Just popping my head in quickly (between rounds) to wish all my fellow Canadians a Happy Thanksgiving! Now, I've got some more stuffing with my name on it, and it's going down.


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My flist has been flooded with people reporting mentions in The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 21. I hadn't heard anything myself but thought I'd pop over to Amazon for a peek. I was surprised and thrilled to find Fried! Fast Food, Slow Deaths is briefly discussed on page 13, and they said that it's "wonderfully illustrated" by Steve Lines, Stephen ( Read more... )

And I almost forgot! That's right, me, the guy who dressed like this last year:


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Leucrota Press is a small (and relatively new) publisher that is producing some quality books. I'm glad I stumbled upon them in time to submit a story to their upcoming anthology of horror, science fiction and fantasy. My story 'Bark and Bite' will appear in Abaculus II (formerly titled Abaculus 2008) later this year. The cover art has just been ( Read more... )

From George R R Martin's blog (grrm ):

"I have some exciting news to share.

(But please, guys and gals, don't get TOO excited. This is what it is, and so far that's all it is, so don't make any assumptions).

HBO has just exercised its option, and purchased the television rights to A GAME OF THRONES.

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Turns out I needed to step away from editing for a couple of days to figure out a narrative problem that had been plaguing me the past couple of weeks. Early Saturday morning, while enjoying a coffee at my friend's cottage near Peterborough, the solution struck me like greased lightning while I was thinking about, well, nothing. I love those ( Read more... )

My roundup of The Festival of Fear -- the first horror convention I ever attended -- is now ridiculously late. I've not only been busy with all sorts of work, but my mind has been elsewhere these past couple of weeks. First, I was the victim of credit card fraud (all sorted out now, but it created a lot of stress), and second, I got a call from my ( Read more... )

The very talented Jezzy Wolfe made me a banner for Frozen Blood! And I didn't even ask her, although I have a feeling Greg Hall had something to do with it -- he's skilled at the art of coercion. Reader beware.

Jezzy and Greg, along with Jim Kelley and Tuck Wells, have recently created a new website promoting horror, Choate Road. It's a pretty cool ( Read more... )

"A Wisconsin woman has been arrested and booked for failing to pay her library fines."

Next time you hear me knocking on your door, you better run the other way.


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I'm getting pretty excited about going to Rue Morgue's Festival of Fear this Saturday in Toronto. It will be, shockingly, my first horror convention. It's about time I broke the ice. I'm really looking forward to meeting some people I've talked with online, and seeing a few familiar faces.


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