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2008 Bram Stoker Awards Announced

This press release just came in, hot off the ether: *** Horror Writers Association celebrates 2008 Stoker winners At long last, the anticipation is over. The Horror Writers Association has announced the winners of the 2008 Bram Stoker Awards at its annual Stoker Banquet held tonight as part of the Stoker Awards Weekend held in Burbank, California.  Nine new bronze haunted-house statuettes were handed over to the writers responsible for creating superior works of horror last year. This year’s winners are: Superior Achievement in a NOVEL DUMA KEY by Stephen King (Scribner) Superior Achievement in a FIRST NOVEL THE GENTLING…
June 14, 2009Posted inData+Errata
Posted inArnzen News

Teachers of Terror Take Note

Dissections: The Journal of Contemporary Horror just released their May 2009 special issue on "issues of teaching the horror genre in the classroom."  Sure, I'm in there with a discussion of "learning objectives" in a horror course, but with essays like Doug Ford's "The Sublime Trials of Jack Ketchum: Teaching 'The Girl Next Door' in the Era of Torture P**n" and poems about classic movie actors by Bryan Dietrich, you know you're getting something as fascinating as it is educational.
June 14, 2009Posted inArnzen News
Posted inBlather

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June 14, 2009Posted inBlather
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Goreletter 5.04 Mailed

The Goreletter Vol. 5, #4 was e-mailed to subscribers on 14 June 2009 @ 4am est. It contains extra material not available here on the weblog version, including exclusive discounts on several horrifying goodies! Note: the subtitle for this issue was dropped from the mailing's subject line. It is titled "The Goreletter 5.04: Black Saabath".  This was the 40th issue of the newsletter, publishing free since 2002. The next issue will begin Volume 6. If you subscribe and did not receive this issue, e-mail me for a replacement or review the archives at gorelets.com. Subscribe today...it's free and you can…
June 14, 2009Posted inData+Errata
Posted inNot Dead Yet: Print Reviews

Flash Reviews of Semi-Autobiographical Fictions

Sorry for the length of this section, but I'm making up for lost time. This time around I offer four three "flash" reviews of books that are quite effective because they inexplicably feel "autobiographical" in some way, despite being entirely, totally, and thankfully made up. >> Chimeric Machines by Lucy A. Snyder Snyder is a massively talented writer -- the sort who knows how to make you take a gulp when you hit the ending of a story or poem -- and this poetry collection made me gulp with awe on virtually every page. Although her poetry/fiction collection Sparks and…
June 13, 2009Posted inNot Dead Yet: Print Reviews