Loren Rhoads's Blog, page 97
November 30, 2009
Morbid blog tour: Maurice Broaddus
Maurice Broaddus is the author of an urban fantasy series called The Knights of Breton Court (Book One: King Maker comes from HarperCollins in March 2010). His anthology Dark Faith comes out in May 2010. His short stories have seen print in various places from Apex Magazine to Weird Tales. He has two novellas out: Orgy of Souls (co-written with Wrath James White, Apex Books) and Devil's ...
November 29, 2009
Morbid blog tour: T. M. Gray
T. M. Gray's novels Ghosts of Eden, Mr. Crisper, and The Ravenous are enjoyed by a widespread audience of horror fans. With the nonfiction Ghosts of Maine, the ghost hunter's guide to over 100 paranormal hotspots throughout the state, Gray proves her mastery of research and devotion to Maine's darker history, legends, and folklore. She had one essay in Morbid Curiosity magazine, ...
November 28, 2009
Morbid blog tour: Kalifer Deil
Kalifer Deil was an engineer at Sun and Apple and is now involved with a third-generation dot-com startup. He dabbles in writing, sculpture, and home design. He has written two plays: Interview with an Alien and Flight of the Soul. He confessed to perpetuating a UFO hoax in Morbid Curiosity #5. "The Jumper and the Crabs," about working for the Coast Guard in the San Francisco Bay, appeared in ...
November 27, 2009
Morbid blog tour: A. M. Muffaz
Malaysian-born fantasist A. M. Muffaz's fiction has appeared in Fantasy magazine, Gothic.Net, Chiaroscuro, Star*Line, and elsewhere. Her memoir "The Bomoh" appeared in Morbid Curiosity #7 and is reprinted in Morbid Curiosity Cures the Blues.Q: What does morbid curiosity mean to you? A: A willingness to ask hard questions and to look at the world from different angles, even if those views ...
November 26, 2009
Morbid blog tour: Leilah Wendell
Leilah Wendell is America's best-known necrophile and the world's foremost researcher of personifications of and encounters with Death. Author of fourteen books, she was also proprietor of The Westgate Museum in New Orleans, the only gallery devoted exclusively to "Necromantic Art and Literature."Leilah's support and encouragement was crucial to Morbid Curiosity. Leilah reviewed ...
November 25, 2009
Morbid blog tour: William Selby
Eleven years ago, Ohio native William Selby escaped writing for film, theater, and television (including the new Twilight Zone) in Hollywood. Transplanted to San Francisco, Bill currently plies his trade as a graphic designer. Six cockatiels, three budgies, and partner-in-crime Christine add zest, joy, and meaning to life. He is the author of Monté: King of Atom Age Monster Decals! to be ...
November 24, 2009
Morbid blog tour: Wm. Rage
Wm. Rage can be found performing with the horror-noise band Blue Sabbath Black Cheer. He also runs the Enterruption label, promoting and releasing music and visual arts by underground bands and artists from around the world. He had one story in Morbid Curiosity magazine -- "Donating My Body to Science" -- which appeared in issue #6. It's one of my favorite stories, because it ...
November 23, 2009
Morbid blog tour: Jill Tracy
San Francisco-based Jill Tracy has garnered multiple awards and a devoted following for her evocative cinematic music, sophisticated lyrics, old-world glamour, and curious passion for strange tales. Her tune "Evil Night Together" was featured on the CBS TV show NAVY NCIS and on the BBC series Jekyll. Her film score work appears in The Black Dahlia. Her newest album is called "The ...
November 22, 2009
Morbid blog tour: Jim Wiz
Illustrator Jim Wiz came late to the magazine, providing ten illustrations for the final three issues of Morbid Curiosity magazine. One of his pieces from the last issue appears on a t-shirt and a journal at the Morbid Curiosity Café Press shop (http://www.cafepress.com/morbidzine).Q: Jim, what does morbid curiosity mean to you? A: From the time we are children, we are taught not to ...
November 21, 2009
Morbid blog tour: Erik Quarry
Erik Quarry is a Gothic/Macabre artist living in the San Francisco Bay Area. He has exhibited in Oakland, San Francisco, and Los Angeles. His interests lie in the decadence of doom, death, and darkness, which his art reflects in a light-hearted style. Halloween, Danse Macabre, and Victorian themes abound in his artwork. Fascinated by El Día de los Muertos, Erik is a member of the Association ...
