Here’s a link to a very cool, atmospheric version of “Have Yourself a Merry Christmas (If the Fates Allow)” by ego_likeness. I’ve been listening to it all morning. It’s a free download! You can’t say I never gave ya nuthin’. http://www.egolikeness.com/xmas/Ego_Likeness_If_the_Fates_Allow.mp3

From an interview introduction: Jeremy C. Shipp is one of them — that new breed of bright, witty, angry young writers with something to say about the world. His novel Vacation is the highly-touted new release from Raw Dog Screaming Press. Slices of his menacing prose can be found at Chizine, The Harrow and Blood…

The pics from World Horror Con are up: https://rawdogscreaming.com/whc2006.html Thanks to Deena Warner for taking ’em! We weren’t able to attend the con but Michael Arnzen, Darren Speegle and Matt Warner were all there. It was also the launch of the Bizarro Starter Kit with custom brewed bizarro beers on hand to celebrate.

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…

I’d say that The Washington Post review of Welcome to Oakland was very positive! Here’s my favorite section: “Some readers will be inclined to fling ‘Welcome to Oakland’ into the nearest grease pit. This would probably come as no surprise to the author, but ignoring Williamson would be a mistake. For those who can stomach…