Halloween Fever

Halloween Comes Early: [This just in: See the Post-Gazette article on this event.] I'll be attending Zombiefest in Pittsburgh this weekend (10/27-8) to kick off the Halloween-week frenzy early. I'll be presenting a reading on a panel with Greg Lamberson and Scott Johnson on Saturday at 2pm. Other guest writers include Gary Braunbeck, Max Brooks, Kim Paffenroth, Edward A. Holsclaw II, and the guys from Bloodtype Online. Zombiefest culminates in an attempt to break the world record in a zombie walk through the Monroeville Mall (setting for the original Dawn of the Dead) for charity. A Halloween Bargain: I was…

Halloween Specials

I noticed recently that there are a number of good Halloween shopping deals on horror books out there recently, and so I thought I'd call attention to a few before the end of the month... Fictionwise E-books is presently offering 25% of all their horror titles until October 31st. They have a number of Arnzen titles in stock -- a good way to get my short story collections, 100 Jolts or Fluid Mosaic, cheap! Shocklines Bookstore has an incentive for readers to discover horror poetry: buy one horror poetry book, get one free! A great way to pick up my…