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Biting Midnight is a collection of dark fantasy/horror poetry by Maria Alexander and Christina Kiplinger-Johns. The book is published by MediumRareBooks.com
Welcome to Blood Red Pens-- Fall, 2009!! Edition
Here, a treat for Stephen King fans!
Zombie fans will be happy to know
Valley of the Dead, By Dr. Kim Paffenroth, is available for preorder at
http://www.horror-mall.com It will be for sale for 90 days, during which no more than 150 signed and 26 lettered will be sold. So, if you want one of these—you’ll have to hurry. The actual books will ship on about August 30, 2009. The book's artist is Alex McVey. What do you get when you take Kealan Patrick Burke, Sephera Giron, Debbie Rochon, Robert C. Sabin, and Mary Bogle and mix them up with a movie camera??? You get: Slime City Massacre. The feature length sequel to Greg Lamberson’s SLIME CITY begins filming on July 11th. Lamberson directs and the day after he is scheduled to finish production, July 28th, POP Cinema releases GREG LAMBERSON’S SLIME CITY GRINDHOUSE COLLECTION, A 2 DISC dvd.
“The disc includes 3 features: SLIME CITY, UNDYING LOVE, NAKED FEAR;” publicity reports tell. “short films JOHNNY GRUESOME and RETURN TO SLIME CITY; featurettes MAKING SLIME and MAKING LOVE THE GRINDHOUSE WAY; documentary - SLIME HEADS: THE STARS OF SLIME CITY; liner notes by filmmaker Roy Frumkes; collectible poster by Stephen Romano.”
You will probably remember Lamberson best for his current literary effort, Johnny Gruesome. Did you know that there is music to accompany the book? Located at: www.myspace.com/johnnygruesomecd Abebooks, a dealer in older books, has just announced that the site now offers a Weird Book Room. With titles like: Old Tractors and the Men Who Love Them, the always useful Do-It-Yourself Coffins: For Pets and People, and ever-popular guide for home improvement Paint It Black: A Guide To Gothic Homemaking, these books are the “most downright bizarre books that we could find for sale on our site.” If you know the autor, publisher, ISBN number or title—you can plug the info into Abebooks booksearch and the site will check to see if the book is available.
SHADOW FOREST AUTHORS
Okay all of you Johnny Depp fans, good news—Johnny and Tim Burton will begin shooting a remake of Dark Shadows next year. Which part do you think Depp will play? None other than Barnabus Collins! For those not able to remember, Barnabus was the head vampire in that old, daily soap opera and was wonderfully played by Jonathan: I actually met Kathryn Leigh Scott at Frightvision in Cleveland, Oh. That was a few years ago. I was surprised that she actually looked the same as she did when playing “Maggie Evans” or “Josette.”
I am on twitter! Twitter.com/ohiopoet. Look me up. Follow me. This Twitter is really something else. I think that almost all of the people in the world are on it. I will tell you though, I subscribe to the white house/Obama and the site keeps printing links that my computer says are harmful!
Gonna be in the Cleveland, Ohio, area? If so, you may want to stop by a new happening in the city, all wrapped up with a poet named Jesus Crisis. Here is an exerpt from a mailing from him:
“Dorchester Publishing will be publishing my new thriller, DISGRUNTLED.“ Simon Wood recently announced. “It will be out next April in paperback. Also my first short story collection, DRAGGED INTO DARKNESS, is available again! The book sold out of its print run shortly after its 2003 release and not a lot of people got to see it. It's become pretty hard to get a hold of with a serious shortage of used copies, although I did see that someone is selling a copy for nearly $2000.00. For now, it's only available electronically. The book can be downloaded at Amazon.com for Kindle and Smashword.com for non-Kindle users.
This year’s winning title will be announced at an open reception and reading at the 2009 ALAN Workshop in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Established in 2008 to honor the wishes of young adult author, Amelia Elizabeth Walden, the award allows for the sum of $5,000 to be presented annually to the author of a young adult title selected by the ALAN Amelia Elizabeth Walden Book Award Committee as demonstrating a positive approach to life, widespread teen appeal, and literary merit.
The 2009 Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award Committee was comprised of ten members representing the university, K-12 school, and library communities who considered 232 young adult titles.
This was from a press release. “ (I am) thrilled for "The Graveyard Book" nomination, and congrats to fellow nominees.” Neil Gaiman tweeted.
All of you Pirates of the Carribean fans, Johnny Depp’s twitter has announced; “Disney's Head of Production Oren Aviv Confirms Pirates IV to start filming April/May 2010”
From Cemetery Dance Insider Newsletter:
Under the Dome: Special Collector's Set!
the epic new 1,100 page NOVEL by Stephen King
Published As A Special GIFT EDITION!
Special Features Include A Collector's Deck of Cards Featuring Characters from the Book!
PLUS: Special Exclusive Bonus Chapbook For Cemetery Dance Customers!
Who would not want a deck of those cards!!!! But will the book be too expensive for the average girl (like me)???
Borderlands Press has been working on several projects and if you haven’t heard of their “littlebooks” you may want to scoot over to their site http://www.borderlandspress.com/littlebooks.html and check them out! BTW, several of the books have already sold out, the print run on each was 500, but there are enough left to give readers variety to choose from. Some of the books have been marked down in price to $8.00. And remember that we always love to hear from you. Our email is: BloodRedPens@hotmail.com. Later, Chris
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Brief synopsis: For seventeen years of his life, the whereabouts of the medieval Italian poet Dante Alighieri is unknown to modern scholars. All we know is that during this time, he traveled as an exile across Europe while working on his epic poem, The Divine Comedy. In his masterpiece he describes a journey through the three realms of the afterlife. The volume describing hell, Inferno, is the most famous section.
Valley of the Dead is the real story behind Inferno. In his wanderings, Dante stumbles on a zombie infestation, and the things he sees there - people being devoured, burned alive, boiled in pitch, torn limb from limb, eviscerated, impaled, decapitated, crucified, etc. - become the basis of all the horrors he describes in Inferno. Afraid to be labeled a madman, Dante made the terrors he witnessed into a more "believable" account of an otherworldly adventure with demons and mythological monsters, but now the real story can finally be told. [This is from Kim Paffenroth] http://www.youtube.com/watc... Valley of the Dead film
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TK8Mv-3RUfM Bloopers for VOTD
Before we get into things here,I want to share a really weird pic that was on David Niall Wilson's twitpic page. Is this "Mistress of the Telephone Wires, or what?" 
A call to all authors,
Shadow Forest Authors is a fellowship of authors for charity. Our mission is to get authors from around the world and >from all genres to unite with SFA and participate in donating books and e-books to selected beneficiaries, literary foundations who fill a much needed void in books.
Unbeknown to many, illiteracy issues cost billions a year in higher consumer prices due to the cost of recruiting and training functional illiterates, mistakes and inabilities in the workplace, for juvenile delinquency and crime directly related to illiteracy. In addition; social stigma, medical and pharmaceuticals with high rates of depression and suicide. Illiterates suffer self-worth, relationship, unemployment and social issues. Worldwide, this massive problem receives little funding or attention and as stated, costs billions.
SFA is now up and running and we invite authors to get listed and participate in this worthy cause. All we ask is that authors donate a copy of their title to a SFA beneficiary of their choice: The Australian Literacy & Numeracy Foundation - Australia, (who also accept CD's) Book Aid International - U.K, Got Books Inc - U.S.A, Adult Reading Assistance Scheme - New Zealand, The World Public Library - U.S.A Participating authors receive a mention on the SFA site and the chance to sell further books via our unique supporter program.
Come join us at http://www.shadowforestauthors.com.
United we can fill a much needed void in worldwide literacy issues.
P.S.: We would appreciate you passing this invitation onto other authors and readers, every little bit helps.
SFA is also on myspace, please come join us at http://www.myspace.com/shadowforestauthors.
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From Johnny Gruesome Site:
Frid. (See his link in my links list.) Just the thought of the show puts me back in time.
John Burroughs featured readings and Lix and Kix events:
October 16th (7 pm) at the Morgan Conservatory (1754 E. 47th Street in Cleveland) - The first of two days of Cleveland readings hosted by Burning River (www.burningriver.info). I will be performing poetry accompanied by 10-string guitar master JJ Haaz. Other featured performers that night include Jane Rosenberg LaForge from New York (the release of whose new chapbook, After Voices, we'll be celebrating), Michelle Reale from Philadelphia, Bree of Cleveland Heights' Green Panda Press, and Burning River's own Christopher Bowen.
October 17th (7 pm) at Visible Voice Books (1023 Kenilworth Ave. in Cleveland) - Jane, Michelle, Christopher and I will be reading for Burning River again, as the book launch celebration for After Voices continues. I intend to share completely different material each night. Not sure yet, but I'll probably lean toward old favorites (made fresher with the musical accompaniment) on the 16th and debut mostly never before seen or heard poems on the 17th.
October 20th (7 pm) at the Bela Dubby Art Gallery and Beer Cafe (13321 Madison Ave. in Lakewood) - Lix and Kix (hosted by Dianne Borsenik and me) break the mold! Featured poet Ralph La Charity (from Cincinnati) will weave in and out of an experimental fu@k-the-format get-in-where-you-fit-in poetic open mic free-for-all on the Lix and Kix poetry series' one year anniversary. I believe JJ Haaz will be jamming with us there, too.
November 13th (8:30 pm) - at Borders Books (17200 Royalton Rd. in Strongsville), I'll be the featured reader for the Deep Cleveland Poetry Hour. Come and see how much I can get away with without using banned words.
November 17th (7 pm) - Lix and Kix at Bela Dubby will host three fine featured poets: Mnemosyne editor Jen Pezzo (aka Kerowyn Rose), MoonLit editor (and author of the vanZeno Press collection Emergency Contact) Claire McMahon, and (from Cincinnati) novelist (and author of the West End Press poetry collection Crow Call) Michael Henson. An open mic will follow.
December 15th (7 pm) - In our last regular Lix and Kix at Bela Dubby before we go on a sabbatical of sorts, we will host three more fine featured poets. Heather Ann Schmidt will be here from Michigan to launch her new Crisis Chronicles Press chapbook The Bat's Lovesong: American Haiku. Nin Andrews (author of The Book of Orgasms and much more) will be here from Youngstown. And Cleveland's one and only Ray McNiece will be performing with his Tongue-in-Groove band. An open mic will follow.
After this, Lix and Kix will be stretching, but certainly not sleeping.
January 16th 2010 (all day til midnight) - Lix and Kix (Dianne Borsenik and I) will be hosting Snoetry: A Winter Wordfest at The Last Wordsmith Book Shoppe in the historic town of North East (near Erie), Pennsylvania. The day will begin with an hour of open mic at 1 p.m. then continue with live music and 30 featured poets from five states. We'll try to sprinkle in bits of open mic throughout the day as time permits. Come rain, shine, or blizzard, we'll be there! Details of features forthcoming....
Later in 2010 we will be hosting an attempt to bring the World Record for the longest live reading ever to the Cleveland area. Ten days and nights! Details on that will be forthcoming as well.
Peace and poetry,
John Burroughs, a.k.a. Jesus Crisis
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Amelia Elizabeth Walden Book Award Finalists Announced
The Assembly on Literature for Adolescents (ALAN) of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) is pleased and proud to announce the finalists for the inaugural Amelia Elizabeth Walden Book Award for Young Adult Fiction. The honored titles for 2009 (in alphabetical order by title) are:
* After Tupac and D Foster, by Jacqueline Woodson (Putnam)
* Graceling, by Kristin Cashore (Harcourt)
* The Graveyard Book, by Neil Gaiman (HarperCollins)
* Me, The Missing, and the Dead, by Jenny Valentine (HarperCollins)
* My Most Excellent Year: A Novel of Love, Mary Poppins, and Fenway Park, by Steve Kluger (Dial)
Publisher: Scribner
Format: Gift Edition
Publication Date: Fall 2009
Retail Price: $75
The cover is not available yet, but if it is by next edition—we will let you know about it!! For more info
Before we go, I would like to thank our worldwide readers by posting the flags of their countries. Thanks for reading us! All best wishes for peace in your homeland tonight and every night!
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