The Appeal Of Horror

Dean Harrison has contributed a horror-related editorial to The Vanguard, The University of South Alabama newspaper. In the editor, Harrison states: “In horror, a character is put in a situation where they must confront their worst fear or else suffer a terrible...

I, Wendigo – A Twitter Novella

Beginning May 1st and running the entire month, writer Sion Smith will exclusively publish the novella, I, Wendigo via twitter. A new installment will be published each day throughout the month at twitter.com/iwendigo The story is the first of four stand-alone horror...

Sick Things – Market Report

The following market report on the anthology, Sick Things, as well as the follow-up interview are courtesy of Market Scoops by D.L. Snell. The Market Anthology: Sick Things Publisher: Comet Press Editor: Cheryl Mullenax Pay Rate: 1/2 cent/word Response Time: 3-4 weeks...

Joyce Carol Oates – On Writing Characters

From June 2007, critically acclaimed author Joyce Carol Oates discusses how a writer develops realistic characters, using examples from her novel The Gravedigger’s Daughter. Joyce Carol Oates (born June 16, 1938) is an American author and the Roger S. Berlind...

Ray Bradbury’s Tribute to Saturday Matinees

The following ten minute clip was filmed in June 2009 at Ray Bradbury’s home in Los Angeles. This tribute to Classic Saturday Matinees, It Came From Outer Space, the art and craft of writing, had its World Premiere on October 17, 2009 at The Buffalo...

Ty-ing Up the Genre – April 2010

Ty Schwamberger I first met Maurice Broaddus back in mid-2009 at a convention in Nashville, TN. We met a second time at another convention a few months later. We hung out, met a bunch of other authors and fans and talked shop (among other things that I won’t...

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