The legendary stuntman, actor, director, special effects guru & producer Gary Kent will release his much anticipated autobiographical account of the rise of indie film in America on July 15th at Book People (603 N. Lamar) in Austin, Texas! The events will begin at 7pm with a guitar duet entitled “Honky Tonk”, supplied by Pat [...]

The World Horror Convention Austin is proud to announce the additions of legendary author Joe R. Lansdale and bestselling author Brian Keene to the lineup for its 2011 convention. Lansdale, the master of mojo storytelling, will be taking on the mantle of Toastmaster for the event, while Keene will be in attendance to run an [...]

**OFFICIAL HBO PRESS RELEASE** In the backwoods Louisiana town of Bon Temps, the mystery surrounding the serial killer has finally been solved. But just as things are settling down, deadly new twists threaten Sookie Stackhouse and everyone around her. TRUE BLOOD kicks off its 12-episode second season SUNDAY, JUNE 14 (9:00-10:00 p.m. ET/PT), exclusively on [...]

Vampires Today: The Truth About Modern Vampirism by Joseph Laycock was released this week! Read more about this new nonfiction account of modern vampirism below… The academic and sociological significance of this work can’t be underscored enough. Laycock offers a sweeping scholarly examination of the vampire community and the process of self-identification as a vampire. [...]

World Horror Convention 2010 is proud and delighted to announce that our very Special Guest of Honour is Britain’s most influential and successful horror writer of all time — JAMES HERBERT. James Herbert created the modern mass-market horror genre with the publication of his first ground-breaking novel, THE RATS, in 1974 (for the record, Stephen [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE** [Lexington, Kentucky] – Apex Publishing, the innovative publisher behind such titles as THE APEX BOOK OF WORLD SF and the Stoker Award-nominated MAMA’S BOY collection, has announced the acquisition of Elizabeth Engstrom’s WHEN DARKNESS LOVES US, a collection of two stories—a novella and a short novel—that exemplify Engstrom’s early style of soft-spoken [...]

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 [...]

**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 [...]