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| Author: | ghouarner [ Tue Jul 14, 2009 9:30 pm ] |
| Post subject: | A Blood of Killers pre-order and PW review |
Necro Publications has put my latest collection, A Blood of Killers, up for pre-orders. Publication is set for September. www.necropublications.com Here’s the Publishers Weekly review, from earlier this year: A Blood of Killers Gerard Houarner. Necro, $25 (492p) ISBN 978-1-88918-679-5 Prolific horror author Houarner (The Oz Suite) assembles a disturbing collection of 13 reprints and 12 originals. Most of the tales highlighting his twisted supernatural assassin, Max (featured in 2001’s The Beast That Was Max), are brief, but “Like Smoke Rising from the Burning Ghats” offers detailed descriptions of a young boy in Calcutta becoming something monstrous, and the novella “Dancing with the Skeletons at the Feast of the Dead” is almost symphonic in its depiction of brutality in a small Mexican village. The other stories are no less dark: in “Let Me Tell You a Story,” a babysitter manipulates her charges into committing acts of evil, while “The Shape” is a harsh tale of mental illness and abuse. The bleakness might turn off some readers, but fans of intense, psychology-driven horror and sharp writing will be more than satisfied. (Apr.) The collection focuses on, of course, killers. Here’s a bit of the promotional description: People are fascinating. Individually, and in groups. Tribes. Collectives. - A talent of gamblers. - A den of thieves. - A pity of prisoners. - A blood of killers. What are they thinking, feeling, what do they do when people are watching, and when they aren't? What are they capable of? What can they be driven to do? - The most beautiful acts and works never before imagined, of course. - The most terrible and horrific, as well. - Wonder and terror. - The question becomes who are we, and who are we standing next to, a human, or a monster? - Some of the answers to that question are in A Blood of Killers. The book will have 25 stories, 13 reprints and 12 originals (and extra original for the limited). The reprints, going back as far as 16 years, deal mostly the question of what may lead people we know and love to become killers. Eight received Honorable Mentions in various editions of St. Martins Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror. The original tales, including a 30,000 word novella, make up a loose story-cycle covering the early career arc of Max, the supernatural assassin featured in the novels The Beast That Was Max, Road to Hell, and Road From Hell. Of course, no knowledge of the character is necessary for reading the stories. These stories focus on the trials of a predator learning to live with his prey in order to survive, and along the way picking up the seeds that lead to his transformation in the novels. Horror-mall is also running a special promotion “two-fer” with the limited edition of the Max novel, Road From Hell: https://www.horror-mall.com/A-BLOOD-OF- ... 19415.html In other news…. Blood and Devotion, the Fantasist Enterprises anthology with a story from me (“In the Light of Dying Fires”) along with Jay Lake, William Jones and others, is up for pre-order at: http://fantasistent.com/books/anthologi ... otion.html I also have an interview in next year’s Fiction Prodigies and Legends, a collection of interviews of horror writers to be published by Bear Mountain Media. “Out of the Shadows,” a story originally published in my long out of print collection, Visions Through A Shattered Lens, and subsequently reprinted in William Jones’ Book of Dark Wisdom, The Magazine of Dark fiction, will make another appearance in the first volume of a Best of Dark Wisdom series. So if you missed it before, don’t miss it again! (It got an HM in Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror, too) Long-time Space and Time fan George Morgan sent current publisher Hildy Silverman this link to every Space and Time cover, going back to 1966 – awesome. http://www.philsp.com/mags/space_and_time.html And finally, fans of urban exploration will dig the extensive coverage provided by: http://www.abandoned-places.com/ |
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| Author: | ttzuma [ Wed Aug 05, 2009 8:55 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: A Blood of Killers pre-order and PW review |
Ordered. This one goes on "the next" list when it comes in, bumping everyone else out. My attention will be tuned to The Max. (*groan*) Tt |
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| Author: | ghouarner [ Mon Aug 10, 2009 10:08 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: A Blood of Killers pre-order and PW review |
Thanks for the order -- hope you have a blast! |
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| Author: | ttzuma [ Fri Sep 18, 2009 12:14 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: A Blood of Killers pre-order and PW review |
Well...it's September already. Still no Blood of Killers at my doorstep. I've been able to control myself, but I know I won't much longer. I've cleared off every book from my nightstand and placed them in the cellar in anticipation of this baby coming in so I've not read anything now in 18 days. I'm getting desperate. I found an old John Saul book underneath the bed that I used to kill a spider with many years ago, the squashed body is still on the cover and there is dust all around the darn thing, there's even some big puffy dust bunnies that have clung onto the sides. I found myself holding the book, gazing at the cover and thumbing through the pages wondering if I should take a chance on it. But I quickly came to my senses and threw it back down onto the floor and kicked it under the bed. But not too far...just in case. I can't believe how low I've sunk...I ALMOST THOUGHT ABOUT READING A JOHN SAUL NOVEL! So come on Mr. Houarner, help save my sanity, tell me the book is due at my home tomorrow, or the next day. I need a shot of Gerard Houarner and Max to keep me sane. Tt |
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| Author: | ghouarner [ Mon Sep 21, 2009 7:36 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: A Blood of Killers pre-order and PW review |
Hang in there, it's actually due end of the month. Dave is pretty good about putting his books out as promised. Hope you don't use mine to kill a spider...unless, of course, it's a very large one. And hairy. Fangs dribbling. That would at least give the book some dignity! |
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| Author: | ttzuma [ Mon Oct 12, 2009 8:09 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: A Blood of Killers pre-order and PW review |
Which month were you talking about Gerard? And was that month in 2009? Ha! I hope it gets here soon! Thousands of your fans are waiting for more Max! I know...I know what you're gonna say..."its coming...you know how small press are..." (sigh) Tt |
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| Author: | ttzuma [ Tue Oct 13, 2009 2:22 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: A Blood of Killers pre-order and PW review |
...and I just saw that Blood Of Killers is in the top ten at Horror Mall based on pre-orders alone! tt |
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| Author: | ghouarner [ Wed Nov 04, 2009 11:07 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: A Blood of Killers pre-order and PW review |
yeeaahhhhh, which month would be a good question...Here we are in November and the book is not out yet. So it goes in the crazy world of publishing. I sent the signature sheets back to the printer 3rd week in October, so that tells you things are a little behind schedule. I'm also waiting for copies of the "surprise" I'd promised to send you and other early order folks. I've realized that part of my task at this stage in my life is to "let go." I push and prod and occasionally scream and pull my hair out (and thus end up bald!), but really, things happen when they will no matter what I do. On the other hand, it's pretty cool news that people pre-ordered the book through Horror-mall. So hang in there, my friend. Dave is a hard-working publisher. not to mention talented and meticulous, so the book will be out soon and when it does come out, Dave will have made sure it represents the best the both of us. thanks!!! |
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| Author: | ttzuma [ Thu Dec 10, 2009 10:47 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: A Blood of Killers pre-order and PW review |
I am happy to report that A Blood of Killers arrived at my doorstep! And, as a bonus, Going Postal came also! I read the first story in Blood last night. I have to say, you must be in some kind of zone when you write these Max stories! It was pure Houarner! And it was cool to see the origin of Max and to learn a little more about Painfreak. This is a book, like most of yours, that you have to take your time with, and I am so looking forward to it. And when its done, I think I'll be heading right to Going Postal. I see Pic has a story in it, and I can't get enough Pic either. And I see Linda has a story in it also, not sure if its a poem or not, I haven't peeked at the stories themselves. I hope you and Linda had a great Thanksgiving Gerard, and hope you have an even better holiday. Tt (also waiting expectantly for the bonus story that early pre-orders will recieve) |
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| Author: | ghouarner [ Mon Dec 14, 2009 10:46 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: A Blood of Killers pre-order and PW review |
Hey TT - thanks for the kind words, hope you enjoy the rest of the book(!). The bonus thingee is on its way - managed to escape work for a half-second to put a bunch in the mail. Hope your holiday season is a good one... |
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| Author: | JPOKELA [ Wed Dec 16, 2009 6:06 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: A Blood of Killers pre-order and PW review |
I am getting a hardcover copy from Necro. I sure hope to see it soon! |
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| Author: | ghouarner [ Thu Dec 31, 2009 8:42 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: A Blood of Killers pre-order and PW review |
I hope to see it soon, too!!! And more importantly, I hope you enjoy it.... |
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| Author: | ttzuma [ Thu Dec 31, 2009 12:12 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: A Blood of Killers pre-order and PW review |
If all goes well, look for a review on "A Blood of Killers" here in Horrorworld on or around Jan. 1st. With the holiday, I'm guessing the reviews might be a tad bit delayed. Tt |
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| Author: | ghouarner [ Thu Dec 31, 2009 10:34 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: A Blood of Killers pre-order and PW review |
Looking forward to it! |
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| Author: | ttzuma [ Sun Jan 03, 2010 11:45 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: A Blood of Killers pre-order and PW review |
It's up. Excuse the typo please. Great job Gerard, I loved it! Tt |
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