Field Guide & Fungi

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, animals both domesticated and wild, please turn on your creepy background music now.

I've managed to blaze through nearly 1000 items between Monday and today and wanted to continue with a few more links o' interest.

A new site called Matthew Corbett's World is up at Robert McCammon's site, which is a cornucopia of information, media and such related to the three-book series. One of the cooler things is a live reading from Mister Slaughter.

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Check out The Zed Word for an excellent piece on Killer Fungi. Shroomheads beware!

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Because you never know when you might need it, authors Matt Alt and Hiroko Yoda, and illustrator Tatsuya Morino have put together a survival guide for handling Japanese monsters called Yokai Attack!: The Japanese Monster Survival Guide.


And that's all, dear reader!

Later Fiends,

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Mister, Mister

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, animals both domesticated and wild, please deposit one hopeless dream before continuing ...

Over at Robert McCammon's blog , the new cover art for Mister Slaughter is up. Hell Yeah! I'm glad Subterranean has taken over the publishing duties. Pocket Books put little to no effort into the series.



And because I'm talking Mister, I've just finished listening to the audiobook of Mister B. Gone by Clive Barker.



As a story it was just OK. Barker can write his ass off, of that there is no doubt, but this story was a bit light on the fantastic, and after a while of Jakabok demanding the reader burn this book! the concept of making the book seem a living thing got stale. On the plus side, the audio book is read by Doug Bradley of Hellraiser fame, and he does an excellent job.


Later Fiends,

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More on Sowen

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, animals both domesticated and wild, today is National Stalker Day, so go out there and stalk your favorite celebrity. And remember, dear reader: Fan is only four letters away from FANatic!*

I've been working on Sowen, and I'm halfway through another revision. I thought I'd give a little snippet ...

The other children gathered, too, grabbing his legs, pulling out hair, ripping fingers from the sockets and sucking on them like ice pops. They all chanted together: "Join Us. Become Us. Lead Us," as they dragged the heap that was his body into the lake.

Ah, now doesn't everyone feel better?

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And in important news ...



Robert McCammon's Mister Slaughter, the third book in the Matthew Corbett series, will be out in the Fall of '09, according to McCammon's website. If you haven't been reading the series, you should do yourself a favor and catch up.

Later Fiends,



*NOTE: Today is not National Stalker Day, nor does such a day exist, nor does Mr. Gray or his blog support stalkers in any way, shape or form.

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