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MARCH 31

From Dabel Brothers
DABEL BROTHERS ENLIST IN FEIST'S RIFTWAR
Enter the world of the Riftwar through the eyes of the Wood Boy.

The Wood Boy is a 2-part comic book adaptation coming this May from Dabel Brothers Production and Devil's Due Publishing. The comic adapts a short novel by acclaimed fantasy author Raymond E. Feist featured in the Legends anthology from Tor Publishing.

Raymond E. Feist, often called the modern day J. R. R. Tolkien, is a New York Times and Times of London best selling author; his works include Magician, Silverthorn, and A Darkness at Sethanon, the three novels comprising The Riftwar Saga. His short story, The Wood Boy, offers a window into the rich world contained in these books.

This tale chronicles the plight of a young boy named Dirk who spends his young life indentured to the lord of a manor that is taken over by an army of alien invaders known as the Tsurani during the Riftwar. One of
Dirk's primary tasks is carrying wood, and since he is the youngest slave on the manor, he is simply known as "The Wood Boy."

The short story serves as an introduction to the best selling Riftwar series and sets the stage for the upcoming adaptation of "Magician," the first book in the Riftwar series. Raymond E. Feist has given this
adaptation his official stamp of approval certifying his fans will be delighted with the efforts put forth by DBPro in bringing his story to life.

DBPro's Managing Editor Sean J. Jordan is handling the adaptation for DBPro. Jordan is rapidly proving himself as a comic writer by taking on The Wood Boy, his fifth book from the young studio.

The artistic skills of Mat Broome (X-Force, Stormwatch, DefCon 4) will catapult this tale into the visual medium, lending his signature look to the series. Broome, an industry veteran, has worked for Marvel, Image
and Wildstorm, as well as his own company Digital Broome during his long career. His most recent comic endeavors have been as a cover artist for many different publishers in the industry. After taking time away from comics to work in video games, growing exponentially in his skillset, Broome is ready to make his triumphant return to comics on this NY Times Best Selling property.

"The Wood Boy is an amazing coming of age story. It starts off with a young boy who's unsure of himself in the face of an oppressive enemy, and watches him overcome his fears and insecurities to become the best sort of hero - the kind that rushes off after a damsel in distress to confront a much more powerful villain," states Les Dabel, Vice President of DBPro.

"Like much of the Riftwar series, this is a story about a boy who becomes a man through battle and bravery. It's a terrific story, and fans of Mr. Feist and new readers alike are going to love it."

For more info, check out THE WOOD BOY

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MARCH 30

HAPPY HORROR BIRTHDAY TO -
Actor John Astin (THE ADDAMS FAMILY [TV], TEEN WOLF TOO, RETURN OF THE KILLER TOMATOES!, NIGHT LIFE, GREMLINS 2, KILLER TOMATOES STRIKE BACK!, STEPMONSTER, THE SILENCE OF THE HAMS, THE FRIGHTENERS) has been in some of the worst movies ever. But it just wouldn't be a truly bad movie without him and even the producers of the awful TOMATO movies realize that. After the first one, he's been in every sequel since plus the cartoon series plus the (now valuable) "Professor Mortimer Gangreen" character doll. What can we say? We just love old Gomez and wish him a happy 74th birthday!

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MARCH 29

JAMES GUN IS HOT!
He started with TROMEO AND JULIET. Then he wrote THE TROMAVILLE CAFE and TERROR FIRMER (what kicks off your career better than Troma movies?). But James hit it big with a film many expected to fail: SCOOBY DOO. Yet it was a smash hit! Last week a James Gun written flick turned out to be what most critics and fans consider the best possible (think of what Hollywood usually churns out in remakes and sequels) remake of DAWN OF THE DEAD. It zipped to number 1 ahead of heavy competition. So what was going to knock DAWN OF THE DEAD off of its perch? How about another film penned by James Gunn? SCOOBY-DOO 2: Monsters Unleashed, leads the pack this week.

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MARCH 23

MAGILL IS GETTING WISE TO THE DARKNESS
Long time Horror fan, E. S. Magill, has been named the Reviews Editor for BOOK OF DARK WISDOM, a magazine of dark fiction and Lovecratian Horror. Edited by William Jones, Book of Dark Wisdom is switching formats from a gaming magazine to fiction beginning with issue #3. Subscription and submission information can be found at darkwisdom.com.

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MARCH 22

DAWN OF THE DEAD IS #1!
It wasn't going to be easy. DAWN OF THE DEAD was up against some serious competition. Mel Gibson's controversial film, THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST, had been in first place for three weeks running. The new Stephen King movie, SECRET WINDOW was at number 2 and starred the wildly popular Johnny Depp. In addition, DAWN was opening against two other movies with such Hollywood heavy hitters as Angelina Jolie and Keifer Sutherland (TAKING LIVES), and Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, Kirsten Dunst, and Elijah Wood (ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND). YET DAWN OF THE DEAD BEAT THEM ALL! Dawn raked in $27.3 million in its first weekend.

Read the review of the new DAWN OF THE DEAD by Kelly Parks.

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MARCH 19

GET WELL WISHES TO CHARLES GRANT
Charlie is in the hospital now and having a rough time of it, I'm told. So if any of you have ever loved his stuff, now is the time to tell him. Please hit the Horror message boards full force (have you been there and done that? Do it again!) and let Kathy Ptacek (Charlie's wife to you noobies) and Charlie know that folks are pulling for him.

AFTER 15 YEARS OF FAN DEMAND
Fan-requested Special Edition DVD debuts in early 2005 to celebrate film's 20th anniversary

Tempe Entertainment today announced that their 1990 flagship underground film THE DEAD NEXT DOOR has been acquired by home video titan Anchor Bay Entertainment for release as a Special Edition DVD to mark the film’s 20th anniversary in 2005. Admittedly the largest and most expensive Super-8mm feature film ever made, this fully-restored edition will be released to home video in the U.S. & Canada as well as the United Kingdom.

THE DEAD NEXT DOOR began life during a chance meeting in mid-1985 with a legendary Detroit, Michigan-based cult director known only as “The Master Cylinder” who encouraged 19-year-old J.R. Bookwalter to get his own feature rolling after seeing the young director’s short films. The Master Cylinder even put his money where his mouth was and thus began a 5-year odyssey for first-time feature filmmaker Bookwalter, who shot the epic-scale film in his hometown of Akron, Ohio.

The low-budget horror film quickly became legendary in northeast Ohio during the summer of 1986 as more than 1,500 area residents of all ages came out to play zombies with massive coverage from the local media. Soon the “mysterious identity” of the film’s executive producer sparked the interest of leading horror movie magazine FANGORIA, who did an exhaustive feature in their March, 1987 issue — a full 3 years before the film’s initial home video release on the obscure Electro Video label. Bookwalter’s Tempe took over the film’s distribution in 1992, where it eventually got worldwide exposure in Germany, Japan, Spain, the U.K. and other countries.

Despite the film’s spotty distribution over the last 15 years, THE DEAD NEXT DOOR has found a loyal and steadily-growing fan base worldwide that has allowed Bookwalter to keep making films, including the cult hit OZONE in 1994 and more recently the critically-acclaimed WITCHOUSE 2: BLOOD COVEN and WITCHOUSE 3: DEMON FIRE for Full Moon Pictures. The screenplay for a proposed sequel called DEAD FUTURE: THE DEAD NEXT DOOR has been circulating waiting for the right deal and there is even a video game in development based on the original DEAD.

"It’s hard to escape the shadow of your first film, especially one with such a bizarre history,” Bookwalter explains. “That’s the one people wind up remembering you for, and over the years I’ve repeatedly been asked two questions — ‘When are you making the sequel?’, and more recently, ‘When are you releasing a Special Edition DVD of THE DEAD NEXT DOOR?’”

Thanks to Anchor Bay’s Michael R. Felsher, at least half of the fans’ prayers have finally been answered. “This is going to be a fantastic project to work on,” Felsher says. “Having been a longtime fan of this zombie epic, it's going to be a real treat to see it restored and exposed to a whole new audience of living dead fanatics.”

Bookwalter is also thrilled with the new partnership. “I have been a huge DVD collector right from its launch in 1997, and Anchor Bay has become the preeminent distributor of classic horror films. They’re the best at what they do, and I have used them as a template for my own Tempe DVD releases. To have the same company that has restored such classics as DAWN OF THE DEAD, THE EVIL DEAD and HALLOWEEN behind our little flick is an honor.”

To that end, Bookwalter is personally supervising an extensive remastering of THE DEAD NEXT DOOR from the original Super-8mm film elements, complete with a 5.1 surround remix and a long list of all-new extras documenting the film’s 20-year history. “This will be what I like to call the ‘proper burial’ of this film,” Bookwalter laughs. “When this work is finished, all that will be left to do is to answer the fans’ other question and get that sequel made at long last.”

Anchor Bay expects the feature-packed DEAD NEXT DOOR Special Edition DVD to arrive during the first quarter of 2005 at a collectible price. For updates on the progress of the remastering and release, stay tuned to the film’s official website at deadnextdoor.com.

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MARCH 18

HAPPY HORROR BIRTHDAY TO -
Actor Brad Douriff (EYES OF LAURA MARS, BLUE VELVET, CHILD'S PLAY, THE EXORCIST III, HIDDEN AGENDA, GRAVEYARD SHIFT, CHILD'S PLAY 2, DEATH MACHINE, ALIEN: Resurrection, URBAN LEGEND, BRIDE OF CHUCKY, THE LORD OF THE RINGS: The Two Towers, and a lot more) is 54.

The series began in 1989 with Pocket Books. Following completion of ten volumes, Kensington Publishing Co. took over and is reprinting nine of the first ten volumes beginning later this year.

Will more new volumes follow? "We certainly hope so," say the co-editors. "We, as well as the series' fans, are anxious to see what our writers can come up with next."

Contributors to HOT BLOOD: Strange Bedfellows include Greg Kihn, Dave Zeltserman, Michael Bracken, Catherine Dain, Christa Faust, Marv Wolfman, Michael Laimo, Stephen Gresham, Del Howison, Elle Frazier, Abbie Bernstein, Dana Soloman, J. F. Gonzalez, Graham Masterton, Lonn Friend, Alan Ormsby and Ilsa J. Bick.

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MARCH 15

DEATH IN THE FAMILY HORROR
Dee Willis - who despite great odds, a heart attack, and two stays in the hospital, was able to organize and host the World Horror Convention 2003 in Kansas City, Missouri - died Monday, March 8, after lapsing into a coma. Her funeral was March 13.

For myself and the contributors for feoamante.com, our best wishes go to the family and friends of Dee Willis. All fans of Horror should know that this woman was valuable to us all and will be missed.

Unfortunately, there is more illness news for some of the folks in Horror. I choose to keep a positive outlook by not adding their names here.

Joel Silver, hot off of his eroding success with THE MATRIX series, is upping his game by getting together with Robert Zemeckis (DEATH BECOMES HER, DEMON KNIGHT, THE FRIGHTENERS, HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL, WHAT LIES BENEATH, TH13RTEEN GHOSTS, GHOST SHIP, GOTHIKA) to do a remake of the twice remade Horror movie, HOUSE OF WAX. This time though, instead of having a wax museum, the plot will have the totally original idea of plopping Paris Hilton in with a group of her peers (Ha! It's funny already!), wind up in a rural area, and get chased around by a murderous psychopath or two.

At least with Zemeckis on the project, even if the film should crash and burn, nobody attached to it will blame it on the recurring "Death of Horror".

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MARCH 12

It's that time of year again. Time for the Horror conventions around the world to be making their presence known. Whether the conventions are strictly Horror or deal with larger themes that incorporate Horror (Comic conventions, Fantasy, Sci-Fi), the time has returned at last. First out of the gate is the venerable Creation group.

From Creation Entertainment
THE MONTH OF CONVENTIONS FOR BUFFY & ANGEL FANS!
The wait is over for Buffy and Angel fans: March is the month of two great conventions for fans:

We're in the New York City Area (at The Crowne Plaza Meadowlands) on March 20 and 21 with NICHOLAS BRENDON, ROBIA LaMORTE, STEPHANIE ROMANOV and others and...

We're coming to Pasadena California March 26 to 28 for the 12th Annual Grand Slam: The Sci-Fi Summit. This event has 100 super genre guests: our greatest convention ever! And repping Buffy and Angel: ANDY HALLETT, GINA TORRES, MERCEDES McNAB, ROBIA LaMORTE, IYARI LIMON, MARK LUTZ, JAMES LEARY and JULIE BENZ.

Then in May!

BURBANK MAY 22-23 HORROR CONVENTION

Have you made your plans yet to be with us at our annual horror convention bash: New name, but same great entertainment!

Join us May 22 and 23 at The Burbank Airport Hilton Hotel for DAYS OF DARKNESS: A CELEBRATION OF HORROR!

Tons of the biggest names in horror, this year headlined by the legendary GEORGE ROMERO, ROBERT "Freddy" KRUEGER, TOM SAVINI, MICK GARRIS, KEN FOREE, REGGIE BANNISTER, SID HAIG, DON COSCARELLI, and many, many more!

Make sure to check out the details on both conventions and make your plans now to attend at: creationent.com/cal/

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MARCH 11

From Creation Entertainment
THE MONTH OF CONVENTIONS FOR BUFFY & ANGEL FANS!
The wait is over for Buffy and Angel fans: March is the month of two great conventions for fans:

We're in the New York City Area (at The Crowne Plaza Meadowlands) on March 20 and 21 with NICHOLAS BRENDON, ROBIA LaMORTE, STEPHANIE ROMANOV and others and...

We're coming to Pasadena California March 26 to 28 for the 12th Annual Grand Slam: The Sci-Fi Summit. This event has 100 super genre guests: our greatest convention ever! And repping Buffy and Angel: ANDY HALLETT, GINA TORRES, MERCEDES McNAB, ROBIA LaMORTE, IYARI LIMON, MARK LUTZ, JAMES LEARY and JULIE BENZ.

Then in May!

BURBANK MAY 22-23 HORROR CONVENTION

Have you made your plans yet to be with us at our annual horror convention bash: New name, but same great entertainment!

Join us May 22 and 23 at The Burbank Airport Hilton Hotel for DAYS OF DARKNESS: A CELEBRATION OF HORROR!

Tons of the biggest names in horror, this year headlined by the legendary GEORGE ROMERO, ROBERT "Freddy" KRUEGER, TOM SAVINI, MICK GARRIS, KEN FOREE, REGGIE BANNISTER, SID HAIG, DON COSCARELLI, and many, many more!

Make sure to check out the details on both conventions and make your plans now to attend at: creationent.com/cal/

Thursday, March 18th. 7:00. Barnes & Noble 380 Walt Whitman Road Huntington Station, NY 11746 631-421-9886 Contact Debra Gaynor for info.

*Sunday, March 21st. 1:00. Barnes & Noble,Barnes & Noble Booksellers Bayside 23-80 Bell Blvd. Bayside, NY 11360 718-224-1083
Contact Tony Ganji.

*This one will also be attended by fellow Leisure author Brian Keene, signing copies of his stunning debut novel, THE RISING.

Southern CA Mystery Author: Joanne Fluke
Title: FUDGE CUPCAKE MURDER
Description: It’s a family affair when baker Hannah Swenson’s fiancé suspects her brother-in-law of murdering the sheriff.
Event Time: Saturday, March 13, 1:30 PM
Note: Attendees can enter to win a gift basket!

Award-winning Mystery Author: Lawrence Block
Title: THE BURGLAR ON THE PROWL
Description: Burglar and book dealer Bernie Rhodenbarr gets more than he bargained for when doing a friend a favor.
Event Time: Tuesday, March 16, 1:00 PM
Note: Some restrictions apply.

Australian Fantasy Author: Garth Nix
Title: THE KEYS TO THE KINGDOM: GRIM TUESDAY
Description: Seventh grader Arthur Penhaligon (MISTER MONDAY) returns to a fantastical house to retrieve a second key from a dark entity.
Event Time: Wednesday, March 17, 5:30 PM

Best-Selling Mystery Author: Laurie King
Title: THE GAME
Description: Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes travel to India in search of Rudyard Kipling’s Kimball O’Hara.
Event Time: Saturday, March 20, 2:30 PM
* This is a ticketed event. Signing tickets are free with the purchase of THE GAME from Mysterious Galaxy.

British SF Author: Richard Morgan
Title: BROKEN ANGELS
Description: The hard-boiled science fiction noir adventures of Takeshi Kovacs (ALTERED CARBON) continue. Be. There.
Event Time: Sunday, March 21, 2:30 PM

Scholar and Editor: S.T. Joshi
Title: IN THE LAND OF TIME: AND OTHER
FANTASY TALES by Lord Dunsany
Description: Joshi edited this collection of short works by Dunsany, the Irish writer who influenced J.R.R. Tolkien and H.P. Lovecraft.
Event Time: Wednesday, March 24, 7:00 PM

Bay Area Mystery Author: Ann Parker
Title: SILVER LIES
Description: Silver fever leads to murder in a Colorado mining town in 1879.
Event Time: Saturday, March 27, 2:30 PM

Bay Area Mystery Author: Claire Johnson
Title: BEAT UNTIL STIFF
Description: Pastry Chef Mary Ryan delves into the contemporary restaurant scene.
Event Time: Saturday, March 27, 2:30 PM

Bay Area Mystery Author: Camille Minichino
Title: THE CARBON MURDER
Description: Crimes in the sixth Periodic Table Mystery encompass nanotechnology, show horses, and murder.
Event Time: Saturday, March 27, 2:30 PM

Financial Thriller Author: Ken Morris
Title: THE DEADLY TRADE
Description: A San Diego man investigates the deadly links between a local biotech firm, a high- finance broker, and a terrorist organization.
Event Time: Sunday, March 28, 2:30 PM

Authors will discuss their work and host a Q&A in addition to signing books. The events are free and
open to the public; some signings require tickets as noted. If you are unable to attend, call or email the store to reserve a signed copy.

Mysterious Galaxy Books
7051 Clairemont Mesa Blvd Suite 302
San Diego, CA 92111

Local Phone: 858.268.4747

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MARCH 10

From Edo van Belkom
BLOOD ROAD IS GO!
Not all vampires are TALL, DARK and HANDSOME...
Amanda Peck is stuck in a dead-end job, lives with a deadbeat boyfriend, and is dead set on changing her life. With no thought to what tomorrow might bring, she packs her meager belongings and hits the road, hitching rides from truckers, heading west into adventure. But on her journey to discover a dream worth living, Amanda finds herself in a nightmare. Prowling endless miles of asphalt on eighteen wheels with a diesel engine roar, a truck driving vampire is at large. He's already claimed the lives of five women, leaving their mutilated remains behind like roadkill. Now Amanda is his passenger - and he's taking her on the ride of her life.

Edo van Belkom is the Bram Stoker and Aurora Award-winning author of more than 20 books and 200 stories who noted horror journalist Stanley Wiater called "A one man factory of fear." His books include the novels SCREAM QUEEN (also from Kensington Books) TEETH and MARTYRS, the collections DEATH DRIVES A SEMI and SIX-INCH SPIKES, and the how-to manual WRITING HORROR. Edo also pens the serial story "Mark Dalton: Owner/Operator" which has been published monthly in the trade magazine TRUCK NEWS since June 1999, as well as a monthly column for the acclaimed horror publication HELLNOTES. BLOOD ROAD is published by Kensington Books.

MARCH 9

SHADOW MUSIC RETURNS FROM THE DEAD!
You may have noticed that Shadow Music has been rather dead for quite some time. Someone had to step up to the plate and get it going again, and unfortunately I'm the lucky nominee. It's too late to complain about it now; you all had your chance to take the reins.

I don't anticipate Shadow Music being all that different from the time when Feo and I were doing the lion's share of the content. I will try to regularly update the page with worthy news items from the dark music world. I'll be contributing reviews once again. And yes, there will be more praise than bloodshed since the majority of my selections will come from my own music collection. You never know, though; a trusted band might drop the ball. I won't limit the reviews to cds. There are LPs, demos, and music DVDs which deserve some attention. I also hope to provide more interviews - more relevant ones than the December Wolves and Krieg interviews which should be appearing on the site in the near future. The bands took the time to respond to them and they deserve to be seen and heard. My apologies to Brian O'Blivion, Smails, and Lord Imperial for the absurd wait. The Imperial interview does at least come in time for the release of the Krieg full-length The Black House, due March 10 on Red Stream.

Consider Shadow Music resurrected. More to follow soon.

READ THE KRIEG INTERVIEW

FEARLESS TALES GENRE FEST REVEALS FESTIVAL TRAILER
Get a sneak peek at many of the exciting new films, which will shock you out of your seat at the inaugural film festival; see the trailer only at fearlesstales.com.

- ARE YOU FEARLESS? Fearless Tales Genre Fest, the Bay Area's only open submission, genre-based film festival, has unveiled the festival trailer viewable only at its website. Clips from 21 of Fearless Tales’ 44 films can be seen at www.fearlesstales.com. The film festival will present 19 feature films and 25 short films highlighting the best in independent horror, sci-fi, fantasy and noir from March 11-14, 2004 at the Victoria Theatre (2961 16th Street) in San Francisco.

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MARCH 8

From Weston Ochse
SCARECROW GODS WILL BE RELEASED
A wonderful thing will happen in March of 2005. My novel, the first novel I ever wrote, will be published by Delirium Books with cover art by Alan Clark. I'm very excited that Delirium is doing this and looking forward to the Alan Clark cover. Just to be published alongside Doug Clegg, Charlee Jacob, Tom Piccirilli and James Morrow, is incredible.

To give you an idea of the novel: SCARECROW GODS is the story of a cult leader; a possessed rocket scientist who speaks in rhyme, palindromes, and anagram; a Roman Catholic monk with doubts about the divine; a savagely-crippled Vietnam vet with the ability to travel out of body in order to escape his own pain; and a young boy who only wants his family to be the way it was before his sister ran away. From the battlefields of Desert Storm, to the highest temples in the Himalayas, to a lonely Mexican Border town, to the dusky Southern city of Chattanooga, to the high desert town of Sierra Vista, this novel crosses all borders and languages. At 120k, the novel is long enough to encompass everyone's story.

While waiting for the novel, check out these excerpts.
WestonOchse: Scarecrow Gods.

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MARCH 4

HAPPY HORROR BIRTHDAY TO -
Writer - Director - Producer, Paul W.S. Anderson (MORTAL KOMBAT, EVENT HORIZON, RESIDENT EVIL) is 39.
Actor Gunnar Hansen (TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE, THE DEMON LOVER, HOLLYWOOD CHAINSAW HOOKERS, MOSQUITO, REPLIGATOR, HATRED OF A MINUTE) is 57.
Actor Frank Novak (SILENT NIGHT DEADLY NIGHT PART II, SLEEPWALKERS, CARNOSAUR, STEPMONSTER, WATCHERS III, RAPTOR) is 59.
This actor so loves scary stuff that he even directed and produced a documentary about HALLOWEEN - the Holiday! Actor Daniel Roebuck (NIGHT SCHOOL, RIVER'S EDGE, PROJECT X, TERROR EYES, THE FUGITIVE, FINAL DESTINATION, THE VAMPIRE HUNTERS CLUB, BUBBA HO-TEP) is 41.

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MARCH 3

HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -
Writer - Director - Producer George Miller (MAD MAX, THE ROAD WARRIOR: MAD MAX 2, TWILIGHT ZONE: The Movie, BEYOND THUNDERDOME: MAD MAX 3, THE WITCHES OF EASTWICK) is 59.
Actor Laura Elena Harring (SILENT NIGHT DEADLY NIGHT 3, BLACK SCORPION II, LITTLE NICKY, MULHOLLAND DR., WILLARD) is 40.

Between the alien occupiers of Earth, their earthling copycat flunkies, and the struggling resistance movement, how's a small arms black marketeer supposed to keep from getting double-crossed and having his head blown off? Follow the adventures of said black marketeer Victor Vicceli in this bizarre earth of the not so distant future. Also included are horrific illustrations, and the original interview Brown did with Sci-Fi author David Drake.

Check it out at ebookexpress.com

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MARCH 2

LINDA AND GERARD CELEBRATE THEIR MAGIC. Photo by Tom Ferber

From Linda Addision and Gerard Houarner
WILL WE NEED AN AMENDMENT FOR VOODOO MARRIAGES?
Linda Addison (CONSUMED, REDUCED TO BEAUTIFUL GREY ASHES) and Gerard Houarner (DEAD CAT BOUNCE, THE BEAST THAT WAS MAX, DEAD CAT BIGGER THAN JESUS) are happy to announce they were married on Thursday, February 26th, 2004, in New Orleans, at the Voodoo Spiritual Temple on Rampart Street. Presiding over the voodoo marriage ceremony was Priestess Miriam, who conducted the ritual in a candle-lit, altar-filled room scented by incense. The service included drumming, song-chants and rattles, bread, honey, wine and cake, a veil, a tribute paid to the Great Mother, and an appearance by Damballah, who tongue-kissed the groom and squeezed the bride.

Thanks to everyone who participated and witnessed the event, and to all who've sent us their kind wishes.

FeoNote: These two are good people. I wish them Long life, Love, and Happiness. Congratulations, Linda & Gerard!

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MARCH 1

WHERE THE HORROR TAKES YOU
By now you know, Peter Jackson, director of such hard core Horror movies as BAD TASTE, BRAIN DAMAGE/DEAD-ALIVE, MEET THE FEEBLES, and THE FRIGHTENERS, swept the Oscars with his and his team's lastest film of the LORD OF THE RINGS TRILOGY, RETURN OF THE KING. They won Best Achievement Oscars for:

Best Motion Picture: Return of the King
Directing: Peter Jackson
Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published: Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson, and Frances Walsh
Editing: Jamie Selkirk
Art Direction: Grant Major, Dan Hennah, and Alan Lee
Costume Design: Ngila Dickson
Makeup: Richard Taylor and Peter King
Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score: Howard Shore
Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song: Frances Walsh, Howard Shore and Annie Lennox ("Into the West")
Sound: Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, Michael Hedges, and Hammond Peek
Visual Effects: Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook, and Alex Funke

Charlize Theron won a Best Actress Oscar for her role in MONSTER and the Mystery movie, MYSTIC RIVER won 2 Oscars for
Best Actor: Sean Penn
Best Supporting Actor: Tim Robbins

Held every Monday night upstairs at the Red Lion Restaurant & Pub 2446 N. Lincoln Ave. across the street from the Biograph Theater 7:30 PM

The Twilight Tales Foreign Author for March 2004 is Cory Doctorow.

March 2004

1st
Open Mike - Everyone and every genre welcome! Sign up at the door! First come; first served. 20-minute time limit (10 minutes for poetry) STRICTLY enforced!

For more information, go to Twilight Tales.

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Contributors to feoamante.com are going places!
See below!

THE BREED Starring Adrian Paul (THE HIGHLANDER), Bokeem Woodbine, and Ling Bai (THE CROW), This Alternate History movie is part Horror, Part crime, part S.F. and all Vampires. From the screenplay by our own Christos N. Gage and Ruth Fletcher Gage.