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Hachette Books Releases Red Moon by Benjamin Percy
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Hachette Books is releasing what it calls the summer’s biggest novel. Red Moon, by Benjamin Percy, looks to be a good story. As with all books, however, you the reader are the final judge. Once you’ve read it, drop us a comment and let us know what you thought about it.
Here’s the synopsis:
When government agents kick down Claire Forrester’s front door and murder her parents, Claire realizes just how different she is. Patrick Gamble was nothing special until the day he got on a plane and hours later stepped off it, the only passenger left alive, a hero. Chase Williams has sworn to protect the people of the United States from the menace in their midst, but he is becoming the very thing he has promised to destroy. So far, the threat has been controlled by laws and violence and drugs. But the night of the red moon is coming, when an unrecognizable world will emerge…and the battle for humanity will begin.
If you would like to meet the author, you’re in luck. He is going on a signing tour with the release of the novel. Details can be found at http://www.benjaminpercy.com/events/
Pasadena Public Library Presents Horror from A to Z Event
Posted by: | CommentsPasadena Public Library presents Horror from A to Z featuring author/screenwriter/editor panelists versed in horror genre on Saturday, April 27 from 1 – 5 p.m. in Central Library’s Donald R. Wright Auditorium, 285 E. Walnut St.
Moderator and panel experts will cover “Introduction to Horror Books, Including Recommended Reading” featuring moderator Brad C. Hodson and panelists; Hal Bodner, Benjamin Ethridge and Ted Grau.
• Moderator Brad C. Hodson is a novelist and screenwriter.
• Panelist Hal Bodner is best known as the author of the best-selling gay vampire novel, Bite Club, and has been called “…one of the strongest voices in contemporary humor.”
• Panelist Benjamin Kane Ethridge is the Bram Stoker Award winning author of the novels BLACK & ORANGE (2010), BOTTLED ABYSS (2012), and DUNGEON BRAIN (2012).
• Panelist T.E. Grau is an author of Weird, Lovecraftian, and Dark Fiction. His first collection of short fiction will be published in 2013.
“How to Get Started Writing and Publishing in the Horror Industry” features moderator John Palisano and panelists; Edward M. Erdelac, Courtney Joyner and P.S. Gifford.
• Moderator John Palisano is a writer of the weird, with stories sized short to long published throughout many venues. His work often touches on metaphysical, spiritual, and, the strange.
• Panelist Edward M. Erdelac is an award winning screenwriter, an independent filmmaker, and the author of the acclaimed Judaic/Lovecraftian weird western series MERKABAH RIDER from Damnation Books, the Van Helsing paranormal mystery TEROVOLAS, the coming of age novel BUFF TEA from Texas Review Press, and the psycho-sexual revenge western COYOTE’S TRAIL from Comet Press (July 2013).
• Panelist Courtney Joyner is an award-winning writer who has scripted movies and television for more than 30 years, including THE OFFSPRING starring Vincent Price, PRISON, CLASS OF 1999, and the new RETURN OF CAPT. NEMO starring Hugh Bonneville. He is a noted film journalist, with a regular column in TRUE WEST magazine, and six books on film in print.
• Panelist P.S. Gifford has three collections of his short fiction in print, and has been featured in dozens of anthologies and magazines. 2013 will see the release of his first novel.
“Horror For Young Adults” featuring moderator Lisa Morton and panelists; E.S. Magill, Roh Morgon and Kelly Dunn.
• Moderator Lisa Morton is a screenwriter, author of non-fiction books, award-winning prose writer, and Halloween expert. Her work was described by the American Library Association’s Readers’ Advisory Guide to Horror as “consistently dark, unsettling, and frightening”, and Famous Monsters called her “one of the best writers in dark fiction today”.
• Panelist E.S. Magill is the editor of the recently released DEEP CUTS Anthology, 19 short horror stories to give you shivers plus 60 recommendations for powerhouse horror tales written by women.
• Panelist Roh Morgon weaves urban fantasy and horror for adult, young adult, and middle grade readers. Her adult vampire series includes the novel Watcher: Book I of The Chosen, its upcoming sequel, Runner, and the historical dark fantasy The Last Trace.
• Panelist Kelly Dunn’s horror stories have been featured in the anthologies The Dead That Walk, Midnight Walk,The Undead That Saved Christmas, Vol. 2, and the forthcoming After Death. She is the editor of the horror fiction anthology, Mutation Nation.
In addition to the panel presentations horror genre authors; Steven W. Booth, Eric J. Guignard, Del Howison, Kate Jonez, Eric Miller, S.P. Miskowski, Joanna Parypinski, Mike Robinson, Anthony Servante, and Stephen Woodworth will be on-site to sign their books. Many of the authors, moderators, and panelists’ books will also be available for sale and signing.
For more information, contact Nick Smith at (626) 744-4119 or nsmith@cityofpasadena.net.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 15, 2013 – JournalStone Publishing (JSP) President, Christopher C. Payne is pleased to announce the signing of multi-year contracts with multi-award-winning, celebrated authors, Joe McKinney and Lisa Morton, each, respectively, for the publication of six new novels. Joe McKinney will be writing a currently undisclosed three-novel series as well as three stand-alone novels. Lisa Morton will be writing two three-novel series, the first of which, Netherworld, involves Lady Diana Furnaval, who is on a mission to close the 81 gateways to the Netherworld. Even for a well-heeled widow in 1879, however, travelling alone can be difficult, so she’s joined by a charismatic young man, Stephen Chappell, and a daring young Chinese sailor named Yi-kin on her global, and transdimensional journeys that will put her face to face with evil greater than she’d ever imagined. Ms. Morton will also be writing a second, currently undisclosed three-novel series.
About the Authors: Joe McKinney is a San Antonio based author of numerous horror, crime and science fiction stories and novels. His works include the four part Dead World series, the crime novel, Dodging Bullets, the science fiction disaster tale, Quarantined, his horror novel, Apocalypse of the Dead, these last two being Finalists for the Horror Writers Association’s Bram Stoker Award® for Superior Achievement in a Novel, and Flesh Eaters, which won the Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a Novel for 2011. His short fiction has been collected in The Red Empire and Other Stories and Dating in Dead World. In his day job, Joe McKinney is a sergeant with the San Antonio Police Department, where he works as a patrol supervisor. Before being promoted to sergeant, Joe worked as a homicide detective and as a disaster mitigation specialist, with over fifteen years of law enforcement experience.
Lisa Morton is a screenwriter, author of non-fiction books, award-winning prose writer, and Halloween expert. Her work was described by the American Library Association’s Readers’ Advisory Guide to Horror as “consistently dark, unsettling, and frightening”, and Famous Monsters called her “one of the best writers in dark fiction today.” She began her career in Hollywood, co-writing the cult favorite Meet the Hollowheads (on which she also served as Associate Producer), but soon made a successful transition into writing short works of horror. After appearing in dozens of anthologies and magazines, including The Mammoth Book of Dracula, Dark Delicacies, The Museum of Horrors, and Cemetery Dance, in 2010 her first novel, The Castle of Los Angeles, was published to critical acclaim, appearing on numerous “Best of the Year” lists. Her book The Halloween Encyclopedia (now in an expanded second edition) was described by Reference & Research Book News as “the most complete reference to the holiday available,” and Lisa has been interviewed on The History Channel and in The Wall Street Journal as a Halloween authority. She is a four-time winner of the Bram Stoker Award®, a recipient of the Black Quill Award, and winner of the 2012 Grand Prize from the Halloween Book Festival, and she recently received her ninth Bram Stoker Award® nomination for the graphic novel Witch Hunts: A Graphic History of the Burning Times (co-authored with Rocky Wood and illustrated by Greg Chapman). A lifelong Californian, she lives in North Hollywood, and can be found online at www.lisamorton.com.
