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Horrorfind on Medication…

September 2, 2010

hfwYes, I will be there. Yes, I will still be on pain meds. No, I will not be entertaining during my reading. I will read, THEN take my dosage. So you may see me wince or cry, but there will be no puking or dancing on tables.

HorrorFind Weekend will also be the official announcement for “Six Days.” No more secrets! Full disclosure. All details. You’re going to love what you hear…

And the Hippie will be reading as well! Come see me on Friday, Bob on Sunday, and everyone else in between…

September 3-5 2010
Gettysburg PA

FRIDAY
5:30pm – 6:30pm: Greg Lamberson and Jason Gehlert
6:30pm – 7:30pm: Mark Justice and Brian J. Hatcher
7:30pm – 8:30pm: Norman Prentiss and Kelli Owen
8:30pm – 10:00pm: Panel: “Vampires Don’t Sparkle” – Joe Garden, Janet Ginsburg, J. F. Gonzalez, Monica J. O’Rourke.

SATURDAY:
10:30am – 11:30am William Carl, Amy Grech and Lesley Conner
11:30am – 12:30pm Thomas F. Monteleone and Matthew Warner
12:30pm – 1:30pm: Brian Keene and Bryan Smith
1:30pm – 2:30pm Joe R. Lansdale and Chet Williamson
2:30pm – 3:30pm Jack Ketchum and Monica J. O’Rourke
3:30pm – 4:30pm Ronald Malfi, Gord Rollo and Kim Paffenroth
4:30pm – 5:30pm The Bizarro Power Hour: Andersen Prunty, Jordan Krall, Eric Mays and D. Harlan Wilson.
5:30pm – 7:00pm Black Bed Sheets Meet & Greet: Meet the publisher, editor and authors of Black Bed Sheets Books.
*5:30pm – 7:00pm Panel: “I Will Not Apologize For Art” – Clive Barker, Joe R. Lansdale, Jack Ketchum, Brian Keene, Bryan Smith, J.F. Gonzalez, Chet Williamson, Thomas F. Monteleone.

SUNDAY:
11pm – Noon: Robert Ford (Hippie), Kevin Lucia and Sheldon S. Higdon
Noon – 1:00pm: The Dru and Lu Show
1:00pm – 2:00pm: Jacob Haddon, Robert Gray and Nathan Rosen
2:00pm – 3:00pm Lisa Manetti and Charles Colyott

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Vascular Access

August 24, 2010

ERdrawersHippie told me to write. I wrote. On muscle relaxants and pain killers. He laughed while taking care of me. He made fun. He told others. He video taped me.

And then Jersey said put it online.

Sooo… still jacked up on meds, I’ve decided to think about that. Three short stories, written while under the influence, sans any lucid editing. I’ll offer it as a pdf chapbook type download for $5.00 (oh shit, self-publishing!) and the proceeds will go to either my medical bills, a good lawyer, or bail.

Whatcha think? Ohhh… a question, and it’s not even Thursday! Would you buy it? Would you like to see what happened after the video the Hippie went and posted on facebook? “Vascular Access: A writer’s journey through pain management” bwahahahahaha uh oh. Meds are kicking in… time to write!

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In the Shadow of Darkness…

August 20, 2010

BOOK

…NOT!

Novel Update:

That was a working title. Because my character wakes up in the dark and I was being snarky—for those that understand, it was my version of Darker than Dark. It was a joke. A file name. Nothing more. I never really liked it.

And it almost went to print with that!

Be careful what you submit girls and boys, it may stick to you like glue, forever. BUT, I am happy to say it has a new title. The correct title. The novel is now “Six Days.” So when you see that reference, just attach it in your mind to Shadows, as it’s been referred to, and know that it’s the same thing, not a new novel, not the next novel. The next novel will be whichever one gets grabs first: Triad (working title, again!) or WPP (title I love and am not sharing yet).

For more news on Six Days, stayed tuned, full disclosure is coming soon… or go to Horrorfind Weekend this year, when the official announcement will be made and I can stop biting my tongue about everything and just spill.

Summary: In the Shadows of Darkness Six Days

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Cleaning the Garage

August 12, 2010

QandAStanding on my elbow
With my finger in my ear,
Biting on a dandelion
And humming kind of queer
While I watched a yellow caterpillar
Creeping up my wrist,
I leaned on a tree
And I said to me,
“Why am I doing this?”

~ “Standing” by Shel Silverstein

Thursday. Garage Talk. But I have a to-do hitlist on my wall, repeated on a sticky on the laptop, and I think of it more than a pregnant woman considers labor in her ninth month. I have shit to do. So, I apologize, but I didn’t come up with a question this week. Instead we’re going to reverse the roles. (See now, I could have just said I haven’t done this for a while, but I’m all about truth in advertising!)

Ask me anything… unless you’re coming to Horrible Saturday. In which case, you can ask me Saturday.

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Horrible Saturday

August 11, 2010

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York Emporium
Saturday, August 14, 2010
10am – 6pm

I will be reading from the novel. First real reading. First tidbits from the novel. That’s right. You know that’s enough to get you there… But if you need more. I’ll be reading, signing and doing an interview. I’ll have Dark Faith & Last Rites, Fresh Blood, Poe Little Thing, and a couple Shroud #6s with me.

Events, Appearances, Etc…

10:30 NOEL SLOBODA, professor at Penn State-York is dramaturg for the Harrisburg Shakespeare Company. He is the author the poetry collection Shell Games (2008) as well as two chapbooks: Of Things Passed (2010) and Stages (2010). He will read some of his original speculative poetry that has appeared in such places as Tales of the Talisman, Scifaikuest, Niteblade, Illumen, and Ghostlight.

11:30 SCOTT BUTCHER is an old friend of The York Emporium. We have been privileged in the past to welcome him for signings of some of his latest books. He is an author, playwright and accomplished photographer, and an architectural historian who has been known to lead walking tours of downtown York. He will regale us with tales pulled from his published work, Spooky York.

12:30 GORGO. Before there were Transformers…before there was Godzilla…there was Gorgo. This 1961 film is one of the forgotten giants of the monster movie realm. You will see London as you never have before. Free popcorn. And, perhaps, the willies.

2:00 BOB FORD, to all outward appearances, is a mild-mannered advertising guru. But he has a secret life. He spends his evenings devising plots and planning murder and mayhem. He is good enough at it to have had a number of his short stories published in major metropolitan…well, major monthly magazines. He also has several screenplays bouncing around Hollywood, and several bouncing around his head. He will be bouncing all these off us, and the walls.

3:00 HORROR 101. Joe & Gail Galusha know whereof they will speak. Collectors extraordinaire of funeralia (they own a fleet of vintage hearses) and the macabre, this husband-and-wife team will present the fun side of torture and death. With prizes.

4:00 KELLI OWEN (me!) is one of the up-and-comers in the genre of horror fiction. A resident of Central Pennsylvania, Kelli has published several fiction and nonfiction pieces over the years. In 2010 she is slated to be published with three anthologies, four short stories, an article and her debut novel In the Shadow of Darkness. She will be reading from her novel, answering questions and taking names.

5:00 SCREAMING CONTEST! It is getting to be a tradition! Our third annual Screaming Contest for braggin’ rights to the title of Best Screamer in York County comes complete with a $50 Gift Certificate to The York Emporium. A howling good time is guaranteed for all.

Come on down…

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