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Snowed in? No problem! The SFSN Story Bundle is here!

Every once in awhile some awesome comes my way, and this month was no exception. Bad Apple was selected to appear in the SciFi Saturday Night Story Bundle. What’s story bundle? In a nutshell, it’s pay what you want for a group of five to seven e-books (what’s even cooler is it includes Michael J. Sullivan’s Hollow World!!). It’s live now – but only for a limited time; it’s gone forever on February 17! More info is below; don’t miss out on this opportunity to get seven great e-books: For very little dough, entertainment in the snow (groan)! To get your set from now through Feb. 17, click here: http://storybundle.com/main.

STORYBUNDLE’S SCI-FI SATURDAY NIGHT BUNDLE FEATURES SEVEN OF THE PODCAST’S FAVORITE BOOKS

StoryBundle’s proud to present the Sci-Fi Saturday Night Bundle, a collection of 7 titles curated exclusively by Sci-Fi Saturday Night. The popular podcast’s hosts each chose their favorite authors and we’re proud to feature the collection together for the first time anywhere. I’ll let them explain: Read the rest of this entry →

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Craziness, cosplay and creativity at Queen City Kamikaze Con!

Feb 21

Posted by kristipetersenschoonover

The New England Horror Writers had a blast up at the Queen City Kamikaze Anime and Video Game Convention at Manchester Memorial High School Saturday, February 18, in Manchester, NH. While none of us participated in cosplay, there was certainly plenty of it around (and lots of teenagers hopped up on sugar). We had a great time, and I think most of us agreed: man, we wish we’d had something like this in high school.

Originally I was going to post all these pictures with captions I spent at least an hour writing. But then, on the way home today, I heard this song on the radio for the first time and loved it, and I decided instead to subject you all to one of my usual slideshows…comment here, Peter Dudar…enjoy, all!

(Note: if you’d like high-rez of any of these photos, please contact me and I’ll get them to you.)

The admission wristband.

Stacey Longo, co-author of the upcoming Screams of Autumn: Stories from Creepy Connecticut, setting up.

Jason Harris, publicity for NEHW, taping down.

I don’t know who brought this, but thank God. The eggs at the Comfort Inn at which Nathan and I stayed tasted like soap, so I’d had no breakfast except some soggy bacon.

Sugar! Sugar! And more sugar!

It’s a little too early for occult specialist Nathan Schoonover.

Tracey Carbone, author of The Soul Collector, and Scott Goudsward, co-author of Shadows Over New England.

Nathan, preparing his video feed.

K. Allen Wood of Shock Totem and me. I believe we were discussing the drop in submissions to magazines due to the single short story Kindle self-publishing boom.

Here’s a virtual tour of our tables.

I was a Star Wars kid…it was really nice to see characters I recognized! They seemed surprised everyone was taking their photos—mostly adults. I don’t think they realized that most of the adults there were in the same boat.

There were movies playing all day in this area, many of them horror films. I didn’t see many people there during the morning, but in the afternoon, the chairs were filled.

A colorful cosplay sea.

Talk about talent! Alyssa Trinidad of Manchester, left, agreed to let me have my photo taken with her. Her zombie make-up is amazing…it’s no surprise her dream is to become a professional effects artist. As well she should.