(disclaimer: I am not a film expert, nor am I a non-fiction expert. I just have strong opinons. So there.)


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Creatures: Thirty Years of Monster Stories (an anthology I co-edted with John Langan) is coming out in September. For the next few months, we'll be blogging about all things monsters over at the Creatures blog:

Rawr!

We're posting fun links, news, author interviews, and monster recommendations. Do keep an eye on it!

In the waning weeks before school starts up again, each summer I get into an almost panicked reading mode. I have to read as many books as I can before school starts, as if I'll never be able to read again!!! If I were to step back and be rational about the end-ish of summer  (which I can't, sorry; it looms heavy and large), I'd remember that I ( Read more... )

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Okay, a werewolf novel. My first gut reaction to hearing of a new werewolf movie or novel runs from 'meh' to 'oh, that's silly.' I'm not sure why, to be honest. I'm a fan of horror. AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON (I bought my brother a Slaughtered Lamb tee shirt as a gift), WOLFEN, and even THE HOWLING are films that remain near and dear to my ( Read more... )

This latter half of July I emerge from my cocoon (not the Steve Guttenberg/Wilford Brimley Cocoon, but a cocoon all the same) to make some public appearances.

July 14-17 Readercon. Burlington, MA

Friday night:

7:00 PM F “I’m (No Longer) Shocked, Shocked!” Gemma Files, Jim Freund (leader), Charles Platt, Joan Slonczewski, Paul Tremblay. There are ( Read more... )

With the help of indiegogo, we're running a fundraiser for our award.

Details!

In recognition of the legacy of Shirley Jackson’s writing, and with permission of the author’s estate, the Shirley Jackson Awards were established in 2008 for outstanding achievement in the literature of psychological suspense, horror, and the dark fantastic.

Shirley ( Read more... )

As a part of Chizine's Mega-God Issue, one of my first attempts at weird noir/crime fiction, "The Dilky Never Landed," is now up on the chizine interwebs. This story takes place in Jeffrey Thomas's brilliant Punktown universe, and was originally published in the anthology, Punktown: Third Eye (2004).

Clicky for the Dilky.And while you're there, be ( Read more... )

(This will be full of annoying half-anecdotes, in-jokes, and other hobnobbery. If I left out your name, I didn't mean to. I'm still very tired and I'm old ( Read more... )

I'm landing in Austin around noon on Friday. I'm guessing it'll be hot there ( Read more... )