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APRIL 29

R. S. Rhine SATAN AT FANGORIA Tony Timpone talks to Robert S. Rhine about his upcoming graphics collection SATAN'S 3 RING CIRCUS OF HELL. Robert talks about the weirdness of the comics industry and how some comic shops will carry violent "hardcore XXX splatter comics" but won't touch a funny book that has Satan on the cover. Check out the full article at Fangoria.

HORROR TOONS
Pick a monster! Any monster will do! Hell, you can even create wild woolly never-before-seen monsters like Monster.com did! Oh, you lack any talent or creativity? Okay then, just keep picking from the Unversal Pictures stable of monsters then.

On a totally unrelated note, here is today's Horror Toon from political cartoonist, Henry Payne, of The Detroit News.

Frankenstein.

HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAY TO -
Director Ted V. Mikels (THE ASTRO-ZOMBIES, THE CORPSE GRINDERS, BLOOD ORGY OF THE SHE-DEVILS, OPERATION OVERKILL, CITY IN TERROR, THE CORPSE GRINDERS II, MARK OF THE ASTRO ZOMBIES) who is 76.

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APRIL 28

HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO - Actor Jessica Alba (IDLE HANDS, PARANOID, DARK ANGEL [TV]) who is 24. Actor Kari Wuhrer (THINNER, ANACONDA, KATE'S ADDICTION, FATAL CONFLICT, KILLER LOVE, EIGHT LEGGED FREAKS, FINAL EXAMINATION, KING OF THE ANTS, THE HITCHER II, THE PROHECY: UPRISING, HELLRAISER: DEADER, THE PROPHECY: FORSAKEN) who is 38.

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APRIL 27

And if you click on this link today, you get to see a trailer on the page for HOUSE OF WAX! An R rated Paris Hilton Horror movie advertised on a children's site! The Hell?

HAPPY HORROR MYSTERY BIRTHDAYS TO -
Okay, the fact is that I have many adult friends who think that the old Scooby-Doo cartoons were nothing more than product marketed unmitigated crap. At the same time, and with a hint of shame, they'll also admit that, as kids, the damn cartoon babysat them for a up to a good hour or so every Saturday morning. No doubt, in another 20 years, there will be a world famous paleontologist who'll fess up to being influenced by Barney the Purple Dinosaur as a baby. So with so many contemporary Horror and Mystery fans and writers acknowledging early inspiration from the cartoon, I'd be remiss to leave it out of the loop.

One other, particularly important thing about Scooby Doo and that's this: The entire show was based upon the idea that there really weren't any ghosts, monsters, or other supernatural entities. If you used your head and looked deep enough, you'd find an unsavory character behind the mystery; looking to take criminal advantage of people ("Yeah, and I would have gotten away with it too: If it wasn't for you rotten kids!"). A solid life lesson well taught to the young masses.

So if you were a childhood fan of Scooby Doo, maybe you really shouldn't feel that bad about it. And while we're on the subject, here is a Happy Birthday to the voice of Scooby's best pal, the perpetually frightened Shaggy.
Voice actor Casey Kasem (Norville "Shaggy" Rogers of various SCOOBY DOO cartoons since the beginning in 1969) is 73.

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APRIL 26

Participants in the panel included (Left to right, sitting:) Rain Graves, Lisa Mannetti, Nancy Kilpatrick, Sephera Giron. (Standing:) Yvonne Navarro, Elizabeth Massie, Tina Jens, Linda Addision, Michelle Scalise, Laura Anne Gilman. Photo by Cortney Skinner and Linda Addison

From Elizabeth Massie
WOMEN IN HORROR
The "Women In Horror" Panel at the World Horror Convention 2005, held this year in New York City, gave female horror authors a chance to talk about the business from their points of view, which in many ways is no different from that of male horror writers but in other ways presents unique challenges, such as facing the dreaded question -
"Why do you write such things? You look so nice!"
Or facing the pseudo-compliment, "You write just like a man!"

Many of the panel members belong to an organization of women horror writers called "Persephone." "Persephone" seeks to promote promote the professional education and advancement of women writers of the dark literary arts, to raise the level of awareness of women's past and current contribution to the field, to provide support, camaraderie, and information about the art and business of writing, and to establish a unified voice against discrimination and inequities in the treatment of female authors of dark fiction/non-fiction.

Elizabeth Massie is the author of The Fear Report, The Little Magenta Book of Mean Stories, Sineater, Welcome Back to the Night, Wire Mesh Mothers, Dark Shadows: Dreams of the Dark,
The Great Chicago Fire 1871, Shadow Dreams, 1609: Winter of the Dead, and more. Visit her at ElizabethMassie.com.

Michael Laimo

The book should start showing up in the stores this week, next week at the latest. My novel DEEP IN THE DARKNESS (recently nominated for the Bram Stoker Award) has done quite well, and I am hoping that THE DEMONOLOGIST can follow in its footsteps.

I do hope you enjoy reading THE DEMONOLOGIST. This is quite simply the most horrific, visceral piece of fiction I have ever written. Feel free to drop me a note at Michael@Laimo.com with your thoughts on it after you've finished reading it. I'd love to hear from you!

Also...for those of you in the Long Island area, I will be signing books at the Barnes & Noble Booksellers in Melville, NY, on Thursday May 19th, and 7:30 PM. The address and phone number for the store is:
380 Walt Whitman Road,
Huntington Station, NY 11746
631-421-9886

From Del Howison
GRIM DARKNESS
If you plan to be in the Los Angeles area this coming weekend, you may want to know the following.
On Saturday April 30th at 2:00p.m. Dark Delicacies will hold a signing for a group of author/illustrators. Gris Grimly will be on hand to sign his latest book Little Jordan Ray's Muddy Spud. Joining him will be Jhonen Vasquez signing Fillerbunny in My Worst Book Yet! Plus D. W. Frydendall will be signing his art book The Creeps and Eric Pigors signing Toxictoons Sketchbook.

Dark Delicacies is located at
4213 West Burbank Blvd,
Burbank, Ca

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APRIL 25

SCARE TACTICS
Its hard for the average writer to run a well funded scare campaign - the better to drum up sales for his or her book. But when you're a branch of the government, you just have to do something with all of that extra tax money! It would be frivolous to do something as mad as, say, give it back!

So the the United States Center for Disease Control, led by Julie Gerberding, decided a few years ago to completely invent - out of whole cloth - the scare tactic that an overwhelming number of Americans are dangerously obese (truth is, we aren't); that about 400,000 Americans die from obesity related illness every year (An average 2 million Americans die every year from everything!), and now, even with the latest news that the CDC's own latest study (a mutiny of sorts led by real researchers) shows that they purposefully lied to the public, they refuse to back down. They are ignoring their own study!

The truth is, while Americans are more overweight than ever before (and there is a difference between merely overweight and obese), we are also living longer than ever - although we're probably not looking any better doing it.

Check it out:

Bon Apetite

The Skinny On Fat

Whoppers and the End of an Epidemic

Obesity dangers overstated by government, CDC says

Big Fat Mistake

Excess Deaths Associated With Underweight, Overweight, and Obesity

From R. S. Rhine
“SATAN'S 3 RING CIRCUS of HELL” IS COMING TO TOWN!
It's DARK, HORRIFIC, FREAKY and very FUNNY. The "Grin Creeper," writer ROBERT STEVEN RHINE's, 270 page, glossy, color, graphic novel, featuring 43 of the top comic book illustrators in the world, is setting up tent! Published by Asylum Press, and Rhine's partner at FrankenRhine Productions, FRANK FORTE, the book will be listed in the May 2005 Diamond catalogue, shipping June 2005 and hitting stores this July. Forward by FEO AMANTE.

SATAN'S 3 RING CIRCUS OF HELL is comprised of over 43 original stories by R.S. Rhine, illustrated by the following top artistic masters of macabre: WILLIAM STOUT, TIM VIGIL, JOHN CASSADAY, ALAN. M. CLARK, HILARY BARTA, FRANK DIETZ, TONE RODRIGUEZ, JIM SMITH, FRANK FORTE, SPAIN RODRIGUEZ, VINCENT WALLER, ERIC PIGORS, ALEX PARDEE, MIKE SOSNOWSKI, OMAHA PEREZ, JOE VIGIL, JOHN HOWARD, DAVID HARTMAN, MATT HOWARTH, D.W. FRYENDALL, TOMMY CASTILLO, BRYAN BAUGH, SHANNON WHEELER, JACOB HAIR, GAK, NENAD GUCUNJA, JOE BUCCO, KEVIN COLDEN, MARK COVELL, STEVE COBB, ANDY BRADY, DAVID PALEO, FRANKIE B. WASHINGTON, JOHN WATKINS CHOW, RICH LONGMORE, RAFAL HRYNKIEWICZ, STEPH DUMAIS, ALEKSANDAR SOTIROVSKI, JEFF GAITHER, CLAY HENSS, STEVEN MANNION, ALASTAIR FELL and NORMAN CABRERA.

SATAN's 3 RING CIRCUS of HELL is a more humorous and darker "Tales Of The Crypt," pushing the boundaries farther, while walking the tightrope between horror and humor. This collection brings more top horror genre artists together in one quality horror collection than ever before!

The book will also feature the award winning short story by R.S. Rhine, winner of the 2005 WORLD HORROR CON dark fiction contest, “Propeller Boy” (illustrated by Alex Pardee). Rhine's other published works and comic books with Frank Forte's Asylum Press include: SATAN GONE WILD, CHICKEN SOUP FOR SATAN, SELECTED READINGS FROM SATAN'S POWDER ROOM and MY BRAIN ESCAPES ME (Sun Dog Press). R.S. Rhine will also be featured in the upcoming Carol & Graf hardcover edition of the book "Dark Delicacies" alongside Ray Bradbury, Clive Barker, Richard Matheson, William F. Nolan and other literary icons. The book will be released Halloween 2005.

SATAN'S 3 RING CIRCUS OF HELL is published by Asylum Press and FrankenRhine Productions and will be featured in Diamond May Previews and shipped in June '05 to stores around the world.

FINAL DESTINATION FOR THE THIRD TIME
The team behind the original Final Destination - Writer/ Director James Wong (X-FILES, FINAL DESTINATION, THE ONE) and writer Glen Morgan (X-FILES [TV], FINAL DESTINATION, WILLARD) - are reunited for FINAL DESTINATION 3, now in production. The story begins six years after the events of the first film, when high school senior Wendy (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) has a premonition of a fatal amusement park accident. When the premonition proves true, those who survive the accident are forced to deal with the repercussions of escaping their fate. But fate is not so easily thwarted, and as Wendy and Kevin (Ryan Merriman) desperately try to interpret the clues that might save lives, their friends meet fantastically gruesome ends one-by-one.

The film is currently scheduled for an in-your-face, 2006 release. Why in your face? Because it will be a 3D movie!

PHANS REJOICE! New Line Cinema has struck a deal with filmmaker Don Coscarelli to bring a new version of his cult horror film PHANTASM to the big screen. Coscarelli will produce the remake of the classic film, which will give a 21st century upgrade to the original 1979 film. Phantasm revolves around the evil "Tall Man" who moves from small town to small town, turning the local dead into slaves as he prepares for an otherworldly invasion.

HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAY TO -
And on Sunday
Whether by luck or intent, this actress is making a name for herself in Horror Thriller movies. Happy birthday to
Actor Melinda Clarke (RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD 3, MULHOLLAND FALLS, THE KILLER TONGUE, SPAWN, DYNAMITE, .COM FOR MURDER, THE ANIMATRIX) is 36.

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APRIL 22

Thomas M. Sipos

by Thomas M. Sipos
HOLLYWOOD INVESTIGATOR HELPS FILMMAKER GET DISTRIBUTION DEAL
[HollywoodInvestigator.com] Filmmaker Rick Lavon has a DVD distribution deal for his short film, STIFFS BY SID - and it's thanks to winning the Hollywood Investigator Halloween Horror Film Awards!

Last November - after reading about Lavon's winning film in the Investigator! - Jamie Thompson of the North Hollywood based MovieBank contacted the Investigator, asking to be put in touch with Lavon.

As a result, STIFFS BY SID is now one of four zombie- themed short films to be included on the MovieBank's upcoming Zombie Collection DVD set.

Continued at Hollywood Investigator.

Dark Delicacies is located at
4213 West Burbank Blvd,
Burbank, California

SPOOKY GAME
Lisa Mannetti of The Chancery House, sent me a cool link to a spooky online game. And now I'm giving it to you.

Enjoy, THE DOORS.

HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO - If it's your birthday, then you share it with actors famous for both their Horror / Thriller roles, and their roles in sexually explicit movies. Jack Nicholson starred in the highly controversial Carnal Knowledge as well as The Postman Always Rings Twice and Marilyn Chambers career was mostly porn including her film, Little Shop of Erotica, spoofing Nicholson's early work. Marilyn Chambers (SEXUAL ECSTASY OF THE MACUMBA, RABID) is 53. Eric Mabius (THE MINUS MAN, CRUEL INTENTIONS, THE CROW: Salvation, TEMPTED, RESIDENT EVIL, REEKER) is 34. Jack Nicholson (THE CRY BABY KILLER, LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, THE RAVEN, THE TERROR, THE SHINING, THE WITCHES OF EASTWICK, BATMAN, WOLF, MARS ATTACKS!) is 68 today.

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APRIL 21

From Creation Entertainment
FANGORIA WEEKEND OF HORRORS
We're letting out a blood curdling scream to let everyone know about all the great guests and events we have planned for the eagerly awaited return of FANGORIA'S WEEKEND OF HORRORS!

FYI, ROB ZOMBIE is headlining the fun on Saturday, BRUCE CAMPBELL takes the lead on Sunday. Here's what else is set...

"THE DEVIL'S REJECTS" PANEL, Part One: Writer/director Rob Zombie and stars Sheri Moon Zombie, Bill Moseley and Sid Haig. Rob and Sheri appearing on Saturday only.

"THE DEVIL'S REJECTS" PANEL, Part Two: With stars Bill Moseley, Sid Haig, Matthew McGrory and Steve (LIFEFORCE) Railsback. (Part Two Panel is Sunday, but cast signing both days)

Ladies of the EVIL DEAD

BRUCE CAMPBELL: The EVIL DEAD star previews his first directorial effort, THE MAN WITH THE SCREAMING BRAIN (Sunday)

WES CRAVEN: The acclaimed director of SCREAM trilogy previews his latest thriller, RED EYE

TOBE HOOPER: legendary director of TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE, POLTERGEIST, TOOLBOX MURDERS and the new MORTUARY speaks!

TONY TODD: The CANDYMAN star talks up his new SHADOW: DEAD RIOT from Media Blasters

MICK GARRIS: director of new Stephen King movie DESPERATION and the MASTERS OF HORROR series gives us the scoop!

"SEED OF CHUCKY" DVD PANEL: With star Jennifer Tilly and writer/ director Don Mancini

"FRIDAY THE 13TH" 25TH ANNIVERSARY Panels: Meet cast and crew from the entire Jason slasher saga! Early announced guests include Adrienne King, Giuseppe Andrews and directors Joseph (PART IV) Zito, Tom (PART VI) McLoughlin and John (PART VII) Buechler.

"2001 MANIACS" PANEL: With co-writer/director Tim Sullivan, actress Lin (DEAD END) Shaye, actors Guiseppe (CABIN FEVER) Andrews and Johnny Legend, producer Scott (EVIL DEAD II) Spiegel, plus the hot young cast.

"RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD" PANEL: with writers William (MADHOUSE) Butler and Aaron Strongoni, FX creator John (THE X FILES) Vulich, producer Anatoly Fradis and actress Aimee-Lynn Chadwick

LADIES OF THE EVIL DEAD: Ellen Sandweiss, Betsy Baker and Sarah York.

Check out the Creation Entertainment website for more information and updates.

News is Dead.

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APRIL 20

From Tamara Thorne
STILL WAITING FOR VOODOO TO WORK ITS MAGIC
Horror Writer, Tamara Thorne's Hauntster: Anomalies with Attitude is up and running! You can read about Tamara's experiences with things that go bump in the night. You might recognize some novel inspiration in these true tales. Melanie Billings supplies interviews and all the other things she does so well (Except for the voodoo. She had to retire from poppet-pinning after she accidentally put her own back out instead of Michael Jackson's. And that thing with Tom Delay kind of backfired too.)

Melanie has also valiantly updated the Weird Files on Grimm Acres, even as the site waits for its facelift. She's got Robert the Doll front and center. Talk about your creepy crawlies.

Back on Hauntster, The Ghostsuckers are coming! Led by Dr. Martin Fornicopious, they're coming just as soon as they find their way out of their special Ghostsuckers Bus! Meanwhile, you can check out their cartoon counterparts at Elena Steier's Striporama!

Visit Tamara Thorne.

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APRIL 19

Jemiah Jefferson

WE ARE THE FIEND CLUB!
If stories about hunting humans is your meat, then you might be interested in Jemiah Jefferson's new novel, FIEND.

From the grave, Orfeo recalls his first one hundred forty years in some of the most legendary settings of a rapidly modernizing Europe, exploring every mortal and venal sin along his journey. In this long-awaited companion to her acclaimed novels VOICE OF THE BLOOD and WOUNDS, Jemiah Jefferson brings to life a complex tapestry of bloodlust and continuous enlightenment, from the salons and gutters of bohemian Paris to the glittering angst of Weimar Berlin.

Jemiah's writing is collecting kudos from Poppy Z. Brite, Douglas Clegg, Horror World, and more.

Author Jemiah Jefferson spent her formative years in Denver, Colorado (Host City for the World Horror Convention 2000 and where Feo got stuck at a snowbound airport for 8 freaking hours after the WHC 2005, god dammit!). She began writing at an early age, and continues her work in small-press publications, on the Internet, and reviews for local independent newspapers. She lives in Portland, Oregon.

Visit her at Jemiah

Continued at Yahoo News.

HAPPY THRILLER MYSTERY BIRTHDAY TO -
Today's birthday girl is making just enough mystery thrillers to unbalance her career making rom coms. Do you remember any of her romantic comedies? Neither do I. But everyone recalls her twisted side. Happy Birthday to.
Actor Ashley Judd (THE PASSION OF DARKLY NOON, A TIME TO KILL, KISS THE GIRLS, EYE OF THE BEHOLDER, DOUBLE JEOPARDY, HIGH CRIMES, TWISTED) who is 37.

HORROR TOONS
From time to time, political cartoonists make hay with a Horror theme, and invariably that Horror is an old classic, more based on some old Universal monster than the literary classic. I'd like more creativity, but you can't expect much from a political cartoonist. That said, here is today's Horror Toon from Mike Thompson of Detroit, Michigan and the Detroit Free Press.

Freep.com/Monster.

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APRIL 18

Brian Knight

From Brian Knight
DRAGGING JENNY INTO THE OPEN
I am proud to announce the forthcoming publication of a new City Contrast chapbook by my friend Jenny Orosel. NONE OF THIS IS REAL is a haunting, subtle, and creepy view into the mind of a troubled young artist.

Not only was I privileged enough to get an early look at NONE OF THIS IS REAL, I was honored to write a foreword for it!

Continued at About.com/Horror.

Feo Photo by Marcy Italiano THROUGH AN OPEN WINDOW Photos continue to pour in from various attendees of the WHC 2005. This was one of many parties at the World Horror Convention 2005. "Hey Feo," someone said, "Can you open that window? It's getting a little smoky in here!" Your friendly Feo is always happy to oblige his friends, of course. The window was a bit sticky, so I did my best to unstick it, the better to get it open a bit. As it turned out, I don't think the window was supposed to be opened at all. Yoick!

HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -
Writer/Director/Producer Eli Roth (TERROR FIRMER, CITIZEN TOXIE, CABIN FEVER) is 33.
Actor David Hewlett (THE DARKSIDE, PIN, DEEP SLEEP, SCANNERS II, QUIET KILLER, CUBE, UNDER PRESSURE, CYPHER, FOOLPROOF, BOA VS PYTHON) is 37.
And on Sunday -
Actor Olivia Hussey (BLACK CHRISTMAS, DEATH ON THE NILE, THE CAT AND THE CANARY, VIRUS [1980], ESCAPE 2000, DISTORTIONS, PSYCHO IV, IT, ICE CREAM MAN, THE GARDENER, EL GRITO, ISLAND PREY) is 54.
Actor Roddy "Hot Rod" Piper (HELL COMES TO FROGTOWN, THEY LIVE, IMMORTAL COMBAT, JUNGLEGROUND, SCI-FIGHTERS, DEAD TIDES, CYBERCITY, JACK OF HEARTS) is 51.

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APRIL 15

DEAD DOG PARTY Is what they call that last party of the convention, usually after nearly everyone has left. Those few remaining stragglers gather together and have a blast. These photos come courtesy of Horror-Web's Horror Wench. Featuring photos not just from the Dead Dog Party, but from the entire WHC 2005 convention. Check out the fun at Photo Bucket.

A PERSONAL HERO!
Do you plan to be in the Los Angeles area this weekend? Because the legend, the man, Lloyd Kaufmann will be appearing at Dark Delicacies Bookstore!

Dark Delicacies will be holding a signing for Filmmaker Lloyd Kaufman who will be signing the 21st Anniversary edition of the DVD The Toxic Avenger and his latest film creation Tales From the Crapper. Joining Lloyd will be Actor Dian Bachar signing his DVD Alfred Packer: The Musical. Rounding out the signing will be Kevin "Ninja Turtles" Eastman who has a guest appearance in Tales From the Crapper.

I'd be there myself, but I'm real sick this week. I've missed work and had a hospital stay. I've had loads of blood work, a spinal tap, and a catscan for starters. I sure as hell don't want to infect anyone at the signing. What a pisser! It sucks to be me! Don't let it suck to be YOU!

Dark Delicacies is located at
4213 West Burbank Blvd,
Burbank, CA.

HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAY TO - Actor Emma Watson, who began her career with the dark tales of magic and monsters for children with the Harry Potter movies (HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER'S STONE, HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS, HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN) and never left! Her next movie HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE is currently filming. We should all be so lucky; so wish this kid a Happy 15th birthday!

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APRIL 14

From John Weagly
RADIOACTIVE MONKEYS HAVE ARRIVED
Where, exactly, does one find a radioactive monkey?

The answer to this age old question is finally here. These creepy creatures can be caught behind the bars of zoos and prisons. These mythological monsters can be met in fleabag motels and on over-crowded street-corners. These voracious villains can be viewed in the hills, in our living rooms and even on popular daytime TV.

Most importantly, Radioactive Monkeys can be found inside the imaginations of the eight talented writers included in the Iguana Publications chapbook REQUIEM FOR THE RADIOACTIVE MONKEYS. Featuring stories and poems by Tina L. Jens, Martin Mundt, Wally Cwik, Paul Dailing, Bruce Arthurs, Barbara Geiger, Wayne Allen Sallee and J. A. Konrath.

This chap is edited by John Weagly (THE UNDERTOW OF SMALL TOWN DREAMS) who is a member in good standing of the Chicago based Horror Writer's group, Twilight Tales. Twilight Tales folk are also known to appear, with some frequency, at the Red Lion Inn for macabre readings and such.

For more information, Check out John Weagly.com.

ALRIGHT YOU KEYBOARD MONKEYS!
It's time for the 11th Annual Chiaroscuro Short Story Contest. This year the competition will be more bitter than ever, with judges
Elizabeth Bear,
Hannah Wolf Bowen, and
Kelly Link adjudicating over the submissions and featuring
Joe Nassise as The Tie Breaking Judge.

Don't ask me how an even number of judges can break a tie - it's not my contest! For further information check out

Chizine Contest. But remember, this arena is old and established, supported by Leisure Books, and won't settle for crap. Give it your absolute best shot!

MYSTERIOUS GALAXY SIGNINGS FOR APRIL
Plan to be in the San Diego, California area this month? Then you may want to check out the following author signings.

Comedic Suspense Author: Bill Fitzhugh
Title: HIGHWAY 61 RESURFACED
Description: DJ and amateur sleuth Rick Shannon cruises into murder, music and mayhem in Mississippi.
Event Time: Sunday, April 17, 2:00 PM

Best-selling Suspense Author: P J Tracy
Title: DEAD RUN
Description: The MONKEEWRENCH gang runs afoul of a right-wing militia group in Wisconsin.
Event Time: Monday, April 25, 7:00 PM

2004 Malice Domestic Winning Author: David Skibbins
Title: EIGHT OF SWORDS
Description: According to the author, "This novel is a mystery about what happens when Easy Rider turns fifty."
Event Time: Wednesday, April 27, 7:00 PM
** Special Discount Coupon for Attendees!

Award-Winning Actress and Debut Author: Gammy Singer
Title: A LANDLORD’S TALE
Description: The discovery of a skeleton in a basement in Harlem during the 1970's leads a man deep into his own past.
Event Time: Friday, April 29, 7:00 PM

Then, if you plan to attend the World Famous Los Angeles Book Fair, Mysterious Galaxy will have a booth with Publishing Partners Penguin (USA) Time Warner Book Group, and St. Martin’s / Tor.
Booth #601
Saturday, April 23 and Sunday, April 24

Authors to meet in our booth:

Sue Grafton, Lyn Hamilton, Victoria Houston, Marlene Louchheim, Joanne Fluke, Lee Goldberg, Patricia Smiley, Judith Aller (for Bruce Alexander), Emily Toll, David Rosenfelt, Eoin Colfer, Stuart Woods, Libby Hellmann, Jerrilyn Farmer, Michael Reaves, P J Tracy, DW Buffa, Harry Turtledove, Gary Phillips, Jervey Tervalon, Cara Black, David Skibbins, Linda Palmer, Robert Levinson, Nathan Walpow, Jeff Mariotte, Gammy Singer, Jim Fusilli, Anne Perry, Laura Levine and possibly more!

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

HAPPY HORROR BIRTHDAY TO - Actor Sarah Michelle Gellar (BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER [TV], I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER, SCREAM 2, CRUEL INTENTIONS, SCOOBY DOO, SCOOBY DOO 2, THE GRUDGE) is 28. The most famous guitar riff of all time (Smoke on the Water) belongs to this heavy metal-er. Happy Birthday to Musician Ritchie Blackmore (DEEP PURPLE, RAINBOW, BLACKMORE'S NIGHT BAND) is 59.

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APRIL 13

COMING BACK FROM THE CON
Folks are sending in their updated webpages for the World Horror Convention 2005. Up first, Deena and Matt Warner.

Then check out the online blog of the WHC provided by Elder Signs Press.

SOUR AND SWEET
Life went on while I attended the World Horror Convention. On April 7, Horror Writer, Brett Savory (Chiaroscuro), wrote to tell us that he's about to lose his job (possible foregone conclusion by this time), and that he's looking for work if you can help. Impending doom kept Brett away from the World Horror Convention in New York City. But that's not the big news and doesn't pertain to this site. What IS the big news is that Dave Barnett of Necro Publications, has made Brett an offer on the hardcover and paperback rights to THE DISTANCE TRAVELLED.

Brett is ecstatic in the security that he can pay the rent and buy much needed food. He encourages you to read as he freaks out at LiveJournal.com.

THE DISTANCE TRAVELLED was originally published as a 15,000 word hardcover novellette by Prime Books. Now the book has been fleshed out to 85,000 words, which is probably a good thing, since the original was so fascinating that I was actually angry that I couldn't travel more than 15,000 words into it before the journey was over. GRRR! So on a personal level, I look forward to going the distance with Brett's new book.

HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO - One of the busiest actors in Hollywood is also the least known, by movie goers, for his face. That's because he's always keeping his pretty mug covered in make-up - and shows no sign of changing that anytime soon. Actor Ron Perlman (THE NAME OF THE ROSE, SLEEPWALKERS, CRONOS, THE CITY OF LOST CHILDREN, THE LAST SUPPER, THE ISLAND OF DR. MOREAU, ALIEN: Resurrection, THE SHAFT, BLADE II, STAR TREK: Nemesis, RATS, HELLBOY) is 55.

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APRIL 12

From E.C.McMullen Jr.
NYC LOVES LEBBON
British Horror fiction writer, Tim Lebbon, has crossed the pond for years, trying to break into the U.S. market. he works hard at his craft, and has won various awards that attest to his talent as a major Horror fiction writer. No one can deny, having read his work, that Tim is quite the little wordsmith. What's more, he's constantly being mistaken - even by members of his own family - for that devilishly good looking Feo Amante. High praise indeed!

Tim Lebbon

This year, Tim brought his wife and daughter to the World Horror Convention 2005 in New York City. His child, the charmingly precocious Tina, not only won the hearts of the Horror writers in attendance, but, within 24 hours of entering Manhattan, got her photograph on page 4 of the NEW YORK DAILY NEWS!

Young Tina, at the age of 3, is clearly going places and a talent to be reckoned with. It is said that her father, Tim, hopes to ride her coat tales to some measure of fame for himself. It is said that he is a writer of some note, which isn't bad for a man his age.

Elsewhere at the New York convention, the elevators were running day and night without rest at the Park Central hotel where the conference took place. It was inevitable that an elevator would get stuck. Word was indeed passed to convention organizer, Monica O'Rourke, that,

Feo: "Monica, one of the elevators got stuck between floors."
Monica: "Oh great!"
Feo: "And Harlan is on it."
Monica: "Oh CRAP!"

Yes, Guest of Honor, Harlan Ellison, spent a quiet 30 minutes aboard one of Park Central hotel's fabulous antique elevators. It is said that the heat generated from the elevator car over the course of a half hour, made the metal in the shaft expand, allowing the car to continue unabated to its destination. New York City is perfect in the Spring. Cullen Bunn won the annual Gross-Out contest again and Robert S. Rhine, though he wasn't present, won the Dark Fiction contest.

Memo Calling

Schiavo Issue

Great Political Issue

More on Moron Mel Martinez

HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAY TO -
Writer Tom Clancy (THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER, PATRIOT GAMES, CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER, RAINBOW SIX, GHOST RECON, THE SUM OF ALL FEARS, SPLINTER CELL) is 58.
From Little House on the Prairie to Our House to Beverly Hills, today's birthday girl epitomized fleeting pop candy celebrity. But since getting on a Horror Thriller Comedy television show, she has been turning her career to television Horror Thriller movies. Happy Birthday to
Actor Shannen Doherty (CHARMED [TV series], STRIKING POSES, SATAN'S SCHOOL FOR GIRLS, ANOTHER DAY, NIGHTLIGHT) who is 34.

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APRIL 6

From R. S. Rhine
SATAN'S 3 RING CIRCUS of HELL IS COMING TO TOWN!
R.S. Rhine's "Humor-riffic" Graphic Novel ships June 2005 through Diamond
It's DARK, HORRIFIC, FREAKY and very FUNNY. The "Grin Creeper," writer Robert Steven Rhine's, 278 page, glossy, color, graphic novel, featuring over forty of the top comic book illustrators in the world, is setting up tent! Published by Asylum Press, and Rhine's partner at FrankenRhine Productions, Frank Forte, the book will be listed in the May 2005 Diamond catalogue, shipping June 2005 and hitting stores this July. Forward by Feo Amante.

SATAN'S 3 RING CIRCUS OF HELL is comprised of over 40 original stories by R.S. Rhine, illustrated by the following top artistic masters of macabre:

WILLIAM STOUT
TIM VIGIL
JOHN CASSADAY
TONE RODRIGUEZ
HILARY BARTA
JIM SMITH
VINCENT WALLER
ERIC PIGORS
FRANK DIETZ
STEVEN MANNION
FRANK FORTE
JOE VIGIL
D.W. FRYENDALL
SHANNON WHEELER
MIKE SOSNOWSKI
TOMMY CASTILLO
BRYAN BAUGH
JOHN HOWARD
DAVID HARTMAN
JACOB HAIR
GAK
NENAD GUCUNJA
JOE BUCCO
KEVIN COLDEN
MARK COVELL
STEVE COBB
ANDY BRADY
ALEX PARDEE
DAVID PALEO
FRANKIE B. WASHINGTON
JOHN WATKINS CHOW
RICH LONGMORE
RAFAL HRYNKIEWICZ
STEPH DUMAIS
ALEKSANDAR SOTIROVSKI
JEFF GAITHER
CLAY HENSS
MATT HOWARTH
DAVID HARTMAN
ALASTAIR FELL and
NORMAN CABRERA

SATAN's 3 RING CIRCUS of HELL is a more humorous and darker "Tales Of The Crypt," pushing the boundaries farther, while walking the tightrope between horror and humor. This collection brings more top horror genre artists together in one quality horror collection than ever before!

R.S. Rhine's other published works and comic books with Asylum Press include: SATAN GONE WILD, CHICKEN SOUP FOR SATAN, SELECTED READINGS FROM SATAN'S POWDER ROOM and MY BRAIN ESCAPES ME (Sun dog Press).

R.S. Rhine will also be featured in the upcoming Carol & Graf hardcover edition of the book "Dark Delicacies" alongside Ray Bradbury, Clive Barker, Richard Matheson and other icons. The book will be released Halloween 2005.

MARK YOUR CALENDARS: The official release party for Morbid Curiosity #9 is scheduled for May 14 from 7 to 9 p.m at Borderlands Books. Readers will include Dorian Katz, Allegra Lundyworf, David Booth, RuthAnn Spike, Will Walker, Beth Touchette-Laughlin, Jude Gibson, John A. Domeier, and of course M. Parfitt. Topics will range from death to violence to thwarted love to corresponding with a murderer to simply trying to fit in when you make art from blood and hair.

Borderlands Books is located at 866 Valencia Street in San Francisco's Mission District. Parking will be impossible, but the free entertainment will be worth it.

TAKING ORDERS NOW: Morbid Curiosity #9 went to the printer this morning. They should be available by May 1. You may pre-order by sending well-concealed cash or a check made out to Loren Rhoads to P.O. Box 12308, San Francisco, CA 94112-0308. We can also accept paypal.

Morbid Curiosity #9 wakes up on the operating table, cleans up after its brother's suicide, dates trannies, loses its home in a hurricane, spends hours in SF General's emergency room, performs its first autopsy, works in a county jail, and much more.

Contributors to Morbid Curiosity #9 include
DAVID NIALL WILSON (author of The Temptation of Blood and The Grails Covenant Trilogy),
LORELEI SHANNON (author of Vermifuge and Other Toxic Cocktails),
TREY R. BARKER (author of Veil of the Soul and Where the Southern Cross the Dog),
SIMON WOOD (author of ACCIDENTS WAITING TO HAPPEN and Dragged into Darkness), and
MICHAEL HEMMINGSON (author of The Rose of Heaven and the House of Dreams trilogy).

SOON TO COME: We are opening a Morbid Curiosity shop at Cafe Press. The artwork isn't finalized yet, but we'll feature designs by Kimberlee Traub and Mike Hunter. Let people know how you satisfy your curiosity!

HAPPY HORROR THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO -
Her Full House days long past, today's birthday girl has since filled her career with television thrillers which, to be honest, really ain't too bad! Happy Birthday to -
Actor Candace Cameron Bure (I SAW WHAT YOU DID, MONSTER MASH: THE MOVIE, SHARON'S SECRET, VISITORS OF THE NIGHT, NO ONE WOULD TELL, NIGHT SCREAM) is 29.
You probably don't know this about today's birthday boy, but in addition to his long time role in the TV hit, Cheers (Hey Cliffy!), he . . . Well, yes, he was in Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back. But he was . . . Yes, he did have a recurring role in the first two Superman movies. But the thing is . . . yes, he is a successful voice-over actor these days: having done all six of the Pixar movies. But when he's being an actor in regular movies, he has done an awful lot of Horror/Thriller in his career! So Happy Birthday to
Actor John Ratzenberger (TWILIGHT'S LAST GLEAMING, WARLORD'S OF ATLANTIS, MOTEL HELL, OUTLAND, GOLIATH AWAITS, FIREFOX, WARLORDS OF THE 21ST CENTURY, HOUSE II, TICK TOCK, SPIRITED AWAY, MONSTERS, INC., THE INCREDIBLES) who is 58.

APRIL 4

From Monica O'Rourke
WEATHER AT THE WORLD HORROR CONVENTION
(FeoNote: Okay, we post plenty of information about lots of conventions here, but I've never seen someone so dedicated to the visitors that they've ever posted info about the weather conditions!)
Extended forecast for NYC during the 2005 World Horror Convention, according to Weather.com:

Wed Apr 6
Partly Cloudy
63°/52°

Thu Apr 7
Scattered T-Storms
57°/47°

Fri Apr 8
Rain
51°/41°

Sat Apr 9
Partly Cloudy
53°/44°

Sun Apr 10
Light Rain
56°/43°

Mon Apr 11
Partly Cloudy
57°/48°

Obviously the hotel will be warm, but bring a light jacket if you plan to step outside at all.

Don't let the rain put you off - forecasts change drastically around here.

From Bill Gagliani
GAG ME WITH A WOLF
William D. Gagliani (WOLF'S TRAP, numerous short stories), will be attending the World Horror Convention in New York City this week. Here is his anticipated agenda, there may be more.

Thursday, 3:00-4:00 -- "Juggling Writing with a Full-Time Job" (Panel with Gene O'Neill, Gerard Houarner, Linda Addison, P.D. Cacek, Brian Knight, and Rita Oakes)

Thursday, 5:00-5:30 - Reading (Bill will read a selection from his novel, WOLF'S TRAP, or a short story... he can't decide yet!)

Friday, 8:00-10:00 - Mass Autograph Signing (he'll have some copies of WOLF'S TRAP and selected anthologies on hand).

Saturday, 12:00am - tba - Bill and Feo will get rip roaring drunk and throw white rum filled balloons out of the top floor of the hotel. This is a "By Invitation Only" event and, as all events thrown by drunks, may not occur at all. But if it does happen, we hope to raise an awareness that begs the question: "Why the rum?"

Bill is looking forward to meeting old friends and new fans, but if you see him, please introduce yourself first, as Bill is notoriously shy.

Tom Piccirilli

From Tom Piccirilli
PICKIN' AT THE STOKERS
From Tom Piccirilli's latest newsletter comes word that La Factoria Des Ideas has just acquired the Spanish language rights to A CHOIR OF ILL CHILDREN. Should be out in the next year or so. These folks also did a Spanish edition (now in its second printing) of THE NIGHT CLASS.

As Judi Rohrig of Hellnotes reported to us last week, two of Tom's books have made the final ballot for the Bram Stoker Award: The poetry anthology he edited THE DEVIL'S WINE and his poetry collection WAITING MY TURN TO GO UNDER THE KNIFE. He's especially happy that they're both poetry and that, although there was recently a vote to keep/ abolish a few categories from the ballot, there was enough interest shown in poetry to keep it around. Tom is a 3 time Bram Stoker winner for A STUDENT OF HELL, THE NIGHT CLASS, and THE MISFIT CHILD GROWS FAT ON DESPAIR.

When notified about his recent nominations, Tom said,
"Again with the f*cking Stokers!"

(KIDDING! I KID! - Feo)

And finally, word is from Larry Roberts of Bloodletting Press that Tom's 40k word novella THRUST shipped from the printers a couple days ago. Copies will be in Larry's hands within the week or so and he'll be shipping out shortly thereafter.

HAPPY HORROR / THRILLER BIRTHDAYS TO:
And on Sunday -
Writer/Director/Producer/Actor Lamberto Bava (TERRORE NELLO SPAZIO, KILL BABY...KILL!, HATCHET FOR THE HONEYMOON, BAY OF BLOOD, BARON BLOOD, THE HOUSE OF EXORCISM, THE LAST SURVIVOR, TENEBRE, DEMONI, THE MIDNIGHT KILLER, DEMONI 2, SHOCK, MACABRO, A BLADE IN THE DARK, LA CHIESA, BODY PUZZLE, THE TORTURER) is 61.
And on Saturday -
In both TV and movies, today's birthday girl has largely directed her career toward work in the Horror / Thriller / Mystery / Suspense genres
Actor Lindy Booth (EERIE INDIANA [TV], TEENAGE SPACE VAMPIRES, THE SKULLS II, AMERICAN PSYCHO 2, ODYSSEY 5, WRONG TURN, DAWN OF THE DEAD [2004], CRY WOLF) and is 26 today.
This birthday boy hasn't turned his sights on our favorite genres in any specific way, yet he has been in some Horror classics - both good and cheesy - that are hard to ignore!
Actor Dabbs Greer (HOUSE OF WAX [1953], INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS [1956], THE VAMPIRE [1957], IT! THE TERROR FROM BEYOND SPACE, EVIL TOWN, PACIFIC HEIGHTS, SUNDOWN: THE VAMPIRE IN RETREAT, HOUSE IV, THE GREEN MILE) is 88.

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APRIL 1

Heads up from Judi Rohrig
STOKER NOMINATIONS
It's that time of year again when your vote counts! Assuming that you are a member of the Horror Writers Association. Otherwise, your vote ain't squat! These are the nominations for best in their field. Please keep in mind that your pick is the only intelligent choice and that all other nominees are Hitlers! - Or possibly little Eichmanns! If you're unsure of what noun to mindlessly slander your opposition with, by all means check first with democraticunderground.com or Ann Coulter. Rush Limbaugh you say? HA! I laugh in your totally uncool face! Since Ann, Rush is as passé as moveon.org! DU and Coulter are the new invective voices of the conspiracy clods and ... uh ... where was I going with this?

Oh yeah! Here are the nominees for the best in Horror literature. Each one a far better choice than any presidential sock puppet the buffet had to offer last year!

Novel

The Wind Caller by P. D Cacek (Leisure)
The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower by Stephen King (Donald Grant/ Scribner)
Deep in the Darkness by Michael Laimo (Leisure/Flesh & Blood Press)
In the Night Room by Peter Straub (Random House)

First Novel

Covenant by John Everson (Delirium Books)
Black Fire by James Kidman (Leisure)
Move Under Ground by Nick Mamatas (Night Shade Books)
Stained by Lee Thomas (Wildside Press)

Long Fiction

"The Turtle Boy" by Kealan-Patrick Burke (Necessary Evil Press)
"Zora and the Zombie" by Andy Duncan (SciFiction)
"Hunting Meth Zombies in the Great Nebraskan Wasteland" by John Farris (Elvisland)
"Lisey and the Madman" by Stephen King (McSweeney's Enchanted Chamber of Astonishing Stories)
"Northwest Passage" by Barbara Roden (Acquainted with the Night)

Short Fiction

"Just Out of Reach" by Gary Braunbeck (Cemetery Dance #50)
"A Madness of Starlings" by Douglas Clegg (Cemetery Dance #50)
"Nimitseahpah" by Nancy Etchemendy (The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction)
"Singing My Sister Down" by Margo Lanagan (Black Juice)
"Guts" by Chuck Palahniuk (Playboy)

Fiction Collection

100 Jolts: Shockingly Short Stories by Michael Arnzen (Raw Dog Screaming Press)
The Machinery of Night by Douglas Clegg (Cemetery Dance Publications)
Demonized by Christopher Fowler (Serpent's Tail)
Fears Unnamed by Tim Lebbon (Leisure Books/Borderlands Press)
Fearful Symmetries by Thomas F. Monteleone (Cemetery Dance Publications)

Anthology

Quietly Now edited by Kealan-Patrick Burke (Borderlands)
The Many Faces of Van Helsing edited by Jeanne Cavelos (Ace Books)
Shivers III edited by Richard Chizmar (Cemetery Dance Publications)
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror, 17th Annual edited by Ellen Datlow, Kelly Link and Gavin Grant (St. Martin's/Griffin)
Acquainted With the Night edited Barbara and Christopher Roden (Ash Tree Press)

Nonfiction

The Road to the Dark Tower by Bev Vincent (New American Library)
Ralan.com edited by Ralan Conley (RalanConley.com)
Hanging Out With the Dream King by Joseph McCabe (Fantagraphic Books)
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Writing a Novel by Thomas F. Monteleone (Alpha Books)
Hellnotes edited by Judi Rohrig (Wolf Moon Publications)

Work for Young Readers

Abarat: Days of Magic - Nights of War by Clive Barker (HarperCollins)
Oddest Yet by Steve Burt (Burt Creations)
Robot Santa: The Further Adventures of Santa's Twin by Dean Koontz (HarperCollins)
Fall (Witch Season series) by Jeff Mariotte (Simon Pulse)

Illustrated Narrative

Lost Loves by James Lowder (Moonstone Monsters: Demons)
Aleister Arcane by Steve Niles (IDW Publishing)
Heaven's Devils by Jai Nitz (Image Comics)
Graphic Classics: Robert Louis Stevenson by Tom Pomplun (Eureka Productions)

Screenplay

Hellboy by Guillermo Del Toro (Revolution)
Dawn of the Dead by James Gunn (Strike Entertainment)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind by Charlie Kaufman, Michel Gondrey and Pierre Bismuth (Blue Ruin)
Shaun of the Dead by Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright Studio (Canal/Universal)

Poetry Collection

The Women at the Funeral by Corinne De Winter (Space & Time)
The Desert by Charlee Jacob (Dark Regions Press)
Men Are From Hell, Women Are From The Galaxy Of Death by Mark McLaughlin (Kelp Queen Press)
Waiting my Turn to go Under the Knife by Tom Piccirilli (Fairwood Press)

Alternative Forms

The Goreletter by Michael Arnzen (gorelets.com)
Flesh & Blood magazine edited by Jack Fisher (Flesh & Blood Press)
The Devil's Wine edited by Tom Piccirilli (Cemetery Dance Publications)
ChiZine edited by Brett Savory (Brett Savory)

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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.