Hypericon & a BBQ obsession

I’VE ALWAYS LOVED BARBECUE. Hell, I have my own secret sauce recipe. I’ve had great barbecue in Kansas City and Austin and Dallas, among other cities. But my favorite to date may be a little place in Nashville, TN called Jack’s Bar-B-Que. Thank you, Hypericon, for having me down to…

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Stokers 2009 Redux w/Pix!

I’VE BEEN TO several Bram Stoker Award ceremonies over the years. I remember my first couple, in the early 2000s, felt very formal and a little stuffy (though that might have had more to do with me being a newbie to the field than the events themselves). The last couple…

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INFERNALLY signed

IT’s BEEN A MONTH of signing Necro Publications signature sheets for me! A couple weeks ago I signed all the inside pages for the hardcover edition of my novel, The 13th, which Necro will issue next month. And last night I finished signing a stack of 500 signature sheets for…

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Signature Sheets – THE 13TH

WELL, I SURVIVED my crazy booksigning roadtrip through Indianapolis, Cincinnati and Louisville over the weekend, and will eventually blog a bit about the adventure. For now, suffice it to say that it was a great trip, and I met lots of horror fans and interesting book readers in general! For…

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SACRIFICE Tour, Week One

OVER THE PAST WEEK and a half, I’ve signed copies of Sacrifice at 15 bookstores in San Diego and St. Louis as well as in Peoria, Springfield, Bloomington and Fairview Heights, IL. Talk about covering plenty of ground! LEG ONE – SAN DIEGO: Since I was out in California on day…

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SACRIFICE Launch on Friday

TOMORROW NIGHT —  Friday, April 24 — I’ll be doing a booksigning to celebrate the launch my 2nd horror novel Sacrifice at San Diego’s Mysterious Galaxy Bookstore. I’m really looking forward to getting back over to Mysterious Galaxy — it’s a great store, and tomorrow should be a lot of fun. I’m…

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Covers: THE 13TH & OFIARA!

IT’S BEEN A PRETTY good week, all told.  I’ve slowly been recovering from the head and chest cold that totally laid me out last week (I’ve had it more than two weeks now, and amazingly, am still coughing from it!). But more importantly, just a couple weeks before my second…

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TATTOO – Stoker Nominated!

YESTERDAY, IT WAS ANNOUNCED that the latest title from Dark Arts Books – Like A Chinese Tattoo – was nominated for a Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in an Anthology. Needless to say, Bill Breedlove and myself – the founders of Dark Arts Books – are more than pleased! The Bram…

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