My two-bits on what I've read the last month-plus, in no particular order:

THERE IS NO YEAR, Blake Butler: Harper Perennial is putting out daring, fantastic fiction, and this first novel (Scorch Atlas is a novel in stories, I suppose, but let's stick with the first novel thing here) from the talented Butler is no exception. Bleak and visionary, ( Read more... )

Boston, MA (April 2011) -- In recognition of the legacy of Shirley Jackson’s writing, and with permission of the author’s estate, The Shirley Jackson Awards, Inc. has been established for outstanding achievement in the literature of psychological suspense, horror, and the dark fantastic ( Read more... )

I've been neglecting my bloggery duty. And I feel shame ( Read more... )

The short of it is Dorchester - Leisure are publishing author's ebooks without their permission, on top of authors not being paid.

All the details you could want are at Brian Keene's blog today. If you are someone who purchases Dorchester - Leisure titles, I hope you'll strongly consider not doing so anymore.

From Brian's blog:

Starting in late ( Read more... )

*The following was transcribed from a pile of yellowed notes purportedly found at the desk of Paul Tremblay; the identity of the transcriber is sexy unknown*

August 17th, 2010

Dear Diary,

Sorry that I’ve been gone for a week or so, but oh diary, what a week it was!

On the 10th I was notified that my first novel the greatest book evah! was to be ( Read more... )

I've been on one of those reading streaks where it seems like every book I pick up is flat out amazing. Lucky me!

Karen Joy Fowler's WHAT I DIDN'T SEE is a fantastic, genre-bending short story collection from Small Beer Press. The first story "The Pelican Bar" (winner of last year's Shirley Jackson Awards for best short story) is a punch to the ( Read more... )

Tom refers to his mesmerizing new book, Every Shallow Cut, as a "noirella" (a noir novella). It is a shame that more publishers (or more mainstream publishers) don't publish novellas. When done correctly, they pack quite a punch. Tom takes full advantage of the form here, as ESC is meant to be experienced in a one-to-two hour sitting. It's no ( Read more... )

John Langan and I are very excited to announce the Table of Contents for Creatures! Thirty Years of Monster Stories. 26 tales in all, 150,000 words of monster fiction, coming in November 2011. (to be published by Prime Books, trade paperback, $14.95)

IT CAME AND WE KNEW IT“Godzilla’s Twelve-Step Program,” Joe R. Lansdale ( Read more... )

It'll be a busy weekend at Boskone (this weekend!). Bunch of panels. And I eat brains, apparently ( Read more... )

As I'm sure you've heard, we've been having a spot of weather in the north americas. The roof of my niece's elementary school collapsed. And my entombed mailbox:


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