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ResAliens Blog: Anastasia

ResAliens Blog: Anastasia

book signing

set one up at my local library. Dragon Creed is coming out soon.

Will start putting together our latest edition next week. Need to finish a few book and site reviews

latest cover art

just got the new art for my first book in the fantasy series, The Dragon Thing To Do

Pay no attention to the fact that he's looking to see if everything is growing. Although, from his facial expression, he doesn't look happy with what's going on down south.

www.cyberwizardproductions.com/Ancient_Tomes_Press/The_Lost_Lands_by_Crystalwizard_science_fiction_fantasy_book.html


The Sojourn Chronicles began in Wizard's Bane with Dale, a member of Intergalactic Patrol, materializing in a garbage dump. Bereft of his powers and chased by a horde of blood thirsty creatures known as Gorg. he set out to try and find a way home.

But the universe had other ideas.

A simply quest to get back to the fleet turned into a major undertaking - to save the world from certain destruction. Fortunately, Dale gained the help of several people who joined him on his journey. Unfortunately, none of them had any idea how they were supposed to stop the unstoppable.

Little by little the riddles have untangled, and The Lost Lands finds the company approaching their goal - the shining castle of King Yaybar, located at the heart of everything.

But the Gorg are on the move, King Yaybar is still hundreds of miles away, the only transportation that the party has is their feet and their dragon, Qhui, has vanished.

Will they make it in time? Or will all their hard work prove to have been in vain? Only time will tell.

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reBlog from Sthrnwriter: Ghost Stories

I found this fascinating quote today:

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You should read the whole article.

woot!!

I won Ghost Stories' Spook the Truth Contest!

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This soo rocks!! (does the happy dance)

Interview, Chat and Contest With Author Kelly Gay

Interview, Chat and Contest With Author Kelly Gay

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8 Tips on How to Start an SEO Campaign

8 Tips on How to Start an SEO Campaign

Several small & mid size businesses contact us daily for SEO consultation and helping their websites rank well on search engines. One common question we always hear is:

"Where and how do I start my SEO Campaign from?"

A couple of points to note before we start -

We are assuming that you already have the domain name because finding a good domain name would be a separate topic.

Here are some of the most important steps that you can yourself take care of before going to any SEO company to manage your search engine marketing campaign.

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Bitten by Books » Release Party, Vlog, Chat and Contest with Author Nicole Peeler

Bitten by Books » Release Party, Vlog, Chat and Contest with Author Nicole Peeler

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peter vs the chicken

Putting together a new e zine

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Facebook | Interview, Chat and Contest with Author Diana Laurence

Facebook | Interview, Chat and Contest with Author Diana Laurence

Science Fiction Books, Fantasy Books, Horror Books, and Book Reviews

Science Fiction Books, Fantasy Books, Horror Books, and Book Reviews

Novel Works

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With Many Shades: JUPITER

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Horrorgy: Spotlight On Horror

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Book out in Jan

Gots a book coming out in Jan., but not sure which one. I write dark fantasy, comedic fantasy and horror/urban fantasy.

I have 5 books in the dragon thing series, one dark fantasy book and one horror that have been accepted by the publisher, but since she's a personal friend I told her to bring them out however and whenever she wanted to so she can use them to strengthen her catalog.

Dragon Creed introduces the main characters,
Dragon Insurrection shows them fighting their local govt for rights,
Dragon at Law has one of the characters accused of murder and another defending him,
Dragon Rampage brings the trial to its conclusion,
Damned Dragon follows one of the characters into Dragon Hell as he tries to escape.

Deathwind is a historical dark fantasy which follows an old mage on his quest for redemption.

Tina's Moon is a horror story with urban fantasy elements. It is set on the Texas Coastal Bend.

Will post an update when more news is available.

Goodreads | Bitten_by_Books - The United States

Goodreads | Bitten_by_Books - The United States

Goodreads | Release Party, Chat and Contest with Author Marianne Mancusi

Goodreads | Release Party, Chat and Contest with Author Marianne Mancusi

Abandoned Towers

Abandoned Towers #4 is packed full of all sorts of goodies you don't want to miss.

Starting with the front cover with is a very cool painting by M.D. Jackson based on the featured story, A Warm Welcome By Rob Mancebo. Here's an excerpt:

Looking down the ugly barrels of that bartender's scattergun sort-of made me reassess my craving for a drink.
"Are you planning on going hunting, ol' hoss?" I inquired politely of the whiskered gent with the cellulite collar at the other end of that twelve gauge.
"Naw, I think I done found what I was looking for," he replied with an irritating amount of smugness in his voice.
I looked around the Number One saloon like some sort of an idiot. It was vacant except for him and me, so it was pretty obvious just who he thought he'd found.
"Say now, you couldn't be hunting me." I wasn't overly articulate because the business end of that sawed-off shotgun looked as big as a pair of stove pipes!
I was sure ready to try to talk my way out of getting my head blown off so I added, "I haven't been in town long enough to bruise nobody's feelings."
"We hang thieves in this country!" he informed me with a wave of that shotgun. "Drop them guns and hoist your hands!"
I hadn't a clue as to what he was talking about. I put my hands up, then remembered he'd told me to drop my guns so I began to lower them again, at which point he objected in the crude vernacular such as a body is liable to hear in saloons.
"Well do you want I should drop these Colts or not?" I demanded.
"I'll get them," he came around the bar in a huff and put those cavernous barrels under my nose while he fumbled at my left-hand gunstock. It was something of a tactical error on his part. When he glanced down to find that gun, I dropped my left hand across the action of his shotgun and took hold.

Other fiction pieces include Recall by Shawn Scarber, The Final Wave by TW Williams, Penderfyn's Goal by David M Pitchford and Central Park by Badley H. Sinor.

In issue #4 you'll also find a nice selection of poems such as Forgotten Friendships: A Voice of Arthur Pendragon by Chad Weiss and Goya’s Painted Faces by John William Rice.

Nonfiction articles include a short piece by Lyn McConchie that discusses the creativity of New Zelanders entitled Number Eight Wire and a scrumptious set of recipies that Jaleta Clegg calls Sherezade's Repast.

Remember you will never find anything that's in one of the print issues online, so if you don't want to miss out on all this coolness you gotta buy the issue.

Don't wait. Don't put things off. Get several copies and give a few as gifts. You can purchase AT #4 at this link:

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If Sarcasm Ruled the World | Cracked.com

If Sarcasm Ruled the World | Cracked.com

this is a good one.

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Bitten by Books » RSVP For: 10/22 Interview, Chat and Contest with author Charlaine Harris

Bitten by Books » RSVP For: 10/22 Interview, Chat and Contest with author Charlaine Harris

Autumn arrives with weak blood sports « The Undead Smart Set

Autumn arrives with weak blood sports « The Undead Smart Set

Yes, new FTC guidelines extend to Facebook fan pages | The Social - CNET News

Yes, new FTC guidelines extend to Facebook fan pages | The Social - CNET News

Serpent's Quest

Serpent's Quest

* Sep. 28th, 2009 at 12:52 PM


Woot! it's out!!

http://www.amazon.com/Serpents-Quest-Janrae-Frank/dp/0981662609/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1254151603&sr=1-2
Serpent's Quest (Paperback)
by Janrae Frank (Author)


Price: $14.75 & eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping


Originally published in 2006 by Renaissance Ebooks, this first novel in the Lycan Blood series spent six weeks on the Fictionwise Dark Fantasy Bestseller list. It now arrives in a print edition, expanded and revised.

Red Wolf was the strongest of the Nine Great Chiefdoms of the lycan clans, which had long suffered under the yoke of the blood-drinking sa'necari necromancers. Thirty years ago, the realm of the sa'necari, Waejontor, was conquered by the amazon nation, Shaurone. The Sharani brought the lycan people three decades of peace and freedom that is now threatened by the sudden rise to power of a young Waejontori Queen.

Clan Redhand, the family that rules Red Wolf, is plunged into danger when a sa'necari bounty hunter and mercenary named Malthus Estrobian arrives in their valley, posing as a human refugee from the battles beyond their borders. Unknown to them, Malthus is the "Butchering Serpent," the genocidal mastermind behind the hidden laboratories where hundreds of lycans perished in vicious experiments. He infilitrates Red Wolf with two goals in mind: find out what happened to his brother, Troyes, who disappeared in the valley several years ago; and destroy the Redhand family in order to subjugate Red Wolf for his queen.

The only person standing between Malthus and his objectives is a young guardsman with a concealed heritage: Kynyr Maguire. Trained by the greatest armsmaster the lycans have ever known, and educated well beyond the norm for his kind, Kynyr must find a way to defeat the dark arts of the Butchering Serpent or see his people destroyed, including the woman he loves.
Praise for Serpent's Quest:

"Janrae Frank is more than a writer, she is a world-builder. Serpent's Quest defies the limitations of genre because it is bigger than any one label can contain. It's an epic adventure, filled with unbridled horrors and sweeping romance, but more than that, Serpent's Quest is populated by characters who are visceral and alive. Serpent's Quest captivates you not only because of its larger than life drama, but because you become invested in the world as a living and breathing place."

Bob Freeman,
Author of the Cairnwood Manor series

Janrae Frank's books are always something I grab the moment I have the chance. They are wonderful reads, well written, dense and richly evocative. She makes the reader see the worlds and characters which she has created and want always to see more of them as well. Her work is brilliant, hard-hitting, and the sort of thing I for one tend to be reading still at 2am since I can't put it down until I know how things are going to turn out."

Lyn McConchie,
Author of Beast Master's Ark
Three time winner of the Sir Julius Vogel Award for Best Science Fiction Novel

"The prose is tight, the characters utterly believable, and the plot is so fast and slick it threatens to run you over like a steamtrain. An incredible piece of storytelling."

Gareth Owens,
Author of "Fun With Rainbows"

Abandoned Towers Magazine

Link to Abandoned Towers!

It's a worthy magazine
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Time in a Bottle, Vol. 1

ghost posts - Time in a Bottle, Vol. 1


Time in a Bottle, Vol 1

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From Crystalwizard:

Thought you might like a look at the table of contents for volume 1 of the Time in a Bottle anthology. So here it is:

Goblin Lullabye by Jim C. Hines
Two Seconds Ahead by Rob Rosen
After Nightfall (a Ydaire Story) by Jonathan Shipley
Dallas Through the Looking Glass by Ken Goldman
Saving the World From Sleeping In by Rachesl Swirsky
The Time Machine by Courtney Burback
Of Fire and Time by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Reparations by Merrie Haskell
The Time Traveler's Happily Ever After by Jordan Lapp
The Second Gift by Seth Skorkowsky
An Honorable Race by Colin P. Davies

The Neverstone by K.C. Shaw
The Worth of a Man by Lyn McC
Azieran: The Seal of Mon'Ta'Set by Christopher Heath
The Master of Time by James S. Dorr
What Does Luck Taste Like? by Danny Birt

The Plot to Kill Claus by Erik Lenhart
On Camlann Field by Charles Kyffhausen
Zen and the Art of Time Travel by Robert Neilson

Now, you notice I said volume 1? We had so many submissions that were good and that we hated to pass on that we're doing more than one volume. Not sure how many just yet. I'll keep you posted.

I'll also update this thread when Volume 1 is finally in print.

New content added on a regular basis.

Visit Abandoned Towers at
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Strange Horizons 2009 Fund Drive

Strange Horizons 2009 Fund Drive

strange horizons is one of the best out there.

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HorrorScope: News: Eclecticism Issue 9

HorrorScope: News: Eclecticism Issue 9

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Gay Bar - rathergood.com

Gay Bar - rathergood.com

louise_bohmer: Tabloid Terrors 3 / New TBA Cover/ The Mist (Spoilers)

louise_bohmer: Tabloid Terrors 3 / New TBA Cover/ The Mist (Spoilers)

2009 Whispering Dragons Digital Magazine Flash Fiction Contest Guidelines

2009 Whispering Dragons Digital Magazine Flash Fiction Contest Guidelines


"2009 Whispering Dragons Digital Magazine Flash Fiction Contest Guidelines

"To celebrate the birth of Whispering Dragons Digital Magazine, we are running a flash fiction contest. The Flash Fiction Contest is open for submissions now and the reading period ends on August 31st , 2009. We will award prizes and post the pdf edition of the magazine on September 20th, 2009..."

Read the rest at 2009 Whispering Dragons Digital Magazine Flash Fiction Contest Guidelines

Tom Piccirilli

A Choir of Ill Children by Tom Piccirilli


My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Wonderful, with lush scenery and strong characterization. Great plot, pacing and character development! Descriptions detailed so that you can almost feel them, and the prose is lyrical.


View all my reviews >>

bondo_ba: The New Polymaths

bondo_ba: The New Polymaths

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Bitten by Books » Release Party, Chat and Contest with Author Jeaniene Frost

Bitten by Books » Release Party, Chat and Contest with Author Jeaniene Frost

2010 EPIC’s eBook Competition

from the web site:

EPIC is ramping up for our annual EBook Competition, one of the premier contests in the e-book and e-publishing world. Please be sure you read ALL of EPIC’s 2010 EBook Competition Guidelines as some of you may be surprised by the changes that have been made to the competition this year:...

to read go to http://ebooks.epicauthors.com/

Resident Aliens interviews Mike Lynch and Brandon Barr

http://www.resaliens.com/2009/07/interviewing-mike-lynch-and-brandon-barr/
Interviewing Mike Lynch and Brandon Barr



WhenSkyFellWhen The Sky Fell (Silver Leaf, 2009)
by Mike Lynch and Brandon Barr

The year is 2217, and Commander Frank Yamane is the captain of the stellar cruiser, Corona, stationed at Titan. A battle-hardened man who has experienced a series of personal tragedies, Yamane is guilt-ridden over his inability to prevent the death of his beloved wife, Liana. Plagued with doubts regarding his ability to lead, he will soon face the ultimate crisis when an alien race known as the Deravans attack the Earth without mercy. Knowing he cannot stop them alone, Yamane has no choice but to seek the assistance of an enemy he helped defeat in a war ten years before. The problem is, Commander Yamane knows they have every reason not to come to Earth’s rescue.

For he rest of the interview, go to

http://www.resaliens.com/2009/07/interviewing-mike-lynch-and-brandon-barr/

new article!

Cussedness (Janrae Frank) is being featured in a story on Kim Smith's Blog.
http://writingspace.blogspot.com/
She's the author of the Lycan series and the Publisher at Daverana Enterprises.

It should be up Saturday, the 11th. Stop in and say hi, and don't forget to tell everyone.

husband back home!

woot!

He saw his Dr. today and the meds were adjusted. I got to bring him home. :D :D
He's sleeping now, and is more focused and in control; more like the guy I married. :)

Thanks you all for caring. It was nice to see the replies to my last post.

We've been married since 1982, so we have a long history dealing with his illnesses. It's cool that medical advances were available to help him. He didn't have any real help for so long; the meds we tried before this didn't do any good, but these seem to be giving him some relief.

tired. loooong day

spent the better part of the day getting my husband admitted to two hospitals. ugh. First his meds weren't helping him, so we started out getting him into a local crisis center. Then, during the final admission process, he spiked a b/p of 200/123. We got him to the local general hospital and admitted him to the E.R. They medicated him for pain and lowered his b/p, then released him.

Back to the crisis center, to admit him for a few days. This will fast-track him for treatment with his clinician. Rick has Bipolar Disorder, S. A. D. and Anxiety attacks.

Feels wierd with him out of the house.

MG Ellington’s Slice of Life

MG Ellington’s Slice of Life

LinkedIn: Published Authors Network Group News

LinkedIn: Published Authors Network Group News

The Internet Review of Science Fiction -- Issue

The Internet Review of Science Fiction -- Issue

Fantasy Literature (FanLit) on Twitter

Fantasy Literature (FanLit) on Twitter

How Will Al Franken Make a Difference in the Senate?

How Will Al Franken Make a Difference in the Senate?

...there are sure to be times when Franken's vote will make a difference. And not always in ways that will ease Senate majority leader Harry Reid's burden..
read this article

How Will Al Franken Make a Difference in the Senate?
By Jay Newton-Small

The true cost of online privacy

The true cost of online privacy
The true cost of online privacy
Jeff Bercovici


Do you like your privacy? I bet you do. What about being able to read all kinds of stuff on the internet without having to hand over your credit card number -- do you like that, too? I bet that's another yes. But which do you like more? You'd better figure that out quickly, because, if you don't, Congress just might decide for you...

read Jeff Bercovici's article

Dark Wolf's Fantasy Reviews: Cover art - The Riyria Revelations

Dark Wolf's Fantasy Reviews: Cover art - The Riyria Revelations

Introduction to Using Ning Social Networking Sites | Online Social Networking

Introduction to Using Ning Social Networking Sites | Online Social Networking
tips on getting the most out of your ning site

Strange Horizons Fiction Department: Horror Stories We've Seen Too Often

Strange Horizons Fiction Department: Horror Stories We've Seen Too Often

Horror Stories We've Seen Too Often


The following list is an attempt at classifying the kinds of horror-story plots that we receive too frequently. We have a separate page for non-horror stories we've seen too often.

Note that we're not generally interested in horror of any kind; this page simply lists some particular kinds of horror stories that we see especially often.

Main plot types are numbered; subspecies and variants receive letters.

This is not a canonical list of bad stories or story cliches. This is a list of types of stories that we at SH have seen too often; it's not intended to be a complete list of all types of bad stories, nor are all the items on the list necessarily bad.

We recognize that horror stories are often more about mood or tone than about original plots. Still, these plots and ideas are particularly common in the horror stories submitted to us.

for the full article go to http://www.strangehorizons.com/guidelines/fiction-common-horror.shtml

Justin.tv - SpookyVision (R.I.P) ;-(

Justin.tv - SpookyVision (R.I.P) ;-(

Whispering Spirits Digital Magazine

Whispering Spirits Digital Magazine
Life has finally allowed me to continue working this publication and we're celebrating with a 2009 Whispering Spirits Digital Magazine Revival Flash Fiction Contest!

Gather your stories together and send us the 1,000 word masterpieces you have lying around, or create new ones for us. We're open for submissions now.

Bragging Rites Unleashed

Bragging Rites Unleashed: "Abandoned Towers Magazine now accepting subscriptions
Okay, I told myself that after AT had been in production for a year, and I felt fairly comfortable with putting it together, that I'd start taking subscription.

It's been a year."

Google Reader (220)

To celebrate the 35th anniversary of the Arecibo Message, Cyberwizard Productions and Abandoned Towers Magazine http://cyberwizardproductions.com/AbandonedTowers are offering a reward to kick off a new puzzle page.

Lilley Press

Writer's Platforms

Last Sunday, I posted a blog post at the Lilley Press blog about writers and the recession, which gave a link to an interview featuring Jane Friedman.
http://lilleypress.wordpress.com/2009/06/08/writers-and-the-recession/

A writer's platform has been becoming more and more important over the past years and shows to increase in importance over the upcoming years. Writer's who establish their web presence and connect with their fans on a continual basis are really going to attract agents, editors and publishers a whole lot easier.

As many authors are introverts and hate the idea of having to market themselves, this is important. If authors do not step out of their comfort zone and make an effort to connect with the readers, they risk losing sales...no matter how much a publisher helps them.

At Lilley Press, we are trying to increase the ways in which we help our author's books get in front of people, but even we can only do so much. Readers really don't want to hear from the publisher, or the marketing director (such as me). They want to hear from the author...they want that personal connection that only a properly attended blog or website can give.

If you're in the process of writing a book, start your blog now. Start telling people your experience of your day and your writing work. You don't have to write much, and it can be weekly if you prefer. But if you start now and get some part of you out there, it'll pay off for you in the long run.

Diana Cacy
Sales/Marketing Director
http://www.lilleypress.com

How to Cook With Canned Salmon | eHow.com

How to Cook With Canned Salmon | eHow.com

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Flashing Swords - Issues - Issue 12

Flashing Swords - Issues - Issue 12

featuring:

Stilts & Straw
Tony Pi
Black God's Burden
G.W. Thomas
Ye Olde Word Jumble
Race for the Night Ruby
Seth Skorkowsky
Bitten by the Blade
Bill Ward
Interview
with Jim C. Hines

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J. A. Konrath's tips for touring

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Firebrand Fiction Reviews at SFReader.com

Not enough Space and Time
by Robert J. Santa

It's fitting I find myself reviewing the Summer 2009 issue of Space and Time while I'm in the middle of my Spring Cleaning. After going through the girls' bedroom and discovering too many clothes and shoes that don't fit, stuffed into drawers and piled on shelves, boxes under the bed overflowing with toys and fuzzy animals things, hats and belts they never wear...I've learned I don't have enough space in my life. And it goes without saying we could all use a little more time, especially the kind needed to pursue my favorite pastime: reading. So with a box of shoes and two bags of clothes bound for the Salvation Army as a footrest, I settle into my favorite chair with issue #107.

First and foremost: love the cover artwork! It's classic pulp science fiction. A bikini-clad girl kneels beside a swimming pool, hand covering mouth, eyes wide with shock. Tentacled skulls the same color as her swimsuit bob in the pool, the nearest grinning and leering. It's all set at a Hitchcockian angle, and it immediately brought to mind the kind of bug-eyed monster, girl-thrown-over-shoulder covers I used to find in the used book stores of my youth....

a twitter horror zine

horror in 140 characters! fing Brilliant!!

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Phobia magazine

Phobia has its first review and a thumbs up! -

Sun 11:37am
Crafty and tawdry, artwork to die for and words to kill you.

Visually enticing, you'll be hooked!

~Andrea Dean Van Scoyoc Best Selling, Triple Award Winning Horror Sinisteria Author.

Check out a copy now from only £1 at - http://witchfinderpress.co.uk


Great news!

a canticle?

Previous Entry | Next Entry
en Rantus Corpus ... or, something like that.

* Apr. 18th, 2009 at 2:43 PM


after hearing about it I finally got my hands on A Canticle for Leibowitz. It's brilliant, funny, with sharp dialog. The plotting is clever and telling, a warning of the proliferation of arms, post apocalyptic absurdism, almost.

but it's so heavily dependant on the religious and political structure of the catholic church that i feel as if i'm missing half the story, both in attitude and in actual text.

it feels like an affectionate nod to the church as well as a satire, not only of their structure (and therefore man's penchant to complicate religion) but a comment on man's tendency to worship, or at least lable a mystery, anything he doesn't understand. a bit biting, if taken to mean that man has made a god out of a misunderstood man, and yet very like some people to do so.

it seems like the church is a metaphore for man himself, and there is its brilliance, and the wonderful irony of having a jewish man turn out to be a catholic saint, whose to do list is considered a holy relic, oh, i love it.

but there we go with that darned latin. hey, i'm a southern baptist. the only latin i know is coitus interruptus.

and what the hell is a canticle anyway?
and why should i care?


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[info]ghostposts wrote:
Apr. 18th, 2009 08:19 pm (UTC)
did you follow the link?
if you think it sounds ok i'm gonna cross post it
The Chasetown Arms says:
kk
sounds fine
susie says:
good
i'm pissed at the world
a perfectly wonderful book and i'm only getting half of the damned thing
lol
The Chasetown Arms says:
lol that is really annoying
susie says:
so much for our local educational system
texas sux
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The Chasetown Arms says:
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susie says:
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i reckon ah had thet cummin
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Old Monster Speaks

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Another letter to the Old Monster for your perusal, and it is a dilly! Nothing like throwing a near imponderable to put you into bad case of writer’s block is there? Questions like this one make me sweat frankly so I think I’ll just scratch the surface a bit and hope she can get her research on. Poor kid has one hell of a learning curve ahead of her.

Dear Old Monster,

I have been locked in my parents basement for the last eight years. What should I know about the real world?

Hopefully,
In The Dark And Out Of The Loop

PS: Please help me Old Monster, you’re my only hope!

I’m sorry to have to break this to you, Leia, but if I’m your only hope then I think you’re boned. I’ll have to assume you are somewhere around eighteen for simplicity’s sake as there is no single answer to a question like this. After all, most adults don’t get locked in the basement by their parents, do they? A lot of them should be, but that’s beside the point.

I hardly know where to start. Politically it’s been a hell of an eight years. We’re wrapped up in a war in Iraq that we started over, now get this, a person who didn’t orchestrate an attack the World Trade Center killing thousands, didn’t attack us, didn’t attack our allies, and didn’t have illegal weapons of mass destruction stashed around his country in violation of UN sanctions, and wasn’t hiding Al Quiada operatives in his country. Not when we attacked anyway. Don’t even get me started on who and/or what Al Quaida is… you’ll figure it out soon enough if your Google Fu is strong.

Soooooo– we fragged his country… yeah. Oh, before I forget we also attacked another country and overturned it’s government… sort of. The women still wear Burkas but I hear three men in Kabul have started using toilet paper. Worth every penny of the billions we’ve spent on the invasions, yes?

On the home front we’ve become obsessed with trivial celebrity and shallow attention whoring marketed as reality television. You’ll note that Reality Television is an oximoron. It’s no more real than a cartoon and frankly it barely qualifies as television. This, and its pornographic counterpart the “Girls Gone Wild” videos, allow shows to be made at very low overhead. It’s easy to make a show that doesn’t require plot or storyline (or script writers) and it will likely make a ton of money even if it flops. Television like this almost makes me miss Gilligan’s Island. Almost.

It never took much to achieve celebrity status of course. If you don’t believe me take a look at Paris Hilton. She bought her way into the spotlight regardless of her complete lack of talent, common sense, and a measurable IQ. These things aren’t necessary these days if you start out rich or know who to screw. And before you older folks get on that high horse of yours save it… does the name Zsa Zsa Gabor mean anything to you?

Culturally we aren’t much better off. Wonderful devices such as The cellphone and the PDA and the bastard offspring of both have spared us from the hardships of communicating on the go, personal organization, and literacy; to say nothing of reading comprehension. But you’ll sure look bitchin’ with that Blue tooth headset on behind the wheel of your SUV so no worries, image is everything!

The internet has performed the same purpose of course, but with better graphics and easier input. It seems that the improvements in ease of use of a given bit of technology are inversely proportionate to the decline in most people’s ability to make use of said device. A quick, comprehensive way to frappe’ a human brain in record time. Go Hulu Go!

A few more advancements like these and we won’t need schools. Some fencing around the back forty will keep the sheep contained during class and graduation can be simplified greatly. A quick trip to the kitchen and a sharp blow with a cross-peen hammer and VOILA!.

The Religious Right as a whole and individually is acting the same as it always has: foaming at the mouth, flailing like a drunken hooker in a pig waller at everything that isn’t to their liking. You know, all that post McCarthy bullshit. No change here except a lot of them are managing to get elected to public office. Scary.

If this gives you the impression I’m stalling then you’re half right. More has changed in the last decade or so than can be recounted in a single letter, or for that matter a single book. You have a lot of catching up to do and for this I can only offer my sympathy.

Blood & Stitches,

The Old Monster

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Whispering Spirits

Until last night, I suppose the scariest thing I ever saw was in the summer of 1977. My little brother Tommy, Greg Boutter and Danny Harbin (or Leadbutt as we called him because he moved so slow) and myself were down by Black Oak Creek. The Creek, so called because of the fire that raged through these parts a long time ago (my dad said sometime around 1900), wasn’t much more than a stream starting just south of Elberta and never making it into Miflin, which wasn’t more than a mile or two south of Elberta itself.

We built the tree house in an old oak tree east of the creek, pretending we were defending the land from the Indians and keeping the creek water safe for the people inside the fort. Keeping them safe from the ghosts that were supposed to haunt these woods. There were ghosts, what with people dying in the fire, but we weren’t afraid. We were soldiers. Besides, there were
four of us, and together we could kick any apparition’s butt, especially if we were safe behind the walls of our tree house.

We had regular guards posted at the foot of the tree, between the fort and the creek. The remainder of us soldiers kept the tree house headquarters in top military shape. As usually happened, we made Tommy stand guard while Greg, Leadbutt and myself read and debated the newest adventures of Spiderman and The Avengers..

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"Vermin" eBook Horror anthology Reading Period Opening
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Rymfire eBooks Anthology Info

Horror eBook anthology - "Vermin"

Reading period will be April 15th - July 15th 2009

Stories submitted before the reading date or after the reading dates will be returned unread, NO EXCEPTIONS!

What the "Vermin" anthology's theme will be...

Stories about those tiny, menacing feet inside the walls, creatures watching you from the darkenss of the halls at midnight... you tell me, and make it creepy! And PLEASE no generic 'rat-creature in the attic, kills the exterminator, etc.' tales... be original!

Length and submission...

We are looking for tales in the 2,500-7,500 word range. Nothing more, nothing less. We will return (unread) anything not within these guidelines. You can submit a story as either an attachment to the e-mail address in Word or in the body of an e-mail. We do NOT accept snail mail. Please put "Vermin Sub" in the subject of the e-mail and give a word count in the e-mail itself, even if the story also has it listed. Our reading time is usually 6-8 weeks NO multiple submissions, NO exceptions. Reprints accepted.

Payment info...

We pay $3.00* for each story accepted via PayPal. That's it. We are a brand new eBook-only publisher looking to get the name out there and get some quality releases under our belts without making the mistake of so many other small-press publishers and overdoing it in the beginning. We pay everyone once the anthology has been officially filled. If this is acceptable, kindly submit to us.

* Our eBooks will generally sell for around $2.99... we offer the $3.00 flat rate, but an author can earn royalties after each 150 eBooks sold as follows:
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kim smith is broadcasting on blogradio tonight. cool

met someone through facebook who suggested doing a wikipedia and did one on himself. cool idea.

may do one on whispering spirits, diana casy, daverana, all our authors, flashing swords mag, ect.

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came through last night. grr...

gonna take it easy for a few days and just fool around.

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a new site for writers. I posted "Green Like Her Eyes".

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