Mike Arnzen is running a great contest to support the release of Audiovile. PRIZES: + A signed deck of the very rare, very bizarro, custom-designed PLAY DEAD playing cards! Plus a five track CDR sampler from Audiovile + $15 Shocklines.com Gift Certificate + one random surprise gift from the Arnzen archives! + The actual hand-corrected…

Isabel Burning is now available for the Kindle! This is only my second attempt at formatting one of our titles for Kindle. I don’t have one so if anyone out there gets a copy I’d love some feedback on how it compares to other books formatted for Kindle. You can buy it here:

Horror Fiction Review has it’s first online edition up: http://www.novellopublishers.com/fanzine.html For so long they did an old-school print zine but now they’ve switched to online. It’s always kind of sad when that happens but I’m excited about the online version. I’m especially psyched because I stumbled onto a review of Isabel Burning there. Here’s a…

I got a call at 2 am from the police saying the car had been found. Some little kids (that’s how he described them) were driving around D.C. in it. They bailed when the police showed up so they weren’t caught. They tell me it’s drivable but I don’t know much more about the condition…

I can’t believe World Fantasy (and Halloween!) are right around the corner. I’m looking forward to an early Halloween party this weekend. It’s been a long time since John and I had costumes for Halloween. Plus I’m hoping to bake up a few spooky treats for the party. We’re also supposed to pick up a…