"The Cruel Sting" in Sirens Call Ezine #7

I have a new short story in The Sirens Call issue #7, their Women in Horror Month edition filled with short horror fiction entirely contributed by female writers! My story is called "The Cruel Sting" (it's towards the end) and you can download the whole issue for FREE from their website. Be sure to check it out!

Joe Hill and Stephen King on Richard Matheson's "Duel"

After posting about the Horror Comic Awards last month I've been playing catch-up on all the great titles I've missed. One that I've gotten really into, ROAD RAGE, is not my usual fare, but because I'm a big fan of the writers involved I couldn't help being curious.

Film review: Tales From the Darkside: The Movie

When it comes to horror anthologies, it's tough to live up to the standards set by THE TWILIGHT ZONE: THE MOVIE or CREEPSHOW. As I found out when watching recent anthology V/H/S, an uneven selection of segments can create a poor viewing experience, no matter how good even one of them may be.  In the case of TALES FROM THE DARKSIDE: THE MOVIE, the stories again vary in their effectiveness but not in as extreme a way as V/H/S. There is still a uniting theme and visual quality due to the single director that ties the entire film together.

Siren's Call eZine Open Submissions

As part of Women in Horror Month in February, Siren's Call eZine is dedicating their 7th issue to female writers in the genre! They're seeking "dark and edgy fiction" for their publication, with all works due to them by February 1, 2013. They accept short stories, flash fiction and poetry, see more submission requirements at their website. I know that's my perfect excuse to write a new story that might be banging around in my brain!

If you haven't heard of Women in Horror Month already, boy are you going to hear about it from me. From their website:

Kickstart My Bloody, Dripping Heart

Thanks to internet magic-- Twitter and Neil Gaiman, in this case-- I came across this Kickstarter for an anthology of original horror fiction from Ellen Datlow, a highly experienced, award-winning editor in the horror/fantasy genres. If, like me, you appreciate short horror fiction and support the contributing writers having a chance to write and set free stories that maybe didn't fit in elsewhere, please back it! More amazing short and shivery tales let loose in the world = Yes, Please!

There are three days to go and they need just under $5,000 to be funded! Spread the word!

Fearful Symmetries: An Anthology of Horror

Horror Comic Awards

I just discovered this, so forgive the last-minute nature of it all but ComicMonsters.com is taking votes for their Horror Comics Awards over the next couple days. Even if you're not that up to date on your horror comics (like *ahem* ...me) you'll still see some familiar titles like THE WALKING DEAD, LOCKE & KEY and 30 DAYS OF NIGHT. You do need to register for an account in order to vote, a minor hassle but not a huge deal.

Homespun Threads now on Amazon!

The eBook I mentioned on Friday is now available on Amazon as a Kindle version! Click here to check it out!

If you do happen to buy the book, please leave a review of it somewhere-- either on Amazon, or if you're on Goodreads or some other book website that you prefer. We'd all appreciate it! It will help promote and encourage other people to buy the eBook as well. Remember, this is to help support children's theatre!

BIG ANNOUNCEMENT!

If I can be off topic for moment, I have a short story called "The Blacksmith's Daughter" in this collection of fairy tales that Homespun Theatre UK JUST published as an eBook! It's called Homespun Threads and it's available on Smashwords for $9.99, and will eventually be up on Amazon. I'm super excited about it, and I can't wait to read the other stories in this book. My story is a little dark, so if you like reading about everything else I post here you'll probably enjoy my tale too :)

Click here to check it out!

Profits from the eBook are going towards the development of Homespun's theatre productions, so if you love fairy tales, theatre, me or some combination of the above please help support them and grab a copy :)

I would be really grateful for this to be spread further, so if you can share either here or elsewhere that would be awesome!