“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..…

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.

Win a Signed Copy of 100 Jolts

[This contest has unfortunately ended.  Thanks to everyone who entered!] [ACT QUICK!  This opportunity expires today. There are over 200 entrants so far!] You can win a free signed copy of my book, 100 Jolts, by entering a request at the "member giveaway" raffle at LibraryThing.com.  You'll need to sign up for LibraryThing if you're not already on the bookshelf sharing site...luckily, they offer free limited membership (and a cheap pricetag for unlimited membership).  I'm a LTAuthor -- come check it out!  (I'm also an author on GoodReads.com if you prefer that site...but I don't, so no freebies for you!) You'll need to…

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!