current issue of “Over My Dead Body” (www.overmydeadbody.com).

From Matt Bechtel:
The revamped website for Necon E-books debuted this month. The largest and most exciting addition of the new site will be the Live Blog. The goal for the blog is to inspire and engender online conversation about all things related to horror literature. The company also wants to create those aspects in what it does in publishing, e-books, book reviews, author appreciations, etc.
Bob Booth, founder of Necon E-books, has already started a regular feature for the site called “Bob’s Table at Café Necon,” his own personal book review column written in the manner of a discussion around “his” table at the Necon convention. For more information about Necon, check out the website, http://www.campnecon.com.
The blog will contain a number of posts about writers or titles published by the company, but won’t be exclusively about them. Booth’s first review is of a novel by an author the company has not had the pleasure of publishing. The blog will be about the entire genre. The company sees this as an opportunity for everyone to promote, celebrate, and hopefully thereby grow the field of horror.
The blog will only feature positive commentary about specific writers or novels. They would rather spend their time (and online column inches) showcasing talent and works they like rather than criticizing those they don’t. They may write something critical about an overall theme or trope in the genre which they are unhappy about, or be professionally critical of trends within the publishing industry, which they may not agree with, but they will never use the blog to make any personal attacks.
“In short, you have our word that if you see your name on our blog, you’re going to like what you read next.”
Check out the revamped website, www.neconebooks.com.

From Stefan Petrucha:
Petrucha wants to give a heads-up to all zombie and detective fans that from Sept. 4 through Nov. 4 he will be tweeting a quote a day through his Twitter feed, @SPetrucha, from his upcoming zombie noir from Roc Books, Dead Mann Walking, which will be released Oct. 4.
“This is a crass effort at publicity, so if you see one that tickles your desiccated fancy or decaying rib, please share and spread the word,” he said.
There is some supplemental material here, https://jasonharrispromotions.wordpress.com/2011/09/28/author-releases-supplemental-material-in-anticipation-of-his-new-book/

WELCOME NEW MEMBERS:
J.P. Freeman (ME)
Erika Schraeder (VT)
Ron Winter (CT)
Kim Pereira (MA)
Miranda Doerfler (NY)
David Price (MA)
Robert Rumery (CT)
Audra Upton (CT)
Walt Schnabel (NH)
Anthony Laquerre (MA)
Jennifer Provost (MA)
Pat Sheridan (CT)
Kasey Shoemaker (CT)
David Chrisom (MA)
Nathan Schoonover (CT)

– Jason Harris, Editor, the Epitaph: Journal of NEHW
– Stacey Longo, Assistant Editor, the Epitaph: Journal of NEHW

Aug 7 2011

The Epitaph Issue #11 (August 2011)

Issue #11 (August 2011)

The Epitaph
Journal of the New England Horror Writers (NEHW)

The NEHW Board of Directors:

Dan Keohane – Co-Chair
Tracy L. Carbone – Co-Chair/Director of Social Events
Tim Deal – Director of Publications
T.J. May – Treasurer/Director of Events
Jason Harris – Director of Publicity/Webmaster
Stacey Longo – Secretary
Danny Evarts – Member at Large

Opportunity for NEHW Members for Meet & Greet and Book Signings:

The NEHW has been approved for a booth at the Hebron Harvest Fair, to be held Sept. 8 through 11, in Hebron, Connecticut. This will be an opportunity for NEHW members to sell some of their books or illustrations and gain some publicity. Two of our members have a house in Hebron and are offering it up as a “home base” to store merchandise, relax away from the fair, and as sleeping quarters for some members (bed space is limited!) The cost to NEHW members is $25 per writer/artist to help cover the cost of the booth. If a person can’t be there, they can also have their books, etc. sold there for $10. This is a large state fair and attendance is expected to be over 250,000.

We will be contacting local media regarding the booth as two of our members, the May brothers, are originally from the area. The Hebron Bulletin and the Rivereast News Bulletin have already run preliminary articles about our presence at these events.
Don’t miss out on your chance to get your name out there! Interested members can contact Jason Harris at dudley228@gmail.com for more information.

NEHW Appearances and Signings:

From Andrea Perron:

Perron, author of House of Darkness House of Light, will be appearing in Atlanta on Saturday, August 13, 2011 from 2:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. for a book signing at the Hoot Owl Attic. She will also be delivering a lecture at The Inner Space, which is located in the same building on the second floor. This event promises an intriguing Q & A session and a spirited debate of the ethereal issues surrounding this compelling true story of a haunting which occurred more than forty years ago in Harrisville, Rhode Island. You are invited to join her:

The Inner Space / Hoot Owl Attic

Emerald Office Park
6800 Roswell Road Suite 1-A
Atlanta, Georgia 30328
770-807-8080

Directions: From I-285 turn North onto Roswell Road.
Emerald Office Park is 2 and 1/2 miles on the left,
just past the intersection of Abernathy Road.

NEHW MEMBER NEWS:

From Dan Keohane:

Keohane’s new novel, Margaret’s Ark, is now available everywhere. Visit http://www.facebook.com/l/eAQCGjcpnAQCkiWKiACzYch0P8yLiSAzm-KCGC5ptiGUBjw/ for all the information.

From Erica Ferencik:

Ferencik’s new novel, Repeaters, comes out September 17. She would love to invite the members to the launch party at Wellesley Books. Here’s the invite!
http://wellesley.indiebound.com/event/erica-ferencik
From Craig D B Patton:

Patton is pleased to share the news that his story, “Aftershocks,” has been selected for inclusion in The Best of Wily Writers: Volume 2. “Aftershocks” was previously published on Wily Writers in May 2010. The book is scheduled for publication in late 2011.

From Roxanne Dent:

Dent’s short story, “Magnus the Magnificent,” was accepted into The Call of Lovecraft, an anthology for Evil Jester Press due out in November.

From Dave Goudsward:

Goudsward’ story “The Doom that Came to Al Capone” has been accepted for the Harrow Press anthology, Mortis Operandi, due out in 2012.

From Timothy Finn:

Finn’s story, “Misfortune,” will appear in Rymfire e-books’ State of Horror-Massachusetts collection. It’s his first sale in a long time.

From Stacey Longo:

Nightfall Publications’ anthology From Shadows and Nightmares featuring Longo’s short story “Wedding Day Blues” is now available for purchase on Amazon.com at the following link: http://amzn.to/nRC394

From Kevin Lewis:

Lewis’ short story, “The Floodlings,” will be appearing in the upcoming Open Casket Press anthology, Creature Feature: A Monster Anthology.

From Stefan Petrucha:

Petrucha is thrilled to announce galleys for his upcoming zombie detective novel, Dead Mann Walking, from Ace/Roc books are now available for review. Out this October, it will be the first in a series featuring the late Hessius Mann. Petrucha will be making himself available for interviews, guest blogs and book giveaways when the novel comes out.

If you would like a galley, net galley, or to arrange an interview/giveaway, please contact Brady McReynolds at Brady.McReynolds@us.penguingroup.com or drop Petrucha an email and he will forward your info to Brady. Any questions, comments, email him at timetripper@petrucha.com.

From Dale Phillips:

Phillips’ short story, “Moose Tracks,” was published by An Electric Tragedy (http://www.anelectrictragedy.com/stories.html).

From Jeffrey Thomas:

Thomas’ novella, Beautiful Hell, will be published this month by Dark Regions Press (www.darkregions.com). It will appear in three states as a Deluxe Thirteen slip-cased leather-bound collector’s edition signed by both author and artist, and in trade paperback and e-book editions. It takes place in Hades at the time of a great war focusing on protagonist Frank Lyre — a damned man in love with a fierce demon warrior named Oni.

From T.J. May:

There is an interview with May at the website, Invest Comics (http://investcomics.com/features/indiecreator-10-questions-with-writercomic-creator-tj-may-of-the-brothers-may).

From Scott Goudsward:

Goudsward had two stories accepted by Open Casket Press. His story, “Send in the …,” will be in the Creature Feature anthology and “Order Up” will be in the Zombie Buffet anthology.

His flash fiction piece, “Clack,” will appear in Pill Hill’s 2012 Daily Frights.

From Kristi Petersen Schoonover:

Literary Mayhem’s Peter D. Schwotzer has commissioned a short story from Schoonover for the January 2012 issue; you can read about that here: http://literarymayhem.com/wordpress/2011/05/13/original-fiction-news/.

Her piece “Denigrating David” was published in State of Imagination’s July 2011 issue. You can read that here: http://stateofimagination.com/denigrating-david-by-kristi-petersen-schoonover/
Barbaric Yawp gave her collection, Skeletons in the Swimmin’ Hole—Tales from Haunted Disney World a great review; you can read more about that here: http://wp.me/pIXRs-G5

Schoonover also appeared on Uber Radio on May 5 and on LA Talk Radio’s The Sheena Metal Experience on July 11. You can listen to either of those on her radio archives page on her website here: http://kristipetersenschoonover.com/about/radio-interviews/
From Andrea Perron:

Since returning from her book signing at Brown & Hopkins Country Store in Chepachet, R.I., Perron has produced a video from it and released on her YouTube channel.

The segment (#76) of Keith & Sandra Johnson’s monthly broadcast “Ghosts R NEAR” is still drawing much attention and comment in spite of the fact that it has run its course on television and is now only available on the web. There will be a second segment on October 11, an interview which promises to be equally exciting. Please come be a part of the studio audience. Contact the Johnsons for info or visit their website (http://www.nearparanormal.com).

An article about the book will appear in the August edition of ORACLE 20-20 Magazine. Following up its release will be an event with the publisher, Sherry Henderson. She has graciously invited Perron to present a lecture, Q&A and book signing on Saturday, August 13th from 2:00 p.m. ~ 6:00 p.m. at The Inner Space/ Hoot Owl Attic.

Then Perron is off to Florida again for a series of events in the Orlando area, all of them private affairs except for a book signing at Here Be Dragons Bookshoppe, date and time TBA. All information will be available on her public facebook page House of Darkness House of Light and will be posted on her website. She will be in Florida between August 15 and the 22 where she will be speaking with The Orlando Book Club, The Florida Writer’s Association and several other groups.

Perron has written two articles for the website, Newsvine. Her articles have covered spirituality and fear of death. The article about spirituality has been transformed into a blogspot, http://sciencespirituality.blogspot.com/.

WELCOME NEW MEMBERS:
Bracken MacLeod (MA)
Kate Laity (NY)
Doug Rinaldi (MA)
Erica Ferencik (MA)

– Jason Harris, Editor, the Epitaph: Journal of NEHW
– Stacey Longo, Assistant Editor, the Epitaph: Journal of NEHW

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