I didn’t know if it would be worth it to go all the way to New York to spend just one night and travel back the next day but it definitely was. Too bad we weren’t able to be there for the whole weekend. We did make it to the huge signing where we got…

Mike Arnzen was interviewed over at Zombie Mall and had some pretty interesting things to say about why people write and read horror and how to deal with ‘normal’ people who don’t understand. Read the interview here: http://zombiemall.com/zblog/?p=52 Jeremy Shipp was also recently interviewed by Jennifer Prado and you can read the interview here: http://jenniferprado.blogspot.com/

There’s a very thoughtful review of Harold Jaffe’s Jesus Coyote in the Mad Hatter’s Review. Jaffe’s books are always a challenging read and the reviews often miss the mark as to Jaffe’s intentions but this one seems to be right on the money: “In his exploration of Manson, Jaffe is reasserting the necessity of righteous…

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…

I’m surprised and pleased that there seems to be quite a bit of buzz around Spider Pie. John said a couple people asked about it at the con and khaibit108 has had people asking her when the book will be available. I hope to be uploading the file soon and maybe we’ll have review copies…

COVER REVEAL   Who should be given a second chance at life?  Decades in the future Corpus Chrome, Inc. develops a robotic body, dubbed a “mannequin,” that can revive, sustain and interface with a cryonically-preserved human brain. Like all new technology, it is copyrighted. Hidden behind lawyers and a chrome facade, the inscrutable organization resurrects…