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Out of Corruption published in Russia

One of the biggest surprises I got over the weekend at FantasyCon was Steve Jones coming over to me with a hardbound book called Zombi, (ЗОМБИ) which is a Russian version of The Mammoth Book of Zombies, which contains my novella Out of Corruption (Из Тлена).

This is a beautiful book, with gilt patterning on the cover and spine, and is without a doubt the most impressive version of that collection yet.

One of the best things about Steve is the fact that he does his very best to make sure that ev...

FantasyCon 2010

We have only just arrived home a couple of hours ago from FantasyCon 2010, so I'm not really up to sayiong too much about it yet, except that this was one of the best, most interesting and well-organised conventions I have ever been too. It was also great to meet so many interestsing and nice people.

Anyway, as an appetiser here are a few photos we took there:

Joel Lane & Allyson Bird and some of the authors of the anthology Never Again at its signing
Lisa Tuttle, Garry Kilworth and Guy Adams

Lis...

BFS Publications: advertising rates

The BFS produces three publications:

Prism, the quarterly newsletter, which has reviews, articles and interviews.

Dark Horizons, a half-yearly magazine specialising in fiction, poetry, articles and interviews.

New Horizons, a half-yearly magazine specialising in fiction, poetry, articles and interviews.



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Advertising rates are very reasonable:
£20 for full page
£12 for half-page

£7.50 for quarter-page

£35 back cover
 
Anyone interested should follow this link.

Self-Promotion - Does it sometimes go too far?

Mark Samuels has raised some interesting issues on his blog about the amount of self promotion that goes on these days amongst various writers.

Mark says: "I'm finding it increasingly difficult to drum up enthusiasm within myself for the horror/weird fiction genre right now. It's not the literature itself that depresses me, it's the insular self-obsessed promotional circus that surrounds it. I know there are good talented folk in there, but, by heaven, they're not the ones making the most...

FantasyCon 2010

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I shan't be posting much on here for several days after today as I'll be at FantasyCon in Nottingham.

Lin and I'll be driving there, along with several boxes of Charles Black's Black Books of Horror, the 7th volume of which was delivered to us yesterday by the printer. Only had a brief look at the new one so far, but the opening story by Thana Niveau is a cracker: dark, gloomy, unsettling and downright creepy.

There are lots of interesting talks, interviews, discussions, readings, etc at the ...

Guide to Literary Agents

I have just added a link to Guide to Literary Agents for any writers who read this blog who are after getting an agent. I've been advised this is a good blog to look at for useful information.

Beyond the Rave

At last my long ordered copy of the DVD, Beyond the Rave, has arrived from Play.com. Of course I wanted this primarily because it was the first new Hammer film for 25 years. The big question is, just how much like a Hammer film is it? 
That's a hard one to answer. It certainly wasn't a return to the familiar late Victorian era so favoured in many of Hammer's vampire and Frankenstein movies.On the other hand, Hammer was never worried about updating things either. i.e. Dracula AD 1972 and The...

Prism - September Issue

Slightly disappointed with one or two things about the printing of the current issue of Prism. Although I enclosed a printed copy of the magazine when I sent the disc to the printers, one or two errors in formatting still occured. The worst for me was that, in the review section, the titles of a couple of the items under review appeared at the foot of the preceding page instead of at the top of the next, along with the review. This looks sloppy and is something I am always especially careful ...

The Pan Book of Horror Stories

Congratulations to my friend Johnny Mains, who has single handedly been responsible for Pan reissuing their very first Pan Book of Horror Stories, just over 50 years after it was originally published. The only difference is the size of the book, which is larger than the original, and the inclusion of an introduction by Johnny all about the Pan series.

This is a picture of the advance copies Johnny was sent:


Let's hope that this is a great success and Pan are encouraged by it to restart the...

The Halifax Ghost Story Festival - 29th - 31st October 2010

The Halifax Ghost Story Festival
We've now booked into the Travelodge at Dean Clough for the weekend. It's not only an event we wouldn't want to miss, but it's also our wedding anniversary too. So this is a treat to ourselves.