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Pictures from Anthocon 2013
by Jason Harris
The third Anthocon has come to an end. All we have left are good memories and pictures until next year’s convention. Anthocon is organized by the Four Horsemen ( Timothy Deal, Mark Wholley, ZjOhnny Morse, and Danny Evarts). It’s an excellent convention where there are panels, author readings and vendors selling everything from books, t-shirts, wooden bookmarks and even lemon curd.
Post Mortem Press table.
Author and Books and Boos co-owner Stacey (Longo) Harris.
Authors Thomas A. Erb and T.G. Arsenault’s table.
The New England Horror Writers’ table.
Author Holly Newstein Hautala giving Anthocon’s Keynote address.
From left to right: authors Morven Westfield, Errick Nunnally, Trisha Wooldridge, and Jennifer Allis Provost.
Artist Stephanie Johnson’s artwork in the Art Show.
Author and editor Stacey Longo introducing Wicked Seasons, which she edited for the New England Horror Writers.
Author Kristi Petersen Schoonover reading her story in Wicked Seasons.
Anthocon organizer Tim Deal.
The Gnombies table.
Author T.T. Zuma behind the New England Horror Writers’ table.
Paranormal author Jolynne Valerie.
From left to right: authors and NEHW members Morven Westfield, Scott Goudsward, and Gordon Bean.
Anthocon’s vendor room.
Authors John Goodrich and T.T. Zuma.
Authors K. Allen Wood and Catherine Grant.
Secret Things author Stacey Longo reading her story in Anthology: Year Two: Inner Demons Out.
Author David North-Martino reading his story in Anthology: Year Two: Inner Demons Out.
Author Tracy Carbone at the Shadowridge Press table.
Items on the Books and Boos table.
Author Catherine Grant signing a copy of Wicked Seasons.
A lot of activity at the Books and Boos table.
Author Scott Goudsward reading his story in Wicked Seasons.
More artwork in the Art Show.
Author Tracy Carbone reading her story in Anthology: Year Two: Inner Demons Out.
Authors Gordon Bean and Jennifer Allis Provost.
Authors Stacey Longo and Trevor Firetog.
The offerings of Shock Totem.
Author K. Allen Wood.
Authors Laura Hickman and Kelli Jones.
The artwork of Charles Day.
Authors Peter Dudar and L.L. Soares.
Authors Errick Nunnally and Trisha Wooldridge.
Authors Kelli Jones and L.L. Soares.
Authors Scott Goudsward and Kristi Petersen Schoonover.
Author Rob Smales.
Author Rob Smales reading his story in Wicked Seasons.
Pictures from Necon 33
by Jason Harris
The 33rd Northeastern Writers’ Conference (Necon) has wrapped up another fun filled year. It was great seeing old friends and making new ones, talking about writing and marketing and just having a good time.
Throughout the four-day convention, there were panels including That Line We Crossed: How Explicit is Too Explicit and We’ve Got You Covered: How Print Cover Art Happens. There were also the Necon Olympics: bowling, darts, foosball, and hi-lo-jack.
There was an Meet the Author party on Friday night and an Artist reception on Saturday. A Hawaiian shirt competition, Necon Update, That Damn Game Show and the Infamous Necon Roast also took place during this fun weekend.
Necon campers remembered Rick Hautala, who passed away in March, on Thursday night during his memorial tribute, which was introduced by Christopher Golden.
Christopher Golden on the panel, “I’ll Buy That for a Dollar: Resurrecting Your Backlist & Marketing the Hell Out of Your Writing (a.k.a. The Business Panel)”
Author Jeff Strand during the Necon Roast.
Author Heather Graham on the panel, “I’ll Buy That for a Dollar: Resurrecting Your Backlist & Marketing the Hell Out of Your Writing (a.k.a. The Business Panel)”
From left to right: Craig Shaw Gardner, Christopher Golden, Elizabeth Massie, Nicholas Kaufman, and F. Paul Wilson participating in That Damn Game Show.
Author and NEHW member Nicholas Conley holding his book, The Cage Legacy.
Craig Shaw Garner about to talk about the prizes for winning That Damn Game Show.
Authors Trisha Wooldridge and David Price at the NEHW table.
Jeannine Calia fixing the shaving job author Rio Youers had done for charity, The Jimmy Fund.
Author P. Gardner Goldsmith having some fun as he shaves some of Rio Youers’ head as author James Moore films it and the blurry Christopher Golden watches.
John M. McIlveen’s dealer table.
The Dealer and Art room at Necon.
Bram Stoker winning poet Linda Addison being roasted.
Artist Courtney Skinner during the Necon Roast.
Author Brian Keene during the Necon Roast.
From left to right: writers Catherine Grant, Stacey Longo, and Tracy Carbone.
Books & Boos Blog Entry about the Holly Newstein Hautala Fundraiser
The fundraiser went well today. The bookstore raised almost $350 for Holly. Her husband, author Rick Hautala passed away unexpectedly on March 21, 2013. Unfortunately, before he died, his life insurance policy lapsed. His widow and family are struggling to pay expenses related to his death. Anyone who has met Rick knows what a genuinely kind and decent man he was.
Not every item in the silent was bid on so we will be putting those items up on Ebay and/or our Amazon page. We will let you know when they are listed.
We want to thank Bill and Marge Rockwell, Scott M. Goriscak, David Price, T.T. Zuma, Trisha Wooldridge, Vincent H. O’Neil, Ronald Winter, Dan Foley, G. Elmer Munson, Jennifer Allis Provost, Dale T. Phillips, Vlad Vaslyn, Lauren Middleton, Tim J. Finn, Brian and Loretta White, Richard Tomas, Sandy Deluca, Leslie O’Grady, Linda Orlomoski, Kristi Petersen Schoonover, Daniel Keohane, Tracy L. Carbone, Stephen D. Rogers, Alex Scully, T.G. Arsenault, Carson Buckingham, Hal Kinney and Robert Heske.
The above list of people participated by appearing at the fundraiser, donating to it, or just helping by setting up and making food for the event. It was greatly appreciated.
We also would like to thank Rob Watts, Erin Thorne, Philip Perron, Gardner Goldsmith, Bracken MacLeod, Stephanie Johnson, Kate Laity, Amy Grech, and Catherine Grant for either sharing on Facebook, tweeting/retweeting on Twitter and/or writing blog entries about this fundraiser. Thank you for taking the time to promote this event.
We would also like to thank John Valeri of the Hartford Examiner and Ryan Blessing of the Norwich Bulletin for writing about this fundraiser.
We want to thank Pastor Kevin Zufall (Church of Hope) for lending us chairs for the event.
This entry is from the Books & Boos’ blog. You can read and see the pictures from the fundraiser by clicking here.
Fundraiser at Books & Boos this Saturday
Books & Boos is holding a fundraiser for Holly Newstein Hautala on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Holly is an author and a wonderful person. She lost her husband, Rick Hautala, to a heartattack in March. At the time of Rick’s death, he had let his life insurance policy lapse because he couldn’t afford it. A writer’s life is one of struggle and Rick’s life was no different.Rick was an author and the nicest guy. He would help aspiring writers with comments and by even reading their manuscripts if he had the time. I got to know him at Necon (http://www.campnecon.com/), a writer’s convention that happens every July. I talked with him there. I even beat him at darts with his own darts. I will always remember him calling me a ringer when I beat him. He is a person who will be missed. You can read the tributes from the people he touched here.
If you want to get to know him, his autobiography, The Horror… The Horror: An Autobiography, was released as an e-book on May 27, you can read more about it here.
There will be 14 authors attending the fundraiser throughout the day. Here is the list of authors attending: Dan Foley, Scott M. Goriscak, Stacey Longo, G. Elmer Munson, Vincent H. O’Neil, Monica O’Rourke, Dale T. Phillips, David Price, Jennifer Allis Provost, William Rockwell, Vlad Vaslyn, Brian White, Corrine De Winter, Ronald Winter, Trisha Wooldridge, and T.T. Zuma.
There will be three different panels (the Horror Movie panel from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m., Favorite Books of All Time from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m., and Ghosts in the Attic: My Personal Paranormal Experience from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m.).
A 8×10 autograph William Shatner picture.
There is also going to be a silent auction going on throughout the day until 6 p.m. Over 35 silent auction items will be available to bid on throughout the day, including signed 8 x 10 of William Shatner, Walter Koenig, and George Takei; handcrafted jewelry; a writer’s basket of goodies; a rare The Outer Limits figurine; Dr. Who puzzles; a basket of books; original photography by Linda Orlomoski of Norwich, and many other incredible items. You can see the items here.
If you can’t make it on Saturday, the bookstore’s owners have set-up a way for people to bid on the items. Click here for more details and information.
There will also be giveaways, balloons, and free food at the event. It’s going to be a great day so please come and enjoy yourselves.
TOC Announced for NEHW’s Second Anthology (Updated 5/28/13)
The table of content has been announced for the second New England Horror Writers’ anthology, which is being edited by Stacey Longo.
The tentative title for this new collection is Wicked Seasons and will be released at Anthocon 2013 in November.
Introduction: Jeff Strand
“Furious Demon” by Addison Clift
“The Basement Legs” by Robert DuPerre
“Hungry For More” by Michael Evans
“The Secret Backs of Things” by Christopher Golden
“Blood Prophet” by Scott Goudsward
“Three Fat Guys Soap” by Catherine Grant
“Chuffers” by Paul McMahon
“Spirits” by James A. Moore
“Bleedthrough” by Gregory Norris
“Lycanthrobastards” by Errick Nunnally
“To Chance Tomorrow” by Kristi Petersen Schoonover
“A Night at the Show” by Robert Smales
“The Girl Who Wouldn’t Break” by Lucien Spelman
“The Widow Mills” by Trisha Wooldridge
The first anthology, Epitaphs, was published in October of 2011.
Pictures from Rock and Shock, Part III
Authors Kristi Petersen Schoonover, T.J. May, and Trisha Wooldridge at Vive Bene. Photo by Jason Harris.
NEHW members Kelli Jones and Matt Bechtel. Photo by Jason Harris.
NEHW members Sarah Gomes, K. Allen Wood, and L.L. Soares. Photo by Jason Harris.
Authors K. Allen Wood, L.L. Soares, and Mike Arruda. Photo by Jason Harris.
Authors K. Allen Wood, L.L. Soares, Mike Arruda, and Tracy Carbone. Photo by Jason Harris.
Author Deb Eskie. Photo by Jason Harris.
NEHW Director of Events Scott Goudsward. Photo by Jason Harris.
The woman on the left is a friend of author Chris Denmead (middle) who is talking to author Scott Goudsward (right). Photo by Jason Harris.
Don’t Ask. Photo by Jason Harris.
Author Trisha Wooldridge taking a trip back in time. Photo by Jason Harris.
Author T.J. May. Photo by Jason Harris.
NEHW members Trisha Wooldridge and Kristi Petersen Schoonover. Photo by Jason Harris.
Ryan Convery, director of Mourning Wood. Photo by Jason Harris.
Actor Sid Haig with NEHW member Stacey Longo. Photo by Jason Harris.
Pictures from Rock and Shock, Part II
NEHW member Sarah Gomes. Photo by Jason Harris.
From left to right: NEHW members Chris Irvin, David Price, and Scott Goudsward. Photo by Jason Harris.
NEHW members Trisha Wooldridge and Kelli Jones. Photo by Jason Harris.
A birdeating spider being sold at Rock and Shock. Photo by Jason Harris.
Snakes being sold at Rock and Shock. Photo by Jason Harris.
A Rock and Shock attendee at the NEHW booth. Photo by Jason Harris.
Actor Eric Roberts talks with a fan. Photo by Jason Harris.
NEHW members Chris Irvin and David Price. Photo by Jason Harris.
A horror fan visiting the NEHW booth at Rock and Shock. 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.
Tina Blamire, of Lynn, MA. in the Predator costume with Meg and her daughter, Fiona, both of Bradford, MA. They were with the vendor, Fiona’s Fright Shoppe. Photo by Jason Harris.
NEHW members Trisha Wooldridge and Kelli Jones at Viva Bene in Worcester. Photo by Jason Harris.
Author Tracy Carbone with actor Anthony Michael Hall. Photo by Stacey Longo.
NEHW members Tracy Carbone, Deb Eskie, and David Price. Photo by Jason Harris.
NEHW member Stacey Longo. Photo by Jason Harris.
Pictures from Rock and Shock 2012, Part 1
Author Trisha Wooldridge talking with author Jack Ketchum. 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.
Actor Sean Whalen and NEHW Director of Publicity Jason Harris. Photo by Stacey Longo.
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.
The Women of Horror after the panel. 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.
Author Jack Haringa. Photo by Jason Harris.
From left to right: NEHW members Stacey Longo, K. Allen Wood, and Sarah Gomes. Photo by Jason Harris.
Authors Adam Cesare (holding a box of books) and Scott Goudsward. Photo by Jason Harris.
Authors Rob Watts and Kristi Petersen Schoonover talking at Rock and Shock. Photo by Jason Harris.
Candyman actor Tony Todd. Photo by Jason Harris.
Brian Anderson, of Waltham, MA., as zombie stormtrooper and Ghostbuster Travis Smith, of Providence, RI. Photo by Jason Harris.
Author Rob Watts talking with author Stacey Longo in the NEHW booth at Rock and Shock. Photo by Jason Harris.
The other table in the NEHW booth. Photo by Jason Harris.
Author Kristi Petersen Schoonover talks to Dr. Chris. Photo by Jason Harris.
Author Stacey Longo. Photo by Jason Harris.
Rock and Shock 2012
My Experience at Rock and Shock 2012
by Jason Harris
Another Rock and Shock has come and gone. The New England Horror Writers were there once again. We have been there for the past four years. This year saw less atttendees then last year, but last year’s guest line-up included Robert Englund, whose line went on forever and never seemed to get any shorter, and Ace Frehley, former lead guitarist of KISS. This year had Heather Langenkamp, of Nightmare on Elm Street fame, Anthony Michael Hall, of televison series The Dead Zone and movies The Breakfast Club and Weird Science, and another former KISS member, Peter Criss.
Before getting to Rock and Shock, the wife and I went to fellow NEHW member Trisha Wooldridge’s house, where we were staying over the weekend. We were also going to be joined by another NEHW member Kristi Petersen Schoonover, who would be arriving later that night. It’s always a party when the NEHW members get together.
After leaving Trisha’s house, we drove to Annie’s Book Stop in Worcester to talk to the owner about her bookstore. The wife and I were picking her brain since we’re opening our own bookstore called Books and Boos in Colchester, CT. It was a very informative 40 minutes.
I was there the entire weekend and Saturday was the busiest day. Friday started off with Breakin’ into the Biz panel, which included myself, T.J. May, Matt Bechtel, and Kristi Petersen Schoonover, who ended up as moderator since there wasn’t anyone from Fangoria magazine there to do the job like there were for the other panels during the weekend. The panel went well and there were a lot of suggestions and advice given to the people in the audience.
Heather Langenkamp, Tracy Carbone, Stacey Longo, Trisha Wooldridge, and Lisa Marie on the Women in Horror panel. Photo by Jason Harris
The audience grew a little bit for the Women in Horror panel, but that was to be expected since Langenkamp and Lisa Marie (Ed Wood, Mars Attacks!) joined NEHW members Tracy Carbone, Stacey Longo, and Trisha Wooldridge. This panel had Jack from Fangoria, moderating the panel. One thing surprised me was that the audience didn’t asked two many questions when that time came. Four questions were asked of people on the panel and two of those questions came from me. I asked Heather how was it working on Just the Ten of Us and if she would do another television show. She said, she would love to do another tv series. It was also nice to hear that she will be in the next Star Trek movie titled Star Trek into Darkness, but she couldn’t say what character she’s playing. It was also great talking to her and Lisa Marie when the panel was over.
Tracy Carbone, Sean Whalen, and Stacey Longo. Photo by Jason Harris.
On Friday, it was great talking with Sean Whalen who was in The People Under the Stairs and Twister, and many other movies. Check out his credits on the Internet Movie Database by clicking here. He gave Carbone, Longo, and myself some good ideas.
I introduced myself to Doug Bradley, who portrayed Pinhead in most of the Hellraiser movies except the last one, since I conducted a phone interview with him a few weeks ago. You can read the article here.
I was hoping to interview Hall on Sunday since that was the day his manager, John Boitano, said would be the best day since it’s the slowest of the convention. On Friday, I had the feeling it wouldn’t happen since there was a sign on Hall’s table stating he wouldn’t be at the convention until 2 p.m. on Saturday. When Saturday came, he didn’t show up at his table until 3 p.m. Later on Saturday evening, he took a break and a sign said he would be back at 5:45 p.m. He didn’t get back from his break until 6:15 p.m. Seeing those signs, physical and figuratively, told me that Hall wasn’t going to keep an interview with me on Sunday. It would have been cool to interview him, but it wasn’t disappointing. I did interview another filmmaker, Ryan Convery, on Sunday about his movie Mourning Wood, which is about “humping zombies.” There will be an article and a movie review coming in the near future.
It was great meeting Tony Todd (Candyman), Brian O’Halloran (Clerks), and Sig Haig (House of 1000 Corpses) this weekend. I won’t get autographs since I am not paying $20 or more for an autograph unless they are selling a movie or a book. I will shake their hands and tell them I love their work.
There was a Horror in the Movies panel on Sunday, which Rob Watts, Bracken Macleod, myself, and Stacey Longo were on. Longo ended up being the moderator when Jack from Fangoria couldn’t do it since he had to do something else. It was attended by a good number of people.
There will be another post with pictures tomorrow.
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