Book of Lists Bonus: “The Hands of Horror”

THE BOOK OF LISTS: HORROR (edited by by Amy Wallace, Del Howison and Scott Bradley for Harper Paperbacks) is hitting the bookshelves across the country this week. It's a knockout collection of lists both quirky and informative, about all things horror, featuring an amazing roster of horror authors and filmmakers -- from Stephen King to Eli Roth -- between its covers. You won't want to miss it...and you can order it now from amazon.com. My contribution to the book is an annotated list of "The Top Five Horror Colleges" -- something you'd never find in the US News & World…

Enter a Caption and Win!

UPDATE: CONTEST DEADLINE HAS PASSED... COMMENTS ON THIS ENTRY ARE NOW CLOSED! Time for a new contest! Come up with a witty caption for the image below and you will be eligible to win one of the following "book & comic series" prizes (...there will be two winners chosen!) : An almost-impossible-to-find signed "Advanced Review Copy" of The B*tchfight by Arnzen + the first four issues of Jai Nitz' horror comic series, Heaven's Devils (Image). A signed copy of Arnzen's (now out-of-print and still out-of-its-mind) novella, Licker + the first four issues of Army of Darkness vs. Reanimator (Dynamite Comics).…

Thinking Blogger Award

Thank you to Heidi Ruby Miller for giving The Goreletter a Thinking Blogger Award. The five bloggers upon whom I choose to bestow this same honor are: #1: Dennis G. Jerz for his frequent posts of noteworthy articles and his openly geeky commentary #2: Brian Keene for his provocative contemplations about the horror genre and the writer's life #3: Jeff Vandermeer for his literary savvy about the fantastic and his writing whimsy #4: Richard Ristow for his deep analysis of horror writing #5: ALL the Storytellers Unplugged writers for their excellent discussions of the writing life

Stoker Interview and WHC 2007 Report

This year's Bram Stoker Award ceremony was held last weekend in Toronto, concurrent with World Horror Convention. Winners included Stephen King, John Skipp, Lisa Morton, Gary Braunbeck, Jonathan Maberry and Kim Paffenroth. I was on hand to present the poetry award along with Don Hutchison to Bruce Boston for his winning poetry collection, Shades Fantastic. [Ironically, The Horror Channel has just posted a bleary-eyed video interview with me, shortly after I stepped off the stage at the 2006 Bram Stoker Awards in Newark last June, when I won the award for Freakcidents. Good memories!] World Horror Convention itself was a…