A letter to John from Drew Morse, Ph.D. Chair, 2007 Rhysling Poetry Awards: Congratulations. Your poem “Demands of the Voluptuous Virginal Sacrifice” has been nominated for a 2007 Rhysling Poetry Award (in the short form category). The Rhysling Awards recognize the very best speculative and fantastic poetry published during the previous calendar year. This is…

We found out a few days ago that Shocklines is closing down. Matt’s made the public announcement so I can post about it now. It’s sad to see a staple of the scene shut down. Shocklines was the first to carry our books and I’ve enjoyed working with Matt since the beginning. I really admire…

Cover created by artist Ryan Rice Debuting 9/16 • PRE-ORDER for $2 off Mr. Wicker by Maria Alexander Alicia Baum is missing a deadly childhood memory. Located beyond life, The Library of Lost Childhood Memories holds the answer. The Librarian is Mr. Wicker — a seductive yet sinister creature with an unthinkable past and an agenda just as…

I finished putting together the cover for Steve Aylett’s And Your Point Is? Since the book is a parody of literary criticism (fake crit of the writing of fake author Jeff Lint) I wanted the cover to look like a book of literary criticism. However, the first design I cam up with was a bit…

Rod Lott over at Bookgasm seems to really have enjoyed Horror Isn’t a 4-Letter Word. This paragraph in particular cracked me up: One of the more entertaining pieces has Warner dissecting dialogue from an early draft of Brian Keene’s CITY OF THE DEAD and the published version of J.K. Rowling’s HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER…

An interview with John Edward Lawson that previously appeared in Doorways Magazine is now available online from speceditor666 here: http://speceditor666.livejournal.com/8159.html So far the section on John’s hair has caused the most stir.