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July 25, 2007
BITING DOG PRESS has announced that it will be publishing the novella MIDLISTERS by KEALAN PATRICK BURKE. It will be published in a 400 copy limited edition signed by both KEALAN PATRICK BURKE and JACK KETCHUM (Forward) and illustrated by KEITH MINNION.
Meet Jason Tennant, a writer of violent horror novels whose career is mired firmly in a maddening swamp of frustration somewhere north of nowhere and south of success. He is a midlister, those thankless souls who labor in the shadows of sometimes better, sometimes luckier writers, and it's starting to take its toll. Meet Kent Gray, wildly popular author of a string of so-called sex-fi novels. He's wealthy, handsome, and the object of Jason Tennant's professional jealousy.
Welcome to Baltimore, Maryland, and the Aurora Science Fiction Horror Convention, where these two men, midlister and bestseller, will meet for the first time, and the midlister motto Better Read Than Dead will be put to the ultimate test.
Source: Biting Dog Press (http://bitingdogpress.com/Bitingdogpub/midlisters.htm)
Posted by Horror Fiction News Network on
July 25, 2007
SAROB PRESS is closing at the end of this year. I will be giving up the rat-race and the daily 130 mile commute and moving abroad next year with Sara - to a smallholding (small farm) in northern France. Although I thought hard about running the press from France, I have, bearing in mind the life changes our move will entail, decided that, all things considered, closing down the press is best. (http://home.freeuk.com/sarobpress/)
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July 24, 2007
"Softly he brushed my cheek, then held my face between his marble hands. 'Be very still,' he whispered, as if I wasn't already frozen. Slowly, never moving his eyes from mine, he leaned toward me. Then abruptly, but very gently, he rested his cold cheek against the hollow at the base of my throat."
As Shakespeare knew, love burns high when thwarted by obstacles. In Twilight, an exquisite fantasy by Stephenie Meyer, readers discover a pair of lovers who are supremely star-crossed. Bella adores beautiful Edward, and he returns her love. But Edward is having a hard time controlling the blood lust she arouses in him, because--he's a vampire. At any moment, the intensity of their passion could drive him to kill her, and he agonizes over the danger. But, Bella would rather be dead than part from Edward, so she risks her life to stay near him, and the novel burns with the erotic tension of their dangerous and necessarily chaste relationship.
Meyer has achieved quite a feat by making this scenario completely human and believable. She begins with a familiar YA premise (the new kid in school), and lulls us into thinking this will be just another realistic young adult novel. Bella has come to the small town of Forks on the gloomy Olympic Peninsula to be with her father. At school, she wonders about a group of five remarkably beautiful teens, who sit together in the cafeteria but never eat. As she grows to know, and then love, Edward, she learns their secret. They are all rescued vampires, part of a family headed by saintly Carlisle, who has inspired them to renounce human prey. For Edward's sake they welcome Bella, but when a roving group of tracker vampires fixates on her, the family is drawn into a desperate pursuit to protect the fragile human in their midst. The precision and delicacy of Meyer's writing lifts this wonderful novel beyond the limitations of the horror genre to a place among the best of YA fiction. (Ages 12 and up) --Patty Campbell
10 Second Interview: A Few Words with Stephenie Meyer
Q: Were you a fan of
Buffy the Vampire Slayer?
Angel? What are you watching now that those shows are off the air?
A: I have never seen an entire episode of
Buffy or
Angel. While I was writing
Twilight, I let my older sister read along chapter by chapter. She's a huge Buffy fan and she kept trying to get me to watch, but I was afraid it would mess up my vision of the vampire world so I never did.
I don't have a ton of time for TV, and my kids get rowdy when I have on "mommy shows," but I do have a secret fondness for reality shows (the good ones, at least in my opinion). I always TiVo Survivor, The Amazing Race, and America's Next Top Model.
Q: What inspired you to write Twilight? Is this the beginning of a series? Why write for teens?
A: Twilight was inspired by a very vivid dream, which is fairly faithfully transcribed as chapter thirteen of the book. There are sequels on the way--I'm hard at work editing book two (tentatively titled New Moon) right now, and book three is waiting in line for its turn.
I didn't mean to write for teens--I didn't mean to write for anyone but myself, so I had an audience of one twenty-nine year old (and later one thirty-one year old when my sister started reading). I think the reason that I ended up with a book for teens is because high school is such a compelling time period--it gives you some of your worst scars and some of your most exhilarating memories. It's a fascinating place: old enough to feel truly adult, old enough to make decisions that affect the rest of your life, old enough to fall in love, yet, at the same time too young (in most cases) to be free to make a lot of those decisions without someone else's approval. There's a lot of scope for a novel in that.
Q: What is your favorite vampire story? Fave vampire movie?
A: I guess my favorite vampire story would be The Vampire Lestat, by Anne Rice, simply because it's one of the only ones I've ever read. I keep meaning to pick up Bram Stoker's Dracula, because I get asked this question so often and I should probably start with the classics, but I haven't gotten around to it yet. Again, I'm afraid to read other vampire books now, for fear of finding things either too similar, or too different from my own vampire world.
Ack! I can't even answer the movie question. I can't remember ever seeing a single vampire movie, outside of clips from Bela Lugosi movies on TV. I don't like true horror movies--my favorite scary movies are all Hitchcock's.
Q: What other young adult authors do you read?
A: My favorite young adult author is L.M. Montgomery I also enjoy J.K. Rowling (but who doesn't?), and Ann Brashares. As a teen, I skipped straight to adult books (lots of sci-fi and Jane Austen), so I'm rediscovering the world of teen literature now.
Stephenie Meyer's List of Books You Should Read
Anne of Green Gables |
Romeo and Juliet |
Dragonflight | 
To Kill a Mockingbird |
The Princess Bride |
See more recommendations from Stephenie Meyer
Amazon.com's Significant Seven
Stephenie Meyer graciously agreed to answer the questions we like to ask every author: the Amazon.com Significant Seven.
Q: What book has had the most significant impact on your life?
A: The book with the most significant impact on my life is The Book of Mormon. The book with the most significant impact on my life as a writer is probably Speaker for the Dead, by Orson Scott Card, with Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier coming in as a close second.
Q: You are stranded on a desert island with only one book, one CD, and one DVD--what are they?
A: The CD is easy: Absolution by Muse, hands down. It's harder to give myself just one movie, but the one I watch most frequently is Sense and Sensibility--the one with the screenplay by Emma Thompson. One book is impossible. I'd have to have Pride and Prejudice, but I couldn't live without something by Orson Scott Card and a nice, thick Maeve Binchy, too.
Q: What is the worst lie you've ever told?
A: My lies are all very, very boring: "No, you really look great in hot pink!" "My children only watch one hour of TV a day." "I didn't eat the last Swiss Cake Roll--it must have been one of the kids." That's the best I've got.
Q: Describe the perfect writing environment.
A: It's late at night and the house is silent, but I'm still (miraculously) full of energy. I have my headphones in and I'm listened to a mix of Muse, Coldplay, Travis, My Chemical Romance, and The All-American Rejects. Beside me is a fabulous, and yet mysteriously low in calorie, cheesecake....
Q: If you could write your own epitaph, what would it say?
A: I'd like it to say that I really tried at the important things. I was never perfect at any of them, but I honestly tried to be a great mom, a loving wife, a good daughter, and a true friend. Under that, I'd want a list of my favorite Simpsons quotes.
Q: Who is the one person living or dead that you would like to have dinner with?
A: I'd love to have a chance to talk to Orson Scott Card--I have a million questions for him. Mostly things like, "How do you come up with this stuff?!" But, if he wasn't available, I'd settle for Matthew Bellamy (lead singer of Muse).
Q: If you could have one superpower, what would it be?
A: I'd want something offensive, rather than defensive. Like shooting fireballs from my hands. That way, you're really open to going either way--hero or villain. I like to have choices.
Author: Stephenie Meyer
Paperback:ÂÂ
544 pages
Company: Little, Brown Young ReadersÂÂ
(2006-09-06)
ISBN: 0316015849
List Price: $9.99
Amazon Price: $5.53
Used Price: $5.66
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July 24, 2007
New Moon
Author: Stephenie Meyer
Hardcover:ÂÂ
608 pages
Company: Little, Brown Young ReadersÂÂ
(2006-08-21)
ISBN: 0316160199
List Price: $17.99
Amazon Price: $10.16
Used Price: $10.00
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July 24, 2007
Readers captivated by
Twilight and
New Moon will eagerly devour
Eclipse, the much anticipated third book in Stephenie Meyer's riveting vampire love saga. As Seattle is ravaged by a string of mysterious killings and a malicious vampire continues her quest for revenge, Bella once again finds herself surrounded by danger. In the midst of it all, she is forced to choose between her love for Edward and her friendship with Jacob --- knowing that her decision has the potential to ignite the ageless struggle between vampire and werewolf. With her graduation quickly approaching, Bella has one more decision to make: life or death. But which is which?
Author: Stephenie Meyer
Hardcover:ÂÂ
640 pages
Company: Little, Brown Young ReadersÂÂ
(2007-08-07)
(2007-08-07)
ISBN: 0316160202
List Price: $18.99
Amazon Price: $11.39
Posted by Horror Fiction News Network on
July 23, 2007
Issue 2/Summer 2007 of Horror Literature Quarterly is now available. Each issue is free with prior issues available only to registered members of Horror Literature Quarterly. Registration is free.
Horror Literature Quarterly can be read in two different formats; on the website and via PDF. Horror Literature Quarterly will release the PDF version of each issue first and will place the stories on the website within two days of the PDF being released.
You can click here to download the new issue. (http://horrorlit.horrorfictionnews.com/index.php?option=com_docman task=cat_view gid=20 Itemid=43)
Coming in August will be new fiction by Tim Lebbon. This new story will be available only to registered members.
I hope you enjoy this new issue.
Horror Literature Quarterly (http://horrorlit.horrorfictionnews.com/ ) is published four times a year. Issue 2/Summer 2007 is now available. The first issue is still available to those that are registered. The next issue will be available in October.
Posted by Horror Literature Quarterly on
July 23, 2007
Issue 2/Summer 2007 of Horror Literature Quarterly is now available. Each issue is free with prior issues available only to...
Posted by Horror Fiction News Network on
July 17, 2007
John Mayberry has informed HFNN that his new book DEAD MAN'S SONG has been release into the wild by PINNACLE BOOKS. You can get more information at his website. (http://www.jonathanmaberry.com)
Posted by Horror Fiction News Network on
July 17, 2007
IMAGE COMICS has announced that CRAWL SPACE by RICK REMENDER and KIERON DWYER will be issued in October 2007. It will be published as an ongoing full color series.
Crawl Space is a series of horror stories Kieron and I have been cooking up for years. Like an expanded Tales From the Crypt where each tale is given many issues to develop -- it's not an anthology, explains Remender, the series' writer. Since completing Sea of Red, Kieron and I have been cooking up new horror stories together and over the next few years, they'll all be wedged out of the Crawl Space and into the horrible light of day. The first four issue story arc, XXXombies, takes a look at, zombiesploitation with its twisted tale of sex stars, cannibalism and the '70s. Our story's focus is a sleazy producer who has gathered a bevy of adult stars for a weekend film shoot. When they emerge, they discover a zombie plague has overrun a now-quarantied Los Angeles. The results are unlike any previous tale of the undead, especially with Rick and Kieron's special guest collaborator - Tony Moore, the original artist of The Walking Dead. Source: Newsarama (http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=121359)
