Tarcher/Penguin announces the WHO WAS DRACULA? Fanfiction Competition Tarcher/Penguin announced today the launch of the WHO WAS DRACULA? Fanfiction Competition to celebrate the much-anticipated new book from LA Times bestselling author, Jim Steinmeyer (THE LAST GREATEST MAGICIAN IN THE WORLD, CHARLES FORT).The winner of the competition will be rewarded with a 16GB iPad Mini and a signed copy of the book! Steinmeyer’s work has been praised by the likes of author Neil Gaiman, who called Steinmeyer’s “combination of enthusiasm and erudition a joy,” to Teller (of Penn and Teller) who said he “writes about events a century ago as vividly
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Quote This… “Your soul was so new and bright. Like a firefly. I kept you close, kept you safe. And you were mine.” – Page 181 I am a rabid Stephen King fan. It’s just a fact of life in my house (kinda like breathing, or my inability to change out the garbage bag in the kitchen.) If there is a new book. I will buy it. Do not try to stop me or I will bite of your pinky toe. So when I got a catalog from Hachette in December with a book in it that said “If
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Yay!!! It’s time for the 2012 Bram Stoker Awards!! The Bram Stoker Award is a recognition for “superior achievement” in horror writing presented annually by the HWA (Horror Writers Association.) They started when I was just a wee little bot back in 1988 and were dubbed the “stoker awards” to honor one of the most influential horror stories (and of course it’s author) of all time… Dracula! Now, the awards are not necessarily given for the best work of the previous year, but for “superior achievement and outstanding creative performance in the field of horror and dark fantasy.” Anyways…back in 2011 the awards were
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Oh dear Jesus in Heaven…I don’t even know where to start with this book without sounding like Ozzy on a bender. So… I guess I could always start at the beginning. Sound good to you? (Nod your head yes.) The beginning (aka the synopsis) “A mysterious young woman calling herself Jane turns up in a small New England town. She claims a fragmentary memory of growing up in this place, yet she has never been here before in her life. Upon her arrival, strange and alarming things begin happening to some of the town’s inhabitants. As Jane’s memories reawaken piece
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When I was a teenager I used to have this horrible reoccurring dream. I was always running from something, a person, a ghost, an abnormally large tomato with teeth, (the “what” is not really important) what is important is that I always got caught. I never saw my death (thank God for small miracles) but I did get to go to my funeral. My very empty, no one was there, dear Lord this is a waste of Father Mackelhaney’s time, empty. I would walk very slowly up the aisle to where my (extremely F*cking ugly) casket lay and then take
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Today’s guest review has been on of my favorite so far this month. Why? Because it is written in a way that allows the audience to form an attachment to the person reviewing the book while… simultaneously dishing the dirt on the book read. So who wrote this little gem? Her name is Jennifer MacRostie. I first met Jennifer on Twitter, (shocking I know.) and quickly discovered that she holds my dream job. What is that exactly? Well, she works for Blue Jay Media Group (an independent media agency working to promote some of today’s most outstanding authors – and
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Everyone has their reason’s for loving certain genres of literature. Maybe you are a fan of “romance” because you live for happy endings, maybe you like “paranormals” because you get enough of “reality” in your “real life.” Or maybe, just maybe…you are one of those people that like to read celebrity memoirs simply because, 9 times out of 10, they reinforce the thought that (despite not getting that new pair of Air Jordan’s in the 5th grade) you did indeed have a spectacular childhood. Me? I’m the person who loves horror novels because (more often then not) they are difficult
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Very few things shock me anymore. I’m not exactly sure if the fault is entirely literary based (ie. my addiction to all things Stephen King) but the fact remains that I rarely find myself mouth agape, and hand to chest these days. To shock me, you must be original, you must be disturbingly graphic, and if all of these still fail to warrant a response, you must be completely void of boundaries. In “The Tree Goddess” Tom Raimbault manages to do all of the above, and he does it so well that at times I actually questioned his mental stability.
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A week or so ago I found out a friend of mine, Neal Hock (from Musings of a Dark Intruder,) was reading Jeff Strand’s “Graverobbers Wanted.” I read this book a few years ago (when it was first introduced to us in paperback) and LOVED IT! But… since that was in the days before KO I never had the opportunity to share its demented brilliance with you. So..I, thinking it was a total shame, instantly asked Neal if he would be interested in writing a guest review. Thankfully he agreed, and more importantly… when he heard I was bogged down
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Normally I would start off my review with a story, a flash from my past or dabble in the mysteries of my life hindering OCD, however this time I cannot. While I would like to tell you my life has been forever altered by this book, that once upon a time this did or did not happen to me, that because of this book I can sleep better at night, I would be lying, so instead I give you this. My thank you letter. Dear Blake, Joe, Jeff and Paul, I bow down to you. Not because of your literary
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