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January 6, 2019
DAY 10 OF ANNOUNCING! Table of Contents for: POP THE CLUTCH: THRILLING TALES OF ROCKABILLY, MONSTERS, AND HOT ROD HORROR
I’ll be posting all contributors here, one-a-day, to reveal the table of contents for the latest anthology that I’ve created:
Pop the Clutch: Thrilling Tales of Rockabilly, Monsters, and Hot Rod Horror
, to be published by Dark Moon Books on January 14, 2019!
DAY 10 of 18: Lisa Morton
1. Seanan McGuire presents “The Golden Girls of Fall”
2. Weston Ochse presents “Sea Lords of the Columbia”
3. Kasey Lansdale and Joe R. Lansdale present “Tremble”
4. Gary Phillips presents “The Demon of the Track”
5. Jason Starr presents “Outlawed Ink”
6. Nancy Holder presents “We Might Be Giants”
7. Duane Swierczynski presents “Universal Monster”
8. David J. Schow presents “Draggers”
9. John M. Floyd presents “The Starlite Drive-In”
10. Lisa Morton presents “Dr. Morbismo’s InsaniTERRORium Horror Show”
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EXCERPT:
. . . Doc was in the dressing room, relaxing for a few moments with a paper cup of bourbon. He figured he’d need it to get through this show.
Sam poked his head in. “Good news—the flyers worked, because the line to get in is around the block!”
“That’s good. Thanks, Sam.”
Sam ducked back out, leaving Doc alone. He sipped his bourbon, enjoying the few moments of peace before what he thought would be an unusually raucous show. As the ghostmaster, he always tried to stir up belief with an opening speech about “contact from the Great Beyond,” and “we cannot always control the spirits, so don’t be surprised if you feel a tap on your shoulder and there’s no one there.” But like nearly all professional magicians, Doc was a lifelong skeptic. He knew other folks wanted—no, needed—to believe in things like magic and ghosts, and he was happy to fulfill that need even if he’d never shared it.
That’s what he was thinking when the lights went out.
“Oh, for God’s sake,” Doc grumbled, figuring that the old Rialto’s wiring hadn’t been checked in a long time.
Something vaguely iridescent appeared at the corner of his vision. He turned to look, could just make out a glowing mass floating near the ceiling in one corner. As he watched, the wavering, oblong shape began to move slowly across the room . . .
“Dr. Morbismo’s InsaniTERRORium Horror Show” by Lisa Morton
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ABOUT: LISA MORTON
LISA MORTON is a screenwriter, author of non-fiction books, and award-winning prose writer whose work was described by the American Library Association’s Readers’ Advisory Guide to Horror as “consistently dark, unsettling, and frightening”. She is the author of four novels and more than 130 short stories, a six-time winner of the Bram Stoker Award®, and a world-class Halloween expert. She co-edited (with Ellen Datlow) the anthology Haunted Nights; other recent releases include Ghosts: A Haunted History and the collection The Samhanach and Other Halloween Treats. Lisa lives in Los Angeles.
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PREORDER NOW FOR THIS AND 17 OTHER TALES OF THRILLING FUN AND IMAGINATION!!
Pop the Clutch: Thrilling Tales of Rockabilly, Monsters, and Hot Rod Horror
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Pop-Clutch-Thrilling-Rockabilly-Monsters/dp/1949491056
Publisher’s Page: http://www.darkmoonbooks.com/pop_the_clutch.html
Releasing: January 14, 2019
“A fitting tribute to the 1950s with this 18-story compendium of hot rods, rock ’n’ roll, and creature features come to life.” —Publishers Weekly
DAY 10 of 18: Lisa Morton
1. Seanan McGuire presents “The Golden Girls of Fall”
2. Weston Ochse presents “Sea Lords of the Columbia”
3. Kasey Lansdale and Joe R. Lansdale present “Tremble”
4. Gary Phillips presents “The Demon of the Track”
5. Jason Starr presents “Outlawed Ink”
6. Nancy Holder presents “We Might Be Giants”
7. Duane Swierczynski presents “Universal Monster”
8. David J. Schow presents “Draggers”
9. John M. Floyd presents “The Starlite Drive-In”
10. Lisa Morton presents “Dr. Morbismo’s InsaniTERRORium Horror Show”
###
EXCERPT:
. . . Doc was in the dressing room, relaxing for a few moments with a paper cup of bourbon. He figured he’d need it to get through this show.Sam poked his head in. “Good news—the flyers worked, because the line to get in is around the block!”
“That’s good. Thanks, Sam.”
Sam ducked back out, leaving Doc alone. He sipped his bourbon, enjoying the few moments of peace before what he thought would be an unusually raucous show. As the ghostmaster, he always tried to stir up belief with an opening speech about “contact from the Great Beyond,” and “we cannot always control the spirits, so don’t be surprised if you feel a tap on your shoulder and there’s no one there.” But like nearly all professional magicians, Doc was a lifelong skeptic. He knew other folks wanted—no, needed—to believe in things like magic and ghosts, and he was happy to fulfill that need even if he’d never shared it.
That’s what he was thinking when the lights went out.
“Oh, for God’s sake,” Doc grumbled, figuring that the old Rialto’s wiring hadn’t been checked in a long time.
Something vaguely iridescent appeared at the corner of his vision. He turned to look, could just make out a glowing mass floating near the ceiling in one corner. As he watched, the wavering, oblong shape began to move slowly across the room . . .
“Dr. Morbismo’s InsaniTERRORium Horror Show” by Lisa Morton
###
ABOUT: LISA MORTON
LISA MORTON is a screenwriter, author of non-fiction books, and award-winning prose writer whose work was described by the American Library Association’s Readers’ Advisory Guide to Horror as “consistently dark, unsettling, and frightening”. She is the author of four novels and more than 130 short stories, a six-time winner of the Bram Stoker Award®, and a world-class Halloween expert. She co-edited (with Ellen Datlow) the anthology Haunted Nights; other recent releases include Ghosts: A Haunted History and the collection The Samhanach and Other Halloween Treats. Lisa lives in Los Angeles.
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PREORDER NOW FOR THIS AND 17 OTHER TALES OF THRILLING FUN AND IMAGINATION!!
Pop the Clutch: Thrilling Tales of Rockabilly, Monsters, and Hot Rod Horror
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Pop-Clutch-Thrilling-Rockabilly-Monsters/dp/1949491056
Publisher’s Page: http://www.darkmoonbooks.com/pop_the_clutch.html
Releasing: January 14, 2019
“A fitting tribute to the 1950s with this 18-story compendium of hot rods, rock ’n’ roll, and creature features come to life.” —Publishers Weekly
January 5, 2019
DAY 9 OF ANNOUNCING! Table of Contents for: POP THE CLUTCH: THRILLING TALES OF ROCKABILLY, MONSTERS, AND HOT ROD HORROR
I’ll be posting all contributors here, one-a-day, to reveal the table of contents for the latest anthology that I’ve created:
Pop the Clutch: Thrilling Tales of Rockabilly, Monsters, and Hot Rod Horror
, to be published by Dark Moon Books on January 14, 2019!
DAY 9 of 18: John M. Floyd
1. Seanan McGuire presents “The Golden Girls of Fall”
2. Weston Ochse presents “Sea Lords of the Columbia”
3. Kasey Lansdale and Joe R. Lansdale present “Tremble”
4. Gary Phillips presents “The Demon of the Track”
5. Jason Starr presents “Outlawed Ink”
6. Nancy Holder presents “We Might Be Giants”
7. Duane Swierczynski presents “Universal Monster”
8. David J. Schow presents “Draggers”
9. John M. Floyd presents “The Starlite Drive-In”
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EXCERPT:
. . . That second room was empty too, except for the wall shelves. Stacked there were dozens of big reels of film, some in cases, others lying overturned with their black and shiny innards spilling out. Katie used Foley’s flashlight to examine several of the reels. “Old movies,” she said to him, then smirked and added, “Real gems, too. From the fifties and sixties, looks like.” She read off a few titles: “Mothra. Killer Shrews. Day of the Triffids. Rodan. Son of Godzilla. The Horror of Dracula. The Blob. The Creature From—”
“I get the idea. In fact, I’d heard about it.”
“Heard about what?”
“Delbert Turner, the guy who owned this place forever, died a while back. When he had to close down, years before, and sell all his projection equipment—well, some said he couldn’t make himself get rid of the old movies. Or at least the scary ones.”
Katie narrowed her eyes. “What are you talking about, Billy?”
He let out a sigh. “It was a crazy thing. Notice I didn’t say he closed down—I said he had to close down. From everything I’ve heard, there was a rash of unexplained murders around here, along with . . . well . . . sightings.”
—“The Starlite Drive-In” by John M. Floyd
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ABOUT: JOHN M. FLOYD
JOHN M. FLOYD’s work has appeared in more than 250 different publications, including Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, The Strand Magazine, Woman’s World, The Saturday Evening Post, Mississippi Noir, and The Best American Mystery Stories. A former Air Force captain and IBM systems engineer, John is also an Edgar Award nominee, a three-time Derringer Award winner, and a three-time Pushcart Prize nominee. His seventh book, The Barrens, is scheduled for release in fall 2018.
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PREORDER NOW FOR THIS AND 17 OTHER TALES OF THRILLING FUN AND IMAGINATION!!
Pop the Clutch: Thrilling Tales of Rockabilly, Monsters, and Hot Rod Horror
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Pop-Clutch-Thrilling-Rockabilly-Monsters/dp/1949491056
Publisher’s Page: http://www.darkmoonbooks.com/pop_the_clutch.html
Releasing: January 14, 2019
“A fitting tribute to the 1950s with this 18-story compendium of hot rods, rock ’n’ roll, and creature features come to life.” —Publishers Weekly
DAY 9 of 18: John M. Floyd
1. Seanan McGuire presents “The Golden Girls of Fall”
2. Weston Ochse presents “Sea Lords of the Columbia”
3. Kasey Lansdale and Joe R. Lansdale present “Tremble”
4. Gary Phillips presents “The Demon of the Track”
5. Jason Starr presents “Outlawed Ink”
6. Nancy Holder presents “We Might Be Giants”
7. Duane Swierczynski presents “Universal Monster”
8. David J. Schow presents “Draggers”
9. John M. Floyd presents “The Starlite Drive-In”
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EXCERPT:
. . . That second room was empty too, except for the wall shelves. Stacked there were dozens of big reels of film, some in cases, others lying overturned with their black and shiny innards spilling out. Katie used Foley’s flashlight to examine several of the reels. “Old movies,” she said to him, then smirked and added, “Real gems, too. From the fifties and sixties, looks like.” She read off a few titles: “Mothra. Killer Shrews. Day of the Triffids. Rodan. Son of Godzilla. The Horror of Dracula. The Blob. The Creature From—”“I get the idea. In fact, I’d heard about it.”
“Heard about what?”
“Delbert Turner, the guy who owned this place forever, died a while back. When he had to close down, years before, and sell all his projection equipment—well, some said he couldn’t make himself get rid of the old movies. Or at least the scary ones.”
Katie narrowed her eyes. “What are you talking about, Billy?”
He let out a sigh. “It was a crazy thing. Notice I didn’t say he closed down—I said he had to close down. From everything I’ve heard, there was a rash of unexplained murders around here, along with . . . well . . . sightings.”
—“The Starlite Drive-In” by John M. Floyd
###
ABOUT: JOHN M. FLOYD
JOHN M. FLOYD’s work has appeared in more than 250 different publications, including Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, The Strand Magazine, Woman’s World, The Saturday Evening Post, Mississippi Noir, and The Best American Mystery Stories. A former Air Force captain and IBM systems engineer, John is also an Edgar Award nominee, a three-time Derringer Award winner, and a three-time Pushcart Prize nominee. His seventh book, The Barrens, is scheduled for release in fall 2018.
###
PREORDER NOW FOR THIS AND 17 OTHER TALES OF THRILLING FUN AND IMAGINATION!!
Pop the Clutch: Thrilling Tales of Rockabilly, Monsters, and Hot Rod Horror
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Pop-Clutch-Thrilling-Rockabilly-Monsters/dp/1949491056
Publisher’s Page: http://www.darkmoonbooks.com/pop_the_clutch.html
Releasing: January 14, 2019
“A fitting tribute to the 1950s with this 18-story compendium of hot rods, rock ’n’ roll, and creature features come to life.” —Publishers Weekly
January 4, 2019
DAY 8 OF ANNOUNCING! Table of Contents for: POP THE CLUTCH: THRILLING TALES OF ROCKABILLY, MONSTERS, AND HOT ROD HORROR
I’ll be posting all contributors here, one-a-day, to reveal the table of contents for the latest anthology that I’ve created:
Pop the Clutch: Thrilling Tales of Rockabilly, Monsters, and Hot Rod Horror
, to be published by Dark Moon Books on January 14, 2019!
DAY 8 of 18: David J. Schow
1. Seanan McGuire presents “The Golden Girls of Fall”
2. Weston Ochse presents “Sea Lords of the Columbia”
3. Kasey Lansdale and Joe R. Lansdale present “Tremble”
4. Gary Phillips presents “The Demon of the Track”
5. Jason Starr presents “Outlawed Ink”
6. Nancy Holder presents “We Might Be Giants”
7. Duane Swierczynski presents “Universal Monster”
8. David J. Schow presents “Draggers”
###
EXCERPT:
. . . Tool’s heap shambled to a halt in a storm front of track-shoulder dust, but Rodrigo was nowhere to be seen . . . until Breezer saw the big guy filling up the Beast’s driver’s side window, heard him yanking open the door, felt him rousting Breezer out of his ride with one fisted glove.
“You cut Tool off! You cut me off! That f**ker had better die, and I mean it!”
It was track law among Faults, like a commandment: You die, you lose.
Rodrigo’s voice was hot tar and broken glass. He was strong enough and mad enough to hold Breezer aloft one-handed. Breezer’s boots dangled a foot off the ground. Rodrigo’s breath would haze your eyes to tears and make you regret thinking of roadkill. His teeth ran in irregular crags that looked sharpened, maybe filed. One eye was fused almost shut by an old injury. The more visible eye had a huge black iris, like a dog’s. His shredded leathers were smoldering and Breezer could see him bleeding from a dozen fresh wounds. Rodrigo tore off his helmet with his other hand and smashed it down to spin in the gravel with that abrasive bucket sound helmets make. Close-up, Rodrigo’s exposed head seemed twice the size of Breezer’s own, upholstered in thick features, scar tissue, and crimson rage. His hair hadn’t grown back on one side after a previous race. His features had caught a lot of flak, and his skin looked like rubber bacon . . .
—“Draggers” by David J. Schow
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ABOUT: DAVID J. SCHOW
DAVID J. SCHOW is an award-winning writer who lives in Los Angeles.
His novels include The Kill Riff, The Shaft, Rock Breaks Scissors Cut, Bullets of Rain, Gun Work, Hunt Among the Killers of Men (part of Hard Case Crime’s “Gabriel Hunt” series), Internecine, Upgunned, and the forthcoming The Big Crush (2019).
His short stories have been regularly selected for over thirty volumes of “Year’s Best” anthologies across three decades and have won the World Fantasy Award, the ultra-rare Dimension Award from Twilight Zone magazine, plus a 2002 International Horror Guild Award for Wild Hairs, his compendium of justly provocative “Raving & Drooling” columns written for Fangoria. The newest of his ten short story collections is a greatest hits anniversary compendium titled DJStories(2018).
He has been a contributor to Storm King Comics’ John Carpenter’s Tales for a Halloween Night since its very first issue. Storm King has just released the first in his five-issue series for John Carpenter’s Tales of Science Fiction—“The Standoff.”
Schow is also the editor of the landmark horror anthology Silver Scream (1988), the three-volume Lost Bloch series (reprinting Robert Bloch obscuria) for Subterranean Press, and Elvisland by John Farris (Babbage, 2004).
DJS has written extensively for film (The Crow, Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre III, The Hills Run Red) and television (Masters of Horror, Mob City). His nonfiction works include The Art of Drew Struzan (2010) and The Outer Limits at 50 (2014). He can be seen on various DVDs as expert witness or documentarian on everything from Creature from the Black Lagoon to Psychoto I, Robot. Thanks to him, the word “splatterpunk” has been in the Oxford English Dictionary since 2002.
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PREORDER NOW FOR THIS AND 17 OTHER TALES OF THRILLING FUN AND IMAGINATION!!
Pop the Clutch: Thrilling Tales of Rockabilly, Monsters, and Hot Rod Horror
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Pop-Clutch-Thrilling-Rockabilly-Monsters/dp/1949491056
Publisher’s Page: http://www.darkmoonbooks.com/pop_the_clutch.html
Releasing: January 14, 2019
“A fitting tribute to the 1950s with this 18-story compendium of hot rods, rock ’n’ roll, and creature features come to life.” —Publishers Weekly
DAY 8 of 18: David J. Schow
1. Seanan McGuire presents “The Golden Girls of Fall”
2. Weston Ochse presents “Sea Lords of the Columbia”
3. Kasey Lansdale and Joe R. Lansdale present “Tremble”
4. Gary Phillips presents “The Demon of the Track”
5. Jason Starr presents “Outlawed Ink”
6. Nancy Holder presents “We Might Be Giants”
7. Duane Swierczynski presents “Universal Monster”
8. David J. Schow presents “Draggers”
###
EXCERPT:
. . . Tool’s heap shambled to a halt in a storm front of track-shoulder dust, but Rodrigo was nowhere to be seen . . . until Breezer saw the big guy filling up the Beast’s driver’s side window, heard him yanking open the door, felt him rousting Breezer out of his ride with one fisted glove.“You cut Tool off! You cut me off! That f**ker had better die, and I mean it!”
It was track law among Faults, like a commandment: You die, you lose.
Rodrigo’s voice was hot tar and broken glass. He was strong enough and mad enough to hold Breezer aloft one-handed. Breezer’s boots dangled a foot off the ground. Rodrigo’s breath would haze your eyes to tears and make you regret thinking of roadkill. His teeth ran in irregular crags that looked sharpened, maybe filed. One eye was fused almost shut by an old injury. The more visible eye had a huge black iris, like a dog’s. His shredded leathers were smoldering and Breezer could see him bleeding from a dozen fresh wounds. Rodrigo tore off his helmet with his other hand and smashed it down to spin in the gravel with that abrasive bucket sound helmets make. Close-up, Rodrigo’s exposed head seemed twice the size of Breezer’s own, upholstered in thick features, scar tissue, and crimson rage. His hair hadn’t grown back on one side after a previous race. His features had caught a lot of flak, and his skin looked like rubber bacon . . .
—“Draggers” by David J. Schow
###
ABOUT: DAVID J. SCHOW
DAVID J. SCHOW is an award-winning writer who lives in Los Angeles.
His novels include The Kill Riff, The Shaft, Rock Breaks Scissors Cut, Bullets of Rain, Gun Work, Hunt Among the Killers of Men (part of Hard Case Crime’s “Gabriel Hunt” series), Internecine, Upgunned, and the forthcoming The Big Crush (2019).
His short stories have been regularly selected for over thirty volumes of “Year’s Best” anthologies across three decades and have won the World Fantasy Award, the ultra-rare Dimension Award from Twilight Zone magazine, plus a 2002 International Horror Guild Award for Wild Hairs, his compendium of justly provocative “Raving & Drooling” columns written for Fangoria. The newest of his ten short story collections is a greatest hits anniversary compendium titled DJStories(2018).
He has been a contributor to Storm King Comics’ John Carpenter’s Tales for a Halloween Night since its very first issue. Storm King has just released the first in his five-issue series for John Carpenter’s Tales of Science Fiction—“The Standoff.”
Schow is also the editor of the landmark horror anthology Silver Scream (1988), the three-volume Lost Bloch series (reprinting Robert Bloch obscuria) for Subterranean Press, and Elvisland by John Farris (Babbage, 2004).
DJS has written extensively for film (The Crow, Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre III, The Hills Run Red) and television (Masters of Horror, Mob City). His nonfiction works include The Art of Drew Struzan (2010) and The Outer Limits at 50 (2014). He can be seen on various DVDs as expert witness or documentarian on everything from Creature from the Black Lagoon to Psychoto I, Robot. Thanks to him, the word “splatterpunk” has been in the Oxford English Dictionary since 2002.
###
PREORDER NOW FOR THIS AND 17 OTHER TALES OF THRILLING FUN AND IMAGINATION!!
Pop the Clutch: Thrilling Tales of Rockabilly, Monsters, and Hot Rod Horror
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Pop-Clutch-Thrilling-Rockabilly-Monsters/dp/1949491056
Publisher’s Page: http://www.darkmoonbooks.com/pop_the_clutch.html
Releasing: January 14, 2019
“A fitting tribute to the 1950s with this 18-story compendium of hot rods, rock ’n’ roll, and creature features come to life.” —Publishers Weekly
January 3, 2019
DAY 7 OF ANNOUNCING! Table of Contents for: POP THE CLUTCH: THRILLING TALES OF ROCKABILLY, MONSTERS, AND HOT ROD HORROR
I’ll be posting all contributors here, one-a-day, to reveal the table of contents for the latest anthology that I’ve created:
Pop the Clutch: Thrilling Tales of Rockabilly, Monsters, and Hot Rod Horror
, to be published by Dark Moon Books on January 14, 2019!
DAY 7 of 18: Duane Swierczynski
1. Seanan McGuire presents “The Golden Girls of Fall”
2. Weston Ochse presents “Sea Lords of the Columbia”
3. Kasey Lansdale and Joe R. Lansdale present “Tremble”
4. Gary Phillips presents “The Demon of the Track”
5. Jason Starr presents “Outlawed Ink”6. Nancy Holder presents “We Might Be Giants”7. Duane Swierczynski presents “Universal Monster”
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EXCERPT:
. . . Bobby hired him because he needed another monster picture. He always needs monsters. The studio hasn’t had a bona fide hit since the green guy with the gills. When you’re desperate, you turn to desperate people. People like Marvel Whitehead. Goddamn weirdo.” We were headed up into the mountains by this point, on our way to the desert. I wondered if I should put the top up. It was already oven-hot. “I was in the office when Bobby brought him in to pitch. He tried a bunch of bullshit on us. Rampaging insects made of human body parts. A country full of witches. Ghosts who weren’t really dead, and so on. Nothing clicked with Bobby. And then Marvel pulled the old, ‘Well, I do have one more thing, but I don’t know if it would interest you, people have never seen anything like it, I don’t know if audiences could stand it, blah blah blah.’ We both realized all that other bullshit had been a set-up for this big idea he obviously wanted to pitch. So Bobby says, ‘Come on, let’s hear it, already.’” I side-eyed new girl to see if the warm air had made her drift off to sleep. But no. She was paying close attention to me, hanging on my every word. “Marvel had an idea for a new kind of monster. One that people in the audience can’t escape, he says. That’s because it actually comes to life and crawls off the screen, he says. . .
—“ Universal Monster” by Duane Swierczynski
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ABOUT: DUANE SWIERCZYNSKI
DUANE SWIERCZYNSKI is the Edgar-nominated author of ten novels including Revolver, Canary, and the Shamus Award-winning Charlie Hardie series, many of which are in development for film/TV. Duane has also written over 250 comics for Marvel, DC, Dark Horse, Valiant, IDW, and Archie, and collaborated with James Patterson on The House Husband, The Shut-In, and Stingrays, as well as CSI creator Anthony E. Zuiker on the bestselling Level 26 series. Earlier in his career, Duane worked as an editor and writer for Details, Men’s Health, and Philadelphia magazines, and was the editor-in-chief of the Philadelphia City Paper. He now lives in Los Angeles with his wife and children.
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PREORDER NOW FOR THIS AND 17 OTHER TALES OF THRILLING FUN AND IMAGINATION!!
Pop the Clutch: Thrilling Tales of Rockabilly, Monsters, and Hot Rod Horror
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Pop-Clutch-Thrilling-Rockabilly-Monsters/dp/1949491056
Publisher’s Page: http://www.darkmoonbooks.com/pop_the_clutch.html
Releasing: January 14, 2019
“A fitting tribute to the 1950s with this 18-story compendium of hot rods, rock ’n’ roll, and creature features come to life.” —Publishers Weekly
DAY 7 of 18: Duane Swierczynski
1. Seanan McGuire presents “The Golden Girls of Fall”
2. Weston Ochse presents “Sea Lords of the Columbia”
3. Kasey Lansdale and Joe R. Lansdale present “Tremble”
4. Gary Phillips presents “The Demon of the Track”
5. Jason Starr presents “Outlawed Ink”6. Nancy Holder presents “We Might Be Giants”7. Duane Swierczynski presents “Universal Monster”
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EXCERPT:
. . . Bobby hired him because he needed another monster picture. He always needs monsters. The studio hasn’t had a bona fide hit since the green guy with the gills. When you’re desperate, you turn to desperate people. People like Marvel Whitehead. Goddamn weirdo.” We were headed up into the mountains by this point, on our way to the desert. I wondered if I should put the top up. It was already oven-hot. “I was in the office when Bobby brought him in to pitch. He tried a bunch of bullshit on us. Rampaging insects made of human body parts. A country full of witches. Ghosts who weren’t really dead, and so on. Nothing clicked with Bobby. And then Marvel pulled the old, ‘Well, I do have one more thing, but I don’t know if it would interest you, people have never seen anything like it, I don’t know if audiences could stand it, blah blah blah.’ We both realized all that other bullshit had been a set-up for this big idea he obviously wanted to pitch. So Bobby says, ‘Come on, let’s hear it, already.’” I side-eyed new girl to see if the warm air had made her drift off to sleep. But no. She was paying close attention to me, hanging on my every word. “Marvel had an idea for a new kind of monster. One that people in the audience can’t escape, he says. That’s because it actually comes to life and crawls off the screen, he says. . .—“ Universal Monster” by Duane Swierczynski
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ABOUT: DUANE SWIERCZYNSKI
DUANE SWIERCZYNSKI is the Edgar-nominated author of ten novels including Revolver, Canary, and the Shamus Award-winning Charlie Hardie series, many of which are in development for film/TV. Duane has also written over 250 comics for Marvel, DC, Dark Horse, Valiant, IDW, and Archie, and collaborated with James Patterson on The House Husband, The Shut-In, and Stingrays, as well as CSI creator Anthony E. Zuiker on the bestselling Level 26 series. Earlier in his career, Duane worked as an editor and writer for Details, Men’s Health, and Philadelphia magazines, and was the editor-in-chief of the Philadelphia City Paper. He now lives in Los Angeles with his wife and children.
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PREORDER NOW FOR THIS AND 17 OTHER TALES OF THRILLING FUN AND IMAGINATION!!
Pop the Clutch: Thrilling Tales of Rockabilly, Monsters, and Hot Rod Horror
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Pop-Clutch-Thrilling-Rockabilly-Monsters/dp/1949491056
Publisher’s Page: http://www.darkmoonbooks.com/pop_the_clutch.html
Releasing: January 14, 2019
“A fitting tribute to the 1950s with this 18-story compendium of hot rods, rock ’n’ roll, and creature features come to life.” —Publishers Weekly
January 2, 2019
DAY 6 OF ANNOUNCING! Table of Contents for: POP THE CLUTCH: THRILLING TALES OF ROCKABILLY, MONSTERS, AND HOT ROD HORROR
I’ll be posting all contributors here, one-a-day, to reveal the table of contents for the latest anthology that I’ve created:
Pop the Clutch: Thrilling Tales of Rockabilly, Monsters, and Hot Rod Horror
, to be published by Dark Moon Books on January 14, 2019!
DAY 6 of 18: Nancy Holder
1. Seanan McGuire presents “The Golden Girls of Fall”
2. Weston Ochse presents “Sea Lords of the Columbia”
3. Kasey Lansdale and Joe R. Lansdale present “Tremble”
4. Gary Phillips presents “The Demon of the Track”
5. Jason Starr presents “Outlawed Ink”6. Nancy Holder presents “We Might Be Giants”
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EXCERPT:
. . . “Listen, Johnny, we don’t have much time,” Flat-top said. “As we feared, your people have exploded their weapon. Your atmosphere will soon grow too toxic for us. We are departing.”
“Okay, so, that’s good, right? For us? That you’re beating feet?”
“I can offer you sanctuary, but you must come back inside our vessel now.”
He reached for Johnny’s arm, but Johnny turned and—
His house—
It had grown, it had to be at least sixty feet high. It reached into the cloudless sky like something from Jack and the Beanstalk. His knees buckled and Flat-top grabbed at him as if to drag him back to the panel.
The porch door swung open with a mighty crash and there stood his own mother, now massive, terrifying, at least fifty feet tall! She scanned the horizon.
“Johnny!” she shouted, and the force of her voice knocked him flat on his back.
“Oh, my gosh, oh, gosh,” Johnny blubbered. “Ma! Ma, down here!” He waved his arms.
She froze and cocked her head. Then she bent over and stared down at him. The pores in her skin were like craters; her eyes were as big as the high school gymnasium . . .
—“We Might Be Giants” by Nancy Holder
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ABOUT: NANCY HOLDER
NANCY HOLDER is the New York Times bestselling author (the Wicked series, with Debbie Viguié) of over 80 novels and 200 short stories. She has received five Bram Stoker awards, a Scribe award, and a Young Adult Fiction Pioneer Award. She is the former vice president of the Horror Writers Association and currently sits on the HWA board of trustees. A recent work was the novelization of Crimson Peak, the classic gothic film by Guillermo del Toro. Her current ongoing project is the comic book series “Mary Shelley Presents” for Kymera Press, adapting the work of women writers of the supernatural from all over the world. She presents lectures and presentations on Mary Shelley whenever possible. She is on Facebook and Twitter @nancyholder. She lives in Washington state and travels to Italy whenever possible.
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PREORDER NOW FOR THIS AND 17 OTHER TALES OF THRILLING FUN AND IMAGINATION!!
Pop the Clutch: Thrilling Tales of Rockabilly, Monsters, and Hot Rod Horror
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Pop-Clutch-Thrilling-Rockabilly-Monsters/dp/1949491056
Publisher’s Page: http://www.darkmoonbooks.com/pop_the_clutch.html
Releasing: January 14, 2019
“A fitting tribute to the 1950s with this 18-story compendium of hot rods, rock ’n’ roll, and creature features come to life.” —Publishers Weekly
DAY 6 of 18: Nancy Holder
1. Seanan McGuire presents “The Golden Girls of Fall”
2. Weston Ochse presents “Sea Lords of the Columbia”
3. Kasey Lansdale and Joe R. Lansdale present “Tremble”
4. Gary Phillips presents “The Demon of the Track”
5. Jason Starr presents “Outlawed Ink”6. Nancy Holder presents “We Might Be Giants”
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EXCERPT:
. . . “Listen, Johnny, we don’t have much time,” Flat-top said. “As we feared, your people have exploded their weapon. Your atmosphere will soon grow too toxic for us. We are departing.”“Okay, so, that’s good, right? For us? That you’re beating feet?”
“I can offer you sanctuary, but you must come back inside our vessel now.”
He reached for Johnny’s arm, but Johnny turned and—
His house—
It had grown, it had to be at least sixty feet high. It reached into the cloudless sky like something from Jack and the Beanstalk. His knees buckled and Flat-top grabbed at him as if to drag him back to the panel.
The porch door swung open with a mighty crash and there stood his own mother, now massive, terrifying, at least fifty feet tall! She scanned the horizon.
“Johnny!” she shouted, and the force of her voice knocked him flat on his back.
“Oh, my gosh, oh, gosh,” Johnny blubbered. “Ma! Ma, down here!” He waved his arms.
She froze and cocked her head. Then she bent over and stared down at him. The pores in her skin were like craters; her eyes were as big as the high school gymnasium . . .
—“We Might Be Giants” by Nancy Holder
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ABOUT: NANCY HOLDER
NANCY HOLDER is the New York Times bestselling author (the Wicked series, with Debbie Viguié) of over 80 novels and 200 short stories. She has received five Bram Stoker awards, a Scribe award, and a Young Adult Fiction Pioneer Award. She is the former vice president of the Horror Writers Association and currently sits on the HWA board of trustees. A recent work was the novelization of Crimson Peak, the classic gothic film by Guillermo del Toro. Her current ongoing project is the comic book series “Mary Shelley Presents” for Kymera Press, adapting the work of women writers of the supernatural from all over the world. She presents lectures and presentations on Mary Shelley whenever possible. She is on Facebook and Twitter @nancyholder. She lives in Washington state and travels to Italy whenever possible.
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PREORDER NOW FOR THIS AND 17 OTHER TALES OF THRILLING FUN AND IMAGINATION!!
Pop the Clutch: Thrilling Tales of Rockabilly, Monsters, and Hot Rod Horror
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Pop-Clutch-Thrilling-Rockabilly-Monsters/dp/1949491056
Publisher’s Page: http://www.darkmoonbooks.com/pop_the_clutch.html
Releasing: January 14, 2019
“A fitting tribute to the 1950s with this 18-story compendium of hot rods, rock ’n’ roll, and creature features come to life.” —Publishers Weekly
December 31, 2018
DAY 5 OF ANNOUNCING! Table of Contents for: POP THE CLUTCH: THRILLING TALES OF ROCKABILLY, MONSTERS, AND HOT ROD HORROR
I’ll be posting all contributors here, one-a-day, to reveal the table of contents for the latest anthology that I’ve created: Pop the Clutch: Thrilling Tales of Rockabilly, Monsters, and Hot Rod Horror , to be published by Dark Moon Books on January 14, 2019!
DAY 5 of 18: Jason Starr
1. Seanan McGuire presents “The Golden Girls of Fall”
2. Weston Ochse presents “Sea Lords of the Columbia”
3. Kasey Lansdale and Joe R. Lansdale present “Tremble”
4. Gary Phillips presents “The Demon of the Track”
5. Jason Starr presents “Outlawed Ink”
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EXCERPT:
We rode along the dirt road for maybe a half hour until we reached a converted garage with a sign on it: OUTLAWED INK.“Doesn’t look open,” I said.
“It’s always open,” he said. “Wait here.”
He went to the dilapidated house next to the garage and banged on the screen door. An extremely frail, wrinkled man with a very small bald head—he appeared to be at least ninety years old—came to the door. Nick talked to him for a few minutes. A couple of times the man glanced in my direction, but by the way he was squinting I didn’t know if he could even see me.
Nick returned to the car and said, “Okay, he can take us.”
“He’s the tattoo artist?”
“Yeah, one of the best.”
“I don’t know,” I said.
“Trust me,” Nick said. “I’ve been coming here for years. You won’t be disappointed.”
My instincts told me this was a bad idea, but when had I ever listened to my instincts?
“What the hell,” I said. . . .
—“Outlawed Ink” by Jason Starr
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ABOUT: JASON STARR
JASON STARR is the international best-selling author of many crime novels and thrillers. He also writes original graphic novels and superhero comics for Marvel and DC and has contributed to numerous short story anthologies. He has won the Barry Award and is a two-time winner of the Anthony Award. Several of his books are in development for TV, film, and theater. His work has been translated into over a dozen languages. His latest novel is the psychological thriller, Fugitive Red. Starr was born and raised in Brooklyn and now lives in Manhattan.
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PREORDER NOW FOR THIS AND 17 OTHER TALES OF THRILLING FUN AND IMAGINATION!!
Pop the Clutch: Thrilling Tales of Rockabilly, Monsters, and Hot Rod Horror
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Pop-Clutch-Thrilling-Rockabilly-Monsters/dp/1949491056
Publisher’s Page: http://www.darkmoonbooks.com/pop_the_clutch.html
Releasing: January 14, 2019
“A fitting tribute to the 1950s with this 18-story compendium of hot rods, rock ’n’ roll, and creature features come to life.” —Publishers Weekly
December 29, 2018
DAY 4 OF ANNOUNCING! Table of Contents for: POP THE CLUTCH: THRILLING TALES OF ROCKABILLY, MONSTERS, AND HOT ROD HORROR
I’ll be posting all contributors here, one-a-day, to reveal the table of contents for the latest anthology that I’ve created:
Pop the Clutch: Thrilling Tales of Rockabilly, Monsters, and Hot Rod Horror
, to be published by Dark Moon Books in January 14, 2019!
DAY 4 of 18: Gary Phillips
1. Seanan McGuire presents “The Golden Girls of Fall”
2. Weston Ochse presents “Sea Lords of the Columbia”
3. Kasey Lansdale and Joe R. Lansdale present “Tremble”
4. Gary Phillipspresents “The Demon of the Track”
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EXCERPT:
. . . Coles shook his head and finished his beer. Nearby was a mound of junk and, walking toward it, he tossed his can onto the pile. Turning, he encountered the woman in black.
“You are a skilled man,” she said. Her accent was heavy but her words were clear. Like they were being tattooed on his spine.
“Maybe it’s equal parts stupid sometimes,” he countered, careful not to get lost in those depthless eyes of hers. “But winning is good for business.”
“How so?”
“I build custom engines and cars so word gets around when you come in first.”
“And coming in first matters to you?”
“Better than getting kicked in the teeth.”
“Yes, I suppose that is so.”
He made a sound. “I wasn’t being that serious.”
“I see.”
“You’re new around these parts.”
“I’m Ymar, Ymar Montez.” She put out her hand. There was a large jade-and-stone ring on her finger.
They shook hands. “Good to meet you.”
“The pleasure’s all mine, Deacon Coles.”
Those eyes . . .
—“The Demon of the Track” by Gary Phillips
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ABOUT: GARY PHILLIPS
Son of a mechanic and a librarian, weaned on the images of Kirby and Kane in comics and too many reruns of The Twilight Zone, GARY PHILLIPS and his pops once rebuilt a ’58 Ford Fairlane. Since then he has published various novels such as Violent Spring, the first such mystery set in post ’92 civil unrest L.A.; edited several anthologies including The Obama Inheritance: Fifteen Stories of Conspiracy Noir; and published more than sixty short stories. With Christa Faust, he co-wrote a prose adaptation of the classic Batman vs. Joker graphic novel, The Killing Joke.
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PREORDER NOW FOR THIS AND 17 OTHER TALES OF THRILLING FUN AND IMAGINATION!!
Pop the Clutch: Thrilling Tales of Rockabilly, Monsters, and Hot Rod Horror
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Pop-Clutch-Thrilling-Rockabilly-Monsters/dp/1949491056
Publisher’s Page: http://www.darkmoonbooks.com/pop_the_clutch.html
Releasing: January 14, 2019
“A fitting tribute to the 1950s with this 18-story compendium of hot rods, rock ’n’ roll, and creature features come to life.” —Publishers Weekly
DAY 4 of 18: Gary Phillips
1. Seanan McGuire presents “The Golden Girls of Fall”
2. Weston Ochse presents “Sea Lords of the Columbia”
3. Kasey Lansdale and Joe R. Lansdale present “Tremble”
4. Gary Phillipspresents “The Demon of the Track”
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EXCERPT:
. . . Coles shook his head and finished his beer. Nearby was a mound of junk and, walking toward it, he tossed his can onto the pile. Turning, he encountered the woman in black.“You are a skilled man,” she said. Her accent was heavy but her words were clear. Like they were being tattooed on his spine.
“Maybe it’s equal parts stupid sometimes,” he countered, careful not to get lost in those depthless eyes of hers. “But winning is good for business.”
“How so?”
“I build custom engines and cars so word gets around when you come in first.”
“And coming in first matters to you?”
“Better than getting kicked in the teeth.”
“Yes, I suppose that is so.”
He made a sound. “I wasn’t being that serious.”
“I see.”
“You’re new around these parts.”
“I’m Ymar, Ymar Montez.” She put out her hand. There was a large jade-and-stone ring on her finger.
They shook hands. “Good to meet you.”
“The pleasure’s all mine, Deacon Coles.”
Those eyes . . .
—“The Demon of the Track” by Gary Phillips
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ABOUT: GARY PHILLIPS
Son of a mechanic and a librarian, weaned on the images of Kirby and Kane in comics and too many reruns of The Twilight Zone, GARY PHILLIPS and his pops once rebuilt a ’58 Ford Fairlane. Since then he has published various novels such as Violent Spring, the first such mystery set in post ’92 civil unrest L.A.; edited several anthologies including The Obama Inheritance: Fifteen Stories of Conspiracy Noir; and published more than sixty short stories. With Christa Faust, he co-wrote a prose adaptation of the classic Batman vs. Joker graphic novel, The Killing Joke.
###
PREORDER NOW FOR THIS AND 17 OTHER TALES OF THRILLING FUN AND IMAGINATION!!
Pop the Clutch: Thrilling Tales of Rockabilly, Monsters, and Hot Rod Horror
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Pop-Clutch-Thrilling-Rockabilly-Monsters/dp/1949491056
Publisher’s Page: http://www.darkmoonbooks.com/pop_the_clutch.html
Releasing: January 14, 2019
“A fitting tribute to the 1950s with this 18-story compendium of hot rods, rock ’n’ roll, and creature features come to life.” —Publishers Weekly
December 28, 2018
DAY 3 OF ANNOUNCING! Table of Contents for: POP THE CLUTCH: THRILLING TALES OF ROCKABILLY, MONSTERS, AND HOT ROD HORROR
I’ll be posting all contributors here, one-a-day, to reveal the table of contents for the latest anthology that I’ve created:
Pop the Clutch: Thrilling Tales of Rockabilly, Monsters, and Hot Rod Horror
, to be published by Dark Moon Books on January 14, 2019!
DAY 3 of 18: Kasey Lansdale and Joe R. Lansdale
1. Seanan McGuire presents “The Golden Girls of Fall”2. Weston Ochse presents “Sea Lords of the Columbia”
3. Kasey Lansdale and Joe R. Lansdale present “Tremble”
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EXCERPT:
. . . I remember when I first paid true attention to her. She had been there all along, hidden behind a bland misfit mask, but now she was taking on a different look, and that’s why I noticed her. I had a different look too, and it was the music that changed us, that brought us together like a magnet to steel. I had on my blue jeans with the big cuffs, deep enough you could have kept your lunch money in them, had on a tee-shirt with the short sleeves rolled up to show what biceps I had. In that area, I needed a little work, but listening to the radio, to that hard-driving music, had turned me bold, made me want to look like my heroes. I had my hair slicked back with enough oil to lube a bone-dry Buick transmission, duck tail lifted up in the back, not to mention some wispy sideburns. There Belinda was, coming down the hallway in her dark teal, half-sleeve swing dress with white fringe at the bottom and on the collar, her flame-red hair, mounded up and flared out wide, the collar fringe swishing across her sun-kissed collar bones, as she walked in men’s lace-up shoes. Instead of a purse, she had a guitar, an old, worn Martin D-45 with a leather strap . . .
—“Tremble” by Kasey Lansdale and Joe R. Lansdale
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ABOUT: KASEY LANSDALE
KASEY LANSDALE, first published at the tender age of eight by Random House, is the author of several short stories and novellas from Harper Collins, Titan Books, and others. She is the editor of assorted anthology collections and in her latest publication, Terror is Our Business, Publishers Weekly noted, “Lansdale’s storytelling delightfully takes on a lighter and sharper edge.” She is best known as a country singer/songwriter whose music has been placed on various television and film networks.
ABOUT: JOE R. LANSDALE
JOE R. LANSDALE is the author of forty-five novels and four hundred shorter works, including stories, essays, reviews, introductions, and magazine articles. His work has been made into films, Bubba Ho-Tep, Cold in July, as well as the acclaimed TV show, Hap and Leonard. He has also had works adapted to Masters of Horroron Showtime, and wrote scripts for Batman: The Animated Series, and Superman: The Animated Series. He scripted a special Jonah Hex animated short, as well as the animated Batman film, Son of Batman.
He has received numerous recognitions for his work. Among them The Edgar, for his crime novel The Bottoms, The Spur, for his historical western Paradise Sky, as well as ten Bram Stoker Awards for his horror work, and has also received the Grandmaster Award and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Horror Writers Association. He has been recognized for his contributions to comics and is a member of the Texas Institute of Literature, the Texas Literary Hall of Fame, and is Writer in Residence at Stephen F. Austin State University.
He is in the International Martial Arts Hall of Fame, as well as the U.S. Martial Arts Hall of Fame, and is the founder of the Shen Chuan martial arts system.
His books and stories appear in twenty-five languages.
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PREORDER NOW FOR THIS AND 17 OTHER TALES OF THRILLING FUN AND IMAGINATION!!
Pop the Clutch: Thrilling Tales of Rockabilly, Monsters, and Hot Rod Horror
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Pop-Clutch-Thrilling-Rockabilly-Monsters/dp/1949491056
Publisher’s Page: http://www.darkmoonbooks.com/pop_the_clutch.html
Releasing: January 14, 2019
“A fitting tribute to the 1950s with this 18-story compendium of hot rods, rock ’n’ roll, and creature features come to life.” —Publishers Weekly
DAY 3 of 18: Kasey Lansdale and Joe R. Lansdale
1. Seanan McGuire presents “The Golden Girls of Fall”2. Weston Ochse presents “Sea Lords of the Columbia”
3. Kasey Lansdale and Joe R. Lansdale present “Tremble”
###
EXCERPT:
. . . I remember when I first paid true attention to her. She had been there all along, hidden behind a bland misfit mask, but now she was taking on a different look, and that’s why I noticed her. I had a different look too, and it was the music that changed us, that brought us together like a magnet to steel. I had on my blue jeans with the big cuffs, deep enough you could have kept your lunch money in them, had on a tee-shirt with the short sleeves rolled up to show what biceps I had. In that area, I needed a little work, but listening to the radio, to that hard-driving music, had turned me bold, made me want to look like my heroes. I had my hair slicked back with enough oil to lube a bone-dry Buick transmission, duck tail lifted up in the back, not to mention some wispy sideburns. There Belinda was, coming down the hallway in her dark teal, half-sleeve swing dress with white fringe at the bottom and on the collar, her flame-red hair, mounded up and flared out wide, the collar fringe swishing across her sun-kissed collar bones, as she walked in men’s lace-up shoes. Instead of a purse, she had a guitar, an old, worn Martin D-45 with a leather strap . . .—“Tremble” by Kasey Lansdale and Joe R. Lansdale
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ABOUT: KASEY LANSDALE
KASEY LANSDALE, first published at the tender age of eight by Random House, is the author of several short stories and novellas from Harper Collins, Titan Books, and others. She is the editor of assorted anthology collections and in her latest publication, Terror is Our Business, Publishers Weekly noted, “Lansdale’s storytelling delightfully takes on a lighter and sharper edge.” She is best known as a country singer/songwriter whose music has been placed on various television and film networks.
ABOUT: JOE R. LANSDALE
JOE R. LANSDALE is the author of forty-five novels and four hundred shorter works, including stories, essays, reviews, introductions, and magazine articles. His work has been made into films, Bubba Ho-Tep, Cold in July, as well as the acclaimed TV show, Hap and Leonard. He has also had works adapted to Masters of Horroron Showtime, and wrote scripts for Batman: The Animated Series, and Superman: The Animated Series. He scripted a special Jonah Hex animated short, as well as the animated Batman film, Son of Batman.
He has received numerous recognitions for his work. Among them The Edgar, for his crime novel The Bottoms, The Spur, for his historical western Paradise Sky, as well as ten Bram Stoker Awards for his horror work, and has also received the Grandmaster Award and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Horror Writers Association. He has been recognized for his contributions to comics and is a member of the Texas Institute of Literature, the Texas Literary Hall of Fame, and is Writer in Residence at Stephen F. Austin State University.
He is in the International Martial Arts Hall of Fame, as well as the U.S. Martial Arts Hall of Fame, and is the founder of the Shen Chuan martial arts system.
His books and stories appear in twenty-five languages.
###
PREORDER NOW FOR THIS AND 17 OTHER TALES OF THRILLING FUN AND IMAGINATION!!
Pop the Clutch: Thrilling Tales of Rockabilly, Monsters, and Hot Rod Horror
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Pop-Clutch-Thrilling-Rockabilly-Monsters/dp/1949491056
Publisher’s Page: http://www.darkmoonbooks.com/pop_the_clutch.html
Releasing: January 14, 2019
“A fitting tribute to the 1950s with this 18-story compendium of hot rods, rock ’n’ roll, and creature features come to life.” —Publishers Weekly
December 27, 2018
DAY 2 OF ANNOUNCING! Table of Contents for: POP THE CLUTCH: THRILLING TALES OF ROCKABILLY, MONSTERS, AND HOT ROD HORROR
I’ll be posting all contributors here, one-a-day, to reveal the table of contents for the latest anthology that I’ve created:
Pop the Clutch: Thrilling Tales of Rockabilly, Monsters, and Hot Rod Horror
, to be published by Dark Moon Books in January 14, 2019!
DAY 2 of 18: Weston Ochse
1. Seanan McGuire presents “The Golden Girls of Fall”
2. Weston Ochse presents “Sea Lords of the Columbia”
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EXCERPT:
. . . Hemmo slapped his beer down and open-mouth-ogled his war buddy and best friend. “What do you mean the fish spoke to you?”
Hemmo Saarsgaard was an acre tall compared to Doogie and as angular as a pike. They each wore a white t-shirt underneath leather jackets. Blue jeans and combat boots finished their ensemble. Doogie couldn’t help note that they were still in uniform albeit not the same uniform they’d worn in Korea. The difference was that back then they’d been part of something—part of something special. Now they were just—they weren’t part of anything. They were just drifting like every other war-aged man in America back in the Land of the Big PX with no focus and no prospects.
Doogie pushed the ennui aside and stood a little straighter. “Just as I said. It spoke to me.”
“I mean, did its lips move? Did it swim up to you and begin a conversation? I mean, come on, Doogie, you can’t just lead with, Did I tell you what the fish said?”
“It didn’t swim up. I caught it. I just told you. And no, its lips didn’t move. It spoke to me in my head.”. . .
—“ Sea Lords of the Columbia” by Weston Ochse
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ABOUT: WESTON OCHSE
WESTON OCHSE is the author of more than twenty books. His work has appeared in various anthologies and magazines, including The Tampa Review, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, Soldier of Fortune, IDW, and DC Comics. His work has also been a finalist for the Bram Stoker Award five times and he’s been honored to have won the Bram Stoker Award for First Novel. He’s recently worked on several franchises, including Aliens, Predator, Hellboy, Clive Barker’s Midian, V-Wars, Joe Ledger, and X-Files. He splits his time between Arizona and Oregon and absolutely loves the outdoors. When he’s not writing, you can find him hiking, running, fly fishing, or just fusting about.
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PREORDER NOW FOR THIS AND 17 OTHER TALES OF THRILLING FUN AND IMAGINATION!!
Pop the Clutch: Thrilling Tales of Rockabilly, Monsters, and Hot Rod Horror
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Pop-Clutch-Thrilling-Rockabilly-Monsters/dp/1949491056
Publisher’s Page: http://www.darkmoonbooks.com/pop_the_clutch.html
Releasing: January 14, 2019
“A fitting tribute to the 1950s with this 18-story compendium of hot rods, rock ’n’ roll, and creature features come to life.” —Publishers Weekly
DAY 2 of 18: Weston Ochse
1. Seanan McGuire presents “The Golden Girls of Fall”
2. Weston Ochse presents “Sea Lords of the Columbia”
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EXCERPT:
. . . Hemmo slapped his beer down and open-mouth-ogled his war buddy and best friend. “What do you mean the fish spoke to you?”Hemmo Saarsgaard was an acre tall compared to Doogie and as angular as a pike. They each wore a white t-shirt underneath leather jackets. Blue jeans and combat boots finished their ensemble. Doogie couldn’t help note that they were still in uniform albeit not the same uniform they’d worn in Korea. The difference was that back then they’d been part of something—part of something special. Now they were just—they weren’t part of anything. They were just drifting like every other war-aged man in America back in the Land of the Big PX with no focus and no prospects.
Doogie pushed the ennui aside and stood a little straighter. “Just as I said. It spoke to me.”
“I mean, did its lips move? Did it swim up to you and begin a conversation? I mean, come on, Doogie, you can’t just lead with, Did I tell you what the fish said?”
“It didn’t swim up. I caught it. I just told you. And no, its lips didn’t move. It spoke to me in my head.”. . .
—“ Sea Lords of the Columbia” by Weston Ochse
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ABOUT: WESTON OCHSE
WESTON OCHSE is the author of more than twenty books. His work has appeared in various anthologies and magazines, including The Tampa Review, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, Soldier of Fortune, IDW, and DC Comics. His work has also been a finalist for the Bram Stoker Award five times and he’s been honored to have won the Bram Stoker Award for First Novel. He’s recently worked on several franchises, including Aliens, Predator, Hellboy, Clive Barker’s Midian, V-Wars, Joe Ledger, and X-Files. He splits his time between Arizona and Oregon and absolutely loves the outdoors. When he’s not writing, you can find him hiking, running, fly fishing, or just fusting about.
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PREORDER NOW FOR THIS AND 17 OTHER TALES OF THRILLING FUN AND IMAGINATION!!
Pop the Clutch: Thrilling Tales of Rockabilly, Monsters, and Hot Rod Horror
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Pop-Clutch-Thrilling-Rockabilly-Monsters/dp/1949491056
Publisher’s Page: http://www.darkmoonbooks.com/pop_the_clutch.html
Releasing: January 14, 2019
“A fitting tribute to the 1950s with this 18-story compendium of hot rods, rock ’n’ roll, and creature features come to life.” —Publishers Weekly
December 26, 2018
DAY 1 OF ANNOUNCING! Table of Contents for: POP THE CLUTCH: THRILLING TALES OF ROCKABILLY, MONSTERS, AND HOT ROD HORROR
I’ll be posting all contributors here, one-a-day, to reveal the table of contents for the latest anthology that I’ve created:
Pop the Clutch: Thrilling Tales of Rockabilly, Monsters, and Hot Rod Horror
, to be published by Dark Moon Books in January 14, 2019!
DAY 1 of 18: Seanan McGuire
1. Seanan McGuire presents “The Golden Girls of Fall”
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EXCERPT:
. . . The Fighting Pumpkins cheerleaders took up their usual position along the wall. Iris produced a pack of cigarettes. About half the girls took one, while the other half brushed their hair, or checked their lipstick, or did any one of a dozen other things that signaled “too cool to be in class, yet still too cool for you” to anyone who happened to wander by. Andrea waved off the cigarette she was offered, choosing instead to rest her shoulders against the wall and watch the others with a possessive predator’s eye.
These were her Pumpkins. They wouldn’t be hers forever, would move on to the protectorates of other monsters, other ideal lives, but for now, for the moment, they belonged entirely to her. She didn’t have to share if she didn’t want to, and upon careful consideration, she found that she didn’t want to. Which was why it was such a problem when the hot rod roared up on the narrow stretch of asphalt behind the auto shop and the boy in the black leather jacket leaned out the window, grabbed Iris around the waist, and hauled her, shrieking, into the car . . .
—“The Golden Girls of Fall” by Seanan McGuire
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ABOUT: SEANAN MCGUIRE
SEANAN MCGUIRE lives, works, and watches way too many horror movies in the Pacific Northwest, where she shares her home with her two enormous blue cats, a ridiculous number of books, and a large collection of creepy dolls. Seanan does not sleep much, publishing an average of four books a year under both her own name and the pen name Mira Grant. Her first book, Rosemary and Rue, was released in September 2009, and she hasn’t stopped running since. When not writing, Seanan enjoys Disney Parks, horror movies, and looking winsomely at Marvel editorials as she tries to convince them to let her write for the X-Men. Keep up with Seanan at www.seananmcguire.com, on Twitter as @seananmcguire, or by walking into a cornfield at night and calling the secret, hidden name of the Great Pumpkin to the moon. When you turn, she will be there. She will always have been there.
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PREORDER NOW FOR THIS AND 17 OTHER TALES OF THRILLING FUN AND IMAGINATION!!
Pop the Clutch: Thrilling Tales of Rockabilly, Monsters, and Hot Rod Horror
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Pop-Clutch-Thrilling-Rockabilly-Monsters/dp/1949491056
Publisher’s Page: http://www.darkmoonbooks.com/pop_the_clutch.html
Releasing: January 14, 2019
“A fitting tribute to the 1950s with this 18-story compendium of hot rods, rock ’n’ roll, and creature features come to life.” —Publishers Weekly
DAY 1 of 18: Seanan McGuire
1. Seanan McGuire presents “The Golden Girls of Fall”
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EXCERPT:
. . . The Fighting Pumpkins cheerleaders took up their usual position along the wall. Iris produced a pack of cigarettes. About half the girls took one, while the other half brushed their hair, or checked their lipstick, or did any one of a dozen other things that signaled “too cool to be in class, yet still too cool for you” to anyone who happened to wander by. Andrea waved off the cigarette she was offered, choosing instead to rest her shoulders against the wall and watch the others with a possessive predator’s eye.These were her Pumpkins. They wouldn’t be hers forever, would move on to the protectorates of other monsters, other ideal lives, but for now, for the moment, they belonged entirely to her. She didn’t have to share if she didn’t want to, and upon careful consideration, she found that she didn’t want to. Which was why it was such a problem when the hot rod roared up on the narrow stretch of asphalt behind the auto shop and the boy in the black leather jacket leaned out the window, grabbed Iris around the waist, and hauled her, shrieking, into the car . . .
—“The Golden Girls of Fall” by Seanan McGuire
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ABOUT: SEANAN MCGUIRE
SEANAN MCGUIRE lives, works, and watches way too many horror movies in the Pacific Northwest, where she shares her home with her two enormous blue cats, a ridiculous number of books, and a large collection of creepy dolls. Seanan does not sleep much, publishing an average of four books a year under both her own name and the pen name Mira Grant. Her first book, Rosemary and Rue, was released in September 2009, and she hasn’t stopped running since. When not writing, Seanan enjoys Disney Parks, horror movies, and looking winsomely at Marvel editorials as she tries to convince them to let her write for the X-Men. Keep up with Seanan at www.seananmcguire.com, on Twitter as @seananmcguire, or by walking into a cornfield at night and calling the secret, hidden name of the Great Pumpkin to the moon. When you turn, she will be there. She will always have been there.
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PREORDER NOW FOR THIS AND 17 OTHER TALES OF THRILLING FUN AND IMAGINATION!!
Pop the Clutch: Thrilling Tales of Rockabilly, Monsters, and Hot Rod Horror
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Pop-Clutch-Thrilling-Rockabilly-Monsters/dp/1949491056
Publisher’s Page: http://www.darkmoonbooks.com/pop_the_clutch.html
Releasing: January 14, 2019
“A fitting tribute to the 1950s with this 18-story compendium of hot rods, rock ’n’ roll, and creature features come to life.” —Publishers Weekly
