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“Pithy” Contest Lost — But Will Return Soon

The "Pithy Morbid Thought" contest I was running on The Haunt (with a deadline of tomorrow) has been lost by their website! Apparently their boards crashed and the backup was unrecoverable. I will make up for this by starting over here on The Goreletter in the days ahead. [UPDATE, 5.15: You can now enter the contest here by July 1st.] If you participated in that contest, I do NOT have your original entries or names (I expected the webmaster to back those up!)...so I hope you will re-enter. I may use Twitter as part of this contest. More to come..…
April 30, 2009Posted inData+Errata
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Apron of the Abattoir

Author Carole Lanham (aka "The Horror Homemaker") has posted a fun collection of aprons, including a funny old one from the Michael Arnzen Dying photoshot and Kim Paffenroth roasting his Bram Stoker Trophy. Speaking of trophies, it's Stoker season right now and the final ballot for last year's best horror fiction has recently been announced on the Horror Writers Association website.  Congratulations to all!  Extra helpings of kudos to Horror Library Vol. 3 (collection category) and The Book of Lists: Horror (non-fiction category), both of which include my work. But back to the happy Horror Homemaker: read Carole's fabulous zombie…
April 13, 2009Posted inData+Errata
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Winner Chosen for LibraryThing Giveaway

Congrats to LibraryThing member Sarah who just won a copy of my book 100 Jolts: Shockingly Short Stories as part of a "member giveaway" raffle!   Sarah was one of over 200 entrants; I have a list of the top five picks and may be giving runner-up prizes as I can afford them to a handful of others.  Thanks to all who participated in the fun! LibraryThing is a great place for book lovers to share their book catalogs.  I'm a lifetime LT author and welcome your visit.
February 12, 2009Posted inData+Errata
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Horror-Ku Winners Posted

If you'd like to read a few quick horror haiku, click on over to the Little Blog of Horrors over at Horror-Web.com.  They've posted the top three entries of a horror-ku contest I recently judged.  Congrats to winners CS McBride, Bruce Boston and John Pupo!
February 3, 2009Posted inData+Errata
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Horror Haiku Contest

Jimmy Z. -- the new purveyor of Horror-web.com -- has invited me to judge a horror haiku contest they're presently running, with cash prizes. If you write poetry, or simply love to wax pithy with expressions of zombie philosophy, you still have time to send him your submissions. The deadline is Feb 1st. You might read Ryan Mecum's Zombie Haiku for inspiration.
January 27, 2009Posted inData+Errata