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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Horror knows know bounds, right? Word is out that the 2010 World Horror Convention is headed overseas. The horrorfest will happen on March 25-28th in the historic seaside city of Brighton, Sussex, on the south coast of England (memories of Pete Townsend singing Bell Boy, anyone?).
The theme: “Brighton Shock! A Celebration of the [...]

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More than ten years after it was published, Jose Saramago’s Nobel Prize-winning Blindness is about to hit the theaters (release is set for October 3rd by Miramax). In the story, people are suddenly stricken blind. Key words: epidemic, government, quarantine. I’m all for end-of-society stories, so I’m onboard for this flick. [...]

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Again, I’ve been behind while preparing for the Pacific Northwest Writers Conference. I hope to post more soon, if there are any updates from the conference, and I also want to include some thoughts about Scott Smith’s The Ruins (a horror novel must-read. I’ll soon add to the list). In fact if [...]

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Okay, I’m way behind.  Chalk up summer, playing dad, gearing up for the ‘08 Pacific Northwest Writers Conference next week in SeaTac (I’ll be volunteering as well as pitching), and reworking my current manuscript.  Still, I wanted to pass along the official Rue Morgue Festival Press Release.   So here goes.  We’ll catch up later.
For Immediate [...]

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Okay, back from vacation with some creepy news in hand. The Rue Morgue Festival in Toronto sent out a mailing of the new additions to this year’s line-up (make sure to check out their new website). The Guest of honor is Wes Craven. Also appearing is director/screenwriter Tobe Hooper, of Salem’s Lot, [...]

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