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AUGUST 31

(Aug. 31)
Report by Chris Gage
DARK HORSE TO ADAPT "REIGN OF FIRE," 3 MORE
Back in the '50's, when comics were actually read by real people, not just socially retarded misanthropes like you and me, one of the hottest genres was adaptations of movies and TV shows. Dark Horse Comics aims to bring back those days by producing comics based on four recent films.

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AUGUST 22

(Aug. 22)
3D POON
Ellen Poon, a veteran visual effects supervisor with over 16 years of industry experience, 10 years of which were at George Lucas' Industrial Light and Magic (ILM), and recognized by Avenue Asia magazine as one of the 500 most influential Asian-Americans, announces the launch of DFreedomZone, Inc.. The San Francisco-based company produces 3D animation for the entertainment and advertising industries. DFZ’s unique 3D graphics rendering technology creates dynamic online and multimedia experiences designed to reach and influence teen and college-aged consumers.

Continued at Horror Movies.

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AUGUST 15

CRIMINY!
Horror writer/editor Brett Savory and Horror poet/editor Sandra Katsuri got married, Saturday, August 10! And all this time I thought they were already married! But NO! They were living in SIN! I can only guess that sin, like all things, got tiresome after a while, so they tied the knot. Congratulations to some of my favorite Canadians!

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QUAKECON 2002
When it comes to Horror games, Idgames wrote the book. I remember way back with the first DOOM and old DOS computers. I saw people play that game, hear the roar of a Baron Of Hell, and go leaping out of their chairs. For the first time I understood how audiences must have felt back in the days of silent black and white movies, when they saw that train rushing toward them and they ran from the theater.

So now is your chance to relive all that is Idgames and compete for the chance to win $100,000!

Continued at Conventions.

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AUGUST 13

MAGIC 88
Eight being said by some, to be a magic number - unless of course you were raised by ABC TV's Scholastic Rock, in which case you would think a half 8, that being a 3, is a magic number. But the magic man I speak of today is Joseph W. Miles, who is the 88th occupant of The Writer's Block. A page which showcases and promotes the BiblioBios of Horror, Thriller, Mystery, and Suspense writers. If you would like to be posted at The Writer's Block, check out our guidelines.

Also, Horror writer and reviewer Regina Mitchell has an update to her BiblioBio this week.

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AUGUST 12

By Chris Gage
THE 2002 SAN DIEGO COMICCON
Your intrepid correspondent braved great dangers (namely, traffic on the 405 freeway) to journey to the San Diego ComicCon 2002.

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3RD ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF INTERNATIONAL FANTASY, HORROR, ANIME AND SCIENCE FICTION
The American Cinematheque presents THE 3rd ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF FANTASY, HORROR, ANIME AND SCIENCE FICTION (August 8-25, 2001), a 12 day festival featuring 30 films from countries including: Brazil, Japan, Italy, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States.

Continued at Horror Movies.

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AUGUST 9

From Mike Rodin
HORRORFIND WEEKEND 2002 UPDATE:
Reggie Bannister of Phantasm fame will be appearing as an added special guest, Reggie is a great guy and lots of fun so we are happy that he'll be attending the festivities.

Continued at Conventions.

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AUGUST 8

From Judi Rohrig
THE HELL DAYS OF SUMMER
Lots of hot left and lots of horror authors seeking relief in nice, cool bookstores where they will be very happy to sign books for thirsty fans! Like what and where and when, you say? Try...

Continued at Story Time.

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AUGUST 7

WILD CLOWN GETS LINKED
The Wild Clown Chronicles just get better all the time. Wild Clown is a literary Horror site that delivers online Horror stories with Flash movie introductions. The folks at Wild Clown stream the Flash and sound so that it loads up super quick on a mere dial-up. The animations are carefully constructed to enhance the stories represented, instead of merely showing off the cleverness of the animator. Wild Clown gets a link here at feoamante.com under Horror and Mystery Online as one of the best Horror sites on the web and for raising the bar of Horror site web design.

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REAL WORLD HORROR: THE DISGRACE OF DYNCORP
This is a story that will make you queasy but first, some history: U.S. company DynCorp, began in 1946 as a cargo moving company serving U.S. armed forces in battle strategic areas of the world, has grown over the past 50 years to include communication technologies including the Internet and Wireless technologies. DynCorp has over 23,000 employees in 550 locations world wide.

Continued at Special Report.

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AUGUST 6

NEW TENANT AT THE WRITER'S BLOCK
Please welcome Mary SanGiovanni, the 85th person to live on The Writer's Block.
G. Durant Haire won't be 86'd either as he comes in at that number with his own BiblioBio.
And Canadian Horror writer Richard Gavin moves into Block G at 87 with his own BiblioBio.

Updates at The Writer's Block include 2 new stories by E.C.McMullen Jr. to be featured in two upcoming anthologies.

The Writer's Block is for all writers in the realm of Horror, Thriller, Mystery, and Suspense. If you have at least 3 fiction stories published (NOT self-published) then you can have your bibliobio and a link back to your site posted at The Writer's Block. Its pure, shameless, unadulterated promotion - and its FREE! Check out our guidelines.

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AUGUST 5

KEENE SPEAK
Long-time Brian Keene fans have heard about "Fodder", a collaborative novella he wrote with Tim Lebbon a few years back. It was acquired for a William Hope Hodgson tribute anthology, but that anthology has yet to surface. So other than hearing a brief portion of it read aloud at WHC 2000, fans have been despairing that they might never see it.

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GETTING GOSSAMER
Horror writers Mark McLaughlin, Rain Graves, and David Niall Wilson have come together to produce a book of poetry and some fiction in THE GOSSAMER EYE. For those of you pretty much fed up with the whiney self-absorbed sniveling and the overwrought soap opera dramatics of most horror poetry, be aware that, according to Mark, the three authors "... prove that the poetry of the imagination can be much more than just the silken, sad rustling of purple curtains. (We) explore many new avenues of expression - with wit, humor, anger, and always, passion."

Find out more about it at meishamerlin.com.

 

Report by Monica J. O'Rourke
LATEST UPDATE ON NEW EXORCIST
John Frankenheimer, who passed away last month, had been set to direct the EXORCIST prequel flick (tentatively named EXORCIST 4:1). In negotiations with Morgan Creek is director Paul Schrader (Forever Mine), who is expected to take the helm.

Continued at Horror Movies.

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From The Hollywood Reporter
THE NIGHTMARE! THE PANDEMONIUM! THE NEIL GAIMAN!!!
Pandemonium Films has acquired the film rights to Neil Gaiman's horror- fantasy novel Coraline, with The Nightmare Before Christmas helmer Henry Selick attached to adapt and direct, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

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AUGUST 1

MATRIX RELOADED IS MARKED
Warner Bros., in association with Village Roadshow Pictures and NPV Entertainment, has announced the official release date for THE MATRIX sequel, MATRIX RELOADED as Thursday, May 15, 2003. The third chapter, THE MATRIX REVOLUTIONS, will be released later in 2003. That's right! Both movies will be released in 2003! No long wait!

Original crew onboard for the sequel include ...

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TOPS IN HORROR, MYSTERY, AND THRILLER MOVIES
The Internet Movie Database, imdb.com, keeps track of the most searched for movies under the catagories of Horror, Mystery and Thriller. These are the top ten sought out movies at imdb for August 1, 2002.

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JULY

JULY 31

AND THE GOOD NEWS IS...
9 miners in Pennsylvania get trapped over 100 feet beneath the surface of the earth, day after day passes, but in the end, 9 went in and 9 came out.

Amtrak train goes off the rails in Maryland, injuring many, but all passengers survive.

Ain't a thing you can do about the catastrophes and accidents in the world, but, outside of fiction, I love a happy ending.

You don't? Then this news item is for you: There is a lump of rock heading toward our planet that is a mile and a half long. It could arrive as early as 2019. If it hits it will virtually wipe out all human life. NASA mathematicians, the same people who repeatedly got the math wrong on various Mars landers and kept missing THE ENTIRE FREAKING PLANET or crashing the landers on the surface, claim that odds are good the rock WON'T hit us. There now, happy? Who wouldn't be?

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NEW NEIGHBORS ON THE WRITER'S BLOCK
Writers Meghan Fatras (under "F") and Danielle "Nell" Naibert (under "N") have just moved into The Writer's Block. Check out their bibliobios. For all you know, you might already be a fan of their work!

If you think you have what it takes to get the free promotion, publicity, and just the general pride of getting posted at The Writer's Block, check out our guidelines.

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CONVENTIONS AND GUNFIRE
Judi Rohrig just came back from CONestoga in Tulsa, Oklahoma. In addition to the wonderful time she had at the con, she also spent some time with author Joe Lansdale (BAD CHILI). Check out her coverage at The Play's The Thing!

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JULY 30

Report by Monica J. O'Rourke
BEWITCHING NEWS
Author John R. Platt, whose first collection of short stories, DIE LAUGHING (Medium Rare Books) recently reported that his tale "Witch Obsession" has been published as a one-act play. You can also catch the story, which John says is one of his most-reprinted tales, in his DIE LAUGHING collection.

To learn more about John and his writing, visit him on the web: jplatt.homestead.com/.

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JULY 29

Report by Monica J. O'Rourke
KETCHUM IF YOU CAN
If you're in the New York City area on August 12th, stop by DIXON PLACE at the VINEYARD to catch author, Bram Stoker Award winner, and all-around great guy Jack Ketchum (RED, THE GIRL NEXT DOOR) reading from one of his latest works.

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Report by Monica J. O'Rourke
WITH A TITLE LIKE THIS, COULD MAKE A GOOD MOVIE!
Bram Stoker Award-winning writer and editor Brian A. Hopkins shared some good news with us recently: his long-awaited novella, EL DIA DE LOS MUERTOS, is gathering some terrific pre-release buzz.

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JULY 22

SIGNING ALERT FOR PRINCETON, ILLINOIS!
Author Mort Castle (MOON ON THE WATER, Nations of the Living, Nations of the Dead) will be signing some of his latest work at the new GREEN RIVER BOOKS In Princeton, IL on July 30th. Says Mort: "I'm doing the noon to 1:30 gig. Might play some banjo or fiddle; will definitely not clog dance as the war wound is acting up again and people have made unkind remarks"

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Report by Monica J. O'Rourke
NEED A ROADMAP TO PUBLICATION? GO ZREM!
Author Jon F. Merz (the Lawson Vampire series) had quite a memorable experience as he watched his novel THE FIXER go from acceptance to publication. His journey began June 2001 and finished by the end of May 2002, and he recorded his feelings and experiences in a weekly journal, which he's now offering as a free e-book called Countdown.

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Report by Monica J. O'Rourke
BONEHEADS IN BIRMINGHAM
Message boards are part of the horror world known as Terror Tales, a hugely popular online horror magazine run by Brits John B. Ford and Paul Kane. The message board owners - called Terrorscribes - will be gathering in Birmingham (the OTHER Birmingham) during the weekend of September 6th at the Britannia Hotel.

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JULY 19

Report by Monica J. O'Rourke
PAUL ANDERSON WANTS MILLA JOVOVICH
Resident Evil director Paul Anderson visited the Empire Online website to give them an update on Resident Evil 2: Nemesis, which Anderson is currently penning.

Continued at Horror Movies.

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JULY 18

STOKER AWARD WINNING HORROR WRITER
Brian Keene ("Hiya, Geoff!" -Feo) has a new official website devoted to his upcoming novel MORE THAN INFINITY. The novel will be released in hardcover by Delirium Books and in paperback by Leisure Books. The site features exclusive excerpts, news updates, and much more, so click on the link and check it out.

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Report by Monica J. O'Rourke
FRANKENHEIMER'S LAST FILM UNFINISHED
Despite the death of director John Frankenheimer, 72, earlier this month, the proposed film, EXORCIST 4:1, which takes place before the original EXORCIST, is still alive. Frankenheimer died on July 6th from complications due to a stroke while taking time off from the film to have back surgery.

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HELLA COOL!
To all our visitors from all the feoamante.com contributors: Despite our being offline for 5 days this month of July, we have now surpassed our 2001 hit count record of 1,718,077 with over 1,800,000 hits for 2002! DAMN but that kicks ass! And we still have about half a year left to go!

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JULY 17

From John Turi
NIGHT OF THE BEAST IN TRADE SOFTCOVER!
Because of an industrial misfortune at their overseas printing facility, Medium Rare Books.com will immediately issue a trade softcover version of Harry Shannon's highly acclaimed first novel 'Night of the Beast'.

Those who have already pre-ordered a copy of the limited-edition hardcover will now receive the beautiful trade softcover instead. The price difference will be refunded and included with the new version.

Medium Rare Books reports that the limited-edition hardcover concept will be shelved at least until all issues with the overseas printer have been resolved and apologizes for any inconvenience this may have caused its customers.

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JULY 16

By James Futch and Feo Amante
THE FIRST TWO STAGES OF THE WHC 2002 PHOTO ARTICLE ARE UP AND AWAY
It took awhile (lots of last minute problems popping up and all that) but the first day and night of the World Horror Convention in Chicago, Ill. are up.

Feo at WHC 2002.

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MAKING YOUR SUPERSTAR GO NANO-NOVA
Mike Philbin aka Hertzan Chimera, the Horror Writer and video game 3D artist, sent me a brief email today wherein he has "just interviewed my first superstar of the small press."

So check out his interview with Medium Press publisher JOHN TURI at terrortales.com.

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HOLY SHIT BUT I GOOFED!
After filtering out the spam, you all sent me 433 total emails asking about the site. I can't respond to you all personally, but here is the basics of what happened: you go messing around with the code, playing with the back-end, and you takes yer chances. In this case, 6 days of being off-line. OUCH! To those of you wrote to me asking if the site was all right (it wasn't), if I was all right (I am but, man(!) I won't go and do that again without some more reading!) and if feoamante.com was going to survive (Oh hell yes it is!). Forgive me for shaking you all up like I did, I've been in hell these past few days trying to get this all straightened out. But feoamante.com is back online and I now have a ton of catching up and updating to do. More than usual actually, as my way of apologizing for the screw-up.

Have fun yall!

Feo

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JULY 9

Report by Monica J. O'Rourke
GOD SAVOR THE QUEER
Brett Savory, editor of the award-winning horror magazine Chiaroscuro.com, shared some recent good news. The QUEER FEAR II anthology (Arsenal Pulp Press) is scheduled for an October release and contains stories from such authors as Poppy Z. Brite, Gemma Files, Thomas Roche, Edo van Belkom, Sephera Giron, and Savory himself.

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Report by Monica J. O'Rourke
MOVE OVER OPRAH!
Author Douglas Clegg (NIGHTMARE HOUSE, YOU COME WHEN I CALL YOU) writes a monthly newsletter for his fans that keeps them up-to-date on events in the horror novelist's life and career.

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JULY 8

Report by Monica J. O'Rourke
RIDING THE EDGE OF THE BLADE
From the bowels of Variety comes word that German director Oliver Hirschbiegel (MORTAL FRIENDS, THE EXPERIMENT) has been approached by writer-producer David Goyer (DARK CITY) to direct the third installment of the immensely popular BLADE series, based on the Marvel Comics series Blade the Vampire Hunter, the trade paper Variety reported.

Continued at Horror Movies.

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JULY 5

Report by Monica J. O'Rourke
SOMETHING IN THE ATMOSPHERE
Fluidity.com is a website that showcases hot new talented writers, artists and musicians. The site features interviews, reviews, samples and links. Past features have included authors Gene O'Neill and Tom Piccirilli, artists GAK and Marge Simon, and musicians Mercy Machine and The Amy Steinberg Band. Darkfluidity.com is the brainchild of author John Urbancik (SINS OF BLOOD AND STONE, A GAME OF COLORS).

This month's featured author is Michael Laimo, whose novel Atmosphere (Leisure Books) will be in stores this September. Atmosphere is also available as a limited hardcover from Delirium Books. Also available is Laimo's short story, "Idol", which you can read for free to get a sampling of his work.

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JULY 4

HORRORWORLD GETS THE MESSAGE
Horror World is pleased to announce that three more authors known to the 'mass market' now have personal message boards at the website;

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Report by Monica J. O'Rourke
THE DEATH OF DARKTALES
After weeks of sending out emails and letters to their authors telling of the certain doom that was to fall on DarkTales, DarkTales Publications announced its demise in the Jobs in Hell newsletter on Tuesday, much to the dismay of small-press authors everywhere.

David Nordhaus, Keith Herber, and Nick Kaufmann were the amazing team that ran the show at DarkTales, and Dave says he'll continue to maintain the website and the e-list.

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JULY 2

AOL CANS KORN
MFKorn's old web page URL is no good because AOL hosting is gone forever it seems. Go here for the new web page: MF Korn's Dandy Ghoul Asylum.

His new 4 novel science fiction paperback ALL THE MUTANT TRASH IN ALL THE GALAXIES (Eraserhead Press) will be out around Christmas or so. 150,000 words total.

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JULY 1

Report by Monica J. O'Rourke
THE BRITISH ARE COMING (Because we don't ban their books here)
Hertzan Chimera's auspicious debut in the U.S. was with his acclaimed novel, SZMONHFU (pronounced "je m'en fous"). His writing has been called "phenomenal", his books "Sick! Sick! Sick!".

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Report by Monica J. O'Rourke
ANONYMOUS NEMONYMOUS
Not exactly a magazine … not quite an anthology. So - what exactly is Nemonymous? Editor DF Lewis sums it up nicely: "It's simply quite something else, but I'm not sure exactly what."

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CAN YOU COUNT, SUCKERS?
Any Horror fan in the North midwest and east coast of the U.S. knows Count Gore de Vol, star of stage and TeeVee screen. Anyone who has come here and listened to my interview by the Tombkeeper knows Count Gore de Vol. But did you know that on July 13th, the Count is celebrating 4 years on the internet with an Anniversary Bash? Yeah! You don't know EVERYTHING, do you, smartypants? So send the count some love at Countgore@countgore.com. Your email might even get posted on his site!

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JUNE

JUNE 28

HITCHED IN HOLY HORROR
Okay, the last time I made a wedding announcement, the couple in question didn't even see it. By the time they returned from their honeymoon, the announcement was gone into archive heaven. So I'm hoping that the timing on this one is better.

Yvonne Navarro (RAGE, SPECIES, SPECIES II) has married Horror writer and sometime contributor Weston Ochse (SCARY REDNECKS w/David Whitman, NATURAL SELECTION) on June 29. Weston is one of my best friends and Yvonne allows me to live so its all good! I want to take the time right now to wish them the best life together forever. May your fire always burn.

I hope they are back in time to see this...

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Report by Monica J. O'Rourke
AURORA FOR EDO?
Edo van Belkom's TEETH, a horror novel set in Brampton, Ontario and published by Meisha Merlin of Atlanta, Georgia has been named one of five finalists for the Aurora Award in the English Long-Form (novel) category.

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JUNE 26

HELLO...."NEWMAN"!
Things are rolling along with the Holy Roller, James Newman. On June 25, James finalized this deal: Lone Wolf Publications will be releasing an audiobook of his novella HOLY ROLLERS (DarkTales) as part of their new audio line come Jan. 1, 2003. The disk, is of course, a Signed Limited Edition, and will feature HOLY ROLLERS as read by the author, featuring original sound-effects and music produced and mixed by James his ownself.

Other writers slated for release in this venture include Edo Van Belkom, Mort Castle, and Mark McLaughlin.

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From Judi Rohrig
ALL ABOARD OR LAST CALL FOR NECON
Days are dwindling down to the July 1 deadline to register for the Northeastern Writers Conference AKA Camp NECon. The July 18-21 Bristol, RI (it's held on the beautiful campus of Roger Williams University) conference is limited to the first 200 campers, and boy, will they have fun!

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HORRORFIND WANTS TO KEEP US IN THE DARK
As if Laymon fans didn't have enough reasons to attend this summer's 2nd Annual Horrorfind Weekend convention in Baltimore, Maryland (U.S.), now there's more!

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TRICKLES FROM THE STOKERS
Monica O'Rourke and Gina Osnovich put the Stoker banquet and awards ceremony together this year and Monica is only now getting her photos back.

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JUNE 24

From Judi Rohrig
SPEAKS THE MCCAMMON!
Circle those calendars because on Monday, September 9, at 4:00 p.m., Robert McCammon will be holding his first signing at the Alabama Booksmith store in Birmingham, AL. He's also scheduled to read from his never-before-published SPEAKS THE NIGHTBIRD at the event.

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JUNE 23

PAPA'S GOT A BRAND NEW FUTCH!
Our book and movie reviewer, as well as writer and WHC photographer, James Futch, is a new proud papa. And his wife Lori is the new proud Mama! Which makes it extra special all around!

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JUNE 21

TAPESTRY MAGAZINE HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED
Tapestry Magazine, a publication of Southern Rose Productions, has been discontinued with issue Number 8 due to health problems of the editor.

Other Southern Rose Production projects will continue, including the release of the horror print anthology, MIDNIGHT ROSE, which is now available, and the upcoming poetry collection YEARNING FOR MIDNIGHT by Shannon Riley.

News and updates about these books and other Southern Rose Productions publishing projects can be found online at shannonriley.com.

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JUNE 20

From Judi Rohrig
AND THE HELL JUST KEEPS ON HAPPENING!
Alan Beatts at Borderland Books in San Francisco, CA, welcomes that Dangerous Dame, Tina Jens and writer Greg Kihn on Thursday, June 20, at 7 p.m. for a booksigning and general schmoozing.

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JUNE 19

NO AVOIDING TERI JACOBS
Author Teri A. Jacobs recently sold her first novel to Leisure Books, and THE VOID has been receiving terrific press. Publisher's Weekly Mass Market Notes says, "Jacobs' debut novel, The Void, covers the gamut of gruesome ways to die. And there are many, which this book describes with blood-curdling clarity." And Thomas Ligotti, author of the Stoker-award winning THE NIGHTMARE FACTORY, says: "In The Void, Teri A. Jacobs ambitiously and relentlessly pursues a darkness beyond darkness."

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THE HORROR OF HIDEOUS
Now if you want the hideous Horror of everyday life and all of its cruelties, I suggest you run to rotten.com. The photos they have there of humanity's inhumanity is hellishly obscene. Still, people only get really offended when they see nipple, bush, or willie.

But since we are on the internet, let's talk about internet sites. I've looked through a LOT of Horror, Thriller, Mystery, and Suspense sites to list them for you here in the column to the left. What I feel are the top. And even the worst took care to be designed as well as the limited talent of the designer would allow. None of them are actually repulsive. So what are the ugliest, most hideously designed sites I've ever seen in my life?

Oddly enough, they aren't Horror sites at all. This week we look at our first Feo Amante's Most HIDEOUS website, the woefully amatuer-ish SherryNetherland Hotel of New York, NY. Designed by Notovitz.

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JUNE 18

From Monica J. O'Rourke
BRIAN STOKER
Brian Keene (author of the short story collection NO REST FOR THE WICKED, editor of THE BEST OF HORRORFIND, among others) took home the coveted Bram Stoker Award for Non-Fiction for his weekly newsletter, Jobs in Hell at the Bram Stoker Awards ceremony in New York City on Saturday, June 8, 2002.

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JUNE 17

SCI FI CHANNEL GETS AUTOGRAPHED COPIES OF RICHARD MATHESON'S TWILIGHT ZONE SCRIPTS
Gauntlet Press has donated ten autographed copies each of the tradepaperback, RICHARD MATHESON'S TWILIGHT ZONE SCRIPTS, VOLUME 1 (2001) and VOLUME 2 (2002) to the SCI FI Channel for giveaway during their annual Twilight Zone marathon, "The Twilight Zone Chain Reaction". The marathon, running Thursday, July 4th at 7 a.m. through Saturday, July 6th at 6 a.m., will contain four of the six Matheson episodes featured in the TWILIGHT ZONE SCRIPTS, VOLUME 2. Last year, Gauntlet Press contributed autographed copies of VOLUME 1, resulting in over 4,000 viewers visiting the SCI FI website to enter the sweepstakes.

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JUNE 11

by Hank Willow
SCREAMFEST LA 2002: A VENUE FOR HORROR FILMMAKERS AND SCREENWRITERS
[June, 11, 2002]
In a town with seemingly more film festivals and awards than days in the year, here comes one devoted exclusively to horror - Screamfest L.A. And filmmakers and screenwriters hungering for recognition are already submitting their best.

Continued at HollywoodInvestigator.com.

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JUNE 10

BRAM STOKER WINNERS ARE HERE!
The awards banquet is over and the winners are here. Several of the winners are also contributors to feoamante.com and their names are highlighted! As with all awards, this one too had its share of controversy which will no doubt be debated among writers and artists in the comics industry.

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From Monica J. O'Rourke
PRIMED FOR A COLD TOUCH
Editors William Simmons and Maynard and Sims have delivered the anthology COLD TOUCH
to Sean Wallace at Prime for publication in November.

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From Monica J. O'Rourke
MEDIUM RARE BOOKS ANNOUNCES JOHN R. PLATT'S DIE LAUGHING
Medium Rare Books has announced the impending release of "Die Laughing," the first short-story collection by award-winning writer John R. Platt.

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1000 - COUNT 'EM - 1000 ZOMBIES!
It was looking like Direct To Video Land for Monster Metal rocker ROB ZOMBIE's debut flick HOUSE OF 1,000 CORPSES. But now, almost two years after executives at UNIVERSAL PICTURES deemed it too violent to release (this from a motion picture company that established itself by making Horror movies!), Zombie's first opus is about to hit the screens.

Continued at Horror Movies.

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JUNE 6

From Judi Rohrig
NASSISE GETS HORROR IN HIS POCKET
As if having his first novel, RIVERWATCH, receive accolades and award nominations (It's the Stoker this week he's vying for!), author Joe Nassise announced that he's signed a two book contract with Pocket Books in New York. Pocket, a division of Simon & Schuster, intends to release a mass market edition of RIVERWATCH by spring 2003. Additionally, Pocket Books will also be publishing a mass market version of HERETIC, the first book in Nassise's new Templar Chronicles series.

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JUNE 5

GETTING FLUID WITH JOHN URBANCIK
Horror Writer John Urbancik will be the chatroom guest of honor this June 5 at Somniloquy. John is also on the road and signing books. For those who will be in Flrida in June, check him out at

Fri, June 14, 7pm-9pm
Borders
600 North Orlando Avenue
Winter Park, FL 32789
407.647.3300

Sat, June 15, 2pm-5pm
Barnes & Noble
1260 Oviedo Marketplace Boulevard
Oviedo, FL 32765
407.977.5500

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JUNE 4

THE RETURN OF SHADOW MUSIC
Shadow Music has been slowly dying on the vine. Hey, with a volunteer run website, it happens sometimes. But rescue is here with Horror writer and editor Brian Knight, who takes the reigns of our Music section.

Continued at Shadow Music.

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From Judi Rohrig
DAVIS OFFERS SUGAR AND SPLICE GIRLS
The authentic voice of Scottish crime novelist Carol Anne Davis comes no doubt because she holds a Master's Degree in criminology. Rather than offer her hand at a spinning a yarn, Davis' latest effort, WOMEN WHO KILL, takes a walk on the nonfiction side as she allows the reader to explore the lives of fourteen murderers: all women.

Continued at Story Time.

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From Judi Rohrig
HELL BREAKS OUT ALL OVER!
Conventions aren't the only things happening in horror as the heat of summer melts the ice.

Stacy Layne Wilson was fortunate enough to attend the Mario Brava Festival and posted this report at her site (Psst... there are pictures, reviews, AND a video!) staciwilson.com (Stop drooling, Feo!)

Continued at Story Time.

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From Judi Rohrig
DAVIS OFFERS SUGAR AND SPLICE GIRLS
The authentic voice of Scottish crime novelist Carol Anne Davis comes no doubt because she holds a Master's Degree in criminology. Rather than offer her hand at a spinning a yarn, Davis' latest effort, WOMEN WHO KILL, takes a walk on the nonfiction side as she allows the reader to explore the lives of fourteen murders: all women.

Continued at Story Time.

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CHARLEE IS EVERYWHERE!
Charlee Jacob's second Delirium short story collection, GUISES, will be shipping in two weeks in limited edition hardcover. Featuring 7 short stories, 3 brand new novelettes and a collection of poetry, Night Unmasked, in the same volume. Charlee is becoming one of the hottest new horror authors on the scene, having just released her mass market debut novel THIS SYMBIOTIC FASCINATION through Leisure Books. This new collection showcases her unique talents as one of the premier storytellers of the genre.

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A NEW HOME FOR A GHOUL
MF Korn has a newly refurbished web site at tiresius1 and also has a very infrequent "announcements only" email list.

To join send a blank email to MFKornHorror-subscribe@yahoogroups.com or go to his site and join there.

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JUNE 3

From Judi Rohrig
REMINDERS FROM BEELZEBUB!
Let's start the new month with a couple of reminders: This Saturday, June 8, the Horror Writers Association will be handing out the Bram Stoker Awards honoring fiction published or presented in 2001. Toastmaster Douglas Clegg will be among the many larger names (Peter Straub and Jack Ketchum, too!) in the horror genre gathering at the New York Helmsley Hotel for an entire weekend of workshops, panels, readings, signings, and the awards. John Faris is being honored with the HWA Lifetime Achievement Award, but late word is that Harlan Ellison won't be there. This will be a great place to get some books signed, so if you live in the New York area... Well, you know the drill.

Continued at Conventions.

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From Judi Rohrig
BITS OF HELL
There's a great convergence about to happen! June 7 & 8, 2002, in Sleepy Hollow and Tarrytown, NY, the Global Halloween Alliance will be lighting their jack-o'-lanterns in unison at the Tarrytown Hilton as they celebrate the fourth Global Halloween Convergence. The only celebrity involved is the holiday itself, but the two-day event is stuffed with lots and lots of planned activities including a "Hauntolympics," costume party, Scary Charity auction, and the Feast of Halloween No Talent Show! Need more information? Check out the website and be prepared to pay through the jagged smile for admission: halloweenalliance.com.

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From Roger Range
REPAIRMAN JACK IS BACK!
F. Paul Wilson will appear at Borders Books and Music in Annapolis, Maryland on Saturday, June 15th at 1:00pm. Mr. Wilson will be signing copies of all of his books, including his brand new limited edition release from Gauntlet Press, THE HAUNTED AIR. "The Haunted Air" is the latest in the Repairman Jack series. Borders Books is located at 1115 Annapolis Mall, Annapolis, Maryland 21401, (410) 571-0923.

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JUNE 1

THE DECADENT - RISE!

The confidence in the first DECADENCE made the second one a done deal before #1 was through printing! DECADENCE 2 , again edited by our own Monica J. O' Rourke, will be released at Brian Keene's Horrorfind Convention in Baltimore MD, USA which runs August 23 - 25, 2002. Stories in DECADENCE 2 are authored by a who's who of the hottest rising talents in Horror today. Continued at Story Time.

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