Lois H. Gresh's Blog, page 16
January 25, 2011
BOOKS page - fixed!
Speaking of ELDRITCH EVOLUTIONS, I have a very early mockup of the cover, which may change. As soon as I receive the final cover, I'll post it here (and everywhere else, of course).
ConFusion 2011 party for BLOOD AND ICE
Many thanks to everyone at Elder Signs Press for the terrific BLOOD AND ICE book launch party at ConFusion over the weekend. We had a great turnout, sold a bunch of books, and overall, had a lot of fun. I'm especially grateful to Kimba for the fudge, decorations, and support; and of course, to everyone at ESP -- Deborah, Chuck, Christine, Stewart, etc -- for making food, setting up the party, and being such fine people. And thanks to everyone for attending the party! Below are a couple more photos, the first of Stewart, Lois, and Christine, the second of the ESP panel on Sunday.
January 20, 2011
Blogger/Gmail accounts are being hacked -- I think
Anyone reading this who has a blogger account: be careful. I receive bizarre daily emails with attachments from "gmail." I never view these emails because they're obviously fake. (I can tell for various reasons. Today's line that I can see without touching the email is: "We have notice that your account information on our database..." I just googled the line above. Take a look at the info at this url:
http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/gmail/thread?tid=36b3826b534cc826&hl=en As an aside (but possibly related), my laptop died due to a network-related corruption this week. It took an entire day to fix the laptop and restore everything. Prior to the crash, my network connection had slowed to snail pace for a week or two.
January 16, 2011
BLOOD AND ICE - now available!
Read the first chapter here!
Or better yet, buy the book at Amazon!
[end of obligatory announcement that one of my books was just released]
BLOOD AND ICE - Book Launch Party at ConFusion!
[image error] BLOOD AND ICE is a terrifying blend of vampire horror, weird science fiction, and lust!
Read the first chapter here!
Or better yet, buy the book here!
Here's my complete ConFusion schedule:
Saturday, 11 am - noon. Offbeat Stories. It's hard to say just what we mean when we say a story or a writer is offbeat. What are the qualities that make a story offbeat? Can a writer choose to be offbeat- are there conscious methods at work here, or is it just something you're born with?
Saturday noon - 1 pm. Author Reading. I plan to read from BLOOD AND ICE and from ELDRITCH EVOLUTIONS (Mar 2011, Chaosium).
Saturday, 1 - 2 pm. Characters Other Than the Hero. How are they created? How can they be used to fill out the background of the story giving texture and detail without overwhelming the plot?
Saturday, 3 - 4 pm. BLOOD AND ICE BOOK LAUNCH PARTY.
Saturday evening. Autograph Session.
Sunday, 10 -11 am. Science Fiction as a mind altering substance. A discussion about how readers often read genre fiction to make themselves feel certain emotions or to exercise their minds and how writers can create this effect.
Sunday, noon - 1 pm. Elder Signs Press Panel.
ARKHAM NIGHTMARES: Announcement
Within a week or two, Arkham plans to announce the current lineup for Arkham Nightmares. So without further ado, here is the announcement as of 01-16-11.
Arkham Nightmares, an anthology of original stories, will include tales ranging from traditional forms of weird fiction to bizarre dark fantasy to freakish psychological horror to moody goth tales to really "out there" science fiction. The emphasis is on stories that capture the mood, atmosphere, and creative strangeness of Lovecraftian cosmic horror.
Editor: Lois H. Gresh
Details at: http://loisgresh.blogspot.com
As of 01-16-11, the writers below plan to contribute stories.
Lois Gresh: Introduction
Michael Arnzen – Four-Time Winner of the Bram Stoker Award
Gary Braunback - Five-Time Winner of the Bram Stoker Award, Winner of International Horror Guild Award, World Fantasy Award Nominee
Mort Castle - Four-Time Nominee for the Bram Stoker Award
Nick Cato – Prolific Writer, Publisher of Novello Publishers
Scott Edelman - Five-time Nominee for the Bram Stoker Award, Editor of Syfy's Blastr
James Alan Gardner – Winner of the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award
Cody Goodfellow - Editor and Co-Founder of Perilous Press
Lois Gresh – New York Times Best-Selling Author
William Jones - Publisher & Editor-in-Chief of Elder Signs Press
Nicholas Kaufmann - Finalist for the Bram Stoker Award
Nancy Kilpatrick - Three-Time Finalist for the Bram Stoker Award, Winner of the Arthur Ellis Award
Michael Marano - Winner of the Bram Stoker Award, Winner of International Horror Guild Award
Mark McLaughlin - Winner of the Bram Stoker Award
Lisa Morton - Winner of the Bram Stoker Award
Joe Nassise - Finalist for the Bram Stoker Award
Yvonne Navarro - Winner of the Bram Stoker Award
Adam Niswander - Prolific HPL Writer
Norman Prentiss – Winner of the Bram Stoker Award, Associate Editor of Cemetery Dance
Robert Price – Prolific HPL Writer, Editor at Chaosium
Wilum Pugmire - Prolific HPL Writer
Darrell Schweitzer - Prolific HPL Writer, Former Editor of Weird Tales
John Skipp - New York Times Best-Selling Author, Winner of the Bram Stoker Award
Lucy Snyder - Winner of the Bram Stoker Award
Henry Russell Wakefield - (unpublished 1500 words) A Crystal Pause
Plus 10-15 stories by other writersEach story will have a frontispiece illustration
January 10, 2011
MythosCon 2011 Report & Photos
Many thanks to Adam Niswander for an excellent convention!
The panels were both stimulating and intellectual, and I was fascinated by many conversations and readings. For anyone who's into weird fiction and HPL, this was THE convention to attend. Absolutely superb.
Highlights for me (in no particular order):
Peter Atkins' comments about HPL's literary styleRamsey Campbell's readingWilliam F. Nolan's readingKen Faig Jr's comment that he really "got" the math in Mandelbrot Moldrotcatching up with Allen Koszowski, one of my favorite artists, whose work is in my office and bedroomhanging out with Charlie Krank and his daughter at the Cthulhu Prayer Breakfasthaving my photo taken with William F. Nolanlistening with Donald Sidney-Fryer to Fred Phillips' poemsattending the Cthulhu Prayer Breakfast and Program Participant Receptionaccidentally meeting & sharing a ride with Peter Cannondiscovering a few authors whose work I want to readmeeting W. Paul Ganley's new wife, Terryfinally meeting Robert M. Price and Wilum Pugmiremeeting Ann K. Schwader and Jenna PitmanCody Goodfellow's readingenjoying and being fascinated by everything that ST Joshi saidtalking to Tom Lynchenjoying comments by fellow panelists Simon Strantzas, Richard Dakan, and Richard GavinI should have taken more photos -- but I always say that after I come home from a con. Here are the few photos that I did take:
Ramsey Campbell reading
W. Paul Ganley and his new wife, Terry
William F. Nolan reading
Alan Dean Foster, Walt Debill, Donald Sidney-Fryer, Ramsey Campbell, W. Paul Ganley
Ron Hilger, Scott Connors, Chuck Hoffman, Ken Faig Jr.
Matt Cardin, Donovan Loucks, Jason Brock
William F. Nolan and Lois Gresh
Lois Gresh and Charlie Krank
Ken Faig Jr, Steve Mariconda, ST Joshi
Cody Goodfellow, Ann K. Schwader, Wilum H. Pugmire, Robert Price
December 23, 2010
BLOOD AND ICE - EARLY REVIEWS
"It's a cliche to call horror stories chilling, but BLOOD AND ICE had me frozen to my seat. A spoonful of Lovecraft, a jigger of Dracula, and a pinch of John Carpenter, all stirred up with sex and neutrinos and served on ice."
---James Alan Gardner, Winner of the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial award
"Vampire fans are in for a treat with BLOOD AND ICE! If you're hoping for surprisingly quirky takes on reality combined with cleverly worded fiction, you're in the right place. Lois Gresh always surprises me. She's one of the cleverest writers out there."
--- Nancy Kilpatrick, editor of Evolve: Vampire Stories of the New Undead
"Lois Gresh is one of the most talented writers working these days in the realms of imagination - unique ideas, bizarre plot twists, and fascinating characters! Supremely creative!"
--- Robert Weinberg, Winner of Lifetime Achievement Award, HWA
December 16, 2010
BLOOD AND ICE - JAN 2011 (VAMPIRE NOVEL)
Ignore the incorrect title of the book as posted on Amazon. Weird. They list the title as Blood and Ice Horror Ghost Stories. No, folks, there are no "horror ghost stories" in this book. But there are vampires of a strange new type!
They also list a ridiculous author's bio. The publisher is trying to get Amazon to update the incorrect book title and incorrect author's bio.
In the scheme of things, this is small stuff, but still... VAMPIRE NOVEL! VAMPIRE NOVEL! not ghost stories!
http://www.amazon.com/Blood-Ice-Horror-Ghost-Stories/dp/1934501204/ref=sr_1_1_title_0_main?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1292507450&sr=1-1
November 23, 2010
Arkham Nightmares: Eldritch Tales of the Macabre
Approx 15-20 award-winning horror writers have already (and very kindly) offered to write stories for Arkham Nightmares, so this should be a mind-blowing anthology.
Questions? Please post them here (loisgresh.blogspot.com) rather than via email.
Editor: Lois Gresh, lgresh@gmail.com
How would you like to have a story in a beautifully illustrated Arkham House hardcover? Is this cool, or what?
Arkham Nightmares, an anthology of original short stories, will include tales ranging from traditional forms of weird fiction to bizarre dark fantasy to freakish psychological horror to moody goth tales to really "out there" science fiction. I'm open to strong new voices in dark fantasy, weird science fiction, and horror, as well as to established professionals. I prefer the unique, the strange, the dark.
Your best chance of acceptance is to send a story that captures the mood and creative strangeness of Lovecraftian horror.
Note that this is not a Mythos anthology, so no Cthulhu, Elder Ones, or Necronomicon, etc.
Word Count: 4-5K
Payment: Upon publication, a $50.00 honorarium, a special Arkham Presentation Volume of the anthology, an Arkham Medallion engraved around the rim with your name and the book title, and the thrill of being an Arkham House author
Arkham House is the official publisher of H.P. Lovecraft, considered by many to be the finest horror writer of the 20th century. HPL single-handedly invented "cosmic horror," the paranoid fear of the darkness created by modern science. Monsters from outer space, other dimensions, alternate realities are just a few of the creatures that threaten humanity in his tales of mind-numbing terror.
Quality of content has made Arkham House the most honored and imitated small press in the fantasy field. Established in 1939 by August Derleth and Donald Wandrei, Arkham House produces high-quality volumes featuring the finest stories in dark fantasy, horror, and science fiction. Arkham authors include Robert Bloch, Ramsey Campbell, Brian Lumley, Ray Bradbury, Robert E. Howard, Greg Bear, Bruce Sterling, James Tiptree Jr, Michael Bishop, JG Ballard, Barry Malzberg, E. Hoffman Price, Clark Ashton Smith, Lucius Shepard, and many others.
Deadline: August 31, 2011
If you send a story but don't hear from me right away, please be patient. I'll read most submissions after the deadline (Aug 31, 2011).
No simultaneous submissions, no reprints.
Submit to:
lgresh@gmail.com (Subject: ARKHAM NIGHTMARES - YOUR NAME)
Make sure to put ARKHAM NIGHTMARES and YOUR NAME in the subject line.
Questions? Please post them here (loisgresh.blogspot.com) rather than via email.
