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Ghoulish Goals
From the June 2008 Pittsburgh Professional Magazine: Ghoulish Goals: Seton Hill writing professor keeps collecting awards for his horror fiction by Kathleen Ganster (photos by Jim Judkis).
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May 2008 Updates
If you haven't heard already, Gauntlet Press is producing HE IS LEGEND, an awesome tribute anthology of short stories and novellas based on the classic fiction of Richard Matheson (author of I Am Legend, The Incredible Shrinking Man, Stir of Echoes, and so much more). I'm honored to be a part of the fun, with my short piece called "She Screech Like Me" -- a sequel to Matheson's famous story, "Born of Man and Woman." The line-up for this book includes the first collaboration between Stephen King and his son Joe Hill (riffing on "Duel"), along with Gary Braunbeck, William Nolan, Joe Lansdale, and a host…
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Soon…soon…
Intrepid surfer, you have found the brand new Goreletter blog before it has gone live! The Goreletter is my creative workspace & author's newsletter; the blog is a working sketchbook for that missive and -- upon recently changing to a new webhost -- I have decided to expand it and revise it from the bottom up, to make it more accessible for "web 2.0" readers. Read the All About the Goreletter page for full information on this site and how to subscribe via RSS. This site is in disarray and heavy construction as I customize the design and consider content…
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What A Limited Edition Looks Like
The book collector's website, Awful Books, has posted photographs of my limited edition novella, The Bitchfight, in the Bad Moon Books section of their gallery of collectable books. Here you can see what a great job the publisher did with this exclusive collector's edition, signed, leatherbound in a deep crimson cover, with bonus art and an exclusive CD. The CD is called "Live and Vile," featuring an individualized "backmasked" message unique for each disc, the recording of a live performance (at Zombiefest 2007), and a cluster of remixes, rare demo versions and outtakes from my spoken word CD from Raw…
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Proverbs For Monsters Wins Stoker Award!
I’m still stunned, so I’ll keep this relatively short... The HWA’s Bram Stoker Awards were announced last night in Salt Lake City at the 2008 World Horror Convention. My book, PROVERBS FOR MONSTERS, tied for the win (along with Peter Straub for his wonderful book, 5 Stories) in the "Superior Achievement in a Fiction Collection" category. This is my fourth Stoker award for my horror writing and since this particular award is going to a book that collects stories from across my career, I’m obviously overjoyed. I’ve posted a copy of my acceptance speech (read by Weston Ochse at the…