I just want to take a moment to congratulate my dear friend Anthony Brownrigg on his win of “Best Picture” at the 2010 Bram Stoker Film Festival for his film “Red Victoria”! I’ve been raving about this film for a couple of years now and I’m happy to see if FINALLY receiving the international recognition [...]

The 2010 Austin Chronicle “Best of Austin” poll is currently underway. This annual event is a public vote on what is considered the “best” aspects of the capital of Texas! From bars to bands to authors and fashion, the people are called upon to make their voices heard. You don’t have to live within the [...]

At long last, the anticipation is over. The Horror Writers Association has announced the winners of the 2009 Bram Stoker Awards at its annual Stoker Banquet held tonight as part of the World Horror Convention in Brighton, UK. Eight new bronze haunted-house statuettes were handed over to the writers responsible for creating superior works of [...]

I share in Suburban Vampire’s irritation at the lack of nods to vampire films during Oscar season. Too many films are dismissed by the Oscar committee simply for the fact that they feature the undead. This is not to say that there were a lot of Oscar-worthy vampire films released in 2009. Some of them [...]

The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films has announced its official nominations for the 36th Annual Saturn Awards. Among the stellar lineup of selections of 2009′s best films and televisions series, the acclaimed HBO vampire series by Alan Ball, True Blood, managed to snag three mentions. Going up against Breaking Bad, Battlestar Galactica, [...]

Each year, the Horror Writers Association presents the Bram Stoker Awards for Superior Achievement in the field of horror writing, named in honor of Bram Stoker, author of the seminal horror work Dracula. Since 1987, the approximately 500 members of the HWA have recommended, nominated and voted on the greatest works of horror and dark [...]

LONG ISLAND, NY, February 9, 2010 — A master of otherworldly suspense and a literary fiction darling have taken top honors in the 3rd Annual Black Quill Awards, as winners were announced today by DARK SCRIBE MAGAZINE, the virtual magazine “dedicated to the books that keep readers up at night.” Chicago-based author Gillian Flynn snagged [...]

The wait is finally over for anxious members of the Horror Writers Association. Late last night the PRELIMINARY ballot for the 2009 Bram Stoker Awards were announced. I am VERY excited to see that my novel Eternal Vigilance 2: The Death of Illusions has made it this far. Thank you to everyone who recommended the [...]