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FEO NEWS FOR FALL 2003:
NOVEMBER

AWARDS

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NOVEMBER

NOV. 24

FODDER OPTIONED BY HOLLYWOOD
(Hollywood, CA)—In a joint press release, it was announced this week that Chesapeake Films has optioned the rights to Brian Keene and Tim Lebbon's FODDER. The novella; a collaboration between Keene and Lebbon, takes place during World War One and features a character loosely based on classical dark fantasist William Hope Hodgson.

Continued at Horror Movies.

DYING DAYS

David Drake, author of the Hammer's Slammers series, calls DYING DAYS: "A striking example of a 50's horror movie without the usual happy ending"!!

Hertzen recalls that back in 2000, "while building up a career as a psycho-erotic horror writer, I came up with the now legendary interview technique for Terror Tales ezine where the interviewee is set inside the world of his own words. Some of the great genre gentlefolk and some of the angry young horror upstarts have fallen under the cosh of their own creations thanks to this unique interview style. With authors like Jack Ketchum, Edward Lee and Tom Piccirilli, this is the a completist’s must-have paperback – something to cherish."

These are the writers interviewed in

Jack Ketchum
Edward Lee
Charlee Jacob
Tom Piccirilli
Michael A Arnzen
Alex Severin
Kurt Newton
Christina Sng
John Lawson
Queenie Tirone
John Turi
Amy Grech
MF Korn
Monica J. O'Rourke
polycarp kusch
Destiny West
DF Lewis
Michael A. Arnzen

So there you have it!

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NOV. 21

From Judi Rohrig
PRE-THANKSGIVING LEFTOVERS from HELLNOTES
Every publication has its deadlines, and for this week's issue of HELLNOTES NEWSLETTER, timing caused a few important news items to be left out. Thanks to Feo for allowing space for some updates.

HAZZARD ZINGS KING AND OTHER THINGS...

On Thursday, November 20, HELLNOTES reported how this week one Bretislav Bures, a Czech immigrant, had been arrested outside Stephen King's home. Bures pleaded guilty to stalking and now faces deportation. But oops and oh! On Wednesday night, November 19, King faced a decidedly colder evil when he accepted his Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Book Foundation in New York.

In his bold and challenging remarks, King suggested the book foundation avoid making his honor a mere one-time shot for commercially successfully writers, and for the industry to open itself to reading works by writers John Grisham, Tom Clancy, Mary Higgins Clark, and others. "What do you think," King chided, "you get social academic brownie points for deliberately staying out of touch with your own culture?"

Writer Shirley Hazzard, who was also honored at the black-tie affair for her THE GREAT FIRE which claimed the coveted Fiction prize, was hardly amused. "I don't think giving us a reading list of those who are most read at this moment is much of a satisfaction," said Hazzard.

In the end, King returned to his stalker-free Maine home, richer for the august literary honor and the bucks he's pulling in on the just-released WOLVES OF THE CALLA, the latest segment in the THE DARK TOWER series.

And it was just a wicked rumor that King attended with mistletoe pinned to the tail of his tux.

Okay, on to more amusing subjects: Comic books! Avatar is about to publish Joe R. Lansdale's THE DRIVE-IN, adapted by Christopher Golden with art by Andres Guinaldo. What does Issue 1 look like and read like? Randy Lander at TheFourthRail.com tells us in his column, Snap Judgments.

HELLNOTES NEWSLETTER, a weekly publication, will take a break next week, but returns with Part Two of William P. Simmons' FEAR FOCUS with Gary A. Braunbeck, a review of Stephen King's WOLVES OF CALLA by none other than Hank Wagner, markets briefs, and more news than you can imagine! You don't want to miss anything, do you? Subscribe today, mentioning "Feo Amante," and your first
month is FREE! HellNotes.com

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NOV. 18

HAPPY HORROR/THRILLER BIRTHDAY TO -
Today is the birthday of short story Horror Writer
Kristy Dark, who is so old she isn't EVEN revealing her age!
Rejoice! For the king of Comic writing has got to be
Alan Moore (SWAMP THING, THE WATCHMEN, FROM HELL, SPAWN: Evolution, THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN) who is 50.

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NOV. 17

THE FERAL CHILD
Our own music and book reviewer, Brian Knight, (BLACK DAY, DRAGONFLY, RANDOM ACTS OF WEIRDNESS) has a new supernatural horror novel FERAL, which will be released in December of 2003, and is now available for preorder.

Praise for Brian Knight & FERAL:

"Brian Knight delivers with a 'drive-in movie book.' Knight has the literary goods to create up-close high tech special effects, and so the monsters aren't cheap-o / fake and their victims really bleed and really hurt. FERAL keeps you reading. It's a page-turner." - Mort Castle, author of Moon On The Water & Nations of the Living, Nations of the Dead

"Brian Knight knows the dark territory of which he writes. The chills are authentic, the terrors so real you might find your palms bloody from dug-in fingernails. FERAL is a haunting, genuine fusion of horrific fantasy and the fearsome dreads of present-day life. FERAL bites hard and doesn't let go." - Tom Piccirilli, author of The Night Class & A Choir of Ill Children

"Brian Knight's writing shines with a dark brilliance."
- Douglas Clegg, author of The Hour Before Dark & The Attraction

"Knight is a writer to watch." - Ellen Datlow, Years Best Fantasy & Horror

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NOV. 12

JOHN CARPENTER AND YOU ARE THERE!
In Burbank, CA., USA, on Saturday, November 15th at 3:30p.m. Dark Delicacies will be holding a signing for film director John Carpenter who will be signing the book John Carpenter: PRINCE OF DARKNESS.

Dark Delicacies is located at 4213 West Burbank Blvd, Burbank, CA. and can be reached for further information at 818-556-6660.

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NOV. 11

From Judi Rohrig
TO LONDON FOR CAKE
Monday, November 10, found Neil Gaiman in London as he turned 43. Though the award-winning novelist (AMERICAN GODS, CORALINE) was not accompanied by his family on his current tour in the UK, Gaiman was offered birthday wishes from his fans via the live journal. Gaiman has signings scheduled for bookstores in Leeds, London, Bristol, and two in Dublin, Ireland, from now until November 17, as he promotes his latest releases, THE SANDMAN: ENDLESS NIGHTS and THE WOLVES IN THE WALLS.

Visit him at NeilGaiman.com.

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NOV. 10

HORROR THRILLER TOPS ON THE MOVIE CHARTS AGAIN
Not for the first time this year, Horror/Thrillers dominate the top ten box office. Whether it's SciFi Monsters (THE MATRIX REVOLUTIONS), Horror send-ups (SCARY MOVIE 3), creepy Mysteries (MYSTIC RIVER), or brutal slasher (THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE [2003] - profitable in its first weekend!), Horror Thrillers continue to find the largest audience. In fact, numerous times over the last 5 years alone, the death knell has been sounded for Horror. From publishers who churned out commitee written pap, to editors who reluctantly publish it but really don't like it, to smug smirking letters and articles saying that "real world" terrorism will put it down: fools without foresight or insight have repeatedly chanted the knee-jerk chorus line mantra "Horror is Dead!"

Well guess again, el pinche tontos!

Deena is a fast rising talent among Horror artists and is turning that talent toward the following books:

TALES FROM THE GOREZONE
edited by Kealan-Patrick Burke

PRODIGAL BLUES
By Gary Braunbeck

TALES FROM BABYLON
By John Urbancik and Brian Keene

Visit Deena at the all new DeenaWarner.net.

From Yvonne Navarro
10 YEARS IN TWILIGHT
[FeoNote: For all of you who live in Chicago, USA or can get to Chicago USA before 7:30pm tonight, you might want to check out the following)
Help Twilight Tales celebrate its 10th Anniversary, this Monday night!

No admission, no readings - instead we're throwing a festive cocktail party with free food, free drinks and a silent auction. Auction items include a giant spider, lots of books, coffee bowls, Blues tickets, a TallGrass membership and more.

In ten years, we've hosted 5,000 authors from Australia, Britain, Canada and all across the U.S., we've heard 6,000 stories, published 18 books, formed a popular performance troupe, sponsored parties and events at the major conventions, launched a web zine, grown to a volunteer staff of 15, seen several stories from our books nominated for national awards, and been nominated for the Bram Stoker Award for the show, itself...

Just think what the next ten years could bring.

Come out and join the fun, Monday, November 10th, 7:30 PM - midnight Upstairs at the Red Lion Pub, 2446 N. Lincoln Ave., Chicago, IL.

Festive attire encouraged, festive attitude a must!

Come help us celebrate!

For Scheduling info and questions, please contact Tina Jens at tina@twilighttales.com.

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NOV. 7

From Harry Shannon
HARRY'S TRAINWRECK
Harry Shannon just got an update from Kyle Gass of TENACIOUS D, whose Masterworks CD is now available for purchase and guaranteed to make you soil your shorts with laughter. A couple of months ago he was approached as a therapist to do a video for Gass with another band, a country band/comedy act called TRAINWRECK and the project went to the editing room.

Harry was under the impression that the therapy part of the mock group therapy went a little too well, and that his fifteen minutes of fame were up. This morning he was informed by Mr. Gass that the editing guys are reporting that there is some pretty funny stuff. In the immortal words of Mr. Gass,
"oh no, saaaaul goode"
Harry says anyone who loves The D, or just a good laugh, should check out this act, too. They perform in mullett hairpieces and do for country music what the immortal Tenacious D has done for serious rock and roll.

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NOV. 5

BILL GAG'S TRAP
Book reviewer and short story writer William D. Gagliani is happy to announce the publication of his novel, WOLF'S TRAP (Yard Dog Press), which critics are calling "The best werewolf novel since THE HOWLING!" — J. A. Konrath.
Gagliani's nonfiction has appeared in publications such as The Chiaroscuro, Cemetery Dance, BookPage, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, and Science Fiction Chronicle, and his short fiction has appeared in anthologies such as
ROBERT BLOCH'S PSYCHOS,
THE BLACK SPIRAL: TWISTED TALES OF TERROR,
THE ASYLUM 2: THE VIOLENT WARD,
EXTREMES 3: TERROR ON THE HIGH SEAS, and
BUBBAS OF THE APOCALYPSE (among others). He was winner of the 1999 Darrell Award of the Memphis Science Fiction Association and has had five Honorable Mentions in THE YEAR'S BEST FANTASY & HORROR. Read more about his upcoming novel at williamdgagliani.com.

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NOV. 3

from Mark West
SOMEONE'S BEEN TELLING STRANGE TALES!
Out now, from Rainfall Books in the UK, is Mark West's debut collection of fiction called "Strange Tales". Featuring some of his best known stories (which originally appeared in Enigmatic Tales, Sackcloth & Ashes, The Best Of Horrorfind and Twilight Showcase) and one original, the collection also features cover art by West.

Brian Keene called him "one of the brightest horror writers to come out of England since Clive Barker" and now you too can experience the "Strange Tales" of Mark West.

Visit Mark at StrangeTales.

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CLICK IMAGE TO BUY! 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.