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-- Saturday, June 18, 2005 --
F. Brett Cox Sale to "The Third Alternative"
 Vermont author F. Brett Cox has sold "The Serpent and the Hatchet Gang," to The Third Alternative.
"This is both the first story I've written set in New England, and the first story I wrote after I moved to New England," says Cox. "It merges two historical events: reported sightings of a sea serpent off the New England coast, and a temperance riot by the women of Rockport, Massachusetts, in the 1850's. Rockport, by the way, is dry to this day."
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-- Wednesday, June 15, 2005 --
Storytellersunplugged.com Features Three HWA NE Members
 HWA NE's Jeffrey Thomas, Jon F. Merz, and Douglas Clegg are among the thirty authors, editors, and booksellers who will contribute daily to the new horror-centric blog, Storytellersunplugged.com.
Organized by author Joseph Nassise*, the group blog features genre luminaries like Gary Braunbeck, Matt Schwartz, Tim Lebbon, Elizabeth Massie, Kealan Patrick Burke, Brian Keene, and many more. According to Nassise's first post to the blog, "We're going to strip the body down to the bone, to look at our genre and our industry through as many different angles and viewpoints as possible. In the process, we hope you'll join us, sharing your thoughts and comments to make this a two-way street."
The site's stated mission reads as follows:
"We're a group of thirty authors, editors and booksellers working in horror and dark fantasy who want to share our love of the genre with like-minded readers. Each day of the month a different columnist will contribute a post - some will be serious, some will be funny, but all will be informative. Join us daily!"
Visit Storytellersunplugged.com Today!
* Nassise is also the outgoing president of the Horror Writers Association.
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-- Tuesday, June 14, 2005 --
Lots of News From Rick Hautala
 Hautala's latest novel written as A.J. Matthews, FOLLOW, is completed and delivered. The book is due to be released in October 2005. He has also started work on his fourth A.J. Matthews book tentatively titled CROSSROADS.
Rick has delivered his latest short story collection, OCCASIONAL DEMONS, to CD Publications. All artwork for this book comes from the masterful hand of Glenn Chadbourne. CD Publications hopes to have the collection released for this summer.
UNTCIGAHUNK: THE COMPLEE LITTLE BROTHERS (most likely title) will be released in a special limited edition from Delerium Press in December 2005. Along with the original novel, this book will include five short stories and three myths about the creatures featured in this book.
Hautala also reports that a major studio has shown interest in filming FOLLOW. "At this point, the negotiations are in the works," says Hautala. "All I can say is that they're very interested, and if the deal goes through, I’ll announce it right away. Of course, I would be thrilled to have a film made of one of my books, and I honestly think FOLLOW might be the one that will work." Also, LAND OF NOD, a film adaptation of the Mark Clemens book of the same name, is making the rounds in Hollywood. Hautala collaborated with Bill Relling on this script.
In other collaboration news, Hautala has signed with Dark Horse to co-write an original CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON novel with with Christopher Golden. That book should be released sometime in 2006.
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-- Sunday, June 12, 2005 --
Assorted Updates from Douglas Clegg
 The new Vampyricon.com website has launched but remains in beta phase during set up. This micro-site promotes Clegg's THE PRIEST OF BLOOD, an epic dark fantasy dealing with vampires, vampirism, the fantastic, and the creatures of nightmare -- as well as an alternate medieval history. Click here to visit Vampyricon.com!
In other corners of the Web, Clegg continues his eBay marketing for THE PRIEST OF BLOOD with two new auctions:
RARE Douglas Clegg Unbound Galley Vampires *Signed*
Douglas Clegg Vampire SIGNED limited PLUS Bonus ARC
Doug has also announced that he will put together some podcasts in the near future. "I'll do some reading, maybe some podcasts on writing, and other stuff," says Clegg.
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