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

Issue #10 (July 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

Marketing and Networking Opportunity for our Authors and Artists!

New England Horror Writers has reserved a booth at the Hebron Harvest Fair for our members from Thursday, September 8 through Sunday, September 11, 2011.  This fair draws over 250,000 visitors from the greater Hartford area and around New England and is a fantastic opportunity for our members to sell their books, illustrations, and get their names out there! NEHW members have the opportunity to appear at the booth to sell books, meet people, and sign books for the low fee of $25.00 to help defray the cost of the space.  Two members have generously offered their house as home base for storing extra books and having a place to go for some down time.  Some sleeping space is also available. Interested members should contact Jason Harris at dudley228@gmail.com to reserve your space now!  Please put “Hebron Fair” in the subject. Authors who are unable to attend the fair but would like their books offered at the NEHW booth can pay a $10 fee to do so.  Contact Jason for more details.

Note from Jason Harris: People who have contacted me already please send me another email. My computer had an issue and ate my list like a zombie eats brains.

 
Zombie Walk:

The town of Enfield, CT, near the Massachusetts border, will be holding a Zombie Walk to End Hunger on August 13, 2011, and NEHW plans to be there!  We will have a vendor tent at this one-day event, available to our members to sell books and art, and to meet the public.   The Zombie Walk is open to all ages, and authors and artists can expect both horror fans and media at this event. There is a fee of $5 for our members to sit at the booth for the day.  Please contact Jason Harris at dudley228@gmail.com.

NEHW MEMBER NEWS:

From Don D’Ammassa:

D’Ammassa had “Translation Station,” a collection of short science fiction stories, published in June by Merry Blacksmith Press. 

Necon Ebooks just published a completely rewritten version of D’Ammassa’s first novel, Blood Beast, under its original title, The Gargoyle.

From Andrea Perron:

Perron welcomes people to read about her journey home to Rhode Island on her blog,         

http://andreaperron-firstbooktour.blogspot.com/. She hopes to share some of her impressions with readers.

Her Rhode Island book tour exceeded all expectations! It was a seven-day series of events which included Brown & Hopkins Country Store in Chepachet and Borders Books in the Providence Place Mall. Her father accompanied her and went back to their old homestead for the first time since June of 1980, to encounter the same spirit who haunted him for a decade. No question: she is still there. The encounter was captured on film! She has written about this phenomenal journey “home” and posted it as: “Revisiting the Past: There’s No Place Like Home” on her blogspot,

http://andreaperron-firstbooktour.blogspot.com/.

Perron’s cinematographer, Manny Cantu, came along on this remarkable excursion and he filmed all of her public appearances. The first of these videos has been produced from the raw footage and released to the public. It is a short film of the Brown & Hopkins book signing, a special event in a place close to her heart. This piece is currently posted on her Facebook pages. 

While in R.I., Perron was on Keith & Sandra Johnson’s program “GHOSTS R N.E.A.R.” and they report that the response to the half-hour segment has been spectacular. They’ve asked her to do another spot when she returns in October, which she accepted. The program, EPISODE 76, may be viewed by visiting the following website: http://www.nearparanormal.com.

Upon returning to Georgia, she discovered that the film currently in development regarding certain elements of her families’ story is moving forward, according to Variety Magazine. Unfortunately, there were several unsavory websites that pirated my videos and put out some misinformation on the subject. The film, entitled The Conjuring, is based solely on the recollections of Ed and Lorraine Warren. Essentially, it will reflect their version of events which transpired in our old farmhouse in Harrisville, R.I. Apparently New Line Cinema is in talks with James Wan about directing the film. Variety reported news of the project succinctly but then it was picked up, warped and twisted to such an extent that it now requires clarification. The film is NOT based on the trilogy House of Darkness House of Light. In fact, she doesn’t expect these two separate and distinct projects will even remotely resemble each other. Nicole Kidman is NOT slated to play her mother Carolyn, but is instead considering another film project in the same genre. If these highly questionable websites continue forwarding inaccurate information and continue attaching her name to it, she will address each directly. In the interim, she’s watching…closely.

Perron will soon be returning to Florida for a series of engagements currently being booked. The itinerary will be posted the moment all the details are available but one sure thing is a book signing at “Here Be Dragons Bookshoppe” in Winter Garden. Dates to be announced.

Perron will be back in R.I. for an extended stay in September and plans on being there through Halloween…many events are planned already.

From Sandy DeLuca:

DeLuca’s novel, Descent, is available for the first time in a paperback edition. It’s available at

http://www.uninvitedbooks.com/index.html and Amazon.com.

From Scott and David Goudsward:

Scott and David Goudsward’s book Shadows Over Florida made Ellen Datlow’s Best Horror of the Year Volume 3. 

Scott also had a piece of flash fiction “Carousel” accepted for Pill Hill’s Daily Frights 2012.  He also had a short story, “That Place,” accepted for Evil Jester’s The Call of Lovecraft.

Dave is pleased to announce he has had a third flash piece accepted in the Pill Hill Press anthology, Daily Frights 2012. More importantly, his brother absolutely “hates” the story, “Never Ask a Genie to Make You the King of Rock.” So it’s a win-win.

From Deb Eskie:

Look for Pill Hill Press’ There was a Crooked House, featuring Deb Eskie’s short story “22 Beckett St.,” due out this summer.

The current issue of Deadman’s Tome feature’s Eskie’s story “Springtime and Jesus.”

Later this summer, Pill Hill Press publishes The Big Book of New Short Horror, featuring Eskie’s story “Heternormative.”

 
From Karen Dent:

Dent’s Anthologies:

“Rules, Purpose, Plan” and “The Beginning” are both available in Daily Bits of Flesh 2011, published by Pill Hill Press.

“Mr. Hoo-Ward’s Unwise Promise” is part of a Christmas anthology entitled Peace on All the Earths, published by Whortleberry Press.

“Grave Mistake” is part of a Halloween anthology entitled, Halloween Dances With The Dead published by Whortleberry Press.

“Frog” is a modern day erotic fairy tale, part of the Spellbound, e-book anthology by Ravenous Press.

“The Man” is available to read free online at www.ruthlesspeoples.com in Ruthless Peoples Magazine Issue #7.

Dent is working on getting her and her sisters’ website, http://www.TheSistersDent.com up and running.

WELCOME NEW MEMBERS:

Jonathon Pickering (NH)
Alyn Day (MA)
Rick Hautala (ME)
Doug Rinaldi (MA)

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