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Watchlist: Two Serial Thrillers in One Killer Book
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Imagine a literary jam session with 22 of your favorite masters of pulse-pounding fiction and you have Watchlist: Two Serial Thrillers in One Killer Book. Jeffery Deaver conceived of the characters and put the plot into motion and Jim Fusilli added a sharp editorial eye, orchestrating this chorus of suspense that includes such top writers as Lee Child, Joseph Finder, Lisa Scottoline, Gayle Lynds and many others. Dramatic tension ties the novellas together as each thriller titan leads the reader down dark alleys and around blind corners, saving the fireworks for the climactic endings, also crafted by Jeffery Deaver.
MJ Rose writes the Introduction. Other contributors include Linda Barnes, Brett Battles, Lee Child, David Corbett, Joseph Finder, Jim Fusilli, John Gilstrap, James Grady, David Hewson, Jon Land, David Liss, Gayle Lynds, John Ramsey Miller, P.J. Parrish and others.
This one’s not scheduled for release until December. We just threw it in here to get you looking for it.
March 17th Fantastic Fiction Reading
Posted by: | CommentsThe next Fantastic Fiction at KGB reading series, hosted by Ellen Datlow and Matthew Kressel, will present Michael Shea, the multi-award-winning author of such books as A Quest For Simbilis, Nifft The Lean, and Polyphemus. His most recent publications are The Extra from Tor, Copping Squid from Perilous Press, and The Autopsy And Other Tales from Centipede Press.
Also reading will be N. K. Jemisin, whose first novel, The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms – first of the Inheritance Trilogy – is out now from Orbit Books. A local writer with the “Altered Fluid” writing group, her short stories have appeared in Clarkesworld, Postscripts (forthcoming), and Strange Horizons among other print, online, and audio markets.
It’s all happening on Wednesday March 17th, 7pm at KGB Bar, 85 East 4th Street (just off 2nd Ave, upstairs). Readings are free.
And Ellen Datlow has posted photos from February 17, 2010 KGB, when a very packed house listened to Daryl Gregory read from The Devil’s Alphabet and Peter Straub from A Dark Matter: Feb 17th Photos
Take Out – Short Horror/Comedy
Posted by: | CommentsI’m not sure why, but horror/comedy seems to be the favorite genre of many of the short film directors that are posting their material online these days. Don’t know if it’s because horror/comedies are easier than straight horror or straight comedy or if they’re more conducive to short film. Either way, here’s a weird, but clever take from Joe Douglass. See what you think … it runs about 4 1/2 minutes.
Cara Gasper Memorial Art Auction
Posted by: | CommentsFebruary marks the inaugural Women in Horror Month, and female horror artists and icons will be the theme of the second annual Cara Gasper Memorial Art Auction.
The event will be held February 27 from 7 pm to 10 PM at Human Production Gallery in Bethel Park, PA. Net proceeds will benefit the Animal Rescue League of Western PA. Admission is free and there will be complimentary refreshments. The event is open to all ages.
Auction items will be donated by friends of Cara, a local artist who passed away in 2008, and members of the local arts and crafts community. The main focus is women in horror but all donations regardless of genre will be accepted. The format will be a silent auction with “buy now” pricing for patrons wishing to bypass the bidding process. Buy Now will end at 8:30 pm and the silent auction bidding will close at 9:30 pm.
Artists wishing to donate auction items should contact Andrea Parkowski. Submissions are due by February 20 and must be ready to hang or display.
In addition, raffle tickets will be sold at the event for prize drawings including horror themed items such as DVD’s and books as well as a pair of weekend passes to Horror Realm™, Pittsburgh’s modern horror convention which takes place September 17-19, 2010.
Cash or product donations such as toys, blankets or pet food will also be accepted on behalf of ARL – however, due to space limitations, it is suggested that large items (such as bags of dry food more than 10 pounds) be taken directly to the ARL at 6620 Hamilton Avenue in East Liberty (15206).
Human Production Gallery is located at 2704 South Park Road in Bethel Park (15102). There is free off street parking located behind the building and the venue is less than one block from the South Park Road light rail transit (“the T”) stop.
For more information on the auction, visit: Horror Realm Con
Last Days – Best Horror Novel of 2009
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Brian Evenson’s Last Days, published by Underland Press, has been selected as part of the Reference User and Services Association’s 2010 Reading List.
The Reading List annually recognizes the best books in eight genres: adrenaline (which includes suspense, thriller, and adventure), fantasy, historical fiction, horror, mystery, romance, science fiction, and women’s fiction, and is selected by the association’s Reading List Council, composed of members representing libraries across the United States.
The association praised Last Days in a statement released this week: “Through spare language, a noir sensibility, and macabre humor, Evenson crafts a compulsively readable nightmare…”
The Reference and User Services Association, a division of the American Library Association, represents librarians and library staff in the fields of reference, specialized reference, collection development, readers advisory and resource sharing. RUSA is the foremost organization of reference and information professionals who make the connections between people and the information sources, services, and collection materials they need.
Description: Intense and profoundly unsettling, Last Days is a down-the-rabbit-hole detective novel set in an underground religious cult. Still reeling from his brutal dismemberment, detective Kline is forcibly recruited to solve a murder inside a Fundamentalist society that takes literally the New Testament idea that you should cut of your hand if it offends you. Armed only with his gun, his wits, and a gift for self-preservation, Kline must navigate a gauntlet of lies, threats, and misinformation, discovering that the stakes are higher than he thought and that his survival depends on an act of sheer will.
Mystery Visitor A No Show
Posted by: | CommentsThe Associated Press has reported that the mystery visitor who has placed roses and cognac at the grave of Edgar Allan Poe each year on the writer’s birthday failed to show early Tuesday. This breaks a ritual that began more than 60 years ago.
“I’m confused, befuddled,” said Jeff Jerome, curator of the Poe House and Museum. “I don’t know what’s going on.”
The tradition began as early as 1949, according to newspaper accounts from the era. Since then, an unidentified person has left three roses and a half-bottle of cognac at Poe’s grave every January 19th. The grave is located in a church cemetery in downtown Baltimore.
Jerome said the Poe toaster has always arrived before 5:30 a.m. There was still a chance the visit could occur later in the day, but Jerome said he doubted the person would risk a public unveiling by performing the task in daylight, when other visitors could be there.
KGB February 17th Reading
Posted by: | CommentsNext month’s Fantastic Fiction at KGB reading series, hosted by Ellen Datlow and Matthew Kressel, will present Peter Straub, the multi award winning writer of such novels as Ghost Story, Koko, Mr X, and In the Night Room. His most recent novel is A Dark Matter, published by Doubleday this month. He is also the editor of American Fantastic Tales.
In addition to Straub, Daryl Gregory will be reading. His first novel, Pandemonium, won the 2009 Crawford Award and was a finalist for the World Fantasy Award. His second novel, The Devil’s Alphabet, was recently named a finalist for the Philip K. Dick Award. He’s currently working on a contemporary fantasy novel unrelated to either of the first two books.
It’s all happening on Wednesday February 17, 7pm at KGB Bar, 85 East 4th Street (just off 2nd Ave, upstairs.)
