Nick Cato had this to say about A Rhapsody for the Eternal: “RHAPSODY will be enjoyed by anyone with a thirst for truly different dark fantasy…or those with a desire to to see some fantastic writing employed in the strangest of settings.” —Horror Fiction Review Read the full review here

Got some great news yesterday from Darren Speegle. Ellen Datlow has recommended his story, Illusions of Amber, for the next Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror! The story was originally published in Underworlds but is also included in Dirge. I guess she still has to make her final decision about which stories will be reprinted and…

Congratulations to Mike Arnzen and Darren Speegle, both of their collections have made it on to the preliminary ballot for Best Fiction Collection of 2004. Here’s the ballot http://www.horror.org/stokerballots.htm Also, congrats to steve_vernon whose collection Nightmare Dreams and a story from it are on the ballot. Usually it’s the novel categories that have the toughest…

Tom Bradley was on The Lair of the Yak this weekend and the show is now archived. Check it out here: http://operator11.com/shows/3835/episodes/41801 I was *really* impressed with Tom’s performance of the 2nd chapter out of Lemur. The voice he did for Spencer (the wannabe serial killer/busboy) was so great. Plus The Lair of the Yak…