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Three blows, each one harder than the last. Wednesday I learned that prolific and popular horror writer James Herbert died. He had a great influence on the genre, with his huge mass-market hits The Rats, Fluke, The Fog, Lair. Critics might have thought he wrote garish horror; he had the last laugh when he received […]

It’s hard to cover everything in three days, even when you cram them full of lectures and experts—as well as off-hours networking and conversations—but we do the best we can at the Superstars Writing Seminar.  The following is the current schedule for lectures and panels at the 2013 Superstars Writing Seminar in Colorado Springs, May […]

Here’s the official press release of a major new project: Gestalt Comics are pleased to announce a major new science fiction comic series, STALAG-X, a candid tale of human soldiers struggling to survive in an alien concentration camp. Written by award-winning author Kevin J. Anderson in partnership with TV writer/producer Steven L. Sears, and illustrated by Mike Ratera (X-Men, […]

Yes, he is a “well preserved” zombie detective, and handsome in his own way. Romantic Times just posted a terrific review of Dan Shamble #3, HAIR RAISING: “The inventive detective series starring Dan Shamble, Zombie P.I., is back for a third outing. The story’s tale of the publication of a Dan Shamble novel and a […]