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Old 01-10-2012, 10:17 AM   #201
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Phantom Navigation by Robert Frazier is now available on the DarkRegions.com website: http://www.darkregions.com/phantom-n...obert-frazier/
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Old 01-10-2012, 03:55 PM   #202
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So Chris_Morey, is the navigation system in question powered BY a phantom, or is the navigator himself a phantom?


OR is it something else entirely: Is it navigation OF a phantom BY a phantom, using phantoms as some sort of phantomic power-source, with the goal of reaching another phantom?

Perhapse it's just an obtusely titled gay porn featuring the Phantom?



Man is a brick shit house in a purple spandex. I'm sure Kontan would like to navigate the shit out of that.
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OR is it something else entirely: Is it navigation OF a phantom BY a phantom, using phantoms as some sort of phantomic power-source, with the goal of reaching another phantom?

Perhapse it's just an obtusely titled gay porn featuring the Phantom?
Dude, you just blew my mind.
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Old 01-11-2012, 12:14 PM   #204
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Desp, it's actually a poetry collection from one of the most celebrated sci-fi poets in the country.

Your books should be arriving soon, folks. Let me know when you get them!
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Old 01-14-2012, 01:31 PM   #205
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So where do the Phantoms and their navigation kick in? Are any of the poems about palace-dwelling lawn-flamingos?

[Ron Paul] I don't understaaand! Chris_Morey. Why are we having these books? It doesn't make sense![/Ron Paul]

As for the books, I absolutely will. Nothing so far. Can you email me the address I sent you? I want to be sure I didn't make a mistake.
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Old 01-20-2012, 01:56 PM   #206
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Thumbs up The Dark Side of Heaven by Gord Rollo coming Jan 24th!



The Dark Side of Heaven by Gord Rollo, a new novella will be available on Tuesday, January 24th on the DarkRegions.com website in a 125 Signed and Numbered Trade Paperback edition!

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War can do terrible things to the hearts and minds of even the best of men, but for U.S. Marine Lance Corporal Tyrone Banks the senseless deaths and unnecessary violence in Vietnam have beaten him down and smothered the compassion and good that was once inside of him. Grief stricken and suicidal; the extreme guilt over the awful things he’s done pushes the young Marine beyond his breaking point until death feels like his only remaining option.

Rather than eating a bullet, Tyrone volunteers for Tunnel Rat duty hoping to finally find release but instead of his carefully planned honorable death, what the Marine finds down in the dark is a backdoor to Purgatory, a secret entrance into the afterlife where he’ll get one last chance to right all the terrible wrongs that constantly haunt him. It won’t be easy, though. Nothing worthwhile ever is. If Tyrone thought the things lurking in the jungle of Vietnam were bad, what’s waiting for him on the dark side of Heaven is worse.

Much, much worse…


"With THE DARK SIDE OF HEAVEN Rollo turns his considerable talents toward military horror and the result is as unique as it is impressive. Like nothing fans have read from him before, Rollo weaves a chilling tale of a young Marine straddling the thin line between horror and fantasy, damnation and redemption, and ultimately, life and death. Highly recommended for fans of both horror and dark fantasy."
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Old 01-21-2012, 12:09 AM   #207
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Wait! Ignore the chick in the red gimp suit flying on Pazuzu Because I have more important things to talk about,

Namely:


I got mah troll book!



Lemme get mah KNIFE!



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SPIIIIIDDEEERRRRSSSS!



Kontan runs (like the coward he is)



Christopher Hitchens to the rescue!
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Your plan is thwarted Chris_Morey!



But thanks for the book (not for the bites)



My girlfriend is NOT happy.
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I can't wait to rea-



Wait a minute...



WHAT THE FUCK??!!!
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WHAT IS THIS I DON'T EVEN



Goddammit Chirs_Morey...

Anyway, Thanks for the book, man, can't wait to read it. You have made internet history for this, sir.
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Despanan, I'd totally follow a blog of you just reading.
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hahahahaha thanks for making me crack up at work, I really needed that.
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so much better than the facebook pics. Lol. Did he really send you the cloth spiders?
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Old 01-23-2012, 01:28 PM   #215
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So on Friday, I got a postcard from the collection office telling me that there was a parcel awaiting delivery. I couldn't get it over the weekend because I was in London being awesome, so I grabbed my hat to ward off the rain and pottered on down there today clutching my notification card and my ID and my proof of address. I pootle through fifteen minutes of grim grey rain, only to be informed by the bitch behind the counter that they will not release the package.

I tell her straight out: it is MAH PACKAGE. But the icy-hearted wench with the rubber stamp is unmoved by my demands for what is owed to me, telling me I can’t take it because my ID doesn’t match the name given on the delivery address.

That’s right: she wants Mr. TINY FUCKING TIM to come and collect his parcel for himself, in person.

I explain to her that it’s a nickname. She cares not, simply repeating in her dead-eyed bovine monotone that either Mr. T. Tim, or somebody with ID to that effect, will need to come and collect the package, or she can have it redelivered to my address on Saturday.

Impossible! I tell her. This weekend I’m away in Brighton being awesome. And the package is too large to fit through the door, hence its current presence in this... office (I flicked a hand magnanimously at the tiny portacabin with its peeling paint and worn carpets). My nemesis is unmoved, as is her manager after her.

The next time you feel unloved in the Gnet, Chris Morey, know that today I stood in a portacabin for nearly half an hour arguing with my bovine albatross and her dead-eyed manager while wearing a falling-to-pieces bobbled hat my friends long ago dubbed the Red Horror, in honour of the things it has both seen and had spilled into it, and telling said dickholes how I came to earn the nickname Tiny Tim on the internets by claiming book-shaped spoils in the fall-out from the Troll Wars. All for the sake of your art.

I fought valiantly, but they were total jobsworth cunts, so it’s getting redelivered on Tuesday. I hope they get dysentery.
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Old 01-24-2012, 12:02 PM   #217
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Holy sweet mother of god. You had us all laughing so hard that we broke into coughing fits on the phone. This made all of our day(s). Well done.

Desp, hope you enjoy the book, and I'm going to have to ask you about using these photos on our website perhaps...

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Old 01-24-2012, 12:03 PM   #218
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Tiny Tim, I'm sorry to hear your nickname is causing you troubles. But in all seriousness, I guess we should have thought about that. Well, I hope you get your book today or sometime this week. Please keep me updated!

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So on Friday, I got a postcard from the collection office telling me that there was a parcel awaiting delivery. I couldn't get it over the weekend because I was in London being awesome, so I grabbed my hat to ward off the rain and pottered on down there today clutching my notification card and my ID and my proof of address. I pootle through fifteen minutes of grim grey rain, only to be informed by the bitch behind the counter that they will not release the package.

I tell her straight out: it is MAH PACKAGE. But the icy-hearted wench with the rubber stamp is unmoved by my demands for what is owed to me, telling me I can’t take it because my ID doesn’t match the name given on the delivery address.

That’s right: she wants Mr. TINY FUCKING TIM to come and collect his parcel for himself, in person.

I explain to her that it’s a nickname. She cares not, simply repeating in her dead-eyed bovine monotone that either Mr. T. Tim, or somebody with ID to that effect, will need to come and collect the package, or she can have it redelivered to my address on Saturday.

Impossible! I tell her. This weekend I’m away in Brighton being awesome. And the package is too large to fit through the door, hence its current presence in this... office (I flicked a hand magnanimously at the tiny portacabin with its peeling paint and worn carpets). My nemesis is unmoved, as is her manager after her.

The next time you feel unloved in the Gnet, Chris Morey, know that today I stood in a portacabin for nearly half an hour arguing with my bovine albatross and her dead-eyed manager while wearing a falling-to-pieces bobbled hat my friends long ago dubbed the Red Horror, in honour of the things it has both seen and had spilled into it, and telling said dickholes how I came to earn the nickname Tiny Tim on the internets by claiming book-shaped spoils in the fall-out from the Troll Wars. All for the sake of your art.

I fought valiantly, but they were total jobsworth cunts, so it’s getting redelivered on Tuesday. I hope they get dysentery.
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Old 01-27-2012, 07:28 AM   #219
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Yeah, I didn't want to leave my real name on the address in case you not only sent me a box of spiders, but then started stalking me and sending me boxes of spiders everywhere I went. (It's not that I don't trust you; but you've got to admit, your avatar is kinda rapey... there's something obscene about those hands.)

Thanks for the well-wishes though - will keep you updated. On Tuesday, I will have what's owed to me, or there will be bovine blood spilled in a little portakabin in Essex.
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Old 02-02-2012, 06:26 AM   #220
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So on Tuesday, I received not one, but three, books - especially benevolent considering the UK shipping fee. For the Dark Regions are bountiful and their works contagious like zombie virus.

Chris Morey, you are, as mentioned, a classy motherfucker. (But not as classy as this classy motherfucker, whose ghost-hunting adventures I look forward to reading.) Thanks dood.
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I recently finished "Hard Boiled Vampire Killers", I have to say, it was actually pretty good. Obviously it was inspired by "Big Trouble in little china", which was the reason I probably liked it so much.
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Old 02-16-2012, 02:15 PM   #222
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Enjoy, good sir! Let me know what you think of them. Glad you got them okay.

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Chris Morey, you are, as mentioned, a classy motherfucker. (But not as classy as this classy motherfucker, whose ghost-hunting adventures I look forward to reading.) Thanks dood.
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Old 02-16-2012, 02:16 PM   #223
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Pretty good eh? I met Jim Gavin at the World Horror Convention last year, a classy fellow indeed. Glad you enjoyed it!

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Thumbs up Tales of the Weak & The Wounded by Gary McMahon now available on DarkRegions.com



The new book Tales of the Weak & The Wounded by Gary McMahon is now available on the DarkRegions.com website in a leather-bound signed by both author and artist Deluxe Thirteen Hardcover with slipcase edition and a 100 Signed and Numbered Limited Hardcover edition!

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The sound of shuffling footsteps across the old cell floor…

A soft voice like a strange tune echoing along the empty corridors…

Dim lights in the windows of the abandoned asylum…

Discarded case files that flip open to reveal the dreams of broken minds…

Welcome to a place where the boundaries of fact and fiction meet.

Acclaimed author Gary McMahon raids the archives of a notorious derelict mental asylum called the Daleside Institute to bring you stories of madness, horror and emotional trauma. In locations as diverse as suburban Germany, the London Underground, an Italian seaside resort and the inhospitable polar icecap, you will meet damaged people with broken lives. Here are terrifying accounts of love, hate, death and madness…

These are the Tales of the Weak and the Wounded


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Gary McMahon’s short fiction has been reprinted in both THE MAMMOTH BOOK OF BEST NEW HORROR and THE YEAR’S BEST FANTASY & HORROR. He is the British-Fantasy-Award-nominated author of the novels Hungry Hearts from Abaddon Books, Pretty Little Dead Things and Dead Bad Things from Angry Robot/Osprey and The Concrete Grove trilogy from Solaris.

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The Bram Stoker Award winning book Taste of Tenderloin by Gene O'Neill will be launching on the DarkRegions.com website in two collectible hardcover formats on Tuesday, February 28th. Click here to find out how you could win a $45 100 Signed and Numbered Limited Hardcover of the book for free.

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Best known for his strong sense of place and uniquely vibrant characters. O'Neill brings the gritty underside of the city to life with nine interwoven stories of broken lives, missed dreams, and all that can go wrong with both reality and fantasy among the down and out. The city itself opens wide to swallow all comers with the temptation of its secrets and sins, while O'Neill brings dignity and humanity to a set of characters often overlooked in both society and fiction.

"Haunting, lyrical and often uncomfortably realistic, this slim collection of eight short stories plunges the reader into the darker side of San Francisco. Altered states of consciousness-minds changed by grief, chemistry or too much hard living-are everywhere. In Magic Words, an advertising executive pays a homeless woman a high price for transient success. Poignant and plausible almost to a fault, Tombstones in His Eyes twists the horrors of drug addiction into something harder, sharper and scarier. In the Apotheosis of Nathan McKee, a brokenhearted father's descent into insanity-or is it merely invisibility?-makes normalcy seem all too tenuous. The best story of the bunch, 5150, documents the final moments of a worn-out cop about to retire. O'Neill's deft, authentic prose resonates with the weight of sad reality, erasing the line between knowledge and fear." - Starred review - Publishers Weekly

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O'Neill's professional writing career began after completing the Clarion West Writers Workshop in 1979. Since that time, over 100 of his works have been published. His short story work has appeared in Cemetery Dance Magazine, Twilight Zone Magazine, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, and many more.

O'Neill has had many occupations besides writing including postal worker, contract specialist for AAFES, college basketball player, amateur boxer, United States Marine, right-of-way agent, and vice president of a small manufacturing plant. He also holds two degrees from California State University, Sacramento and University of Minnesota. He currently writes full time and lives in the Napa Valley with his wife, Kay.

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