Amy Grech's Blog, page 2

Stephen King Tribute Anthology

My story, "Dead Eye", is forthcoming in Hush, Don't Wake the Monster, on 3/2/23. This Stephen King tribute anthology from Twisted Wing Productions edited by Azzurra Nox. 

Philcon, 11/18 — 11/20/22

I'll be at Philcon 11/18 — 11/20/22. 

Doubletree by Hilton Cherry Hill, New Jersey

Here's my schedule.

I hope to see some familiar faces...

Hybrid Sequence Media to Publish Alphabet City/Vicious Pink, in May, 2023

I've just signed a contact with Hybrid Sequence Media for my crime novellas, Alphabet City/Vicious Pink, in May, 2023! I'm thrilled to be working with Donald Armfield!

Under Her Skin Wins 1st Place at the BookFest Book Awards

Delighted to have my poem, "Soft Box", included in Under Her Skin, an award-winning speculative poetry anthology from Black Spot Books, co-edited by Lindy Ryan and Toni Miller, featuring stunning cover art by Lynne Hansen Art! 

Ample Hills Creamery Rooftop Readings, October 18, 2022

On Tuesday, October 18, 2022 at 7pm, I'm reading with fellow Even in the Grave contributors Teel James Glenn, Steven Van Patten, Randee Dawn, and Marc L. Abbott at Ample Hills Creamery Rooftop Readings. There will be ice cream...Hope to see you there!

Andrew Hollander, Film Composer, Songwriter

Andrew Hollander, Composer

Andrew Hollander is an award-winning composer, songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist. He brings extensive experience to VR, AR, and MR to produce and manage the integration of music in the most immersive, interactive, and personal way possible.

As a film composer, Hollander scored the treasured, highest-grossing independent films in history, Waitress, and along with writer/director, Adrienne Shelly, co-wrote “Baby Don’t You Cry (The Pie Song).” The score and song were short-listed for the Academy Award. Hollander also composed the scores for Mike Birbiglia’s Sleepwalk with Me and Marc Meyers’ My Friend Dahmer, which The Hollywood Reporter applauded for “deepening the sense of dread”, and Variety proclaimed “disturbingly compelling and original”. Recently, Hollander’s work was touted as "one of the best scores of 2020" by Film Score Magazine for Words on Bathroom Walls, which he co-scored with The Chainsmokers.

Other credits include scoring numerous projects for HBO, namely the Emmy award-winning series A Child’s Garden of Poetry, the Emmy nominated documentary It’s a Hard Truth Ain’t It, and most recently the film Adrienne (New York Times Best of 2021 list). He co-wrote/produced the end-title song for the animated film Leap! with Carly Rae Jepsen and recently completed the score for Cathryne Czubek’s Once Upon a Time in Uganda (Grand Jury Prize DOC NYC 2021) about maverick Ugandan filmmaker Isaac Nabwana, aka “the Quentin Tarantino of Africa.”

Hollander has written/produced songs for an eclectic range of artists from Carly Rae Jepsen and New Politics to Brian Elmquist of The Lone Bellow and Celine Dion (#1 album in 31 countries). He has recorded and performed with such legendary artists as Yusef Lateef, Hubert Sumlin, and Pinetop Perkins.

He is represented by Creative Artists Agency (CAA).

Orange Julius at The Five-Two

My poem, "Orange Julius" is up at The Five-Two. 

"Orange Julius" was inspired by the namesake booth at my local suburban mall on Long Island. Beloved brands, frozen in time, and a disgruntled employee coalesce with dire consequences.

Sunken Meadow at Roi Fainéant Press

Roi Fainéant Press has published “Sunken Meadow”, set in a winter wonderland, Mother Nature exacts revenge on a meddlesome boy who causes a commotion on a snow day with dire consequences.

The First Two Pages

I reveal the origin of her NYC ghost story, “Bruised and Battered Nevermore”, over at The First Two Pages.

Dark Waters Podcast

I recently joined Dark Waters Podcast to discuss the ubiquity of New York City, paranormal encounters, and the wonders of horror poetry. I also shared a sneak preview of my story “Bruised and Battered Nevermore” from the newly released anthology Even in the Grave.