Archive for Horror News
Blood Of The Bean II
Posted by: | CommentsFor the second year in a row some of central Texas’ most intriguing independent authors will gather once again to share their recent work. From 5pm to 9pm at Kick Butt Coffee in Austin, Texas thirteen writers will perform fifteen minute dramatic readings from short stories to novel excerpts that will be certain to chill the hearts and minds of all attending. Participating authors include Lee Thomas, Joe McKinney, Gabrielle Faust, Nate Southard, D. B. Grady, Ethan Nahte´, Stina Leicht, Skyler White, Robert Stikmanz, Rhodi Hawk, Hank Schwaeble, Denise Broussard and Frank Summers. The wide variety of styles and influences from the collaborative of literary voices represents a distinct cross-section representation of the strength of today’s Texas writers in the horror and dark fantasy genres. All authors will have copies of their current and past work on hand for purchase and signing.
“Wow! Usually, one would have to visit the maximum-security wing of a state penitentiary to find so much imaginative energy dedicated to violence and mayhem gathered in one place. Who could resist such a treat?” Hank Schwaeble, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Damnable, replied when asked about his participation in the 2010 event.
“My original intention in the creation of the Blood Of The Bean event in 2009 was to give local dark genre authors an additional opportunity to reach a new audience they might otherwise not had access to,” said founder Gabrielle Faust, author of the post-apocalyptic vampire series Eternal Vigilance. “Kick Butt Coffee provides a relaxed, yet highly creative atmosphere that is conducive to facilitating the promotion of indie arts in Austin. The meshing of the horror/dark fantasy genres with an already integral venue was a natural fit and after a successful debut event, the demand was there, not only from the audience, but from the authors as well, to make it an annual gathering.”
Blood Of The Bean II will take place on October 16, 2010 at 5775 Airport Blvd.
Monroeville Zombies Charity Car Wash
Posted by: | CommentsMonroeville Zombies, the zombie themed shop and attraction in the Monroeville Mall, will host a charity car wash with an unusual twist: Zombies! The event will bring back to the Monroeville Mall a horde of zombie re-enactors who do not want your brains, but rather your dirty cars. The participants are volunteers who enjoy dressing as zombies and will do so to raise money for the Animal Rescue League of Western Pennsylvania by washing cars.
The charity car wash will take place on August 28, 2010 from 10:00 AM to 6:00PM in the rear parking lot of the historic Monroeville Mall. Participants coming to get their cars washed are also encouraged to dress as zombies to get a $2.00 discount off the $10.00 wash fee.
Zombies are always welcome at the Monroeville Mall, which served as the location of the 1978 zombie film, George A. Romero’s Dawn of the Dead. Over the years the mall has become the gathering point for zombie fans with film location tours, zombie walks and even a permanent zombie attraction, Monroeville Zombies, inside its Time and Space retail store.
“We’ve been recruiting and training a special team of zombies just for this worthy charity,” says Time and Space / Monroeville Zombies President Kevin Kriess. “Zombies have always been animal friendly as they only crave human flesh. Plus they are great at lunging at cars and learning repetitive tasks such as sponging and rinsing so we are confident they are the best creatures for the job.”
Monroeville Zombies is a museum and tourist attraction celebrating Zombies in Pop-Culture. Located in the historic Monroeville Mall, location of the original film, George A. Romero’s Dawn of the Dead, the themed attraction takes fans through a visual history of zombies in cinema. Displays of props and memorabilia are woven into a presentation featuring interactive experiences and zombie gift shopping.
The Animal Rescue League facility operates 7 days a week for adoptions. Pets in need of homes can be viewed 24 hours a day on the Adoptions Page.
September Fantastic Fiction at KGB
Posted by: | CommentsThe September Fantastic Fiction at KGB reading series, hosted by Ellen Datlow and Matthew Kressel, will present Scott Westerfeld and Susan Beth Pfeffer. Westerfeld is best known for the Uglies series. His latest book, the New York Times-bestselling Leviathan, won both the Locus Award and the Aurealis Award for best YA novel of 2009. The series continues in October 2010 with Behemoth.
Pfeffer, who with the publication of her novel, This World We Live In, has completed her Last Survivors Trilogy, which also includes the New York Times Best Selling Novel, Life As We Knew It and The Dead And The Gone. Susan’s next book, Blood Wounds, will be published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in the Fall of 2011.
It’s all happening on at 7 pm on Wednesday September 15th at KGB Bar, 85 East 4th Street (just off 2nd Ave, upstairs.). Readings are free.
Ellen Datlow has posted photos from this month’s reading online here: August 2010 Fantastic Fiction
Gabrielle Faust by Overall Beauty
Posted by: | CommentsHorror author and entertainment personality Gabrielle Faust has announced the launch of a new line of sultry, sophisticated eye shadows as she expands her new imprint on the beauty industry. The collection entitled Gabrielle Faust by Overall Beauty is the first of many different product endeavors planned by the gothic fashionista and includes eight sultry shades including Love Lost (deep rose), Vampire’s Kiss (sangria red), Karmic Knight (dark eggplant purple), Misanthrope (ashen violet) Indiscretion (charcoal gray), Aftermath (burnt umber brown), Sanctified Snow (opalescent white) and Hourglass Sand (golden cream).
“Next to writing, fashion is most definitely one of my greatest passions,” says Faust. “I have always been a risk taker when it comes to my personal style and the opportunity to leave my creative mark on the fashion world through clothing and cosmetics is beyond thrilling. I am overwhelmingly excited about my new partnership with Overall Beauty. I wanted to create a collection of eye shadows which would allow people to obtain a sultry smoky look that is simultaneously elegant and dangerous. These are all colors which I personally use to create my own look.”
Available beginning August 14, Gabrielle Faust by Overall Beauty will initially be sold via the online cosmetics retailer Overall Beauty, owned and operated by CEO, Kim Snyder. The eye shadows will retail for $8.99 a shade or $72 for the full set of eight.
NPR’s Top 100 Killer Thrillers
Posted by: | CommentsThe NPR audience originally nominated some 600 novels to their Killer Thrillers poll and cast more than 17,000 ballots in determining the final list of 100. The final roster of winners is a diverse one to say the least, ranging in style and period from Dracula to The Da Vinci Code, Presumed Innocent to Pet Sematary. What these top 100 titles share, however, is that all of them are fast-moving tales of suspense and adventure.
The number one Killer Thriller?
The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris.
But you’ll also find a number of Stephen King books, as well as classics by Ira Levin and Michael Crichton.
Read the list in its entirety here: Top 100 Killer Thrillers
Ray Bradbury on God, Monsters and Angels
Posted by: | CommentsCNN is currently running a great piece on Ray Bradbury, who turns 90 this month. Bradbury – who lives in a rambling Los Angeles home full of stuffed dinosaurs, a tin robot pushing an ice cream cart, and a life-sized Bullwinkle the Moose doll lounging in a cushioned chair – says he will sometimes open one of his books late at night and cry out thanks to God.
The primary push of the article is Bradbury’s belief in God and how it’s influenced his writing.
“We must move into the universe,” says Bradbury. “Mankind must save itself. We must escape the danger of war and politics. We must become astronauts and go out into the universe and discover the God in ourselves.”
You can read the article in its entirety here: Ray Bradbury
Bradbury is still conjuring his monsters and angels. His latest book, Summer Morning, Summer Night, was released last month.
