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 the Order of the British Empire as well as the Grand Master Award at the World Horror Convention.  Alas, I never met him. Then on Friday, within an hour, I learned of the loss of two more, much closer friends. Bestselling horror writer Rick Hautala...
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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 14–16.  (Some details may change.) Our bestselling authors include Kevin J. Anderson, David Farland, Rebecca Moesta, and Eric Flint, with guest speakers Jim Minz (editor Baen Books, former editor for Tor and Del Rey Books), Joan Johnston (bestselling romance author), James A. Owen (bestselling YA...
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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, Bad Legion), Stalag-X reinterprets the ‘prisoner-of-war’ tale with a compelling antihero bent. In a violent space war against an alien race, one prisoner — to be known only as “Joe Human” — is taken to a harsh P.O.W. camp that is controlled by an alien...
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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 horror convention are nice touches that blur the line between reality and fiction. The “monstrous” characters — who are occasionally more human than the humans — are deftly handled with humor and pathos, while subjects as diverse as death, discrimination and assault will have readers...
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