Author and essayist Bev Vincent is back with a brand new book: Stephen King: A Complete Exploration of His Work, Life, and Influences. Chock full of archival photos and materials dusted straight from King’s own personal collection, this chronological deep dive into the best-selling author’s life and work is one of those big books you keep by your bed for years.
Today, Vincent joins the Losers to break down his new, must-have tome. Together, they discuss how he put the damn thing together, while also weighing in on the many myths, oft-forgotten chapters, and detours within King’s Dominion. Before the hour’s end, Vincent has some fun with our lightning round, dropping his favorite King books, movies, characters, et al.
Stream the episode below and return next week as the Losers celebrate King’s 75th birthday and answer your questions. For further adventures, join the Club over...
Today, Vincent joins the Losers to break down his new, must-have tome. Together, they discuss how he put the damn thing together, while also weighing in on the many myths, oft-forgotten chapters, and detours within King’s Dominion. Before the hour’s end, Vincent has some fun with our lightning round, dropping his favorite King books, movies, characters, et al.
Stream the episode below and return next week as the Losers celebrate King’s 75th birthday and answer your questions. For further adventures, join the Club over...
- 9/16/2022
- by Michael Roffman
- bloody-disgusting.com
It’s been five years since It hit theaters and conquered the box office, becoming the highest grossing horror film of all time and tipping off a new Stephen King renaissance across Hollywood. Today? The scene is dire: Blumhouse’s Firestarter failed to ignite, while ‘Salem’s Lot has completely been vanquished from Warner Bros’ schedule.
So, what the hell happened? Good question. The Losers dial back the clock to that eventful September in 2017 and chart the highs and lows over the last half decade. Together, they sort through all the features and television series that make up the entire run, debating their impact and cultural cache before giving the thumbs up or thumbs down.
Stream the episode below and return next week when the Losers talk to King historian Bev Vincent on his new ultimate companion for Constant Readers. For further adventures, join the Club over long days and pleasant nights via Apple Podcasts,...
So, what the hell happened? Good question. The Losers dial back the clock to that eventful September in 2017 and chart the highs and lows over the last half decade. Together, they sort through all the features and television series that make up the entire run, debating their impact and cultural cache before giving the thumbs up or thumbs down.
Stream the episode below and return next week when the Losers talk to King historian Bev Vincent on his new ultimate companion for Constant Readers. For further adventures, join the Club over long days and pleasant nights via Apple Podcasts,...
- 9/9/2022
- by Michael Roffman
- bloody-disgusting.com
Yesterday saw the release of Flight or Fright, a new audiobook anthology that was edited by legendary horror author Stephen King as well as Bev Vincent, whose King companion pieces have been nominated for the Bram Stoker Award as well as the Edgar award. The anthology focuses on all the things that could possibly go […]
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- 9/5/2018
- by Jonathan Barkan
- DreadCentral.com
Set in a small town that receives a sinister visitor, the plot of the new novella from writers / editors Richard Chizmar and Brian James Freeman is sure to perk up the ears and draw the eyes of Stephen King fans. If you missed out on the limited edition of Darkness Whispers, don’t despair, because Cemetery Dance Publications will release an e-book edition soon, and we have a look at the chilling cover art.
Press Release: Baltimore, MD – January, 17, 2017 – Richard Chizmar and Brian James Freeman have a new release coming out in early 2017 titled, Darkness Whispers. And, it’s already sold out! Don’t worry, the e-book is coming soon so you don’t have miss out. Darkness Whispers introduces you to the town of Windbrook. Nothing changes there. Nothing is different. Except… except today something is different. An old man with piercing gray eyes arrives in town. And he isn’t coming alone.
Press Release: Baltimore, MD – January, 17, 2017 – Richard Chizmar and Brian James Freeman have a new release coming out in early 2017 titled, Darkness Whispers. And, it’s already sold out! Don’t worry, the e-book is coming soon so you don’t have miss out. Darkness Whispers introduces you to the town of Windbrook. Nothing changes there. Nothing is different. Except… except today something is different. An old man with piercing gray eyes arrives in town. And he isn’t coming alone.
- 1/20/2017
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Edited by Hans-Åke Lilja, Shining in the Dark: Celebrating Twenty Years of Lilja's Library is exclusive to Cemetery Dance Publications and will feature a Stephen King story that hasn't been released since 1981. We also have updated release details for The Similars, the final wave of films announced at Monster Fest 2016, six photos / details for The Orphanage video game, and a new trailer for Gremlin.
Cemetery Dance Publications' Shining in the Dark Anthology: From Cemetery Dance: "Shining In the Dark: Celebrating Twenty Years of Lilja's Library edited by Hans-Åke Lilja.
About the Book:
Hans-Ake Lilja, the founder of Lilja's Library, has compiled a brand new anthology of horror stories to help celebrate twenty years of running the #1 Stephen King news website on the web!
This anthology includes both original stories like the brand new novella by John Ajvide Lindqvist (Let the Right One In) very rare reprints like "The Blue Air...
Cemetery Dance Publications' Shining in the Dark Anthology: From Cemetery Dance: "Shining In the Dark: Celebrating Twenty Years of Lilja's Library edited by Hans-Åke Lilja.
About the Book:
Hans-Ake Lilja, the founder of Lilja's Library, has compiled a brand new anthology of horror stories to help celebrate twenty years of running the #1 Stephen King news website on the web!
This anthology includes both original stories like the brand new novella by John Ajvide Lindqvist (Let the Right One In) very rare reprints like "The Blue Air...
- 11/2/2016
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
As another autumn approaches, horror hounds look forward to the chill of pumpkin guts on their hands, the crunch of leaves under their shoes, and, for some, pulling their copy of October Dreams: A Celebration of Halloween off the bookshelf for another round of seasonal reading. Published in 2000, Cemetery Dance’s collection of Halloween stories, reflections, and essays now has a sequel on the way.
Featuring an abundance of short pieces by a wide range of authors, October Dreams II: A Celebration of Halloween doesn’t yet have an official release date, but it is expected to come out soon in a hardcover edition from Cemetery Dance. The tome of terror includes stories by Ray Bradbury, Dean Koontz, Robert Bloch, and many more. We have the official release details and cover art below. To learn more or pre-order a copy, visit:
http://www.cemeterydance.com/page/Cdp/Prod/chizmar18
“October...
Featuring an abundance of short pieces by a wide range of authors, October Dreams II: A Celebration of Halloween doesn’t yet have an official release date, but it is expected to come out soon in a hardcover edition from Cemetery Dance. The tome of terror includes stories by Ray Bradbury, Dean Koontz, Robert Bloch, and many more. We have the official release details and cover art below. To learn more or pre-order a copy, visit:
http://www.cemeterydance.com/page/Cdp/Prod/chizmar18
“October...
- 9/1/2014
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
If you're a rabid fan of literary horror, this announcement from Cemetery Dance should make your week! October Dreams II: A Celebration of Halloween, the long-awaited follow-up to one of the most acclaimed Halloween anthologies ever, is on its way.
The sequel features works by Ray Bradbury, Dean Koontz, Robert McCammon, John Skipp, Robert Bloch, Stewart O’Nan, Glen Hirshberg, Joe R. Lansdale, Al Sarrantonio, Whitley Strieber, Lisa Morton, Matthew Costello, Elizabeth Massie, and dozens of others.
It's once again edited by Richard Chizmar and Robert Morrish, the masterminds behind 2002's October Dreams. Chizmar is the founder and publisher/editor of Cemetery Dance magazine and the Cemetery Dance Publications book imprint. Morrish is the former editor of Cemetery Dance magazine and co-editor of The Scream Factory magazine.
This oversized volume will contain spooky Halloween short fiction, dozens of authors and artists recalling their own personal memories of Halloween, and essays detailing the "history" of Halloween.
The sequel features works by Ray Bradbury, Dean Koontz, Robert McCammon, John Skipp, Robert Bloch, Stewart O’Nan, Glen Hirshberg, Joe R. Lansdale, Al Sarrantonio, Whitley Strieber, Lisa Morton, Matthew Costello, Elizabeth Massie, and dozens of others.
It's once again edited by Richard Chizmar and Robert Morrish, the masterminds behind 2002's October Dreams. Chizmar is the founder and publisher/editor of Cemetery Dance magazine and the Cemetery Dance Publications book imprint. Morrish is the former editor of Cemetery Dance magazine and co-editor of The Scream Factory magazine.
This oversized volume will contain spooky Halloween short fiction, dozens of authors and artists recalling their own personal memories of Halloween, and essays detailing the "history" of Halloween.
- 8/11/2014
- by Debi Moore
- DreadCentral.com
In an interview published in Time magazine in 1986, Stephen King mentioned that he planned to study French in order to finish Livre Noir, a detective story written in French, “the language that turns dirt into romance.” That idea never panned out, and one wonders how his publishers would have handled such a book. Obviously they would have had to translate it into English, which would have defeated the purpose, it seems. Many years ago, when I was living in Europe, I spent a few days in Paris and gravitated toward the vendor stalls that line the Seine. I looked at artwork and antiques, but mostly I was interested in the books. I found a French copy of ’Salem’s Lot and thought it might be fun to read it in another language. I was certified bilingual when I graduated high school, and had read some of Georges Simenon’s Inspector Maigret...
- 3/25/2014
- by Bev Vincent
- FEARnet
Most mainstream readers had been waiting a long time for the two books coming out in 2013. Early the year before, news leaked that publisher Hard Case Crime would release a new book called Joyland as a paperback original, just in time for summer. Anticipation was cautiously high; reviews of King’s last book with the publisher, 2005’s The Colorado Kid, were mixed. Readers seemed far more eager for a book King announced way back in 2009; Doctor Sleep, King’s long-gestating sequel to 1977’s The Shining, was due to arrive in late fall. But beyond these splashy new novels, King was as busy as usual, writing and publishing at a frantic (some might say lunatic) pace. King launched the year doing something that was becoming a trend: unearthing long-buried work from the past and bringing it into the light. “The Glass Floor” first appeared in the sixth issue of Robert A.
- 12/18/2013
- by Kevin Quigley
- FEARnet
In early 2012, I saw the trailer for a campy movie called You Can’t Kill Stephen King about a group of young people vacationing near the author’s summer home who get killed off one at a time. The trailer promises a horror movie that breaks all the rules…by not breaking any. The project is described in tongue-in-cheek fashion: six stereotypical characters with weak story arcs, a town full of overacting antagonists, low-budget gratuitous violence and cheesy King references.
The nucleus of the story was written several years ago by Monroe Mann—an alumnus of the Fryeburg Academy in western Maine, whose staff was also involved in the production—and stand-up comedian Ronnie Khalil while they were vacationing in the lake house ultimately used in the film. Co-writer Bob Madia helped complete the script—he contributed much of the King lore and references. Mann and Khalil co-produced and team-directed with cinematographer Jorge Valdés-Iga,...
The nucleus of the story was written several years ago by Monroe Mann—an alumnus of the Fryeburg Academy in western Maine, whose staff was also involved in the production—and stand-up comedian Ronnie Khalil while they were vacationing in the lake house ultimately used in the film. Co-writer Bob Madia helped complete the script—he contributed much of the King lore and references. Mann and Khalil co-produced and team-directed with cinematographer Jorge Valdés-Iga,...
- 12/2/2013
- by Bev Vincent
- FEARnet
Editor's note: Earlier this week, we reviewed CBS's Under the Dome, a 13-episode "event series" based on the book of the same name by Stephen King. That first review focused on Under the Dome as a stand-alone TV entity. The following review centers on how the series was adapted from the book, and how fans of the book will likely react to the series.
Under the Dome is the fifth TV series based on something written by Stephen King. This number doesn’t include the many miniseries, only programs that aren’t designed to have a fixed number of episodes. Thus far, the track record is two successes and two that were canceled during their first seasons. The canceled series weren’t based on King books. The Golden Years—recently reissued on DVD—was an original story and Kingdom Hospital was a remake of a Danish series. On the other hand,...
Under the Dome is the fifth TV series based on something written by Stephen King. This number doesn’t include the many miniseries, only programs that aren’t designed to have a fixed number of episodes. Thus far, the track record is two successes and two that were canceled during their first seasons. The canceled series weren’t based on King books. The Golden Years—recently reissued on DVD—was an original story and Kingdom Hospital was a remake of a Danish series. On the other hand,...
- 6/21/2013
- by Bev Vincent
- FEARnet
My advance reading copy of Shivers VII didn’t include an introduction, and the table of contents gave no indication there would be one added to the finished and published edition. I’ve gotten used to anthologies leading off with some sort of mission statement or manifesto (sometimes, these missives are better than the stories that follow), but I guess hitting the seventh entry in a series indicates you know what you’re doing, and readers should know what to expect. After plowing through the 26 stories in Shivers VII, I’d say agree that no introduction is necessary. Like the six volumes before it, this is an anthology of rare quality, a collection of contemporary fiction that provides an excellent snapshot of where the genre stands today, and a roadmap to where it’s going. However, it’s important to remember where the genre came from even as it continues to move forward,...
- 6/10/2013
- by Blu Gilliand
- FEARnet
Much is being made of the fact that Stephen King has—for the time being—decided to forego an eBook of his latest novel, Joyland. Several articles imply that he is no longer a fan of the digital format. Others argue that he shouldn’t get to decide how people experience a book, ignoring the fact that digital rights are separate from print rights and that authors get to choose how to exploit them. As illustrated in my first essay here at FEARnet, King has long been a champion of eBooks—an innovator, even. There was a digital version of The Wind Through the Keyhole last year and there will be one of Doctor Sleep later on this year. King isn’t challenging the format. He simply wants readers to have the retro feeling of holding a paperback in this one case. That’s what Hard Case Crime is all about,...
- 6/7/2013
- by Bev Vincent
- FEARnet
One of the main attractions at this year’s Comicpalooza in Houston—in addition to appearances by the likes of Patrick Stewart, Michelle Rodriguez and Danny Trejo—was the three-day Dollar Baby Film Festival organized by Shawn S. Lealos.
What’s a “Dollar Baby?” It’s a short film based on a Stephen King story or novella. For decades, King has allowed people to acquire limited film rights to an available story for one dollar. The resulting movies cannot be released on the internet or shown at for-profit venues, which limits their availability to festivals like this one. The filmmakers can include their movies on clip reels as calling cards. King also gets a copy of the finished product. The quality of these adaptations is all over the map, but the increased availability of affordable digital cameras and video editing software means that the community is growing by leaps and bounds.
What’s a “Dollar Baby?” It’s a short film based on a Stephen King story or novella. For decades, King has allowed people to acquire limited film rights to an available story for one dollar. The resulting movies cannot be released on the internet or shown at for-profit venues, which limits their availability to festivals like this one. The filmmakers can include their movies on clip reels as calling cards. King also gets a copy of the finished product. The quality of these adaptations is all over the map, but the increased availability of affordable digital cameras and video editing software means that the community is growing by leaps and bounds.
- 5/30/2013
- by Bev Vincent
- FEARnet
Stephen King’s introduction to Robin Furth’s The Dark Tower: The Complete Concordance, says it all:
…her concordance was never meant to be published … but … I was aware of how good it was, how interesting and readable it was … [and] how valuable it might be to the Constant Reader.”
When the original volumes of the Concordance were released, in conjunction with the final three books of the Dark Tower sequence, they indeed proved interesting and readable and perhaps necessary. Initially intended for Stephen King’s private use, the Concordance provided a guide for those working to untangle the sometimes intricate web of Roland Deschain’s journey and history, something that laid out in plain terms what happened, who it happened to, and when.
King’s somewhat surprising publication of an eighth book in the Dark Tower series – 2012’s The Wind Through the Keyhole – necessitated changes – and here we arrive...
…her concordance was never meant to be published … but … I was aware of how good it was, how interesting and readable it was … [and] how valuable it might be to the Constant Reader.”
When the original volumes of the Concordance were released, in conjunction with the final three books of the Dark Tower sequence, they indeed proved interesting and readable and perhaps necessary. Initially intended for Stephen King’s private use, the Concordance provided a guide for those working to untangle the sometimes intricate web of Roland Deschain’s journey and history, something that laid out in plain terms what happened, who it happened to, and when.
King’s somewhat surprising publication of an eighth book in the Dark Tower series – 2012’s The Wind Through the Keyhole – necessitated changes – and here we arrive...
- 4/9/2013
- by Kevin Quigley
- FEARnet
Companion books are interesting creatures. Part reference book, part resource guide, part overview of an important work or corpus of works, a companion book has to function as both an incisive look at the work in question and be accessible enough for new readers and the merely curious. Happily, Bev Vincent’s The Dark Tower Companion succeeds on all levels.
This is Vincent’s second book on the subject, following 2004’s The Road to the Dark Tower. A somewhat academic work intended for those well-versed in the series, Road cemented Vincent’s reputation as one of the world’s leading experts in Stephen King’s Dark Tower milieu. The Dark Tower Companion is the guide for the rest of the world, especially those Stephen King readers who have been touched in some way by King’s magnum opus through the references in his other work, but who have yet to...
This is Vincent’s second book on the subject, following 2004’s The Road to the Dark Tower. A somewhat academic work intended for those well-versed in the series, Road cemented Vincent’s reputation as one of the world’s leading experts in Stephen King’s Dark Tower milieu. The Dark Tower Companion is the guide for the rest of the world, especially those Stephen King readers who have been touched in some way by King’s magnum opus through the references in his other work, but who have yet to...
- 3/20/2013
- by Kevin Quigley
- FEARnet
Room 237 is a documentary that presents five people who have spent a great deal of time scrutinizing every frame of Stanley Kubrick’s adaptation of The Shining for hidden meaning.
And oh what hidden meanings they’ve found. Bill Blakemore—who, based on his credentials as a foreign and domestic correspondent for ABC, might seem otherwise credible—thinks the film is an allegory about the genocide of the American Indians. The Overlook is, after all, built on an Indian burial ground. He believes that a can of Calumet baking powder with an Indian head on the label supports his theory and the way the can is turned in different scenes indicates the characters’ veracity.
Historian Geoffrey Cocks, who has published books about Nazi Germany, uses the proliferation of the number 42 and the fact that Jack’s typewriter is German as evidence that the movie is about the Holocaust, which...
And oh what hidden meanings they’ve found. Bill Blakemore—who, based on his credentials as a foreign and domestic correspondent for ABC, might seem otherwise credible—thinks the film is an allegory about the genocide of the American Indians. The Overlook is, after all, built on an Indian burial ground. He believes that a can of Calumet baking powder with an Indian head on the label supports his theory and the way the can is turned in different scenes indicates the characters’ veracity.
Historian Geoffrey Cocks, who has published books about Nazi Germany, uses the proliferation of the number 42 and the fact that Jack’s typewriter is German as evidence that the movie is about the Holocaust, which...
- 3/7/2013
- by Bev Vincent
- FEARnet
So … you fancy yourself a Stephen King fan? Think the term “Constant Reader” was invented solely for you? Feel confidant that you know his works inside and out?
Unless you’ve tested yourself against The Illustrated Stephen King Trivia Book, it’s all empty boasting.
This trivia book was originally released back in 2004, and has now been updated to include the works that came after that period. While the new material is plentiful, the book’s authors (Brian James Freeman and Bev Vincent) have wisely decided to keep the format the same – a format that’s designed to increase the difficulty of the questions exponentially.
You see, it would have been far too easy to divide the questions by specific subject matter - a section on The Shining, for example, which would include trivia about the book, the movie, and the television miniseries; or sections on Creepshow or “Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption.
Unless you’ve tested yourself against The Illustrated Stephen King Trivia Book, it’s all empty boasting.
This trivia book was originally released back in 2004, and has now been updated to include the works that came after that period. While the new material is plentiful, the book’s authors (Brian James Freeman and Bev Vincent) have wisely decided to keep the format the same – a format that’s designed to increase the difficulty of the questions exponentially.
You see, it would have been far too easy to divide the questions by specific subject matter - a section on The Shining, for example, which would include trivia about the book, the movie, and the television miniseries; or sections on Creepshow or “Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption.
- 1/8/2013
- by Blu Gilliand
- FEARnet
What fun it must have been to be a Stephen King fan in the 1980s! Stephen King was releasing new material at an exponential rate (twenty-two books between 1980 and 1989, most of which were bestsellers), King films were coming out left and right, the man appeared on the cover of Time in 1986, and an explosion of criticism centered around this relatively new author erupted. In 1982, the first iteration of Douglas Winter’s The Art of Darkness proved a watershed moment in King study, catalyzing the entire King criticism movement. George Beahm released what proved to be the most accessible book for a King dilettante, The Stephen King Companion. Starmont House, a small publisher known for their innovative works of serious Sf/Fantasy/Horror criticism, released no fewer than thirteen books on King.
Then things seemed to dry up. I say seemed to; King criticism has never really gone away. Many of...
Then things seemed to dry up. I say seemed to; King criticism has never really gone away. Many of...
- 1/7/2013
- by Kevin Quigley
- FEARnet
I was fortunate to read a small mountain of amazing fiction in 2012, but 2013 has the potential to top it with ease. In addition to the books listed below (which I would not be surprised to find sitting in my Top 10 at year’s end), there’s plenty of stuff coming by authors I’ve just discovered, not to mention all of the surprises that the year no doubt holds. In other words, we’ve got a lot to look forward to – here’s just a taste of what I’m anticipating as the new year approaches.
NOS4A2 by Joe Hill (April 30) (William Morrow)
Joe Hill continues to solidify his voice with each passing project, and what I’ve read about NOS4A2 leads me to believe he’s fully embracing his horrific roots while putting his own gleeful spin on the genre’s tropes. The book is about Charlie Manx,...
NOS4A2 by Joe Hill (April 30) (William Morrow)
Joe Hill continues to solidify his voice with each passing project, and what I’ve read about NOS4A2 leads me to believe he’s fully embracing his horrific roots while putting his own gleeful spin on the genre’s tropes. The book is about Charlie Manx,...
- 1/1/2013
- by Blu Gilliand
- FEARnet
Zombie stories tend to be large scale stories - after all, when the dead rise, it's the end of the world as we know it. Even when books or stories are focused on a small group of survivors, there's nothing narrow about the apocalypse, and that's usually reflected in the tale being told.
So I must admit I felt a little trepidation when I heard about Appalachian Undead, the new anthology from Editor Eugene Johnson and Apex Publications. Here's an anthology dealing with a relatively small (if thriving) subgenre, set in relatively small (if notorious) region of the United States. Sure, it sounded like a great idea for a short story, but a whole book of them? I could see it being a little too niche, a great title backed with a group of stories that would eventually blend into an indistinguishable mess.
Boy, was I wrong. What Johnson has...
So I must admit I felt a little trepidation when I heard about Appalachian Undead, the new anthology from Editor Eugene Johnson and Apex Publications. Here's an anthology dealing with a relatively small (if thriving) subgenre, set in relatively small (if notorious) region of the United States. Sure, it sounded like a great idea for a short story, but a whole book of them? I could see it being a little too niche, a great title backed with a group of stories that would eventually blend into an indistinguishable mess.
Boy, was I wrong. What Johnson has...
- 11/1/2012
- by Blu Gilliand
- FEARnet
We’re back with our largest Indie Spotlight to date. Today’s feature contains over a dozen indie horror items, including details on The Other Side and your chance to win a copy of City Under the Moon:
The Other Side: We’re sent dozens of short films to check out each month, but The Other Side really stands out from the pack. This short horror film is directed by The Santoro Brothers and it is apparent that they are skilled directors who are also true fans of the genre. The Other Side will be hitting the festival/convention circuit shortly, and we expect it to play really well with slasher and home invasion horror fans.
Synopsis: “When a fresh faced nanny arrives at her new job on a creaky farm in the English countryside, she is instantly caught up in the turbulent relationship of her employers. James is struggling...
The Other Side: We’re sent dozens of short films to check out each month, but The Other Side really stands out from the pack. This short horror film is directed by The Santoro Brothers and it is apparent that they are skilled directors who are also true fans of the genre. The Other Side will be hitting the festival/convention circuit shortly, and we expect it to play really well with slasher and home invasion horror fans.
Synopsis: “When a fresh faced nanny arrives at her new job on a creaky farm in the English countryside, she is instantly caught up in the turbulent relationship of her employers. James is struggling...
- 8/12/2012
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Cemetery Dance Publications is pleased to announce The Illustrated Stephenking Trivia Book: Revised & Updated Second Edition by Brian James Freeman and Bev Vincent with illustrations by Glenn Chadbourne.
This revised and updated second edition of The Illustrated Stephen King Trivia Book features all of the original questions from the first edition, along with more than one hundred new questions about Stephen King’s mostrecent releases!
Also included are ten brand new illustration-based questions from Cemetery… More...
This revised and updated second edition of The Illustrated Stephen King Trivia Book features all of the original questions from the first edition, along with more than one hundred new questions about Stephen King’s mostrecent releases!
Also included are ten brand new illustration-based questions from Cemetery… More...
- 8/8/2012
- by HorrorNews.net
- Horror News
Authors: Lisa Mannetti, Steven W. Booth, Harry Shannon, Rob Fox, Calie Voorhis, Stephanie Kincaid, Matthew Louis, David Dunwoody, Bev Vincent, Richard Jeter, Joe McKinney, Michelle McCrary, Boyd E. Harris, Nate Southard J.L. Comeau, Bob Nailor, Lee Thomas, Mitchel Whitington, Steven E. Wedel, Mark Onspaugh, and Morgan Ashe.
Dead Set: A Zombie Anthology is the first zombie compendium that this reviewer has sunk his teeth into. A diverse collection, this novel hosts over twenty short stories of everything undead. Released March 15, 2010 by 23 House, this is a well edited novel from zombie researchers Joe McKinney and Michelle McCrary. Dead Set: A Zombie Anthology is full of tales involving flood waters carrying zombies to those uninfected, those infected recovering from the zompocalypse and strange men using the re-animated for their very own sick desires. All of the excitement occurs in five sections, titled: Origin, The Plague Begins, In Dubious Battle,...
Dead Set: A Zombie Anthology is the first zombie compendium that this reviewer has sunk his teeth into. A diverse collection, this novel hosts over twenty short stories of everything undead. Released March 15, 2010 by 23 House, this is a well edited novel from zombie researchers Joe McKinney and Michelle McCrary. Dead Set: A Zombie Anthology is full of tales involving flood waters carrying zombies to those uninfected, those infected recovering from the zompocalypse and strange men using the re-animated for their very own sick desires. All of the excitement occurs in five sections, titled: Origin, The Plague Begins, In Dubious Battle,...
- 3/18/2011
- by Remove28DaysLaterAnalysisThis@gmail.com (Michael Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
On Writing Horror-Revised Edition: A Handbook by the Horror Writers Association
Edited by Mort Castle
272 pages
Writers Digest Books (2007)
Isbn: 1582974209
Buy It Here
On Writing Horror is a collection of short essays by the top writers such as Stephen King, Joyce Carol Oates, Harlan Ellison, David Morrell, Jack Ketchum that will tell you everything you need to know to create horror fiction. The book is broken into eight parts. Each part is a collection of essays and tips that cover areas such as horror literature, horror history, developing concepts, innovation, differences between traditional and modern, genre and subgenre, and business. On Writing Horror gives a rare glimpse into the behind the scenes of the work that goes into writing horror literature. One of the many strengths of this book is that the essays allow many diverse looks into the different aspects of the horror writing. The book is exceptionally organized...
Edited by Mort Castle
272 pages
Writers Digest Books (2007)
Isbn: 1582974209
Buy It Here
On Writing Horror is a collection of short essays by the top writers such as Stephen King, Joyce Carol Oates, Harlan Ellison, David Morrell, Jack Ketchum that will tell you everything you need to know to create horror fiction. The book is broken into eight parts. Each part is a collection of essays and tips that cover areas such as horror literature, horror history, developing concepts, innovation, differences between traditional and modern, genre and subgenre, and business. On Writing Horror gives a rare glimpse into the behind the scenes of the work that goes into writing horror literature. One of the many strengths of this book is that the essays allow many diverse looks into the different aspects of the horror writing. The book is exceptionally organized...
- 11/17/2010
- by nick
- FamousMonsters of Filmland
Publisher Cemetery Dance is about to send Volume VI of its popular anthology series Shivers to the printer, and fans of Stephen King will be happy to hear that it includes his long lost novella "The Crate", which was written in the late 1970s and hasn't been seen in print in over 30 years, nor has it ever been in one of his collections!
From the Cemetery Dance website:
"The Crate" is classic, old fashioned Stephen King, and 99.9% of his fans don't even know this novella exists... but later this year it'll be readily available to All readers for the first-time ever in Shivers VI.
Shivers VI is by far the largest volume in the series to date, and it will also be the first volume to be published as a Limited Edition signed by the editor [Richard Chizmar] for the collectors in addition to the affordable trade paperback edition for general readers!
From the Cemetery Dance website:
"The Crate" is classic, old fashioned Stephen King, and 99.9% of his fans don't even know this novella exists... but later this year it'll be readily available to All readers for the first-time ever in Shivers VI.
Shivers VI is by far the largest volume in the series to date, and it will also be the first volume to be published as a Limited Edition signed by the editor [Richard Chizmar] for the collectors in addition to the affordable trade paperback edition for general readers!
- 9/1/2010
- by The Woman In Black
- DreadCentral.com
Trapped Within The Twilight…
“Call it what you like: dusk, twilight, sunset. It’s that magical moment between daylight and darkness when anything is possible — the evening ahead promises untold enchantment… or nameless dread.
Within are 16 tales of the oncoming blackness, including more than the usual cast of characters.
There are shapeshifters and gravediggers, but also supernatural private detectives and — perhaps most terrifying of all — beautiful creatures that prey on… horror writers. Murder, death — and things worse than death — are all waiting for you When The Night Comes Down.
Our newest title features more of the great stories that are a hallmark of Dark Arts Books’ selections.
Joseph D’Lacey, in stories like “The Unwrapping of Alastair Perry,” writes in the vein of the Clive Barker of the 1980s.
Bev Vincent, already renowned for his non-fiction, shows off some impressive range in his fiction — from hard-edged horror (”Silvery Moon”) to...
“Call it what you like: dusk, twilight, sunset. It’s that magical moment between daylight and darkness when anything is possible — the evening ahead promises untold enchantment… or nameless dread.
Within are 16 tales of the oncoming blackness, including more than the usual cast of characters.
There are shapeshifters and gravediggers, but also supernatural private detectives and — perhaps most terrifying of all — beautiful creatures that prey on… horror writers. Murder, death — and things worse than death — are all waiting for you When The Night Comes Down.
Our newest title features more of the great stories that are a hallmark of Dark Arts Books’ selections.
Joseph D’Lacey, in stories like “The Unwrapping of Alastair Perry,” writes in the vein of the Clive Barker of the 1980s.
Bev Vincent, already renowned for his non-fiction, shows off some impressive range in his fiction — from hard-edged horror (”Silvery Moon”) to...
- 4/7/2010
- by Peter Schwotzer
- FamousMonsters of Filmland
Dark Arts Books (www.darkartsbooks.com) has just unveiled its sixth horror/dark fantasy anthology, When The Night Comes Down. Following Dark Arts’ trademark format of offering multiple stories from four authors to show the range and breadth of their work, this time around the dark scribes featured are Joseph D’Lacey, Bev Vincent, Robert E. Weinberg and Nate Kenyon.
Joseph D’Lacey, author of the critically acclaimed novel Meat, writes in the vein of the Clive Barker of the 1980s in stories like “The Unwrapping of Alastair Perry” and “Introscopy.”
Bev Vincent, already renowned for his non-fiction, especially his books about Stephen King, shows off some impressive range in his fiction — from hard-edged horror (”Silvery Moon”) to Bradbury-esque whimsical (”Something in Store”) to knowing humor (”Knock ‘em Dead”).
Horror and Dark Fantasy legend Robert E. Weinberg delivers perhaps the all-time greatest behind-the-scenes send-up of genre convention weekends with “Elevator Girls.
Joseph D’Lacey, author of the critically acclaimed novel Meat, writes in the vein of the Clive Barker of the 1980s in stories like “The Unwrapping of Alastair Perry” and “Introscopy.”
Bev Vincent, already renowned for his non-fiction, especially his books about Stephen King, shows off some impressive range in his fiction — from hard-edged horror (”Silvery Moon”) to Bradbury-esque whimsical (”Something in Store”) to knowing humor (”Knock ‘em Dead”).
Horror and Dark Fantasy legend Robert E. Weinberg delivers perhaps the all-time greatest behind-the-scenes send-up of genre convention weekends with “Elevator Girls.
- 3/22/2010
- by Peter Schwotzer
- FamousMonsters of Filmland
The Horror Writers Association has announced the nominees for the 2009 Bram Stoker Award, honoring superior achievement in horror literature:
Superior Achievement In A Novel
Audrey's Door by Sarah Langan (Harper)Patient Zero: A Joe Ledger Novel by Jonathan Maberry (St. Martin's Griffin)Quarantined by Joe McKinney (Lachesis Publishing)Cursed by Jeremy Shipp (Raw Dog Screaming Press)
Superior Achievement In A First Novel
Breathers by S. G. Browne (Broadway Books)Solomon's Grave by Daniel G. Keohane (Dragon Moon Press)Damnable by Hank Schwaeble (Jove)The Little Sleep by Paul Tremblay (Henry Holt)Superior Achievement In Long Fiction"Dreaming Robot Monster" by Mort Castle (Mighty Unclean)The Hunger of Empty Vessels by Scott Edelman (Bad Moon Books)The Lucid Dreaming by Lisa Morton (Bad Moon Books)Doc Good's Traveling Show by Gene O'Neill (Bad Moon Books)Superior Achievement In Short Fiction"Keeping Watch" by Nate Kenyon (Monstrous: 20 Tales of Giant Creature Terror...
Superior Achievement In A Novel
Audrey's Door by Sarah Langan (Harper)Patient Zero: A Joe Ledger Novel by Jonathan Maberry (St. Martin's Griffin)Quarantined by Joe McKinney (Lachesis Publishing)Cursed by Jeremy Shipp (Raw Dog Screaming Press)
Superior Achievement In A First Novel
Breathers by S. G. Browne (Broadway Books)Solomon's Grave by Daniel G. Keohane (Dragon Moon Press)Damnable by Hank Schwaeble (Jove)The Little Sleep by Paul Tremblay (Henry Holt)Superior Achievement In Long Fiction"Dreaming Robot Monster" by Mort Castle (Mighty Unclean)The Hunger of Empty Vessels by Scott Edelman (Bad Moon Books)The Lucid Dreaming by Lisa Morton (Bad Moon Books)Doc Good's Traveling Show by Gene O'Neill (Bad Moon Books)Superior Achievement In Short Fiction"Keeping Watch" by Nate Kenyon (Monstrous: 20 Tales of Giant Creature Terror...
- 2/21/2010
- by Glenn Hauman
- Comicmix.com
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