Bad Moon Books had several works up for a Stoker Award last month, including the novella, The Lucid Dreaming by Lisa Morton, who won the award.
Now, they have picked up my very tentatively titled novella, Dine-n-Dash, for publication in early 2012.
Cake Batter – On Sale Soon!
I just received word from Warren with Shadetree Films that the DVD of Cake Batter (which will also contain 2 short bonus films – details will be posted once it is up for pre-order) will be available for Pre-Order on 5/4 with an official release date of 5/11. If you haven’t seen the 1-minute trailer to this 25-minute film, yet, you can do so by clicking here. There is also some great gear to go along with the soon-to-be-released film in the Storefront.
And the winner is…
Pedro Zabala from Durham, North Carolina. You are the lucky winner of The Woods Are Dark by Richard Laymon – the first book that is up for grabs during the 2nd Annual Richard Laymon Book Contest.
The next book up for grabs will be the Cemetery Dance, Hardcover edition of The Traveling Vampire Show (one of my personal favorites). The contest will start in a few weeks – so check back often!
The Vanguard
You may remember that about a week ago I got an email from Dean Harrison asking me what my definition of horror is for his college newspaper. Of course I went into a little more detail than just giving a flat definition and then sent it off to him. You can read the article I wrote here.
Using mine and other various sources, Dean then wrote an article of his own about horror literature for his college newspaper, ‘The Vanguard’ at the University of South Alabama (Dean is a Contributing Editor at the paper). Though Dean was supposed to send me a copy when it came out (and, hell, perhaps I’ll still get a hard copy – though, I more like busting his balls about it now), I did find the article that was published in ‘The Vanguard’ on April 12th. You can read the article here. Well done, Dean!
Dawn of a New Business Card
Artwork taken from the cover of my novel, Night School. The artwork was originally done by Jaime Ortiz.
The actual design of the new business card was done by my fiance, Sheryl (and I think she did a wonderful job – and I’m not just saying that to keep me out of the doghouse:)).
Last Call for Night School Knife/Book Set
The Night School Knife/Book Set originally debuted about a year ago. And as I was recently looking over at the Storefront (where you can buy all sorts of cool stuff), I figured that it was time to mention it one last time. So, if you are a knife, book lover or both, you better hurry up and order one, today. Click here for details about the custom-made knife/book set and how you can go about ordering one. The offer for this limited edition set ends forever on April 30th!
Fall Writing Class
As you know, you can now enroll in the class I’ll be teaching this summer at the University of Akron (Akron, Ohio) – ‘So You Want To Be A Horror Writer’.
A description of the class; including cost, classroom location, dates/times and how to enroll can be found here.
In addition, the class will now also be offered during the Fall semester. The class will have the same weekly format, times, costs, etc. The Fall class has a tentative start date of September 14th and will run for 5-consecutive weeks. So, if you can’t make the summer class for whatever reason, here’s another chance to join in the fun later in the year. You can’t enroll in the Fall class as of yet since they are doing enrollment for the summer, but I wanted to put it out there so you can mark your calendars now, so you don’t go off and plan a late-summer vacation or anything like that. Besides, what’s better than spending time inside a classroom when it’s warm and sunny outside, right?!
Contest Reminder
Any of you that still want to enter to win a free hardcover copy of Richard Laymon’s The Woods Are Dark better hurry – the contest ends Friday at Midnight! Click here to learn more and enter.
Special Book Signing and Cake Batter Showing
As you may or may not know, I am originally from the small town of Covington, Ohio. Covington is about a half hour north of Dayton. This is the reason the below press release is very special to me. Thanks and I look forward to seeing a lot of new and old friends alike at the event.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
4/9/10
COVINGTON – Former resident and highly touted horror author, TY SCHWAMBERGER, makes his first return to the area after more than five years to promote his writing at JR Clarke Public Library on Saturday, May 15th from 11:00 am – 2:00 pm. JR Clarke is located at 102 Spring Street, Covington, Ohio 45318.
Beginning promptly at 11:00 am there will be a showing of his soon-to-be-released short film, Cake Batter. The film is based on one of Ty’s short stories that’s being featured in his short story collection coming out Fall 2010 by Dark Quest Books and was adapted into a screenplay and filmed by Shadetree Films out of Akron, Ohio.
After the showing of the 25-minute film (rated PG13), Ty will remain at the library until 2:00, signing copies of his first novel, Night School. There will only be a limited number of copies available for purchase at the signing, along with a very limited number of copies of the Cake Batter DVD that will be on sale. You can either bring in your existing copy of his novel or a magazine that one of this short stories appeared in or you can purchase a copy of Night School for $15.00 (this is $10.00 off the cover price) at the same table Ty will be doing the signing. Since the film hasn’t been released as of yet, pricing information won’t be available until the day of the event.
Until meeting Ty in person for the first time (or again), you can learn more about him and his work at: http://tyschwamberger.com
Ty-ing Up the Genre with Maurice Broaddus
April’s installment of my monthly column, Ty-ing Up the Genre, on Hellnotes is now available for your reading pleasure. Maurice Broaddus makes a guest appearance this month by writing an article for the column. Click here to check it out.
Ty Schwamberger 