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Entries from March 2009

Ron Howard to direct H.P. Lovecraft film?

March 27th, 2009 · No Comments

I guess directing Dan Brown’s Angels and Demons’s did something to the redhead. Now, Variety is reporting that Ron Howard is eying the directing duties for the as-yet unreleased H.P. Lovecraft comic The Strange Adventures of H.P. Lovecraft. Universal and Howard’s Imagine Entertainment have reportedly picked up the film rights to the [...]

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Another Horror writer goes Kindle only

March 12th, 2009 · No Comments

Following Stephen King, another Horror writer is skipping print and going Kindle only. At least as a short-story primer for a novel. In a nice bit of promotion, author Tom Upton is releasing a four-story Kindle download for under a buck, as a teaser for his upcoming horror novel. Here’s a bit [...]

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A peek at Raimi’s new horror film, ‘Drag Me to Hell’

March 11th, 2009 · No Comments

Director Sam Raimi has been churning out great horror flicks since 1981’s Evil Dead (Did you know Raimi is buds with Ethan and Joel Coen, as well as Bruce Campbell?). After his success with Spider Man, Raimi is returning to his horror roots with the flick, Drag Me to Hell. Here’s the trailer:

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Sci-fi, Fantasy, Horror film award nominees announced

March 10th, 2009 · No Comments

The Dark Knight movie continues it’s great run. The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films has announced the nominations for their 35th Annual Saturn Awards and the Dark Knight was the front runner with 11 nominations.
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button had nine total nods, Iron Man had eight, [...]

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Twitter writer horror list (say that 10 times fast)

March 6th, 2009 · No Comments

If you’re in the mindset to look for some friendly neighborhood horror tweets, then begin by looking no further than this Greententacles.com listing of horror twitters.
The list could save you some time blind searching for horror, fantasy and scif fi twitters. John Joseph Adams is there, Cory Doctorow, as well as [...]

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Borderlands Writers Boot Camp 2010

March 4th, 2009 · No Comments

Borderlands Press Writers Boot Camp is now accepting submissions for 2010. The 8th Writers Boot Camp will take 40 ‘grunts’ (20 in short fiction and 20 in novel). Past instructors have included: David Morrell, F. Paul Wilson, Gary Braunbeck, Doug Clegg and Richard Chizmar to name a few. From the Borderlands Press [...]

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