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Baby, it’s cold outside! Warm up with Scary Scribes’ Fireside Read…
Get out your blanket, light a candle and pull your chair to the hearth! On a special Fireside Read episode of Scary Scribes, hear the first two chapters of Don Franklin’s Reaper’s Walk: Hellstone here: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/paranormaleh/2012/12/30/scary-scribes-ep-11
If you’d rather download it directly to your portable device or listen directly from this website, you can do that here: Scary Scribes Ep 11 – Don Franklin, 12-30-2012
Enjoy, and Happy New Year from Scary Scribes!
Bad Apple Signing/Q&A at BOOKS & BOOS Grand Opening this Weekend!
Books & Boos is a brand new bookstore in Colchester, Connecticut—and I’ll be there signing copies of Bad Apple at its Grand Opening this Saturday, December 8, from Noon to 2 p.m. If you’re looking for some unique gifts and a nice break from Holiday madness, don’t miss this! From the Books & Boos newsletter:
“Join us on Dec. 8th as we celebrate the opening of our independent bookstore! Doors open at 10 AM and we’ll have coffee, tea, treats, and more on hand for our patrons! Author Kristi Petersen Schoonover (Bad Apple, Skeletons in the Swimmin’ Hole: Tales From Haunted Disney World) will be in the house from 12 – 2 PM for a Q & A session and to read from her latest novel. Plus, anyone who spends $5 or more will get a FREE new copy of The Priest of Blood by Doug Clegg while supplies last!”
Books & Boos is located at 514 Westchester Avenue in Colchester, CT, and features previously read books, new books by local (New England) authors, and unusual novelty items (crotched Cthulus and bloodstain-shaped pillows, anyone?). For more information on the store, its events and more, click here: http://www.booksandboos.com.
This weekend’s AnthoCon
Due to circumstances beyond my control, I won’t be at AnthoCon this weekend, but there’s a great line-up planned — including a performance by Voltaire and a special preview reading of his forthcoming book about the Jersey Devil–so don’t miss out! There are tickets available at the door. For more information about the event, visit www.anthocon.com.
At Rhode Island Comic Con this Weekend!
I’ll be signing at the Rhode Island Comic Con this Saturday and Sunday, November 3 and 4, with fellow New England Horror Writers David Price, Stacey Longo (Malicious Deviance), Charles Day (Evil Jester Press, Legend of the Pumpkin Thief), Scott Goudsward (Shadows Over New England), and Rob Watts (Huldufolk).
The event will run on Saturday from 10 to 7 and Sunday from 10 to 5 at the Rhode Island Convention Center, 1 Sabin Street, Providence, and promises to be quite the weekend: in addition to vendors and celebrity signings, the schedule’s crammed with face painting, costume/cosplay contests, video game tournaments, Magic: The Gathering and Pokemon Tournaments, panels, and even a kids’ room. Movie cars include the Dukes of Hazzard’s General Lee, the Ghostbusters Wagon, the Delorean from Back to the Future, and more. For all the details, visit here: http://www.ricomiccon.com/#!home/mainPage
Celebrities include a mega-list for those in my age-range: Buck Rogers! Chewbacca! Q! Holly from Land of the Lost! Major Don West from Lost in Space! But wait for it: I go to lots of cons and don’t usually bother meeting the celebrities (most of the time it’s because I’m too old to know who any of these people are). But this time around, that won’t be the case. Nine members of the cast of the original Battlestar Galactica will be there, including Dirk Benedict! If you knew me as a seven-year-old, then you know what a big deal that is: Battlestar was my favorite show. Well, until The A-Team came along. Now, NOW we are cooking with gas! But the big question is, do I bring my Battlestar Galactica board game or my original TV tie-in? I guess it all depends on how geeky I want to get, right? See you in line!
We Rocked and Shocked the weekend…
The New England Horror Writers were up at Rock and Shock in Worcester, MA, last weekend. We met new friends and old, sat on panels, had a great time, and, of course, sold some books. Here’s pix from the weekend — just click on any photo for a larger view and to flip through the gallery.
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- …because the weekend can’t begin without it…
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- These NEHW members are really cool cats. They’re getting married Friday the 13th in September, 2013 and then they’re honeymooning in Disney World.
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- Scott Goudsward, writer of several short stories in various anthologies, brought the candy.
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- TJ photo bombs my pic with a fan.
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- Me and TJ May, author of Ill Conceived (now in e-form from NECON E-books).
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- From left, TJ May, me, and Matt Bechtel, of NECON E-books, on Friday Night’s “Breaking into the Biz” and Marketing panel.
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- Jason Harris, Director of Publicity and Webmaster for the NEHW and co-owner of Books and Boos, a book and novelty shop opening in Colchester, CT, and Tracy L. Carbone, author of The Soul Collector and Restitution, on Friday Night’s “Breaking into the Biz” and Marketing panel.
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- Friday Night’s “Breaking into the Biz” and Marketing Panel. All of the Rock & Shock panels are coordinated by Fangoria Magazine.
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- Me with Allison Smith and Temperance Damora, whom I met at last year’s Rock and Shock. They’re big fans of Howe Caverns, too!
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- Trisha Wooldridge, editor and anthologist, on Friday Night’s Women in Horror panel.
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- Lisa Marie (Vampira in Ed Wood, among other things) on Friday Night’s Women in Horror panel.
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- Friday Night’s Women in Horror Panel. From left, Heather Langenkamp (A Nightmare on Elm Street), Tracy L. Carbone, Stacey Longo Harris (writer and co-owner of Books and Boos bookstore, opening later this year in Colchester, CT), Trisha Woodridge, and Lisa Marie on Friday Night’s Women in Horror panel.
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- Stacey Longo Harris on Friday Night’s Women in Horror panel.
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- Heather Langenkamp on Friday Night’s Women in Horror panel.
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- Tracy L. Carbone on Friday Night’s Women in Horror panel.
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- K. Allen Wood, editor of Shock Totem, and writer Scott Goudsward watch over the NEHW booth.
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- Pizza time!
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- Late-night meal.
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- Stacey loves these Skeleton shot glasses. I do, too!
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- Jack Haringa in deep thought. Jack is a writer and editor whose short stories have been included in the Year’s Best Horror and Fantasy anthologies.
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- Me and SciFi Saturday Night’s The Dome.
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- SciFi Saturday Night’s Dome interviews Rob Watts, author of Huldufolk.
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- I love Cons. Such great cosplay!
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- The Dome and Stacey Longo Harris on Saturday afternoon.
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- Me and Philip Perron of the Dark Discussions podcast. I have written a couple of articles for him and been on the Chernobyl Diaries episode. If you like horror movies, then definitely check it out at http://www.darkdiscussions.com. I was so excited to finally meet him in person!
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- I know. Don’t even ask me what I was doing, here, because I have no idea.
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- Me and L.L. Soares of Cinema Knife Fight.
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- A bird-eating tarantula who took up residence at the booth in back of ours.
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- Trisha J. Wooldridge in Victorian finery.
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- Shootin’ the breeze: from left, K. Allen Wood, Jason Harris, Sara Gomes and L.L. Soares.
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- Rock and Shock Saturday Night Dinner is a tradition.
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- Trisha, Jason, and Stacey following Saturday Night’s dinner.
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- Me and Matt Bechtel of NECON E-books.
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- Trisha Wooldridge.
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- From front left: Kelli B. Jones of NECON E-books, TJ May, Trisha Woodridge, Jason and Stacey Harris, and Matt Bechtel.
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- Sunday’s Horror in the Movies panel. From left, Jason Harris, Rob Watts, Bracken MacLeod, author of several short stories in many anthologies, and Stacey Longo Harris.
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- Rob Watts on Sunday’s Horror in the Movies panel.
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- Bracken MacLeod on Sunday’s Horror in the Movies panel.
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- Jason Harris on Sunday’s Horror in the Movies panel.
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- Stacey Longo Harris moderated Sunday’s Horror in the Movies panel. Topics discussed ranged from best and worst horror movies and best and worst franchises of all time, favorite scream queens and most memorable terrifying moments.
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- Jack Haringa asks a question of Sunday’s Horror in the Movies panel.
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- The Fangoria panel schedule for the weekend.
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- Winding down: Sunday afternoon, writers Bracken MacLeod, TJ May, Scott Goudsward and Jack Haringa talk shop with Erric, a friend of Bracken’s.
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- I HAVE MY OWN TARDIS!!
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- Me and Rob Watts.
I’ll be at Rock & Shock with the NEHW this Weekend!
If you love horror and rock and roll (and you’re not at ComicCon in NYC), shoot on up to Worcester, MA to the Palladium & DCUCenter for Rock and Shock. I’ll be joining the New England Horror Writers for a weekend of panels and mayhem…and stop by the NEHW to get some scary books signed by the authors, just in time for Halloween! A complete list of authors appearing is here: http://nehwnews.wordpress.com/2012/10/12/the-nehw-at-rock-and-shock/
Rock and Shock offers plenty of meet and greets with celebrities (this year Peter Criss from KISS and Anthony Michael Hall will be among them). You can also catch the red-carpet premiere of the new horror-sci-fi thriller Infected, the cast of FEARNet’s Holliston, and sit in on lots of great panels (organized by Fangoria magazine) such as Women in Horror with Heather Langenkamp (yes—from A Nightmare on Elm Street), friends and fellow writers Stacey Longo Harris and Tracy L. Carbone, and Lisa Marie (yes—Ed Wood). Check out the schedule here: http://rockandshock.com/schedule/ (as for me, I’ll be on the Breaking into the Biz panel with writing buds TJ May, Jason Harris, and Matt Bechtel (NECON E-books) at 6 p.m. Friday Night). All of that, plus plenty of vendors. Hope to see you there!
Scary Scribes: Hear Huldufolk and catch Crabapples here!
If you missed an exclusive sneak peek of Rob Watts’ Crabapples and a creepy discussion about all things Huldufolk on this month’s Scary Scribes, the only thing you have to fear is the Huldufolk themselves. You can listen to the episode right here:
Scary Scribes Ep 6 – Rob Watts, 06-24-2012
or on the Paranormal, Eh? Radio Network here:
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/paranormaleh/2012/06/24/scary-scribes-ep-6-1
Strawberries and Screams: Pix of NEHW at South Windsor’s Strawberry Fest!
New England Horror Writers had a screamin’ good time at the South Windsor (CT) Strawberry Festival on June 16. Here’s pix. Like these? Even more located here, at Robert J. Duperre’s blog: http://www.theriftonline.com/1/post/2012/06/nehw-at-the-south-windsor-strawberry-fest.html…and here, by Jason Harris at the New England Horror Writers blog: http://nehwnews.wordpress.com/2012/06/17/pictures-from-the-south-windsor-strawberry-fest-and-craft-fair/
Stop by the Strawberry Fest this weekend!
I’ll be signing books at the New England Horror Writers booth at the South Windsor Strawberry Fest and Craft Fair this weekend. Joining me will be Rob Watts (Hudulfolk), Stacey Longo, Robert Duperre (The Rift Series), K. Allen Wood (Shock Totem) and Jesse Young (The Rift Series).
The fair, located at Nevers Road Park in South Windsor,CT, will run from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Saturday, June 16.
Hope to see you there!
