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December 19, 2012
JournalStone Publishing Announces Forthcoming Publication of St Rage, A New Novel From Award Winning Author, Joe McKinney
SAN FRANCISCO, December 19, 2012 –JournalStone Publishing (JSP) President, Christopher C. Payne is pleased to announce the signing of a contract with award winning author, Joe McKinney for the publication of his new novel, St Rage, tentatively set for release in August of 2014. About the Book: Her memory is a blank. Texas State Trooper Mark [...]
December 5, 2012
JournalStone Publishing Announces Forthcoming Publication of HALFWAY HOUSE, A New Novel From Award Winning Author, Weston Ochse
JournalStone Publishing Announces Forthcoming Publication of HALFWAY HOUSE, A New Novel From Award Winning Author, Weston Ochse SAN FRANCISCO, December 5, 2012 –JournalStone Publishing (JSP) President, Christopher C. Payne is pleased to announce the signing of a contract with award winning author, Weston Ochse (represented by literary agent Robert Fleck) for the publication of his [...]
November 12, 2012
JournalStone Publishing Announces Channel Distribution Availability For Dark Discoveries Magazine
JournalStone Publishing Announces Channel Distribution Availability For Dark Discoveries Magazine SAN FRANCISCO, November 12, 2012 –JournalStone Publishing (JSP) President, Christopher C. Payne and Dark Discoveries Magazine Managing Editor, James Beach, are pleased to announce that beginning with the imminent release of Issue #21, Dark Discoveries Magazine will be available for channel distribution through Ingram and [...]
November 1, 2012
JournalStone Publishing Announces Its 3rd Annual 2013 Horror Writing Contest
SAN FRANCISCO, October 29, 2012 –JournalStone Publishing (JSP) President, Christopher C. Payne is pleased to announce the commencement of its third annual Horror Writing Contest. The contest is open to all authors. Submission Requirements: Submissions must be at least 75,000 words or more in length (no exceptions) and must be sent in a Microsoft Word [...]
October 27, 2012
Transforming Terrible
Some years ago I wrote a terrible story. At the time I finished it, of course, it didn’t seem terrible. Hot off the typewriter, it seemed like a small, highly polished gem. It was one of the first pieces of short fiction I had written, so perhaps I can be forgiven for over-appraising its worth [...]
October 18, 2012
JournalStone Publishing Announces, Exclusive Joint Distribution Agreement WithThe Australian Horror Writers Association
SAN FRANCISCO, October 18, 2012 –JournalStone Publishing (JSP) President, Christopher C. Payne and Dark Discoveries Magazine Managing Editor, James Beach, are pleased to announce that JSP and The Australian Horror Writers Association (AHWA) have entered into an exclusive joint marketing agreement pursuant to which JSP and Dark Discoveries Magazine will be the exclusive USA distributor [...]
October 15, 2012
THREE HALLMARKS OF HORROR: Part III (Language)
THREE HALLMARKS OF HORROR: Part III (Language) Again and again as I write horror and write about horror, I am reminded of the simple fact that horror, like all fiction, is created by words. It is literally a ‘shaping’ or a ‘forming’, as one might mold clay. Writers take the words that are a commonplace [...]
October 9, 2012
JournalStone Publishing Announces New “Double Down” Book Series
SAN FRANCISCO, October 9, 2012 –JournalStone Publishing President, Christopher C. Payne is pleased to announce an exciting new, ongoing series of titles JournalStone Publishing will be releasing, premiering in 2013 under the “Double Down” series moniker. The Double Down Series of books will pair an acclaimed author with a gifted, fresh, cutting-edge author selected by [...]
October 5, 2012
Dark Discoveries Magazine Announces It’s Open To Short Fiction Submissions
For immediate release: Dark Discoveries Magazine Announces It’s Open To Short Fiction Submissions SAN FRANCISCO, October 5, 2012 –JournalStone Publishing President, Christopher C. Payne and Dark Discoveries Magazine Managing Editor, James Beach, are pleased to announce that the magazine is again open to short fiction submissions until June 1, 2013. The magazine will be paying [...]
October 3, 2012
THREE HALLMARKS OF HORROR: Part II (Isolation)
Part Two: Isolation John Donne’s famous apothegm, “No man is an island entire unto himself,” is anathema to horror fiction. Not that horror writers do not feel themselves part of the larger community of humanity; they are often there, in fact, in defense of that larger community, warning against social and cultural disintegration by means [...]
