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Great post/interview over at Brad C Hodson’s place

Mr H interviews horror maven and poet Maria Alexander as part of Women in Horror Month – huzzah!

T’is here.

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The Peripatetic Life of the Freelance Editor: in the Lair with Mr Stephen Jones

Today we have kidnapped the much lauded, applauded and awarded Mr Stephen Jones, editor of such tomes as A Book of Horrors, Zombie Apocalypse!, Shadows Over Innsmouth, and the Mammoth Books of Best New Horror, Vampires, Wolf Men and Zombies, as well as recent collections by M.R. James,
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First Book of Horrors review

And what a review! Woot. *snoopy dance*

In the introduction to this collection Stephen Jones makes an impassioned plea to reclaim the horror genre from the gathering hordes of vapid vampires and cliched zombies “for those who understand and appreciate the worth and impact of a scary story”, well
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Congrats to …

Toby Tremayne, who won the signed copy of A Book of Horrors!
 
 

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Win a hard cover copy of A Book of Horrors

Okay, so now that this beautiful, disturbing book has been launched at FantasyCon in Brighton last weekend, it’s time to run this competition. T’will run for a week from today.

The all important question is located here – to the right of the page, over, over, there!
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A Book of Horrors – in my hot little paws!

Here it is! A Book of Horrors!

My author’s copies.

The hard cover is particularly awesome :mrgreen: .

From Quercus Books new Jo Fletcher imprint!

Being launched this weekend at Brighton.

And yes, I wear cat’s ears now. Cat’s ears are cool.

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A Book of Horrors

Just a reminder that A Book of Horrors will be launched at Fantasy Con in Brighton on 1.10.11. There will be signings. There will be booky goodness.

And there will be a
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The Behind the Plastic Sheet Drive-by: Robert Shearman

Serious writer face

I’ve driven-by  Mr Shearman before and he survived. Obviously it wasn’t too terrible, because he lined up again when I nagged, errr, asked nicely. What can I say, other than he is one of my favourite people and one of my favourite writers. His
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The Getting It Wrong Drive-by: Ramsey Campbell

Photo by Peter Coleborn

I do not blithely throw the word ‘legendary’ around, so you know Ramsey Campbell deserves it.

The Inhabitant of the Lake and Less Welcome Tenants, his first collection was published in 1964 by the Arkham House imprint. His novels have included the wonderfully named The Doll
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The Charcloth, Firesteel and Flint Drive-by: Caitlín R. Kiernan

Caitlín R. Kiernan is the author of (among others) Silk, The Five Cups, The Red Tree, Murder of Angels and the novelisation of the film, Beowulf. She’s also produced over one hundred short stories and novellas. She has won a myriad of awards, including multiple International Horror Guild
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