Appearances in October 2008

Oct 11, 1:30-4:30pm | PARSEC Meeting | Squirrel Hill Library (5801 Forbes), Pittsburgh, PA "What is Horror?": Join Lawrence C. Connolly (author of Veins), Scott Johnson (author of Cane River) and I in a discussion of the genre and the state it's in today today with PARSEC: the Pittsburgh Area Science Fiction Enthusiast Club. Meeting held at the Carnegie Library in Squirrel Hill in Pittsburgh. Attendees must join PARSEC ($15). Oct 25th 4-5pm | Zombiefest 2008 | Monroeville Mall, Pittsburgh, PA Zombiefest is a two-day zombie-themed convention held at the Monroeville Mall, site of the Romero zombie classic Dawn of…

Arnzen Podcast with “Writer’s Talk” — airing on WCBE (Ohio NPR) tonight

Halloween approacheth. Look for the "Writer's Talk" series on WCBE (Ohio's NPR station), which will be airing interviews with Michael Arnzen, Gary Braunbeck, Lucy Snyder, and Lawrence Connolly each Wednesday in October. The topic is "The Business & Life of Writing Horror" and all of us had a blast together answering questions about this crazy genre of dread and terror. The Arnzen session airs tonight on WCBE (10/8/08) at 8pm, and I think it turned out really well. If you miss it, don't worry:  you should be able to hear the podcast online, provided by Doug Dangler and the Ohio…