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| FEO NEWS FOR SPRING 2001: - APRIL - The detritus of old Horror/Thriller history can be found here. These are archived news items, many of them linked outside of this website. |
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WHERE THE ACTION WAS!
DARK FLUIDITY The interview, story and review can all be found at darkfluidity.com (not secure). While there, be sure to check out the featured band, Mercy Machine, and the featured artist, Magic the Gathering illustrator Nene Thomas.
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NEIGHBOR'S ON THE BLOCK New folks have been added in April including James Newman (HOLY ROLLERS) and Tina Blevins (A MONTH OF BLEEDING). Many of the writer's BiblioBios have also been updated. Check out The Writer's Block. And - Note from Dave Silva The moderated chat
room is located at:
MOBILIZATION And - NOT
ONLY THAT BUT . . . Information: latimes.com/events
Shane Ryan Staley's print magazine Delirium has turned into a webzine As with all Delirium Books products, it's enough to shock the gonads off a bull-elephant, so if you're a wispy little autumn leaf who trembles at the mere sight of suggestive grocery store produce, you'd better not look at it. I have a story in the webzine - a collaboration by myself and British multi-media artist Hertzan Chimera. I think the new webzine is also a new market, so check out the guidelines pages there, too, if you're a writer. And - - FeoNote: The following was supplied to us by Paul Lockey, a bastard Brit who is known to be a bit of a madman. Because Feo suffers fools gladly, the press release is given - as is - unedited. UNHINGED RESURRECTION The magazine for discerning adults has returned from the small press graveyard! Cloned and electronically engineered, UNHINGED Online is leaner, meaner, smarter than the original printed version and currently enjoying a new lease of virtual life! The debut issue contains disturbing fiction by T.M. Gray, Stephen Winch, Ray Clark, Staci Layne Wilson and Joe Rattigan. Plus artwork by Dave Fode, Des Knight, Bob Covington Russell Dickerson and Gillian Holmes. And reviews - Penny Dreadful #13 by Peter Tennant, Songs of Innocence #6 by Peter Tennant, Cold Storage by Paul Lockey and Not A Chance by Paul Bradshaw. UNHINGED Online
Issue #1: May 2001 Now showing on a computer screen near you! Experience
the darker side of humanity on
THE ATTIC EXPEDITIONS The Attic Expeditions stars Jeffrey Combs (REANIMATOR, THE FRIGHTENERS), Alice Cooper (PRINCE OF DARKNESS), Seth Green (IT, IDLE HANDS), Andras Jones (A NIGHTMARE ON ELMSTREET 4) Ted Raimi (THE EVIL DEAD [all], CANDYMAN), Wendy Robie (TWIN PEAKS [TV], Wes Craven's THE PEOPLE UNDER THE STAIRS).
FAUST: LOVE OF THE DAMNED Writer David Quinn (LADY DEATH, NIGHTVISION) made an appearance at Fangoria's Weekend of Horrors on April 7th to discuss the new FAUST film, FAUST: LOVE OF THE DAMNED. Directed by Brian Yuzna (producer of the REANIMATOR series and FROM BEYOND), written by Quinn, and much anticipated by fans of Quinn and Tim Vigil's (CUDA, GUNFIGHTERS IN HELL) long-running Faust adult comic book series, the flick has been through a lot in its history, which stretches back almost ten years. And - FREE BITES! The story represents something of a departure for Blevins, "This story is just fun," says Blevins, who has recreated her Texas hometown as the fictional Oloroso. "It's about vampires in this small town. One of them is trying to start a mafia. One of them is a vegetarian. That's the kind of story this is. Also, this is my first time posting a story as it's written. I'm really looking forward to seeing what comes of it." Some of the installments take the form of emails written by the characters, while others will
be written as more traditional narrative. Readers can view new installments
every Monday at
MYSTERY MOVES INTO TWILIGHT TALES It's move over horror as mystery invades the regular Monday night readings at Twilight Tales on April 23. And it's coming in threes (always an ominous sign). Alex Matthews reads from WANTON'S WEB (Psychotherapist Cassidy McCabe investigates a high-class madam's murder); J. Bard-Collins offers WHAT PRICE HONOR? (P.I. Garrett Lyons, professional fallguy, takes the stage); and Mary Harris reads THE CHOCOLATE UNDERPANTS CAPER. Festivities begin at the usual 7:30 p.m. (EDT) at the Red Lion Restaurant & Pub, 2446 N. Lincoln Ave. across the street from the Biograph Theater, in Chicago, IL. Admission is $4 per person and it's a mystery how they can present so much for so little. And don't forget next week, April 30, Feo Amante's own Fanboy of Fear Mike Oliveri will present A VAIN EXERCISE IN ABSOLUTION: An hour of mayhem. David David Katzman will follow with his DEATH BY ZAMBONI (P.I. Satan Donut cracks the case of TV stars, mad scientists & werewolves). Don't miss this! And - WHILE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HISOWNSELF... Mysterious Press which is celebrating its Silver Anniversary has just released THE MYSTERIOUS PRESS ANTHOLOGY, and inside its covers is a new story, "The Mule Rustlers," by Joe R. Lansdale. Okay, some other people have original stories in it, too: Ed McBain, Donald E. Westlake, Marcia Muller, Margaret Maron, Joe Gores, Stuart M. Kaminsky, and Archer Mayor among them. You can find this book at your favorite local independent bookstore or through the largest bookstore in Texas, The Book People.
BECAUSE HE ROCKS And - NEW PLANS FOR TWILIGHT SHOWCASE "Effective immediately, Twilight Showcase is going to a quarterly publication schedule," Conner announced. "This will allow us to offer three cents per word for fiction and one-and-a-half cents per word for non-fiction. The new rates are effective with issue twenty-seven, and most involved parties have already been informed. "While we are ecstatic to be able to offer pro rates for fiction, we are now closing to fiction submissions, as we are overstocked until August 1, 2001, when issue twenty-eight is posted. We will make the appropriate announcements when we again open to submissions." The News section at TS will continue to be updated regularly, so press releases will continue to be accepted on a daily basis.
HEY, BUBBA NEEDS YOU! Here's the need AICN advertised: "To put it succinctly we need as many of you as possible in the Southern California area to come out and be extras in several carnival scenes which will be featured in the film. We need y'all to dress as 70's trailer park trash types and to be prepared to scream your head off for the King of Rock'N'Roll." Huh? Huh? Interested? Get the phone! Just leave a message at (310) 204-9078, and they'll call you back with more pertinent info. And - NEWCOMER - NEW BOOK Mr. Halliday of Brisbane, Australia, recently had his book THE WALK-IN published in the United States, and has now launched a website promoting not only the book, but a meeting place where people from all over the world can share their supernatural experiences with each other. THE WALK-IN is currently being considered by US screenwriters in preparation for film production. "It was while conducting interviews for a regular column with my local newspaper, that I came across a true story that inspired my novel," Mr. Halliday says. "I interviewed an individual who began to relate a tale regarding someone who had been taken over by the spirit of another. "He called this process walking-in. Apparently one spirit walks-out of a body when he can no longer continue to cope with life, leaving the door open for another to take his place." The person's soul leaves the body and another slips right in. This change is always accompanied by a change in the person's behavior. This change can be subtle, but is most often dramatic as the person begins to take on the personality of the entity that now resides within. This is what is commonly referred to as a "WALK-IN." THE WALK-IN is the story of one woman's violent ex-husband, who returns from the grave and "walks-in" on her new husband in order to reek the revenge that he vowed with his dying breath.
CHIAROSCURO JOINS WITH LEISURE Patricia MacComber was given the reins to run the site and she has done a great job, both in keeping the original vision and feel of the site as well as bringing, little by little, her own sense of flair to the mix. But Brett has not been resting on his laurels as El Presidente. Instead, he had the time to pursue administrative duties. That is usually a vague term but Brett shows results. April 4, Judi Rohrig reported that Leisure and Chiaroscuro announced a partnership. This was on a temporary hold until Leisure had finished their Horror section of their site. That is complete and the word is out. Leisure is now the Sponsor of Chiaroscuro. Leisure is a division
of And - SOME WISDOM
JOEY RAMONE IS DEAD The RAMONES had the distinction of shaking up not only the record companies (as they were called at the time), but the public as well. Clean, to-the-point-then-stop songs like BLITZKRIEG BOP, BEAT ON THE BRAT, SHEENA WAS A PUNK ROCKER and I WANNA BE SEDATED, started sweeping away all the seventies clutter of overproduced sound, over-indulgent shows, and the aimless wandering of potty break-for-the-band guitar and drum solos. Even the No Bullshit Frank Zappa found himself coming up short compared to the hard driving sound of the RAMONES. Heavy Metal? No, but few Metal bands of any stripe played it faster, rawer or with
more brutality - brutality in the music, not just the words. Many musicians
today who count the RAMONES among their influences say, Joey Ramone died of cancer April 15 at the age of 49. Go to
STOKER NOMINATIONS ARE FINAL The Stoker rules say: "Once the final ballot has been mailed, the Secretary of HWA, or such other person as the President designates, will prepare and issue a press release listing the finalists. The contents of the ballot will be reported in the HWA newsletter, and by any other means convenient to the organization, including but not limited to e-mail bulletins and a listing on the World Wide Web." Well, the ballots are indeed in the mail, the voting members have been advised of their choices on the Final Ballot, and President David Niall Wilson has moved that the body of members and the public in general be advised of the nominations for the Horror Writers Association's 2000 awards for outstanding writing in the dark fantasy/horror/occult genre, the Bram Stokers. NOVEL FIRST NOVEL LONG FICTION SHORT FICTION FICTION COLLECTION ANTHOLOGY NONFICTION ILLUSTRATED NARRATIVE SCREENPLAY WORK FOR YOUNG READERS POETRY COLLECTION OTHER MEDIA
LONE WOLF WRITERS SWEEPING STOKERS They are:
TWILIGHT TALES SPRINGS OUT SOME HUMOR! On Monday, April 16,
STEVEN LEE CLIMER AT NEBULA AWARDS BOOK SIGNING Climer's first novel, DREAM THIEVES ("hauntingly poetic" -- Affaire de Coeur), published as an e-book by Hard Shell Word Factory, won the inaugural 1999 Eppie Award for Best Horror Novel and was a finalist for the 1997 International Horror Guild Award for Best First Novel. Climer has also received Honorable Mention in 1998's The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror, won the Memphis Science Fiction Association's 1998 Darrell Award for Best Mid-South Short Story (BY ANY NAME A DEVIL), and been recommended for the Horror Writers Association's coveted Bram Stoker Award. Climer teaches English at Davenport University, and works for The Nebula Awards book signing event will be held on April 28, 2001, 2:00 P.M., at Nicola's Books, 2513 Jackson Road, Westgate, in Ann Arbor, MI (734-662-4110).
HORRORFIND WEEKEND The Horrorfind Weekend show scheduled for August 24-26 at the BWI Airport Marriott in Baltimore Maryland is off to a great start. Yes you heard right, Bruce Campbell who we all know and love as ASH in Evil Dead, Evil Dead II and Army of Darkness among numerous other credits will be appearing in person at the Horrorfind Weekend. Horror author Douglas Clegg will be appearing in person along with many other great horror writers. Renowned paranormal investigator Mason Winfield will be there raising the dead. Many other great celebrities will be there, here are JUST A FEW we have listed SO FAR horrorfindweekend.com/celebrities.html
On Saturday 21st July 2001 a huge gathering of writers is to be held
in Birmingham, UK The event is being jointly organised by Horror World/ Andy Fairclough and I will work together to bring about this event, which will include a one night stay at the hotel. If you would like to come along and enter into a delicious alcohol haze with us for a couple of days, please e-mail me at this address so we can compile a list of names for people requiring rooms. Please state if you require a double or single room. (Estimated cost is around £35 inc breakfast for a sinlge ensuite room). Anyone just wishing to attend for the day will also be very welcome. On a further matter, which many of you may find totally shocking, we have to inform you that World Of Horror and Terror Tales websites have now entered into partnership. We will be sharing links and certain pages in the future, while also maintaining our own unique identities. This action is being taken to help bring about a strengthening of both websites, and a possible third party is liable to be brought into this amalgamation. Thanks for your time, and we hope to see you all in Birmingham on Saturday July 21st!
RE-ORGANIZATION AT ROADWORKS LEGEND magazine (by the same company) will remain a quarterly publication.
LEISURE ENDS CHIAROSCURO'S LONELINESS It's been a good week for Later, Macomber also announced that ChiZine, the monthly magazine, would begin paying pro rates for fiction (3 cents a word) and poetry ($3 a poem). It should also be noted that both the main site and the magazine have new URLs: Chiaroscuro
is now
CRYPTCRAWL HORROR SEARCH Due to the huge amounts of traffic the site receives, we needed to upgrade to a newer, faster server. This move was something that came on all of the sudden, so we apologize for the lack of notice. At any rate, we are back and better than ever. Thanks for all of the support.
TOOTING OUR HORNS This coming Monday,
April 9, HWA's own Internet Mailer Czarina and feoamante.com staff reporter,
Judi Rohrig, makes her Readings begin 7:30 p.m. (CDT) at the Red Lion Restaurant & Pub in Chicago (not a secure site). Admission is
$4 per person. Come early; stay late. More information is available
at the And - 1000 CORPSES UPDATE For the record, Hollywood also turned down Rob's version of THE CROW 3 and instead opted for making THE CROW 3: SALVATION. A brilliant piece of film making that was not only a box office hit, but swept the Golden Globes and the Oscars as well (Am I being too sarcastic?)! If you want more news on this, go to the source at Rob Zombie (although the information concerning the movie is pretty old) or check out the movie site at houseof1000corpses.com (truthfully, the site appears dead - not a good sign). And in the future all you movie money folks, if a flick calls itself HOUSE OF 1000 CORPSES, chances are its not going to be pretty. Just a word to the wise, yeah?
WRITERS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM ONLINE: You'll find Brian Keene's latest fiction, A DARKER SHADE OF WINTER, at Dark Fluidity (not secure). John Urbancik's short story AUTUMNAL FETE is now available in Flesh And Blood #7. "She gets one day to live every year..." Also look for featured artist, Nene Thomas and featured musician/band mercymachine.
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INTERVIEWS Matt Jarbo's interview with Feo Amante at The Zurvivalist. James Cheetham's Q&A with Feo Amante at Unconventional Interviews *. Megan Scudellari interviews Feo Amante and Kelly Parks (of THE SCIENCE MOMENT) in The Scientist Magazine. Check out our interview at The-Scientist.com. REFERENCES Researcher David Waldron, references my review of UNDERWORLD in the Spring 2005, Journal of Religion and Popular Culture entry, Role-Playing Games and the Christian Right: Community Formation in Response to a Moral Panic (downloadable pdf). E.C. McMullen Jr.
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