Pictures from Anthocon II
by Jason Harris
From left to right: NEHW members Chris Irvin, David Price, and Scott Goudsward. Photo by Jason Harris.
Josh Letourneau, of Ridgefield, New Hampshire, and Jason Campbell, of South Florida, were at the convention with Fright Kingdom. Photo by Jason Harris.
Authors Trisha Wooldridge and Kristi Petersen Schoonover at the back of the NEHW booth. Photo by Jason Harris.
From left to right: NEHW Co-chair Tracy Carbone, actor Sean Whalen, and NEHW Co-chair Stacey Longo. Photo by Jason Harris.
The Women of Horror panel: (from left to right) actress Heather Langenkamp, author Tracy Carbone, author Stacey Longo, author Trisha Wooldridge, and actress Lisa Marie. Photo by Jason Harris.
Author Kristi Petersen Schoonover helps fellow author Trisha Wooldridge with her corset for Rock and Shock. Photo by Jason Harris.
Author Bracken MacLeod is so excited to be at Rock and Shock; his left hand can’t stop moving. Photo by Jason Harris.
From left to right: NEHW members Stacey Longo, K. Allen Wood, and Sarah Gomes. Photo by Jason Harris.
Brian Anderson, of Waltham, MA., as zombie stormtrooper and Ghostbuster Travis Smith, of Providence, RI. Photo by Jason Harris.
Shock Totem has a special holiday issue, which is now available for the Kindle. This issue features an eclectic mix of holiday-inspired dark fiction from K. Allen Wood, Mercedes M. Yardley, Kevin J. Anderson, and Robert J Duperre to name a few. There are also anecdotal holiday recollections from Jack Ketchum, Stacey Longo, Mark Allan Gunnells, Nick Cato, Leslianne Wilder, and a host of others.
Wood, Longo and Cato are members of the New England Horror Writers’ organization.
Here’s is the table of contents:
Heartless by Mercedes M. Yardley
Vincent Pendergast’s Holiday Recollection
Jennifer Pelland’s Holiday Recollection
Streamer of Silver, Ribbon of Red by K. Allen Wood
Mark Allan Gunnells’ Holiday Recollection
Nick Cato’s Holiday Recollection
Santa Claus Is Coming to Get You by Kevin J. Anderson
Stacey Longo’s Holiday Recollection
Tinsel by John Boden
Leslianne Wilder’s Holiday Recollection
One Good Turn by Robert J. Duperre
Jack Ketchum’s Holiday Recollection
Sheldon Higdon’s Crappy Holiday Recollection
Christmas Wish by Sarah Gomes
Simon McCaffery’s Holiday Recollection
‘Twas the Night by Nick Contor
Daniel I. Russell’s Holiday Recollection
Lee Thompson’s Holiday Recollection
A Krampus Christmas by Ryan Bridger
Howling Through the Keyhole (Story Notes)
This is the first time Wood, publisher and editor of Shock Totem, formatted an e-book. He is currently working on other formats so it can be uploaded to B&N and Drive-Thru Fiction.
From left to right: Author Stacey Longo reading while author Trisha J. Wooldridge looks on at the Epitaphs' panel
Longo received the award for “Excellence in the Art of Cover Letterage and Animal Mutilation. You will have to ask her at one of her appearances about the cover letter story. The “animal mutilation” part of the award you can find out about by reading her story in Shroud magazine, issue #11.