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Favorite winter holiday food and music at Sleeping Hedgehog

I and others were asked to give our favorite winter holiday food and music over at Sleeping Hedgehog Of chestnuts, whisky, and latkes.

So what are your favorite foods, drinks, music, or other favorites of the season.

Haunted Legends nominated for Black Quill Award

Just found out that Haunted Legends has been nominated for the Black Quill award given out by Dark Scribe magazine.
http://tinyurl.com/2a6sgsp

Here are the nominations

DARK GENRE NOVEL OF THE YEAR:
(Novel-length work of horror, suspense, or thriller from a mainstream publisher; awarded to the author)

*
A Dark Matter by Peter Straub (Doubleday)
* Kraken by China Miéville (Del Rey)
* Sparrow Rock by Nate Kenyon (Leisure / Bad Moon Books)
* The Caretaker of Lorne Field by David Zeltserman (Overlook Hardcover)
* The Passage by Justin Cronin (Ballantine)
* Under the Dome by Stephen King (Scribner)


BEST SMALL PRESS CHILL:
(Novel or novella published by small press publisher; awarded to the author)

* A Book of Tongues by Gemma Files (ChiZine Publications)
* Dreams in Black and White by John R. Little (Morning Star)
* Invisible Fences by Norman Prentiss (Cemetery Dance)
* The Castle of Los Angeles by Lisa Morton (Gray Friar Press)
* The Wolf at the Door by Jameson Currier (Chelsea Street Editions)


BEST DARK GENRE FICTION COLLECTION:
(Single author collection, any publisher; awarded to the author)

*
Blood and Gristle by Michael Louis Calvillo (Bad Moon Books)
* In the Mean Time by Paul Tremblay (ChiZine Publications)
* Little Things by John R. Little (Bad Moon Books)
* Occultation by Laird Barron (Night Shade Books)
* Summer, Fireworks, and My Corpse by Otsuichi (VIZ Media LLC)


BEST DARK GENRE ANTHOLOGY:
(Multi-author collection, any publisher; awarded to the editor)

* Dark Faith Edited by Maurice Broaddus and Jerry Gordon (Apex Publications)
* Dead Set: A Zombie Anthology Edited by Michelle McCrary and Joe McKinney (23 House)
* Haunted Legends Edited by Ellen Datlow and Nick Mamatas (Tor)
* Horror Library IV Edited by RJ Cavender and Boyd E. Harris (Cutting Block Press)
* When The Night Comes Down Edited by Bill Breedlove (Dark Arts Books)


BEST DARK GENRE BOOK OF NON-FICTION:
(Any dark genre non-fiction subject, any publisher; awarded to the author[s] or editor[s])

* Horrors: Great Stories of Fear and Their Creators by Rocky Wood (McFarland)
* I Am Providence: The Life and Times of HP Lovecraft by S.T. Joshi (Hippocampus Press)
* Night of the Living Dead: Behind the Scenes of the Most Terrifying Zombie Movie Ever by Joe Kane (Citadel)
* The Conspiracy Against the Human Race by Thomas Ligotti (Hippocampus Press)
* Thrillers: 100 Must Reads Edited by David Morrell and Hank Wagner (Oceanview Publishing)


BEST DARK SCRIBBLE:
(Single work, non-anthology short fiction appearing in a print or virtual magazine; awarded to the author)

* "Bully" by Jack Ketchum (Postscripts 22/23)
* "Goblin Boy" by Rick Hautula (Cemetery Dance #63)
* "Secretario" by Catherynne M. Valente (Weird Tales, Summer 2010)
* "The Things" by Peter Watts (Clarkesworld, January 2010)
* "We" by Bentley Little (Cemetery Dance #64)


BEST DARK GENRE BOOK TRAILER:
(Book video promoting any work of fiction or non-fiction; awarded to the video producer or publisher)



* Neverland / Produced by Circle of Seven Productions (for the book by Douglas Clegg)

* Radiant Shadows / Produced by Circle of Seven Productions (for the book by Melissa Marr)

* Specters in Coal Dust / Produced by Michael Knost & Black Water Films (for the anthology edited by Michael Knost)

* Under the Dome / Produced by Scribner Marketing (for the book by Stephen King)

* Unhappy Endings / Produced by Delirium Books (for the book by Brian Keene)

Nominations for the Black Quills are editorial-based, with both the editors and active contributing writers submitting nominations in each of the (7) categories. Once nominations are announced, the readers of DSM have an opportunity to cast their votes for their picks in each category. In a unique spin intended to celebrate both critical and popular success, two winners are announced in each category – Reader's Choice and Editor's Choice.

All dark genre works published between November 1st, 2009 and October 31st, 2010 are eligible. DSM does not solicit nominations, nor are there any fees associated with the Black Quills.

Please note that only one ballot per email/IP address will be accepted. Multiple ballots received from the same email/IP address will be discarded.
vote here


Reader voting closes at midnight EST on Friday, January 21st, 2011.

Winners will be announced on Tuesday, February 1st, 2011.

Cult Radio interview

The phone interview I did last weekend about Haunted Legends will be replayed on Radio Dentata tomorrow at midnight ET.

Then the interview will be posted online on the Cult Radio a gogo website for free by the end of this week.

off to Maine...I hope

Flight this morning canceled because of the weather but rescheduled for a 4:30 pm flight. Hope to get out then. Visiting Liz Hand for five days. Back Monday night....

So now I have a little extra time to clean up the workspace so it --and the sofa--are usable by house/catsitter.

and some more work can be done.

Second flight canceled. Leaving tomorrow morning bright and early.

Haunted Legends trailer by Thomas Canty

Here's the beautifully done trailer for Haunted Legends-just in time for Christmas--think GIFTS!

The book is available in hardcover and trade paperback.

Plus an excellent review from Fangoria that I missed:
It's hard to pull out quotes as the reviewer showers each story with praise but here's the flavor:


..."This fabulous experiment results in 20 original stories in which modern horror writers look around the world and in their own back yards to flesh out these oft-told tales."

..."The incredible "Oaks Park" by M. K. Hobson is a hypnotically moody piece about the origin of a local amusement park ghost. "Down Atison Road" by the wonderful Jeffrey Ford is the "true" story of something that happened to him in the Pine Barrens of New Jersey. He perfectly captures how and why legends live on: "The mind of the place manifesting in human legends that intersect and interbreed into a vast invisible wilderness all their own." "

...Also worth mentioning is Joe Lansdale's flat-out terrifying "The Folding Man." But towering above them all is grand master Ramsey Campbell's story "Chucky Comes to Liverpool."

Home needed for Maine Coon cats (in Oregon).

A breeder is losing her home and trying to place all her Maine Coons (free).

http://www.coonpanion.com/

So You Want to Write a Novel

...then watch So You Want to Write a Novel first!

via Adam-Troy Castro

Coming....

to a computer near you! A fantastic new trailer created by artist fantastique Thomas Canty for Haunted Legends. It's beautiful and it's haunting--and hopefully will persuade those who see it to purchase the book.


We'll be posting it early this coming week and pushing it around the web.

And for the movies seen this weekend so far:
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest--a perfectly fine conclusion to the earlier two films-that follows the book pretty closely.

7 Faces of Dr. Lao starring Tony Randall as a bunch of characters (which I hadn't realized until most of the way through the movie) and Barbara Eden, who is lovely in it. Based on the novel by Charles Finney, with a screenplay by Charles Beaumont. Silly fun.
I re-watched Sexy Beast for the third time, loving it yet again. The tour de force performance of Ben Kingsley as a dangerous (and funny) nutcase, the great Ray Winstone, and others in a very British gangster movie. Bravo!

And today I saw Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, part 1 and it was very entertaining. It was a fascinating contrast to watch the abominable movie trailers with BAD CGI, etc, all announcing availability in 3-D. I don't think anything can help the dogs advertised. The special effects in HP are really topnotch and enhance the movie rather than "are" the movie.

Hal Duncan's It Gets Better video

And so you know what I'm talking about in my prior post, here's Duncan's powerful, angry, obscenity-laced, It Gets Better video.

Awesome it gets better video

Yes, even better than the one by Hal Duncan Pixar employees and I dare you to watch this without tearing up (or outright crying).