Gothic.net contributor Maria Alexander’s new poetry collection, At Louche Ends: Poetry for the Decadent, the Damned & the Absinthe-Minded, is an assembly of emotions and senses that touch you from top to bottom. Drawing from the days when the enigmatic drink, absinthe, was illegal and mystifying, Maria’s passion and love of the Green Fairy shows in the words that pour forth over the slotted spoon and into our minds. This collection of dark poetry reaches into the innermost recesses, stirring our deepest desires, touching imaginary […]
April 13th, 2012 | Filed under Books,Headline | Read More »
Congratulations to all the Stoker winners! This is all work well worth checking out. Superior Achievement in a NOVEL Flesh Eaters by Joe McKinney (Pinnacle Books) Superior Achievement in a FIRST NOVEL Isis Unbound by Allyson Bird (Dark Regions Press) Superior Achievement in a YOUNG ADULT NOVEL (tie) > The Screaming Season by Nancy Holder (Razorbill) > Dust and Decay by Jonathan Maberry (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers) Superior Achievement in a GRAPHIC NOVEL Neonomicon by Alan Moore (Avatar Press) Superior Achievement in […]
April 2nd, 2012 | Filed under Books,Events,Headline,Horror,Professional | Read More »
Gothic.net was happy so many friends of the site were nominated for Stoker Awards this year. Due to the wonders of the internet, without going to Utah for the weekend, you can see the ceremony (but not the debauched afterparties) in the archived webcast from World Horror. Each year, the Horror Writers Association presents the Bram Stoker Awards™ for Superior Achievement in the field of horror writing, named in honor of Bram Stoker, author of the seminal horror work Dracula. Since 1987, the approximately 700 […]
April 2nd, 2012 | Filed under Events,Headline,Horror,Professional | Read More »
The Stokers have announced the nominees. There are a lot of really excellent dark writers nominated. Gothic.net would like to especially wish luck to Brian Hodge, Caitlin R. Kiernan, Ellen Datlow, G. O. Clark, J. G. Faherty, Lisa Morton, Marge Simon, Maria Alexander, and Thomas Roche tomorrow night. No matter who wins, the real winners are all of us who get to read so much quality horror. This year’s nominees in each category are: SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN A NOVEL A Matrix Of Angels by Christopher […]
March 30th, 2012 | Filed under Books,Headline,Horror,Professional | Read More »
The Stokers nomination list is out! Horror Writers Association announces Nominations for the 2010 Bram Stoker Award Superior Achievement in a Novel HORNS by Joe Hill (William Morrow) ROT AND RUIN by Jonathan Maberry (Simon & Schuster) DEAD LOVE by Linda Watanabe McFerrin (Stone Bridge Press) APOCALYPSE OF THE DEAD by Joe McKinney (Pinnacle) DWELLER by Jeff Strand (Leisure/Dark Regions Press) A DARK MATTER by Peter Straub (DoubleDay) Superior Achievement in a First Novel BLACK AND ORANGE by Benjamin Kane Ethridge (Bad Moon Books) A […]
March 15th, 2011 | Filed under Books,Headline,Professional | Read More »
