Books

Kurt Vonnegut Jr. Dies

Kurt Vonnegut Jr. did not write horror, but with an edgy sense of humour and wicked wit, he was able to write about some of the horrors of society and in the process teach us a little about ourselves.

Source: New York Times

The Mist- Motion Picture Production Log

Stephen King's Official Website is doing something very cool. They have started a production log for the filming of Stephen King's "The Mist", and King's Official site is providing everyone with the gory details, including publicity stills, on the set shots, and Quicktime video hosted by director of "The Mist", Frank Darabont.

King "approved" Roth's Cell

SCIFI Wire sat down with Eli Roth (The Show's favorite director) to discuss Grindhouse, and revealed his concern on taking on Cell due to King's track record with hating the movie adaptations of his books.

Source: SCI FI Wire

Sin-Jin Smyth book on the way

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Horror channel.com just released information on a book from Ethan Dettenmaier, it won't be availible until Halloween but its something to check out.

The Wickedest Magazine You'll Ever Read

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If you're a horror fan, I guarantee you'll love this mag.

There's killer fiction, by Darren Franz, Amy Grech and many more. We added some slick poetry to this issue that you don't want to miss.

You'll find articles written by John Everson, Staci Layne Wilson, Simon Clark, Steve Vernon, Deb LeBlanc, Greg Lamberson. In these articles they all share their love for the classic era, all offering a different take on why they love it.

The art will blow you away too.

The issue is 111 pages long and is priced at $9.88 (fully illustrated)

Wicked Karnival #3

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For all you horror writers out there.....

I suggest you check out Carnival of Wicked Writers Issue #3. It's jam packed with reviews, interviews, great articles and some awesome original stories!

Go to http://freezenerve.proboards32.com/index.cgi for more info and to read all three issues!

King of <strong>HARD CASE CRIME</strong>

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Stephen King isn’t throwing in the towel after all. Winterfall LLC, creator of the HARD CASE CRIME line of pulp-style paperback noir novels, today announced that a new book by King will be the lead title of the brand’s second year. King’s original novel THE COLORADO KID, due this fall, tells the story of two veteran newspapermen and their investigation into a man’s mysterious death on an island off the Maine coast. Read inside for more...

Koontz's Original Frankenstein

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Fango reports, "Horror veteran Dean Koontz’s name was all over the publicity for last year’s USA telemovie FRANKENSTEIN, but his work wound up being rewritten for the final project. Now the author has teamed with sci-fi scribe Kevin J. Anderson to novelize and expand his original story into the DEAN KOONTZ’S FRANKENSTEIN paperback series for Bantam, with BOOK ONE: PRODIGAL SON debuting in January 25 ($7.99).

Apparently, USA made some major changes to the story and Koontz's wished them well and bowed out of the project.

Make Love The Bruce Campbell Way

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Scifi.com writes:

"Fan-favorite genre actor Bruce Campbell (Evil Dead, Army of Darkness) told SCI FI Wire that he has written a new book, Make Love the Bruce Campbell Way, that takes a fictionalized and irreverent look at Hollywood romance. Campbell based the book loosely on his own experiences, going from single actor to married man to ex-husband to single and finally to married again.

"In my single days I was not getting laid right and left," Campbell said in an interview while promoting his last film, Bubba Ho-Tep. "I've never been able to take advantage of my status in show business."

Today is Friday the 13th, Read About It!

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Today is Friday the 13th- what an appropriate day to launch the official website for the new Friday the 13th book entitled Crystal Lake Memories: 25 Years of Friday the 13th. Culled from exclusive interviews with over 200 cast, crew and industry luminaries, and fully illustrated with hundreds of never-before-seen images, Crystal Lake Memories will take you behind the scenes of all eleven films. From the conception of Friday the 13th, to the series' controversial effects, to the blockbuster success of Freddy Vs.

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