If you're a singer you lose your voice. A baseball player loses his arm. A writer gets more knowledge, and if he's good, the older he gets, the better he writes.
Mickey Spillane 1918-2006
...and another great review here!
Another rave review for the Ninth Black Book of Horror here. Keep 'em peeled for the tenth - coming soon.
The 'Clockhouse London Writers' promises to produce some really hot stories from some seriously hot writers. These are the people to watch!
Breaking News for 2013
'Deeper than Dark Water', an intensely dark Neurological horror story is to be published in the next and Tenth 'Black Book of Horror.'
Some stories take you to the edge - this one will shove you over it.
You have been warned!!!
Early reviews of Mortbury press's 'Ninth Black Book of Horror' are in here - and it's looking good. Watch this space for more reviews!
'Paul Finch's What's Behind You? also deals with childhood fears and, with its old-fashioned, MR James inspired style, is one of the book's highlights. Equally effective is the short, sharp shock of Gary Power's Ben's Best Friend, where teenage friendship is not all it seems.'
British Fantasy and Horror awards 2012
The August Derleth Award (for best horror novel) The
Ritual by Adam Nevill (Pan)
The Robert Holdstock Award (for best fantasy novel) Among Othersby Jo Walton (Tor Books)
Novella Gorel and the Pot Bellied Godby
Lavie Tidhar (PS Publishing)
ShortFiction The Coffin-Maker's Daughter
by Angela Slatter (A Book of Horrors, Jo Fletcher Books)
Anthology The Weird, editors Jeff and Ann Vandermeer
(Corvus Books)
Collection Everyone's Just So So Special by
Robert Shearman (Big Finish)
Screenplay Midnight in Parisby Woody Allen
Magazine/Periodical Black Static, Andy Cox, editor; TTA Press
Comic/Graphic Novel Locke and Keyby Joe Hill
and Gabriel Rodriguez (IDW Publishing)
BFS Special Jury Awards:The PS Publishing Independent Press Award - Chomu Press; Quentin S. Crisp (Jury: Sandy Auden, Peter Crowther, Nicholas Royle, Peter Tennant & Darren Turpin)
The Artist Award - Daniele Serra (Jury: Guy Adams, Anne Sudworth, Christopher Teague)
The Non-Fiction AwardSupergods:Our World in the Age of the Super Hero by Grant Morrison (Jonathan Cape) (Jury: Djibril al-Ayad, Roz Kaveney & Adam Roberts)
The Sydney J. Bounds Best Newcomer Award Kameron Hurley (Jury: Adele Wearing, Jenny Barber, Lou Morgan)
The Karl Edward Wagner Special AwardPeter & Nicky Crowther (Jury: BFS &Fantasycon Committees)
Congratulations to all the winners and
nominees!
Adam Neville's 'Last Days' is imminently out and NOT to be missed. Great to see he's nominated for two awards in the newly announced British Fantasy Awards shortlist. See it here.
'The Butcher of Peckham' is to be published in the utterly nasty forthcoming Pendragon Press collection 'Nasty Snips 2' 2012!!!
'Ben's Best Friend' is to be published in a forthcoming Mortbury Press, 'Black Book of Horror ' in 2012!!!
Fantasycon 2012 registration now open
** BFS Award winners 2011 **
Hosted by David Howe and Sarah Pinborough
Best Novel - No award this year
Best Novella - 'Humpty's Bones' by Simon Clark
Best Short Story - 'Fools Gold' by Sam Stone
Best Collection - 'Full Dark, No Stars' by Stephen King
Best Anthology - 'Back From the Dead', Johnny Mains Legacy of Pan
Best Non Fiction - 'Altered Visions' by Vincent Chong
Best Artist - Vincent Chong
Best Small Press - Telos Publishing
Best Magazine - Black Static
Best Comic/Graphic Novel - 'The Mountains of Madness' by Ian Culbard
Best Film - Inception
Best Television - Sherlock
Newcomer - 'Mr Shivers' by Robert Jackson Bennett
Karl Edward Wagner Award - Terry Pratchett
Fantasycon 2012...Corby!
World Fantasy Convention 2013...Brighton!
Sample of 'The End is Nigh...Whatever' added to short story exerpt page.
'Flitching's Revenge' now available in the 7th Black Book of Horror
Rave review for the 7th Black Book and Flitching's Revenge from 'Black Abyss'!!!
read it here
Review by 'Heavenmakers' here
Launched by Mortbury Press at Fantasycon 2010
details here
British Fantasy Awards 2010: the Winners
Best Novel: the August Derleth Fantasy Award
ONE, Conrad Williams (Virgin Horror)
Best Novella
THE LANGUAGE OF DYING, Sarah Pinborough (PS Publishing)
Best Short Fiction
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU WAKE UP IN THE NIGHT, Michael Marshall Smith (Nightjar)
Best Anthology
THE MAMMOTH BOOK OF BEST NEW HORROR 20, edited by Stephen Jones (Constable and Robinson)
Best Collection
LOVE SONGS FOR THE SHY AND CYNICAL, Robert Shearman (Big Finish)
The PS Publishing Best Small Press Award
TELOS PUBLISHING, David Howe
Best Comic/Graphic Novel
WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE CAPED CRUSADER?, Neil Gaiman and Andy Kubert (DC Comics/Titan Books)
Best Artist
VINCENT CHONG, for work including covers for The Witnesses Are Gone (PS Publishing) and The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 20 (Constable & Robinson)
Best Non-Fiction
ANSIBLE, David Langford
Best Magazine/Periodical
MURKY DEPTHS, edited and published by Terry Martin
Best Television
DOCTOR WHO, head writer: Russell T Davies (BBC Wales)
Best Film
LET THE RIGHT ONE IN, directed by Tomas Alfredson (EFTI)
Best Newcomer - the Sydney J. Bounds Award
KARI SPERRING for LIVING WITH GHOSTS (DAW)
The British Fantasy Society Special Award: the Karl Edward Wagner Award
ROBERT HOLDSTOCK
The winner of the BFS Short Story Competition 2010 was also announced during the ceremony. The winning story was "Omar the Teller of Tales" by Robin Tompkins. The runner-up was "The Song" by Travis Heermann, and third place went to "Beating Heart" by Dan Malach.
Post WHC highlights here
Bram Stoker award winners 2010
Novel: Audrey's Door by Sarah Langan
First Novel: Damnable by Hank Schwaeble
Long Fiction: The Lucid Dreaming by Lisa Morton
Short Fiction: "In the Porches of My Ears" by Norman Prentiss
Collection: A Taste of Tenderloin by Gene O'Neill
Anthology: He is Legend edited by Christopher Conlon
Poetry: Chimeric Machines by Lucy Snyder
Superior Achievement in non fiction:Writers workshop of Horror by Michael Knost (Woodland Press)
HWA also presented its annual Lifetime Achievement Awards and its Specialty Press Award. Brian Lumley was on hand to accept his Lifetime Achievement Award, while fellow winner William F. Nolan offered a video acceptance. The Specialty Press Award went to Ray Russell and Rosalie Parker of Tartarus Press.
The Silver Hammer Award, for outstanding service to HWA, was voted by the organization's board of trustees to Kathryn Ptacek. The President's Richard Laymon Service Award was given to Vince A. Liaguno.
Issue 2 Fridge Magnets now available for
the chosen few!!!
JUST SEND YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS ON THE CONTACT FORM FOR FREE MAGNET
'Spinetinglers Anthology 2009'
featuring 'Phasma'
available now!!!
details here
The British Fantasy Awards 2009
The winners of the British Fantasy Awards 2009 are:
Best Novel (The August Derleth Fantasy Award)
Memoirs of a Master Forger, by William Heaney, aka Graham Joyce (Gollancz)
Best Novella
The Reach of Children, by Tim Lebbon (Humdrumming)
Best Short Fiction
Do You See, by Sarah Pinborough, from Myth-Understandings, ed. by Ian Whates (Newcon Press)
Best Collection
Bull Running for Girls, by Allyson Bird (Screaming Dreams)
Best Anthology
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 19, ed. Stephen Jones (Constable & Robinson)
The PS Publishing Best Small Press Award
Elastic Press, run by Andrew Hook
Best Non-Fiction
Basil Copper: A Life in Books, by Basil Copper, ed. Stephen Jones (PS Publishing)
Best Magazine/Periodical
Postscripts, ed. Peter Crowther and Nick Gevers (PS Publishing)
Best Artist
Vincent Chong
Best Comic/Graphic Novel
Locke and Key, by Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez (IDW Publishing)
Best Televison
Doctor Who, head writer Russell T. Davies (BBC Wales)
Best Film
The Dark Knight, directed by Christopher Nolan (Warner Brothers)
The Sydney J. Bounds Award for Best Newcomer
Joseph D'Lacey, for Meat (Bloody Books)
The Karl Edward Wagner Award (the Special Award)
Hayao Miyazaki
The results of the BFS Short Story Competition 2009 were also announced at the ceremony:
Winner:
Dead Astronauts, Patrick Whittaker
Runner-up:
In the Moment, Elana Gomel
James Herbert-the UK's foremost horror novelist is to be Guest of Honour at the World Horror Convention in Brighton next March!!!
Ingrid Pitt will be appearing as Special Media Guest
Watch out for the third in the 'Legacy of the dark kind' series, Blood Alliance, by Raven Dane. Soon to be published and with glowing front cover recommendation by my own sweet self.
Sadly Elastic Press will be ceasing to publish in 2009-a very respected and succesful independant publishing house it was too. They will continue to sell previous publications-see here.
When Graveyards Yawn is becoming very collecable!
BFS Open Nights 2009 details
Les Edwards (artist) and Tanith Lee-guests of honour at WHC Brighton 2010!!!!
Issue one fridge magnets are all gone and hence
very collectable. Issue 2 will be available soon!!!
'Phasma' has been voted by Spinetinglers members to appear in 'Spinetinglers anthology 2009' to be published in October 2009!!!