+ CyberPulp Digital Paperbacks tells
me that my e-chapbook of twisted
poems about sports, SPORTUARY,
will be available by Sept 15th.
In his review for THE DREAM
PEOPLE, writer Gary West summed it
up wonderfully: “Sportuary is the
culmination of what could happen if
sport and the win at all costs attitude it
breeds were to go unchecked, and the
dark side were to take over. Plus, it is
one hell of a fun read….”
Featuring original color paintings by
Marcia Borell, this thirty page e-book
will be just three bucks!
(While you’re waiting for Sportuary,
you might want to pick up Bruce
Boston’s $3 poetry book at CyberPulp,
called Head Full of Strange. I loved it!)
http://cyberpulp.netfirms.com/
http://www.cyberpulpbooks.com/
http://gorelets.com/books/mastication-publications/sportuary/
+ I’ve learned that two of my pieces
from last year were listed as
“Honorable Mention” in the latest
volume (#16) of The Year’s Best
Fantasy & Horror (edited by Ellen
Datlow and Terry Windling; a must
read every year!). The pieces
recommended are “Halloween Pie” (a
poem from Rogue Worlds #7) and
“Tugging the Heartstrings” (a short-
short from Flashquake #2.2). The
latter is still archived online if you
missed it:
http://www.flashquake.org/archive/vol2iss2/
+ At Horrorfind convention, two
publishers handed me hot-off-the-
press copies of magazines I appear in,
both debuting new formats. Flesh and
Blood magazine, which features my
ode to mortuary work, “Heartfelt” (issue
13) debuted in all its full-sized, glossy-
covered, bright-colored glory this
month. And Kevin Donihe’s magazine,
Bare Bone (issue 4), which has always
been sparse in its “bare” white cover,
has now gone to color illustrated
covers in a perfect-bound format that
not only looks really sharp but is really
substantial in size for the price. If you
haven’t read these horror magazines
yet, you’re really missing out on some
great stories and poems. Both
magazines are available through the
venerable shocklines.com bookstore,
or you can read about them here:
http://www.horrorseek.com/horror/fleshnblood/issue13.htm
http://users.chartertn.net/mbs/kldwriter/
+ Many people have recently reported
communication problems with Dark
Vespers, the publisher for my
upcoming book, Freakcidents. To be
safe, I recommend you place your pre-
order through shocklines.com because
Shocklines Bookstore will not charge
you until the book is actually shipped. I
am confident that this book will be
available eventually.
+ Disappointing news: I’m sorry to
report that Grave Markings Extreme —
the sculpted leather-bound Tenth
Anniversary Edition planned for my
Stoker-winning novel — has been
canceled by Double Dragon
Publishing. (If another publisher picks it
up you’ll be the first to know.) DDP,
however, still plans to release the e-
book version of Gorelets: Unpleasant
Poetry at the same time that the print
version comes out from Fairwood
Press. Either one is really special.
Forthcoming this Halloween!
http://www.fairwoodpress.com
http://www.double-dragon-ebooks.com
+ Thanks to every HWA member
reading this who has nominated The
Goreletter for the Bram Stoker Award
in “Alternate Media” so far.