Month: April 2009

Night School Knife/Book Set – Now Available!

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That’s right.  After months of throwing around design ideas and building the hand-crafted knife, JD Borden of JDB Knives and I announce the release of the Night School Knife/Book Set.  It is now available for ordering!

A photo of the knife/book set and details on the knife are as follows:

 

 

It’s a Bowie/martial style with brass bolster and a sculpted subhilt walnut handle. 

Overall Length: nearly  10″  Blade Length: About 5 3/4″  Blade Width: 1 1/4″  Blade Thickness: just over 3/16″  Handle Length: 4 3/8″  Handle Width: just under 1 1/2″  Handle Thickness: just over 3/4″  Finger Guard: just under 2 3/4″.  Hidden tang. 

Price: $229.99.  Includes Knife, Stand, Matching Numbered and Autographed copy of Night School, Plus FREE shipping!  Include any Custom Inscriptions With the Order.  Since Each Knife is produced in the order in which the request is received, Serial Numbers are on a first come first served bases.

If you want to read more about the design and actual making of the knife, visit the Build-A-Long on the JDB Knives’ message board or if you want to read more about the knife/book set or order it, click HERE.  Remember, all knives are hand-crafted, limited-edition and serial numbered.  So, your knife isn’t made until you order it.  As, this is a limited-edition arrangement between JD and myself, they will only be made for a limited time.  So, if you’re interested, order soon!

Reviews for Withersin Magazine

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In the past, I have written a few book reviews for Withersin Magazine.  These books always came from my own collection.  The reviews that have been written already, can be read here.

The reason I mention this, is that I was recently contacted by the editor/founder of Withersin and asked to read a number of books and write reviews on them.  They are shipping the books to me this week.  The titles I will be reviewing are below.

Stonewiser (Dora Machado)
The Giant’s Fence (Michael Jacobson)
Murderland Part 2 (Cook)
GUD Magazine
Eyes Falling Down (Needle)
Dragging Wings (Jennifer Caress)
Island (Richard Laymon)
Jigsaw Man (Gord Rollo)
House Infernal (Edward Lee)
Pillars of the Earth (Ken Follett)
Withersin  Death (Sumek, Gersley)
Memmories Forgotten, Nightmares Recalled (Vincenzo Mortillaro)
Accidental Vampire (Lynsay Sands )
Messenger (Edward Lee)
The Mad Cook of Pymatuning (Christopher Lehmann-Haupt)
The Summoning (Bentley Little)

Quite a few of these books I have wanted to pick up for myself anyway, so it works out perfectly on those.  Some of the others, I have never heard of, but am eager to read them, as well, and possibly find a new book/author that I might enjoy.

Reviews for the above books should start showing up on Withersin’s website in the near future.  I will, of course, inform you when they are available to check out.

Name The Title – Contest, revisited

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I mentioned here about the ‘Name The Title’ Contest that is currently going on until the 15th.

I mention this again, because I received a request yesterday from someone asking me if it were possible for me to post the names of the short stories that will be in the collection.  I thought about it for a bit and decided that it might help some of you that are already sending me title proposals for the ‘short story collection.’

Below you will find the names of the stories that have already been written and a few words on what they are about.  Please note, these are the stories that will be sent to the publisher for the collection.  Although, there may or may not be additional titles and/or some of the below titles might be removed at the publishers discretion.  In addition, if you see a ‘*’ by a title, this means it’s a previously published story which will still be part of the collection, but you can read them now either online or by buying the magazine in which it appeared.

Below are the story’s current titles in no particular order.

‘Rebirth : The Rise of Pharaoh Masika’ (about a mummy brought back to life)

‘The 7th House’ * (haunted house attraction)

‘The Legend of Johnston’s Creek’ (creepy story about a creature that lives in a local town’s creek)

‘Cake Batter’ (a wife’s revenge)

‘Gnomus’ * (evil garden gnome)

‘Jacob’s Mind’ * (monster story)

‘The Ringmaster’ (about a circus where some creepy stuff happens)

‘Thirst’ * (werewolf story)

‘Web Blog’ (about the main female character in Night School)

‘One Brew Too Many?’ (the consequences of underage drinking & driving and premarital sex)

‘All In The Line of Duty’ (cop/zombie story)

That’s about it.  If you are interested in learning more or wish to enter the contest, click here.

Book Review Published

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A book review that I wrote about Survivor by J.F. Gonzalez has been published by Withersin Magazine. 

Click here to read the review.

You can always check out a full list of my published items, by visiting Published/Upcoming Works.

Sinister Tales 4.2 – Release Date Coming

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I mentioned here that my short story, ‘The 7th House’ (you can read a short synopsis about the story by clicking the ‘here’ link) was accepted for publication in Sinister Tales 4.2. 

I was just informed that the release and availablity date for this issue will be April 20th.  The cover price of the print mag will be $9.99.  They accept check, money order or PayPal. 

Don’t worry about remembering the date, as I will post a reminder and payment instructions on the 20th.