Not Dead Yet: The Listmaniacal Archive

I've gathered all the books I've reviewed in The Goreletter (since 2002) into some fun listmania lists over at amazon.com, and I'll keep adding titles to them from the "Not Dead Yet" department into the future. I've also been having way too much fun trolling around amazon for weird discoveries, and I have compiled a few other funky lists, like the Goofy Gory Gifts Galore list and other novelty lists. I'm apparently a listmaniac. After many years of neglect, I have updated my author profile on amazon.com, where you can find more weirdness and links to many of my books…

Feedback Wanted

A plea: If you enjoyed the latest issue of The Goreletter, please post feedback in the forum I opened up at Amazon to help me spread the word. I'm always eager to hear what people think, and I appreciate concrete tips for future issues. It will land you an entry in the latest contest and perhaps a freebie for being the first of thirty entries! If you're not on amazon.com, you can leave a comment here on the blog too, of course, (but to be fair to all I can't give a contest entry for it). If you don't know…

The Haunt is Becoming a Forum

Just read this important post at Horrorgy that the 'myspace for horror fan' site, The Haunt, is shutting down in early November and becoming a discussion forum sponsored by the Horror-Mall instead. Sorry to hear it...I liked the concept, but it's true that participation was lacking after the initial buzz of the place wore off. Hopefully the discussion forum will spark interest and continued community, rather than leaving a 'ghost town' in its wake. I probably won't play there very often; I feel like I've got too many strands to follow online right now... But I'm glad you're following this…

Authors: Dead or Alive

αΩ   Dead or Alive? How many of your authors are dead? Dead: 49 / Alive: 116 / Unknown: 153 / Not a Person: 1 Percent alive: 70.3% xo   The above is a report generated from a neat new analytical script that LibraryThing can do to your home bookshelves, called "Dead or Alive?" I sort of assumed I'd have more dead authors.  Ah well.  Ironically, they listed my own name as "Unknown"...and I found that a little soothing.  Call me anthropomorphic, but I think I'd rather be among those undead than "Not a Person". [Scrolled to the bottom ... They…