Archive for February, 2009
Saturday, February 28th, 2009
Sometimes ad execs snort a little too much coke while in the last deadline hours of trying to come up with the next catchy pop-culture commercial for their products and often times the result is truly terrifying. Case in point: the recent “Nanerpus” commercial developed by Denny’s for the 2009 Superbowl. Now, the only commercial [...]
Tags: advertising, Dennys Nanerpus commercial, Horror, Quiznos hamster commercial, Superbowl
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Saturday, February 28th, 2009
The new Australian dark culture magazine, Black, announced recently that, due to economic instability, they are moving to a free online format and eliminating the print version found in local bookstores. This is unfortunate news as the young publication had exhibited great promise and was filling a void in the horror genre in Australia. Here [...]
Tags: Australia, Black magazine, Horror, magazine, press release, publication
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Saturday, February 28th, 2009
The ninth & tenth chapters of Lee Thomas’ serialized horror novel are now up on Fear Zone! On the day that Doug McQueen left the hospital to stay with his brother, many of Pierce Valley’s residents found themselves riding the edges of uncomfortable emotion, though none could pinpoint exactly what change in their lives or [...]
Tags: Fear Zone, Horror, horror novel, Lee Thomas, serialized novel, website
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Saturday, February 28th, 2009
**FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE** Angeline Hawkes’ excellent short story collection Symphony for the Forgotten is now available! Click here to order on Amazon! “Symphony for the Forgotten is a greatly entertaining foray into religious and spiritual horror, nicely balancing both sacred and profane in its quest for those universal truths we know are tinted in shades [...]
Tags: Angeline Hawkes, anthology, book, fiction, Horror, new release, press release, Short Stories, Symphony for the Forgotten
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Friday, February 27th, 2009
I keep hearing from my fellow author friends about how well they are doing selling books on Kindle, but I just can’t imagine who has the money to buy one of these things these days. They’re $359 and then you still have to buy the books at $9.95 each. That’s a lot of money for [...]
Tags: Amazon, Books, Kindle 2, publishing
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Friday, February 27th, 2009
The SFWA have released their list of nominees for this year’s Nebula Awards. Very odd selection for the novels category… *quizzical eyebrow raised* Novels • Little Brother by Cory Doctorow • Powers by Ursula K. Le Guin • Cauldron by Jack McDevitt • Brasyl by Ian McDonald • Making Money by Terry Pratchett • Superpowers [...]
Tags: Awards, Books, Dark Knight, fantasy, Nebula Awards, novels, Science Fiction, screen plays, Wall-E, writing
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Friday, February 27th, 2009
**FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE** DPRGRM, PILOTLITE, MYTHOS MEDIA & FOOLISHPEOPLE PRESENT: Y In a post-apocalyptic world, Y is a documentary-style reality show where the grand prize is the future of our species on planet Earth. Mythos Media and FoolishPeople will join with DPRGRM/Pilotlite to create ‘Y’, a feature film that starts shooting in Los Angeles July [...]
Tags: documentary, movie, post apocalyptic, press release, reality tv, Science Fiction, Television
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Thursday, February 26th, 2009
Here are a few upcoming ETERNAL VIGILANCE signing events for the month of March. Both are in Texas, one in Austin and one in San Antonio. Please help me to spread the word! Thank you. March 7 — Staple Independent Media Expo http://www.staple-austin.org/ Monarch Events Center 6406 North IH-35, Suite 3100 Austin, TX I will [...]
Tags: Austin, book signing, Eternal Vigilance, Gabrielle Faust, Horror, San Antonio, Science Fiction, Texas, vampire novel, vampire series, vampires
Posted in A Word From Gabrielle Faust, Books, Conventions & Conferences, Eternal Vigilance Events, Eternal Vigilance Release Updates, Horror | No Comments »