Christopher C. Payne's Blog, page 4
June 12, 2013
On Ghost Stories
Michael Collings When I consider effective ghost stories, I concentrate on three elements: Ghosts: It would seem that this element should go without saying. After all, we’re talking about “ghost” stories. The word itself comes from an ancient root meaning “horrible” or “frightful”; modern cognates include aghast, with its suggestion of sudden fright or horror; [...]
June 7, 2013
Deadwood
Deadwood Michael R. Collings What’s wrong with a little deadwood? When I first heard the term used in a composition class in high school—oh, say, half a century ago—it didn’t seem that threatening. In fact, my only experiences with the word outside of writing had been rather pleasant: going camping, cracking dead twigs and [...]
June 6, 2013
JournalStone Publishing & Dark Discoveries Magazine Announce Signing of Bestselling Author, Jonathan Maberry, to Contract for New Magazine Column.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 6, 2013 – JournalStone Publishing (JSP) President, Christopher C. Payne and Dark Discoveries Magazine Managing Editor, James Beach, are pleased to announce the signing of New York Times bestselling and multiple Bram Stoker Award® winning author, Jonathan Maberry, and for the publication of a new, regular column in Dark Discoveries titled “Things [...]
May 24, 2013
JournalStone Publishing Announces autographed limited edition Memorial Day sale
SAN FRANCISCO, May 25, 2013 – JournalStone Publishing (JSP) President, Christopher C. Payne is pleased to announce a special Memorial Day Weekend offer featuring the first place titles of JournalStone’s 2012 Horror Fiction Contest. One year ago Twice Shy by Patrick Freivald and The Devil of Echo Lake by Douglas Wynne tied for the win, spurring a rivalry [...]
May 22, 2013
JournalStone Publishing Announces Signing of Bestselling Author, Jonathan Maberry, to Contract for First Ever Joe Ledger Collection
SAN FRANCISCO, May 22, 2013 – JournalStone Publishing (JSP) President, Christopher C. Payne is pleased to announce the signing of New York Times bestselling and multiple Bram Stoker Award® winning author, Jonathan Maberry, for the publication of the first-ever collection of short fiction involving the author’s famous character, Joe Ledger—the protagonist of a series of [...]
May 15, 2013
JournalStone Publishing Announces the release of Nightmare Ballad with Limbus Inc. giveaway
SAN FRANCISCO, May 17, 2013 – JournalStone Publishing (JSP) President, Christopher C. Payne is pleased to announce the release of Nightmare Ballad, the first in a surreal horror trilogy by Benjamin Kane Ethridge. On the release date and through the weekend (May 17-19) a free ARC of the highly acclaimed Limbus, Inc anthology will be [...]
May 1, 2013
JournalStone Publishing Announces Three New Rick Hautala Projects Including Hautala’s Final Two Completed Novels And An All-Star Hautala Benefit Tribute Anthology
SAN FRANCISCO, April 30, 2013 – With the tragic, sudden, and unexpected death of internationally best-selling author and Horror Writers Association (HWA) Bram Stoker Award Recipient for Lifetime Achievement for 2011, Rick Hautala, on March 21, 2013, JournalStone Publishing (JSP) President, Christopher C. Payne has released the following statement: We join the entire literary community [...]
April 20, 2013
JournalStone Publishing & Dark Discoveries Magazine Announce Free Paperback ARC with the purchase or renewal of a 1 Year or 2 Year subscription to Dark Discoveries Magazine
SAN FRANCISCO, April 20, 2013 – JournalStone Publishing (JSP) President, Christopher C. Payne and Dark Discoveries Magazine Managing Editor, James Beach, are pleased to announce that anyone purchasing or renewing their 1 or 2 year subscription to Dark Discoveries Magazine is eligible to receive a paperback Advance Reader’s Copy (ARC) of one of the following [...]
JournalStone Publishing Announces Hire Of Eminent Editor Leslie Gardner As New Senior Acquisitions Editor
SAN FRANCISCO, April 20, 2013 – JournalStone Publishing (JSP) President, Christopher C. Payne and Managing Acquisitions Editor, Joel Kirkpatrick, are pleased to announce that prominent editor, Leslie Gardner, has been named the new Senior Acquisitions Editor for JournalStone Publishing, effective immediately. In naming Gardner to the position Payne stated: “Leslie has had an extensive and [...]
April 19, 2013
JournalStone Publishing Announces Signing of Multi-Award Winning Authors, Joe McKinney and Lisa Morton, to Respective New Six-Novel Contracts
SAN FRANCISCO, April 15, 2013 – JournalStone Publishing (JSP) President, Christopher C. Payne is pleased to announce the signing of multi-year contracts with multi-award-winning, celebrated authors, Joe McKinney and Lisa Morton, each, respectively, for the publication of six new novels. Joe McKinney will be writing a currently undisclosed three-novel series as well as three stand-alone [...]
