Reminder to NEHW members:
The New England Horror Writers’ committee invites you to its Spring gathering at the Salem Beer Works on March 20 at 3p.m. Please contact Tracy at partyperson@newenglandhorror.org to let her know if you are coming or have any questions.
Here is the restaurant’s website: www.beerworks.net/home/index.html
Have fun!
New England Horror Writer member
Kristi Petersen Schoonover, author of the short story collection Skeletons in the Swimmin’ Hole: Tales from Haunted Disney World, has just recorded two interviews with Paranormal, Eh? Radio out of Canada! Part 1 will air tonight, Tuesday, March 15, at 6 p.m.; Part 2 will air on Wednesday, March 16, at 6 p.m.
The Wednesday show will be followed by Rapid-Fire Fan Questions, the show’s newest feature.To listen to the episodes when they air, visit http://www.blogtalkradio.com/paranormaleh/
New England Horror Writer member Kristin Dearborn short story “Rabid Raccoons” will be published in the upcoming Zombie Feed anthology edited by Jason Sizemore. It is available for pre-order now at http://thezombiefeed.biz/. 
Her story is about raccoons, running, and high school teen drama … and a thirst for blood.
Find out more about Dearborn at her personal website www.kristindearborn.com.
New England Horror Writer member Kristi Petersen Schoonover will be on The Ghostman and Demon show Sunday, 9:30 to 11:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) promoting her short story collection Skeletons in the Swimmin’ Hole: Tales from Haunted Disney World.
Here is the link for the The Ghostman and Demon show: http://www.ghostanddemon.com.
New England Horror Writer member Sandy DeLuca’s artwork can be seen in the book Mad Hattery.
Her artwork is on the cover. There are another 50 paintings of hers inside the book.
The book is published by Elektrik Milk Bath Press (http://www.elektrikmilkbathpress.com/bookstore). It is available at Amazon and Barnes & Noble.
Issue #6 (February 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
Tim Deal – Director of Publications
Morven Westfield – Webmaster
T.J. May – Director of Events
Jason Harris – Director of Publicity
Tracy L. Carbone – Director of Social Events
Danny Evarts – Member at Large
NEHW MEMBER NEWS:
From Sandy DeLuca:
DeLuca’s art work can be viewed on the cover of Mad Hattery, published by Elektrik Milk Bath Press. It is available at Amazon and Barnes & Noble.
From Michael Presutti:
Presutti writing under the pseudonym Matthew Kray has released his new novel Bay Island. It can be purchased through Amazon and Barnes & Noble. It will be available as an eBook soon.
From Stacey Longo:
Longo’s short story, “Love Stinks” has been accepted by May December Publications. It will appear in an all-female anthology, Hell Hath No Fury, which is due for release on Mother’s Day.
From Stephen Dorato:
Dorato’s short story, “Dating After the Apocalypse,” has been accepted for Blood Lite 3: Aftertaste.
From Belinda Frisch:
Frisch’s novel, Dead Spell, is now available on Kindle and Nook.
From John Grover:
Grover is happy to announce that the re-release of his short story collection, A Beckoning of Shadows is now available. It’s a follow up to his first collection, Shadow Tales and contains 16 dark tales about those who cannot escape their past and where their shadows confront them with their sins. It has an all new cover and an introduction by genre author Jason Brannon. It may be downloaded for Amazon Kindle or purchased in paperback format. Please follow the link for more information: http://www.amazon.com/A-Beckoning-of-Shadows-ebook/dp/B004IEA2A2/ref=sr_1_2?
Grover also has a story, “Beauty Ritual,” which can be found in the Ante Mortem anthology by Belfire Press (http://belfirepress.com/main/our-titles/ante-mortem/) and his Fantasy story “To Summon the Shadows” appears in the recently released Aurora Rising anthology by Aurora Wolf Literary Journal (http://www.amazon.com/Aurora-Rising-Literary-Journal-Science/dp/1456479083/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1298421362&sr=8-1).
From Kristin Dearborn:
Dearborn’s short story “Rabid Raccoons” will be published in the upcoming Zombie Feed anthology edited by Jason Sizemore. It is available for pre-order now at http://thezombiefeed.biz/ and is a story of raccoons, running, and high school teen drama…and a thirst for blood.
Find out more about Dearborn at www.kristindearborn.com.
From Kristi Petersen Schoonover:
Schoonover’s novel, Bad Apple, has sold to Vagabondage Press Books and is due to be released later this year in both print and e-book formats.
Skeletons in the Swimmin’ Hole: Tales from Haunted Disney World, her collection of ghost stories set in Disney Parks, was chosen as a 2010 favorite by Peter D. Schwotzer of Literary Mayhem.
The book’s trailer has been released and can be viewed here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQgvru5flsM
She was also a recent guest on KTLK’s The Darkness on the Edge of Town paranormal radio show, discussing the book as well as Disney’s Haunted Mansion and Disney’s Ghosts and Legends. Anyone who would like to check it out can listen to the episode right from her website here: http://wp.me/pIXRs-pO
WELCOME NEW MEMBERS:
Rodney Labbe (ME)
Matthew Acheson (ME)
Rebekah Murphy (MA)
Deb Eskie (MA)
Timothy Flynn (MA)
Kristin Dearborn (VT)
Oksana Wolf (MA)
Eric Dimbleby (ME)
Editor’s Note: When sending in information to the newsletter about releases, please include the publisher, the publisher’s website, the release date, etc. to www.jasonharrispromotions.wordpress.com/. This information will be used for both the newsletter and the blog.
– Jason Harris, Editor, the Epitaph: Journal of NEHW
– Stacey Longo, Assistant Editor, the Epitaph: Journal of NEHW
New England Horror Writer member Belinda Frisch’s novel Dead Spell is now available on Kindle and Nook. 
Check out the links below.
Kindle: http://www.amazon.com/Dead-Spell-ebook/dp/B004OR1BPS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&s=digital-text&qid=1298328975&sr=1-1
Nook: http://search.barnesandnoble.com/books/product.aspx?ean=2940012255464
In the novel, the character of Brea is happy to help her best friend Harmony hunt Tom, the ghost that is haunting her, as long as it’s from a distance. The two girls couldn’t be more different: Brea is an engineer’s daughter; Harmony, a paranoid schizophrenic’s. But when Harmony dies and Brea becomes the target, she must figure out who Tom is and what he wants before she is next.
Brea goes from reclusive to reckless, breaking down barriers at school and at home by asserting herself in a way only Harmony knew how. She is torn between her life and her dead best friend’s and between the boys in each of them. As she straddles the lines, Brea finds out that even best friends have secrets.
New England Horror Writer member Mark Edward Hall novella, The Holocaust Opera, will be published by Damnation Books (www.damnationbooks.com) on March 1. It will include an introduction by Bram Stoker award-winning editor Vince Liaguno.
His story, “The Fear”, which appeared last year in The Masters of Horror anthology, has been made into an audio book podcast by ShadowCast Audio. The link to the podcast: http://www.shadowcastaudio.com/?p=984.
To find out more about Hall, check out his website, http://www.markedwardhall.com.
New England Horror Writer member Michael Evans has a short story, “Forgive Me, Father, For I Have. . .Burp!” in the anthology, First Time Dead being published by May December Publications on Sunday, Feb. 13.
The anthology can be purchased through Amazon, http://www.amazon.com/First-Time-Dead-Chantal-Boudreau/dp/0984537260/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1297563125&sr=8-1.
Congratulations go out to the New England Horror Writers’ members who are on the 2010 Stoker Awards Preliminary Ballot. Their names and the category they are in are listed below.
Superior Achievement in a Novel
Sparrow Rock, Nate Kenyon
Superior Achievement in a First Novel
The Man of Mystery Hill, Tracy L. Carbone
Superior Achievement in Non-Fiction
Shadows Over Florida, David Goudsward & Scott T. Goudsward
