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| Author: | ghouarner [ Sat Jan 17, 2009 5:58 pm ] |
| Post subject: | A Blood of Killers |
Happy New Year to everyone! Hope your holidays (from Halloween to New Year’s, take your choice) were filled with joy and some down and dirty fun! To start the new year off, the January/February issue of Rue Morgue (#86) features, behind the full My Bloody Valentine cover and a feature on Dan Curtis, plus a year in review feature, horror convention schedule, and more news, reviews and even more features, an interview with me called Feeding the Beast. Brice McVicar conducted the interview – much thanks!! – focusing on the upcoming release of A Blood of Killers, my new collection of stories about those human monsters we generally call “killers.” I talk mostly about the original stories in the collection, which will be 12 (13 if you get the limited) new Max stories covering his career before the events of the three book “Beast” series. More on that release in the future, but in the meantime, pick up a copy of Rue Morgue to catch the interview, the book’s “screaming man” cover, and the other 80 pages of glossy goodness on “horror in culture and entertainment.” Though the books isn’t up for pre-order as of mid-January (except at BN.com), you can certainly check www.necropublications.com for availability and ordering information. Dave is putting out a host of books this year, with A Blood of Killers scheduled for a March release, so keep checking back if you don’t see it. Dave’s just a little busy. In an orgy of late year publications, three stories came out in November and December. Easily missed in during the frantic holiday season, they were: “On the Wind That Blows Hard From Below” in Tales of the Unanticipated’s gorgeous issue 29, a dark, post-apocalyptic sf/tale that was inspired some years ago by my first trip down to the post 9/11 World Trade Center site. The issue also includes stories from Patricia S. Bowne, Mark Rich, Lyda Morehouse, Eleanor Arnason, Stephen Dedman, Martha A. Hood, S.N.Arly, Stephen Couch, Michael A. Pignatella, Katherine Woodbury, Gerard Houarner, Naomi Kritzer, Patricia Russo, Tony Pi, Hank Quense, and Sue Isle. The issue (as well as back issues) is available from: http://www.totu-ink.com/ “Temple” was published in Tim Deal's magazine, Shroud 4, available through Amazon at: http://www.amazon.com/Shroud-Journal-Da ... 0980187095 “What Isn't There” was published in Dark Discoveries 4, and received a couple of nice mentions here and there, including one from a December 26, 2008 Rich Horton (LOCUS reviewer) livejournal entry (http://ecbatan.livejournal.com/) in which he reviewed the year’s offerings for a number of magazines, including Dark Discoveries: “This year my favorite story (in Dark Discoveries) was Gerard Houarner's "What Isn't There" (Fall), which is entirely typical contemporary psychological horror about a guy convinced he's been sort of haunted his whole life by a short of shadow almost no one else can see -- as I said, quite typical, but quite well told.” You can order the issue from www.darkdiscoveries.com (4 issue subscription, or individual copies available). Let’s not forget my collection of Oz inspired novelettes, The Oz Suite, from www.eibonvalepress.com -- alien invasion apocalypse as told through the eyes of a young sociopath; split world/personality adventure featuring the King of the Flying Monkeys, no less; and childhood trauma leading to a surreal/supernatural quest for the Wizard. The book comes in two editions, hard cover and paperback, so collectors can get their groove on and regular readers don’t have to miss out! You can also try www.horror-mall.com for much of this material (including signed Max papberbacks) or amazon.com Coming up shortly is Ed Lee’s and Gak’s Infernally Yours, an anthology published by Necro Publications based on Lee’s “Hell” mythology developed in his series of novels City Infernal, Infernal Angel, and Infernal House. I’m proud to be in a book with a Lee his-own-self novella, and the other contributors: John Shirley, John Everson, Brian Keene, Charlee Jacob, Maynard and Sims, and Bryan Smith. Check out the pre-ordering madness at http://www.necropublications.com/ I was also fortunate enough to make a couple of sales: Indian Country Noir, edited by Sarah Cortex and Liz Martinez, part of the famed Akashic Noir anthology series (http://www.akashicbooks.com/noirseries.htm) took Dead Medicine Snake Woman, a New York/East Coast based magical noir piece with a monster, a forbidden spirit, and a mixed-up guy who lets his heart lead him into a deadly situation. Strange Tales, an anthology edited by Rosalie Parker and published by Tartarus Press out of the U.K., took my story “The Other Box.” The first volume in this series received a World Fantasy Award, the second was nominated for an International Horror Guild award. Ray Russel from TP describes the kinds of stories in the anthology thusly: "A 'Strange Tale' is a short story that explores a fantastic idea, supernatural or psychological, with the intention of causing, through its own logical development, uncertainty or unease about that which the reader takes for granted.” Needless to say, I’m “chuffed” (as my English friends like to say) to be a part of this book. For new writers out there, I participate in a blog with thirty contributors from the publishing industry, including many working, sweating writers, called www.storytellersunplugged.com My contribution comes in on the 4th of every month, and I talk about various personal, theoretical and practical aspects of what I do with writing. As I said in my first post on the site over a couple of years ago, I do this as much to explore what I do for myself, as to give anybody advice on how to write or make a living at the game. The other contributors absolutely kick butt -- check the site out to get the inside scoop on the writing life, and don't forget to leave comments! A new post comes up daily at www.storytellersunplugged.com Links to the posts I’ve done (30 essays and a couple of short-short Halloween pieces as of January 2009) is at http://www.storytellersunplugged.com/au ... d-houarner Lastly (certainly not least), Hildy Silverman is publishing Space and Time magazine like gangbusters – a strict quarterly schedule. I just finished another reading period as Fiction Editor, so we’re good to go for another year. Though dedicated to mixed genre and genre-bending fiction, I can tell you there’s a strong dark thread running through the fiction. There’s also humor, as well as speculative elements and outright sf. But I’m telling you, some of those stories I recommended to Hildy were dark and provocative, so there’s something for everyone in this magazine. The current issue, just released in January, 2009, #106, features fiction from Norman Spinrad, John B. Rosenman, Kurt Newton, Ian R. Faulkner, Wade Tarzia, Mark Lee Pearson, A. Camille Renwick, Rich Sampson. Linda Addison, Poetry Editor, has a few reviews of current poetry collections out, and selected poetry from Kennifer Crow, M. Frost, David C. Kopaska-Merkel, Mary Jo Rabe, Lyn Lifshin and Jane Stuart. The cover for the latest issue is up on the revamped site, www.spaceandtimemagazine.com – watch the “Web Extras” area for new internet-only features from us. Well, it’s been a busy end of the year. Thanks for dropping by and checking in – I appreciate your interest!! Look to the skies (well, this site, for sure) for more and the latest on A Blood of Killers. Thanks! |
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| Author: | JPOKELA [ Tue May 05, 2009 10:03 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: A Blood of Killers |
Hey. Looking forward to A BLOOD OF KILLERS. I spotted it on an Italian booksellers list and had to follow up. Yeah. Dave Barnett is staying busy! I thougth with his loss of day job the books would be flying out of his press. Not yet! He sends me hardcover copies of everything he publishes so I won't be missing this one. Shouls be a good year for Necro. INFERNALLY YOURS enjoyed a huge pre-order. I hope it is a good year for Gerard Hourner! |
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| Author: | ghouarner [ Tue May 05, 2009 8:47 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: A Blood of Killers |
Thanks for the good wishes -- I appreciate your interest, and hope you enjoy Blood of Killers when you get it! |
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