I just found out that Dr. Identity got a very positive review from Booklist. “At Bliptown’s Corndog University, the practice of android substitution leads to mayhem when Dr. Identity, the ‘ganger for English professor Blah, accidentally murders a prominent student-thing…How the ever-resourceful Dr. Identity and his hapless charge navigate the surreal and bewildering technological landscape…

Here’s a pic of John, Mike Arnzen, Forrest Aguirre & D. Harlan Wilson, they sure look like they’re having fun! Since I didn’t go to WFC we don’t have any pics but this one came courtesy of Mike. Other WFC tidbits: It sounds like Night Shade Books is back with a vengeance. They went through…

Things are almost ready for the Zombiefest. I’m bummed that I won’t be able to go but looking forward to celebrating Halloween with Ripley. If you see Darin Malfi at the Zombiefest ask him to show you his brand-new RDSP tattoo. I didn’t believe it when he said he was going to get a tattoo…

The East Bay Literary Examiner is running a very thorough review of Jesus Coyote: “One of the true architects behind the ‘docufiction’ genre, Harold Jaffe again injects and paralyzes his readers with infectious prose in his most recent novel Jesus Coyote. Though the novel is of course fiction, readers are artistically placed in the middle…

‘Egg’ has been submitted to 3 film festivals so far: http://www.paranoiafest.com/ http://www.barebonesfilmfestivals.org/ http://www.afidallas.com/ I’m sure there will be more but I also know that application fees to these things can add up. I’d love to sell a bunch of copies of the DVD and send that money to the director to help with the application…

Congrats to Jeremy Shipp whose novel, Vacation, has made it onto the preliminary ballot for the Bram Stoker award in he category of first novel. Jeremy’s book has caused such a stir from so many different quarters that it’s a bit bewildering. In fact I just got an email from a reviewer who was very…