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APEX BOOK COMPANY Reveals Cover Art for KENYON'S PIME

APEX BOOK COMPANY Reveals Cover Art for KENYON'S PIME

APEX BOOK COMPANY has revealed the cover art for NATE KENYON'S new book, PRIME. The beautiful cover art adorning Nate Kenyon’s exciting cyberpunk novella Prime is by Russian artist Katja Faith. I encourage you to check out Katja’s deviantart page. Her work is fantastic. Prime displays Kenyon’s versatility as a writer, as he makes like Richard K. Morgan in a gritty, SF-noir story that contains all the great thrills and wild plot turns that define the genre. Look for Prime to be available for pre-order in Spring 2009 with an expected release date of late summer 2009. Source: Apex Books

MAURICE BROADDUS'S Must Have List

MAURICE BROADDUS'S Must Have List

Maurice Broaddus graduated in 1993 from Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis and holds a Bachelor's of Science degree in Biology (with an undeclared major in English). He works as an environmental toxicologist for a local firm, Commonwealth Biomonitoring. He comes from a family that includes several practicing obeah (think: Jamaican voodoo) people, but is now the facilitator for the church, The Dwelling Place. Obviously his areas of interests includes religious studies, folklore, and myths. It should be noted that he only wants to get famous enough to be able to snub people at horror conventions. To that end, he has already started to practice referring to myself in the third person. Visit him at his website.

DELIRIUM BOOKS Drops Prices on the 2009 Book Club

DELIRIUM BOOKS Drops Prices on the 2009 Book Club

DELIRIUM BOOKS has announced that they have reduced the prices for their Horror Book Club for the coming year

PS PUBLISHING Offers Tenth Anniversary Gift Boxes and Book Updates

PS PUBLISHING Offers Tenth Anniversary Gift Boxes and Book Updates

PS PUBLISHING has a few announcements for the end of the year and the coming publishing schedule for 2009.  Since 2009 is their tenth anniversary, PS PUBLISHING is offering Tenth Anniversary gift boxes of books: 2009 is a bit of a milestone for PS Publishing inasmuch as it’ll mark our tenth anniversary. We’re excited — and we’re still planning a few new touches — but we’ve already got lots of celebratory deals in the offing. Just for a start, all books added to the ordering pages of the website from 1 January 2009 onwards will be free of any postage and packing charges when you order and pay for them prior to publication. The postage charges will be applied to the titles as soon as they’re received fro...

WESTON OCHSE'S Must Have List

WESTON OCHSE'S Must Have List

Weston Ochse is the author of Scarecrow Gods, Recalled to Life, Vampire Outlaw of the Milky Way and a slew of short stories and non-fiction articles that have appeared in comic books, professional writing guides, magazines and anthologies. He won the Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in First Novel in 2005 and was nominated for the Pushcart Prize for Fiction in 2003. He lives in Southern Arizona with his wife, Yvonne Navarro, and Great Danes, Pester Ghost Palm Eater and Goblin Monster Dog. For entertainment he races tarantula wasps, wrestles rattlesnakes, watches Border Patrol Death Race 2000 and bakes in the noonday sun. Look for the Bram Stoker Award-winning Scarecrow Gods in paperback in May 2008. Available everywhere books a...

MARY SANGIOVANNI'S Must Have List

MARY SANGIOVANNI'S Must Have List

Mary SanGiovanni received a Masters in Writing Popular Fiction from Seton Hill University in 2007. Her fiction has appeared in anthologies and magazines since 2001. Both The Hollower and Found You have been published by Leisure Books. She lives in New Jersey with her son.Visit her at her website. Or buy her books in the WFN store.

THE TEL AVIV DOSSIER by LAVIE TIDHAR is Now Available for Pre-Order

THE TEL AVIV DOSSIER by LAVIE TIDHAR is Now Available for Pre-Order

LAVIE TIDHAR and BRETT SAVORY have noted that THE TEL AVIV DOSSIER by LAVIE TIDHAR and published by CHIZINE PUBLICATIONS is now available for pre order.

LOVE IS HELL Anthology Released This Week

LOVE IS HELL Anthology Released This Week

SCOTT WESTERFELD has noted that the anthology that he is involved in, LOVE IS HELL, has been released.  He shares the pages with Melissa Marr, Gabrielle Zevin, Laurie Faria Stolarz, and Justine Larbalestie. Scott writes: No, this isn’t my review of Twilight, it’s a post about a new anthology (out this week!) that includes a short story by me. Actually, at 60 pages it’s really a long story. There are only five stories in the anthology, so everyone got to stretch out a bit and write mini-novels. As you can probably tell from the title, the subject is love and romance of a supernatural kind. And here are the stories: “Stupid Perfect World” by me Set in a future in which the ancient scourg...

IMPOSSIBILIA by DOUGLAS SMITH Released by PS PUBLISHING

IMPOSSIBILIA by DOUGLAS SMITH Released by PS PUBLISHING

PS PUBLISHING is releasing IMPOSSIBILIA by DOUGLAS SMITH.  Their fifth entry in their PS PUBLISHING SHOWCASES SERIES We recently released the fifth in our ongoing series of PS Publishing Showcases in the form of Impossibilia by Douglas Smith, a collection of memorable short stories that take your expectations and turn them inside out, but which stay true to the human experience. From Chaz Brenchley’s introduction: “However it dresses, literature has its great themes – love and death, largely – and its lesser themes, and they mirror the natural concerns of life. Which is why, whatever the setting and whatever the mood, Doug Smith’s stories turn inward, on their characters. Not always in a kindly way...

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DELIRIUM BOOKS'S X Series to End

DELIRIUM BOOKS has announced that it will end their popular X Series: Delirium’s X-Series has been a fan-favorite since its inception, but, as with all goods things, it must come to...

APEX BOOK COMPANY Reveals Cover Art for KENYON'S PIME

APEX BOOK COMPANY Reveals Cover Art for KENYON'S PIME

APEX BOOK COMPANY has revealed the cover art for NATE KENYON'S new book, PRIME. The beautiful cover art adorning Nate Kenyon’s exciting cyberpunk novella Prime is by Russian artist Katja Faith....

INTERZONE, BLACK STATIC and Others from TTA PRESS Available for E-Readers

TTA PRESS has announced that they are making available a large portion of their publications on Fictionwise including BLACK STATIC and INTERZONE magazines. Interzones 211 to...

APEX BOOK COMPANY Opens Submissions for New Anthology

APEX BOOK COMPANY is publishing a new anthology, THE BLACKNESS WITHIN edited by GIL AINSWORTH.  They have opened submissions for this anthology that will be published in late...

DELIRIUM BOOKS Drops Prices on the 2009 Book Club

DELIRIUM BOOKS has announced that they have reduced the prices for their Horror Book Club for the coming year

PS PUBLISHING Offers Tenth Anniversary Gift Boxes and Book Updates

A Brief Update on CATASTROPHIA from PS PUBLISHING

NIGHTSHADE BOOKS Updates their Production Schedule

NIGHTSHADE BOOKS and ELECTRIC VELOCIPEDE Enter Into Partnership

BLACK STATIC 8 Hits the Shelves on December12th

POSTSCRIPTS 17 Cover Art and Contents Released

APEX BOOK COMPANY Has Two New Books Up For Order

IMPOSSIBILIA by DOUGLAS SMITH Released by PS PUBLISHING

2009 Publishing Schedule for PERMUTED PRESS Released

DEAD LETTER PRESS Has ENGELBRECHT AGAIN! by RHYS HUGHS in Stock

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THE TEL AVIV DOSSIER by LAVIE TIDHAR is Now Available for Pre-Order

LAVIE TIDHAR and BRETT SAVORY have noted that THE TEL AVIV DOSSIER by LAVIE TIDHAR and published by CHIZINE PUBLICATIONS is now available for pre order.

SARAH LAGAN News and Upcoming Appearance on Dec. 2

SARAH LANGAN'S late November news letter has these two tidbits of information. Hello, and happy Thanksgiving. For those new people on the list, thanks for joining. I've got a few announcements: ...

PERMUTED PRESS to Publish new DEREK GUNN novel

Irish writer, Derek Gunn, has sold a new novel entitled The Estuary, to US publisher, Permuted Press for publication in 2009. According to the author, The Estuary is a fast-paced, horror adventure...

ZOMBIES vs. UNICORNS Anthology Gets a Publisher

SCOTT WESTERFELD has revelaed that a new anthology is in the works edited by HOLLY BLACK and JUSTINE LARBALESTIER: In case you haven’t been following the zombie-versus-unicorn thread...

KEALAN PATRICK BURKE Updates on New Relases and Up Coming Books

KEALAN PATRICK BURKE has updates on his new releases and upcoming projects on his blog. This novel originally started life as an e-serial, delivered a chapter a week to readers via email....

FOOL by CHRISTOPHER MOORE Coming On February 10th.

ESCAPE FROM HELL by HAL DUNCAN Coming in December from MONKEYBRAIN

THE CALLING & OTHER WRAITHS By SIMON CLARK coming from TASMANIAC PUBLICATIONS

STEPHANIE MEYER Abandons MIDNIGHT SUN

BAR NONE by TIM LEBBON Confirmation and Follow Up

JUST AFTER SUNSET by STEPHEN KING TOC Announced

SIMON CLARK Novella Arriving Soon with Extra-Terrestial Companion

TIM LEBBON UK Release News for FALLEN and THE EVERLASTING

THROTTLE by HILL/KING Being Released in Audio with DUEL

BRIAN KEENE Announces UNHAPPY ENDINGS

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IDW Parking Lot Sale December 6

IDW is having a huge parking lot sale in December. On Saturday, December 6, from 10 am - 3 pm IDW will be having a parking lot sale! With special guests. A number of comic book creators will be...

FREAKANGELS VOLUME 1 by WARREN ELLIS and PAUL DUFFIELD Out This Wednesday

Out from Wednesday in North America, out from Thursday in the UK and other territories — collecting the first 144 pages of the FREAKANGELS webcomic.

DEADWORLD HEADS TO THE SLAUGHTERHOUSE

(August 4, 2008). Deadworld, the long running independent zombie title that has appeared from Arrow, Caliber, Image, and currently, Desperado Publishing, will have two new projects coming out for the October...

DARK HORSE COMICS Publishes CREEPY ARCHIVES

DARK HORSE COMICS will issue an archive edition of CREEPY "assembling the first five issues of the 1964-debuting magazine – compiles stories by beloved writer/editor Archie Goodwin, and...

MARVEL Releases THE STAND Preview Sketchbook

NEWSARAMA has an exclusive sneak peal of a few sketch pages of the forthcoming THE STAND comic from MARVEL. Head on over to the NEWSARAMA page to take a look. Source: Newsarama

DEAR DRACULA by Joshua Williamson and Vinny Navarrete Coming In September

MARVEL Announces THE STAND Comic Creative Team

BEN TEMPLESMITH Announces New Comic Project and Exclusivity with IDW

BOOM! STUDIOS Brings ZOMBIE TALES Monthly

CRAWL SPACE from IMAGE COMICS Coming in October

VERTIGO to Publish PETER STRAUB Graphic Novel: THE GREEN WOMAN

HELLBOY: DARKNESS CALLS Released Today

GUTSVILLE Coming from IMAGE COMICS

NEWSARAMA Interview with BEN TEMPLESMITH on 30 DAYS OF NIGHT: RED SNOW

TALES FROM THE CRYPT Comic to be Published by PAPERCUTZ

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LOVE IS HELL Anthology Released This Week

LOVE IS HELL Anthology Released This Week

SCOTT WESTERFELD has noted that the anthology that he is involved in, LOVE IS HELL, has been released.  He shares the pages with Melissa Marr, Gabrielle Zevin, Laurie Faria Stolarz,...

RL STINE to Publish New GOOSEBUMPS: HORRORLAND

RL STINE to Publish New GOOSEBUMPS: HORRORLAND

RL STINE will release a set of 12 new books in a new GOOSEBUMPS series. The Series GOOSEBUMPS: HORRORLAND is the first new Goosebumps books in close to eight years. Now his American publisher, Scholastic,...

DARREN SHAN September Newsletter Updates

DARREN SHAN has posted his September newsletter detailing upcoming events and releases of his work. Welcome to the September edition of the Shanville Monthly!!!...

WICKED DEAD by PETRUCHA and PENDLETON Coming August 28

For Immediate Release WICKED DEAD NEW YA HORROR SERIES by Stefan Petrucha & Thomas Pendleton Website Live! Book 1: Lurker Available August 28! LURKER, the first book in the WICKED...

DARREN SHAN April Newsletter Update and Tour Dates

Darren Shan has his April Newsletter up on his site with some new book release dates as well as his US tour and UK tour dates. Although "Bec" (book 4 of "The Demonata") isn't officially...

EXTRAS by SCOTT WESTERFELD Due from SIMON & SCHUSTER in October 2007

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SHIRLEY JACKSON AWARDS Fund Raiser at KGB Bar

Press Release For Immediate Release Contact: JoAnn F. Cox Awards Administrator admin@shirleyjacksonawards.org Leading authors read from Shirley Jackson canon to commemorate 60th anniversary...

HWA Awards Two Lifetime Achievment Awards

Feb. 3, 2008 For immediate release Contact Steven Wedel, HWA publicity TWO GENRE ICONS AWARDED LIFETIME HORROR AWARD The Horror Writers Association will award two Lifetime Achievement...

Press Release: The Horror Mall to Open End of October

Big news from Bloodletting Books!!!! We will officially be opening a new bookstore with Shane Staley the publisher of Delirium Books. The site will go live on Halloween and will be the most state...

Press Release: MANY BLOODY RETURNS

Press Release for MANY BLOODY RETURNS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Contact: Tina Anderson, Publicity Manager, 212-366-2007 VAMPIRES LOVE BIRTHDAYS, TOO! Readers Will Sink Their Teeth (into...

Angeline Hawkes named Texas A&M University-Commerce Alumni Ambassador

    Angeline Hawkes has been named Alumni Ambassador for the department of Literature & Languages at Texas A&M University-Commerce by the TAMU Alumni Association and the Division...

Derek Gunn Options VAMPIRE APOCALYPSE

WILDSIDE PRESS Reorganizes WEIRD TALES

Monthly Press Relase from HORROR WORLD

Thriller Author JON F. MERZ Offers FREE Serialized Fiction on MySpace.com

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NEIL GAIMAN'S THE GRAVEYARD BOOK Book Tour Schedule

NEIL GAIMAN has released the schedule of his appearances supporting his new novel THE GRAVEYARD BOOK.

CHARLAINE HARRIS, JEFF MARIOTTE Signing on May 10 in San Diego

CHARLAINE HARRIS, JEFF MARIOTTE Signing on May 10 in San Diego

The independent specialty bookstore of which I'm a co-owner, Mysterious Galaxy, turns 15 years old this month--15 years of providing books of mystery, science fiction, fantasy, horror and more to a...

SCOTT WESTERELD Schedule of UK Appearances Posted

SCOTT WESTERFELD has posted a list of his upcoming UK appearances. Here at Casa Larbfeld, we’ve been working hard on our upcoming tour of Europe. There are three main parts to the tour: 1)...

SCOTT WESTERFELD Appearance Updates for NYC

SCOTT WESTERFELD has added new dates for book store events for New York City and Fairfield, CT I’m doing yet another New York City event for Extras. This one will be part of the Teen Author Reading...

STEPHEN KING Talks Short Stories with Leonard Lopate on WNYC

STEPHEN KING the guest editor of AMERICA'S BEST SHORT STORIES 2007 speaks with Leonard Lopate on WNYC about his work putting together this collection. KING touches on the diversity he was trying to attain...

JOE HILL Appearances Supporting 20th CENTURY GHOSTS

STEVE NILES Appearances: FANGO CON, NJ and Others

MICHAEL MARSHALL SMITH Upcoming Library Tour Dates

NEIL GAIMAN at Hay-on-Wye Festival

JEFF MARIOTTE Signing Dates For MISSING WHITE GIRL

CHUCK PALAHNIUK RANT Tour Dates

HOLLY BLACK Appearances for May

CLIVE BARKER To Attend WEEKEND OF HORROR

Michael Marshall Smith Appearances

JOE HILL Reading and Appearance Schedule

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MAURICE BROADDUS'S Must Have List

MAURICE BROADDUS'S Must Have List

Maurice Broaddus graduated in 1993 from Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis and holds a Bachelor's of Science degree in Biology (with an undeclared major in English). He works as an...

WESTON OCHSE'S Must Have List

WESTON OCHSE'S Must Have List

Weston Ochse is the author of Scarecrow Gods, Recalled to Life, Vampire Outlaw of the Milky Way and a slew of short stories and non-fiction articles that have appeared in comic books, professional writing...

MARY SANGIOVANNI'S Must Have List

Mary SanGiovanni received a Masters in Writing Popular Fiction from Seton Hill University in 2007. Her fiction has appeared in anthologies and magazines since 2001. Both The Hollower and Found You have...

BLOODSTONE by NATE KENYON

Nate Kenyon grew up in a small town in Maine, an avid reader and writer from a very early age. He attended Trinity College in Connecticut, majoring in English and winning awards for playwriting and fiction....

Nate Kenyon's Must Have List

Nate Kenyon grew up in a small town in Maine, an avid reader and writer from a very early age. He attended Trinity College in Connecticut, majoring in English and winning awards for playwriting and fiction....

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HFNN Becomes Weird Fiction News: Expands Coverage PDF Print E-mail
HORROR FICTION NEWS NETWORK came online on January 10, 2005. Our goal was to be the most comprehensive news site for horror fiction.  Most horror news sites were focused on movies and we thought that it would be nice to have a place where people could find out about the new releases
 

Horror Literature Quarterly

Horror Literature Quarterly was a free online magazine with stories from authors such as Christopher Golden, Tim Lebbon, Kealan Patrick Burke, Lavie Tidhar and many more.  WFN has recently made the four issues available again for download. You can download all four issues in PDF format here and individual stories will be available in the near future on the WFN website.

Excerpts

The Reading Room is proud to host an excerpt of BLOODSTONE by NATE KENYON. Fist published by 5 Star Publishers it is now out in a mass market paperback from Leisure Books. A man on the run from his past. A woman taken against her will. A young man consumed by rage…and a small town tainted by darkness. In White Falls, a horrifying secret is about to be uncovered. The town seems pleasant enough on the surface. But something evil has taken root in White Falls—something that has waited centuries for the right time to awaken. Soon no one is safe from the madness that spreads from neighbor to neighbor. The darkness is growing. Blood is calling to blood. And through it all…the dead are watching. Take a look at the excerpt in The Reading Room and purchase your copy through Amazon.com

HFNN Book Store

WFN has added The Book Store for our visitors. In the store you will be able to purchase the books from the Must Have Lists and the excerpts featured on the site. The store has sections for Must Have Lists and Reading Room excerpts and a General Horror section. A small portion of each sale goes to help support the maintenance of WFN. Click The Book Store link and go shopping.

WFN Recommends Electric Velocipede Issue 15/16 PDF Print E-mail
Issue #15/16, the first double issue, 164 pages and almost 100,000 words of content! Featuring an amazing color wraparound cover from T. Davidsohn. There's also fiction from people like Patrick O'Leary, Patricia Russo, William Shunn, Rachel Swirsky, and more. Lucius Shepard takes the Blindfold
 

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