The first official review of my new dark fantasy novel REVENGE, with co-author Solomon Schneider, is now live over at HorrorNews.net! I was absolutely blown away by the praise we have received from reviewer Dave Gammon and feel quite humbled by his comparison of our work to that of King & Straub. I cannot express [...]

Stephen King, Rafael Albuquerque and Scott Synder will release a new vampire comic book series this week entitled “American Vampire”. According to the official press release on King’s website, the series, published by Vertigo, “will introduce readers to a new breed of vampire-a more muscular and vicious species of vampire with distinctly American characteristics. The [...]

The New York Times Bestselling Author of Heart-Shaped Box and the comic book series Locke & Key, Joe Hill, is celebrating the release of his terrify new novel Horns today. Joe Hill is a two-time winner of the Bram Stoker Award and a past recipient of the Ray Bradbury Fellowship. His stories have appeared in [...]

Austin – January 21: The World Horror Convention 2011 is honored to announce the addition of visionary artist and designer, Vincent Chong, as Artist Guest of Honor. The international conference of horror’s premier talents and their fans will take place in Austin, Texas from April 28th through May 1st, 2011. Click here to read more! [...]

Here is an interesting bit of trivia. Abe Books’ “Most Expensive Sales of Vampire Books sold in 2009″ are as follows. I am truly surprised that Dracula only fetched $3,000! Seriously, only a grand more than the tolerated Stephanie Meyer? Bram Stoker is definitely rolling over in his grave right now… 1. Dracula by Bram [...]

SciFi Wire ran an interesting story this morning about King’s donation to Maine Army National Guard currently training at Camp Atterbury so that the men and women could return home for the holidays. King and his wife Tabitha donated $12,999 (a drop in the bucket really for the legend), which was topped off with a [...]

Anthologies are a dime a doze these days and especially when it comes to vampire and zombie short stories. However, today I was perusing the net only to have the cover to By Blood We Live make me do an instant double-take. What a clever cover design, mimicking the famous Lost Boys movie poster that [...]

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 Stoker Awards Weekend held in Burbank, California. Nine new bronze haunted-house statuettes were handed over to the writers responsible for creating superior works [...]