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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Everyone is a book of blood ...

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, animals both domesticated and wild,  if you think you've arrived here by accident, then take it up with your parents.

I recently learned that Clive Barker's short story collection Books of Blood was made into a movie and was beside myself with excitement after hearing the movie was slated for a May '09 release.  Then I read that the movie is struggling for a release according to Fangoria's interview with the director and co-writer John Harrison.  And then I deflated.  Hopefully we'll get the chance to see it, so if anyone gets any news about release dates, please let me know.

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I noticed on Duotrope.com that an outfit I used to write for called Horror Library is now accepting submissions for a horror anthology.  It appears many of the members have changed since I was with them, but I'm sure it's still an excellent group to work with.  Here are their guidelines if you are interested.

Later Fiends.

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