Bram Stoker Preliminary Ballot Listing
My essay, “Cullzathro Fhtagn! Magnifying the Carnivalesque in Lovecraft Through the Comic Book Series Vinegar Teeth,” has made the preliminary Bram Stoker Award ballot in the short non-fiction category. Note: this does not denote I am nominated or a finalist. It simply means I am on the preliminary ballot and have a 50% chance to advance to the final ballot.
Active and Lifetime members of the Horror Writers Association who would like to read my essay for final ballot consideration find it online at Academia.edu. Note: if there is a big ad in the way taking up the screen, just hit the X at the top right. Academia.edu is silly that way.
New H. P. Lovecast Podcast Episode
New episode of H. P. Lovecast Podcast is online!
In this episode we focus on two short stories from New Maps of Dream, released by PS Publishing and edited by Cody Goodfellow and Joseph S. Pulver Sr.: “The Dankness over Dylath-Leen” by Scott R. Jones and “The Malls of Ulthar” by Matthew M. Bartlett. The episode can be streamed at our Buzzsprout website or via your podcast app of preference.
The last day of this month we will post our Transmissions episode which will feature interviews with Matthew M. Bartlett, Christine Morgan, and Kaaron Warren. Stay tuned!
H. P. Lovecast Bram Stoker Prelim Ballot Recap
During 2021 Michele and I had the honour to review the works / interview the folks that have appeared on the preliminary ballot. A listing of those episodes (from both H. P. Lovecast and Scholars From the Edge of Time) will be listed below in an effort to promote the writers and their works in their respective paths to the final ballot.
Superior Achievement in a First Novel
- Desiree, Amanda – Smithy
- Martinez, S. Alessandro – Helminth
Superior Achievement in Short Fiction
- Gyzander, Carol – “The Yellow Crown”
- Joseph, R.J. – “I Just Want to Be Free” and “Soulmates”
- HPLCP Transmissions – Ep 03 – G. A. Lungaro, Angela Sylvaine, and Rhonda Jackson Joseph
- Note: We interviewed R. J. Joseph about her non-fiction work I’m still spotlighting her here
- HPLCP Transmissions – Ep 03 – G. A. Lungaro, Angela Sylvaine, and Rhonda Jackson Joseph
- Murray, Lee – “Permanent Damage”
Superior Achievement in an Anthology
- Chambers, James – Under Twin Suns: Alternate Histories of the Yellow Sign
- Johnson, Eugene – Attack From the ‘80s
Superior Achievement in Non-Fiction
- Wetmore Jr., Kevin J. – Eaters of the Dead: Myths and Realities of Cannibal Monsters
Superior Achievement in Short Non-Fiction
- Diak, Nicholas – “Cullzathro Fhtagn! Magnifying the Carnivalesque in Lovecraft Through the Comic Book Series Vinegar Teeth”
Horror Literature from Gothic to Post-Modern Review
Michele’s and my co-edited book, Horror Literature from Gothic to Post-Modern: Critical Essays has a new review!
Shannon Scott at the Revenant Journal has reviewed the book in the journals newest online journal. It can be read here. Of course, the book can be purchased at McFarland.
Things in the Well Closing Shop
Small press publisher Things in the Well looks to be closing shop in a few weeks. This means two of their anthologies that I have short stories published in will be going OOP:
- Trickster’s Treats #3: The Seven Deadly Sins which contains my story “Journey to Agharti”
- Guilty Pleasures and Other Dark Delights which contains my story “Seamed Stocking Summoning Circle”
Amazon links to buy both books are in the links above. Thank you all who have been curious about my fiction work and who have bought these books. I’ll find a home for these short stories in the future.
Highlander Call for Papers
Michele has an active CFP on the Highlander franchise. She is looking for essays on the Highlander movies, the television show, comics, everything.
If you’re interested, check out the CFP at her website and please share with others. With a possible reboot on the horizon, this is definitely a book you want to be a part of.
Unofficial Emmanuelle / Black Emanuelle CFP
Sometime in the latter half of 2022 (after I am finished with AnnRadCon 2022) I plan on publishing an official CFP calling for essays on Emmanuelle and its sequels and spinoffs, Black Emanuelle and its sequels, and all other Emmanuelle knockoffs. I already have an interested publisher, but I want to present to them a fully laid out TOC for an ambitious collection as this.
Though my CFP will not go live until later 2022, if you have any interest in being a part of this collection, let me know! Send me an email or social media message (see my about me page for contact info) to let me know your interest. If you have an abstract already, even better.
General Neo-Peplum News
Recent Acquisitons
Been a while since I plucked up some pepla films. I went on Amazon and procured these two items:
I’d never seen Ulysses before, but Justin Decloux mentioned it as an essential sword and sandal film in one of the supplements in his release of Fury of Achilles (read my write up) and it’s been on the wish list to get for a while, so time to scoop it up.
I was also in the mood for some 80s sword and sorcery. The new Blu-ray releases of the Deathstalker films from Shout Factory are already out of print! So this four pack will do instead, and that’s fine. But seriously, some Shout Factory Blu-Rays just go OOP right away. I recall last year trying to find their versions of Slumber Party Massacre 2 and 3 and what the hell?
While exploring the Transcending Obscurity Records Bandcamp site I happened upon the neo-peplum metal album Dust of Aeons by Towards Atlantis Nights.
I ordered this album back in November I believe and it came all the way from India, arriving last week. I’ll be giving it a listen this upcoming week. Cool cover!
