Sumiko Saulson's Blog, page 24
September 16, 2017
I’m in two art exhibits this month
Color Speaks Exhibit
at Berkeley Central Arts Passage
2055 Center Street
Berkeley, California
near Downtown Berkeley BART Station
Berkeley Arts Passage is open from 9:30 AM -5PM
Mondays – Saturdays.
I have two pieces in this exhibit:
Dooky
Flynn, You, and Dookyboo
“Women in Art“
August 19-November 10, 2017
This show honors women Artists and women through Art.
Expressions Gallery
www.expressionsgallery.org/
2035 Ashby Ave. Berkeley, California, 94703 | 510.644.493
I have three works in the show, each of which is acrylics on watercolor paper, framed, 9 x 12 or 12 x 9. They are on sale for $150 at the gallery. Prints are available at www.buyartworknow.com.
Dancer
Three Goddesses
Mother, Maiden, Crone
September 9, 2017
HorrorAddicts.net, 147 #NGHW Judge: Frank H. Woodward
Check out the latest episode of #NGHW Contest and stay on #TeamSumiko til the bitter end. It’s down to the wire. Who will win this week’s competition?
Horror Addicts Episode# 147
SEASON 12 – The Next Great Horror Writer Contest
JUDGES:
Horror Hostess: Emerian Rich
Judge: H.E. Roulo
Guest Judge: Frank H. Woodward
Intro Music by: Valentine Wolfe
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AUDIODRAMA EPISODE!
Find all articles and interviews at: http://www.horroraddicts.net
52 Days till Halloween
Halloween stuff, Frank interview #97
Intro of judges, prizes, and contest.
Review of the 10 Audiodramas
Contestants: Feind Gottes, Naching T. Kassa, Jess Landry, Sumiko Saulson, Cat Voleur, Jonathan Fortin, Adele Marie Park, JC Martinez, Harry Husbands, Daphne Strasert.
HA.Net News: Audiodrama version Emerian Rich & Kirk Warrington voices
*Jesse Orr’s new installment of The Scarlett Dahlia
*DJ Pitsiladis Nightmare Fuel, The Town that Dreaded Sundown
*Kbatz Frightening Flix: Brimstone
*David’s Haunted Library features: The Howling 2
*GB: J.C. Eickelberg – Pet Cemetery fan art.
*PR: Entertaining Demons by Daniel I. Russell
*PR: Kingdoms of Sorrow by JK Franks
*PR: CometTV.com
*PR: Puff
*Backwoods Bonfire…
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July 30, 2017
#NGHW Top 6 Character Descriptions
I got in the top 6! Listen to the show, read the excerpts.
These are the top 6 Character excerpts from the Character challenge.
Character 1: Silt and Bone by Jess Landry
Growths of moss and cobwebs littered the branches, the falling water wiping some of them away into the rising water.
On the throne sat a motionless woman who looked as though she’d been carved from a birch tree. Her delicate features and ashen skin shimmered in the struggling light; dark, horizontal lines and black knots speckled every inch of her visible surface, even her eyelids. Roots spilled from her head: five long, thick stems that thinned out as they joined the mosaic of branches behind her. Her arms lay on the armrests, strangely human yet twisted like intertwining branches, leading to slender fingers that extended into thin twigs sharp enough to slice through skin and bone. Her forehead extended past that of a human’s, ending in a ragged, broken trunk—a crown…
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July 23, 2017
#NGHW Top 7 True Horrific Blog Posts
These are the top 7 blog post excerpts from the True Horrific challenge.
Blog Post 1: Black Death – Naching T. Kassa
Death is the ultimate enemy. It steals those we love and forms a wall between this world and the next. It is the dark curtain we cannot peer behind.
Death waits for us all.
Do you remember the first time you encountered death? Did the passing of a pet or grandparent reveal its presence? When did you discover your mortality? How old were you?
My discovery began with a young girl’s demise. I was nine.
The girl was two years younger and lived a few miles away from me. We attended the same school and, though we didn’t know each other, she struck me as a sweet person.
Her hair was blonde. It stood out against the white sweaters and dresses she wore. I don’t think she wore white…
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July 10, 2017
Press Release : Crystal Lake Publishing : Twice Upon an Apocalypse
Twice Upon An Apocalypse
Edited by Rachel Kenley & Scott T. Coudsward
These aren’t your mother’s fairy tales. Throughout history parents have told their children stories to help them sleep, to keep them entertained. But we’re pretty sure none of those parents had this in mind. These are the fairy tales that will give you and your children nightmares. From the darkest depths of Grimm and Anderson come the immortal mash-ups with the creations of HP Lovecraft.
The stories in Twice Upon an Apocalypse will scare and delight “Children” of all ages!
“Twice Upon an Apocalypse is one of the most refreshingly inventive, entertaining, thoughtful (and thought-provoking), not to mention unnerving anthologies I’ve read in years.” – Gary A. Braunbeck
Watch the latest episode of Beneath the Lake videocast, with host Todd Keisling interviewing TWICE UPON AN APOCALYPSE contributors, Armand Rosamilia and Bracken MacLeod:
June 18, 2017
May 21, 2017
#NGHW Top 8 commercial spoofs.
When I heard the (AWESOME) voice actors reading my script I started jumping up and down squealng. You guys are SO TALENTED! Besides, I was last, so I thought I didn’t make the top 10. But mostly, you were awesome!
My favorites: Erl King (Jonathan Fortin), Full Moon Undies (Naching Kassa), and Fang Blingz (Jess Landry). That’s the three I would have picked. Listen and find out who the judges picked!
These are the top 8 commercial spoofs.
SPOOF #1 Dead Fresh air freshner by Fiend Gottes
A vampire father & young son are sitting outside under a full moon on a cloudless night, crickets are chirping, a wolf howls in the distance…
Son: Dad?
Father: Vhat son?
Son: Do you ever get that… not so fresh feeling?
Father: Bwahaha… but ov course! That’s why I use Dead Fresh.
Announcer: Do you struggle to keep the fetid stench of decay out of your clothes? Coffin? Your basement? Then Dead Fresh is just for you! Dead ten minutes? Ten centuries? Hiding one body or a thousand rotting corpses? Don’t worry, Dead Fresh kills even the strongest creeping stench of death! Just ask Pogo the Clown!
Pogo the Clown: I had dozens of corpses in my crawlspace for years and no one even knew! Thanks Dead Fresh!
Dr. West: Hi, I’m Dr. Herbert…
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May 17, 2017
May 16, 2017
Void Between Emotions Release Party
The Octopus Literary Salon
2101 Webster St @ 22nd, Oakland, California 94612
https://oaklandoctopus.org/
Also Reading: Serena Toxicat, Author of “Ghosts in Bones”
Carolyn Saulson, Author of “Living A Lie”
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Explore the darker side of speculative fiction with this collection of supernatural short stories involving sea creatures, ghosts, witches, mermen, shapeshifters, and more. The Void Between Emotions is written by an African American author and contains many stories that reflect African American culture, conflict and issues as well as other culture’s concerns fine examples of writing the other. The stories are primarily horror, with some science-fiction and paranormal romance.
The Void between Emotions consists of the ocean-themed The Dance of the Sea Hare and Tortoise; a creepy tale about a young black man strangely obsessed with the recent influx of oceanic life onto dry land; Character Flaws, about a fictional character taking over his author; Bodies, about a human woman who hates her body as much as her witch girlfriend loves it, The Woman Who Couldn’t Stop Crying, about La Llorona, The Weeping Woman), Shallow Waters, about a loveable but unfortunately dangerous merman; Sweetness, a post-apocalyptic tale about a desperate werepig and a ruthless bacon hunter; The Birthday Present, about a girl who unexpectedly learns who her true father is during a wicked Sweet Sixteen party; This One Has Teeth, about a dentist visit from hell; Bloodsuckers, about a symbiotic parasite and vampire relationship; Ashes and Coffee, about a young homeless woman faced with death personified, and Therma Martin Zeda 2525, about a future dystopia and genetic engineering gone wrong.
May 7, 2017
LIVE Second Life Event Today! 1pm PST Clockwork Wonderland
Please come visit us! Getting started in half an hour!
Join us at Bookstacks on Second Life for our
Virtual Book Release Party
TODAY!
May 7th, 1pm SLT (PST)
Bookstacks, Second Life
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Awen/134/148/25
“One of Bookstacks’ favorite authors, Emerian Rich (Emz Mazie in SL), has a new anthology coming out on May 2. To celebrate, Emerian will be holding a small book launch party at the Bookstacks Pub on Sunday, May 7, starting at 1pm.”
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Clockwork Wonderland contains stories from authors that see Wonderland as a place of horror where anything can happen and time runs amok. In this book you’ll find tales of murderous clockworks, insane creations, serial killers, zombies, and a blood thirsty jabberclocky. Prepare to see Wonderland as a place where all your worst nightmares come true. You may never look at classic children’s literature the same way again.
