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Bloodletting Press
Bloodletting Press was launched in 2002 by Larry Roberts to publish works in the horror genre specifically for the collector's market, producing low print run limited editions intended for collectors and unique heirloom Lettered Editions for the high-end collectors. They were originally located in Modesto, California, but have since relocated to Welches, Oregon. Several of the Lettered Editions have been signed in blood and housed in metal traycases, in one example designed as a trailer complete with working interior lights. The main focus, however, of the press is the Novella Series, Novelette Series, and Chapbook Series. In recent years they have added the Steve Gerlach library, a project to publish his complete works which have been previously only available in his native Australia. Another project is the Jonathan Crowley Library which collects and keeps in print the genre work of James A. Moore. Bloodletting Press is also one of a few small presses that risks putting out new gen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Larry Roberts (publisher)
Lawrence Roberts may refer to: *Lawrence Roberts (scientist) (1937–2018), one of the "fathers" of the Internet * Lawrence Roberts (basketball) (born 1982), American professional basketball player * Lawrence Roberts (politician) (born 1941), Pennsylvania politician * Lawrence E. Roberts (1922–2004), pilot with the Tuskegee Airmen * Larry Roberts (actor) (1926–1992), American actor *Larry Roberts (American football) (1963–2016), American football player *Lawrence Roberts (athlete) Lawrence Frederick "Bob" Roberts (1 July 1903 – 8 March 1977) was a South African track and field athlete who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics The 1924 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1924), officially the Games ... (1903–1977), South African track and field athlete * Lawrence Roberts (footballer), Scottish footballer {{hndis, Roberts, Lawrence ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Keene
Brian Keene (born September 22, 1967) is an American author and podcaster, primarily known for his work in horror, dark fantasy, crime fiction, and comic books. He has won the 2014 World Horror Grandmaster Award and two Bram Stoker Awards. In addition to his own original work, Keene has written for media properties such as '' Doctor Who'', ''Hellboy'', '' Alien'', '' Masters of the Universe'', and ''The X-Files''. Early life Keene was born in 1967. He grew up in both Pennsylvania and West Virginia, and many of his books take place in these locales. After graduating high school, he served as a radioman in the U.S. Navy aboard an LPD. After his enlistment ended, Keene worked a variety of jobs before becoming a full-time writer. Among them were stints as a foundry worker, truck driver, data entry clerk, dockworker, telemarketer, customer service representative, repo man, bouncer, disc jockey, salesman, store manager, daycare instructor, custodian. In interviews, he credits this ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tim Lebbon
Tim Lebbon (born 28 July 1969, London) is a British horror and dark fantasy writer. Life Lebbon was born in London. He lived in Devon until he was eight and then in Newport until the age of 26. He now lives in Goytre, Monmouthshire with his wife and two children. Career Lebbon's short story ″Reconstructing Amy″ won the Bram Stoker Award for Short Fiction in 2001, his novel ''Dusk'' won the 2007 August Derleth Award from the British Fantasy Society for best novel of the year. His novelization of the film '' 30 Days of Night'' became a ''New York Times'' bestseller and won a Scribe Award in 2008. The film ''Pay the Ghost'' (2015) directed by Uli Edel and starring Nicolas Cage is based on Lebbon's short story of the same name. ''The Silence'' was made into a film by John R. Leonetti and was released 10 April 2019 on Netflix. Lebbon also made a cameo as a corpse in the film. His ''Firefly'' novel ''Generations'' (fourth in series) won the 2021 Dragon Award for Best Media ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Ketchum
Dallas William Mayr (November 10, 1946 – January 24, 2018), better known by his pen name Jack Ketchum, was an American horror fiction author. He was the recipient of four Bram Stoker Awards and three further nominations. His novels included '' Off Season'', ''Offspring'', and ''Red'', the latter two of which were adapted to film. In 2011, Ketchum received the World Horror Convention Grand Master Award for outstanding contribution to the horror genre.Jack Ketchum ''Official Website'', p. 1. Retrieved March 7, 2011. Biography Early life and education Ketchum was born in Livingston, New Jersey, as the only child to German immigrant parents. His father, Dallas William Mayr (1908–1997), served in the artillery during World War II and his mother, Evelyn Fahner Mayr (1915–1987), was an accountant and office manager. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Emerson College in Boston, Massachusetts, and later taught at the high-school level in Brookline, Massachuse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steven Savile
Steven Savile (born 12 October 1969) is a British fantasy, horror and thriller writer and editor living in Sweden. His published work includes novels and numerous short stories in magazines and anthologies. Career Steven Savile started out writing and reviewing play-by-mail games in the UK in the late 1980s, then launched his own company, Games (intentionally misspelled), before working for Games Workshop. He has written several novels, including ''Inheritance'', ''Dominion'', and ''Retribution'', all set in the Warhammer world, as well as fiction connected to ''Slaine'', ''Dr. Who'', and ''Torchwood''. Savile has primarily made his name working in established franchises such as ''Star Wars'', ''Stargate'', '' Jurassic Park: The Lost World'', '' Fireborn'', '' Risen'', ''Warhammer'' and ''Pathfinder''. He's also written a number of Top Trumps facts books for kids including Dinosaurs, Creatures of the Deep, and Predators among others. He has also written a number of origina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlee Jacob
Nell Anne 'Charlee' Jacob (June 2, 1952 - July 14, 2019) was an American author specializing in horror fiction, dark fantasy, and poetry. Her writing career began in 1981 with the publication of several poems under the name Charlee Carter Broach. She began writing as Charlee Jacob in 1986. This native Texan is best known for her graphic explorations of the themes of human degradation, sexual extremism, and supernatural evil. Her first novel ''This Symbiotic Fascination'' (Necro Publications, 1997) was nominated for the International Horror Guild Award and the Bram Stoker Award. Her novel ''Dread in the Beast'' tied David Morrell David Morrell (born April 24, 1943) is a Canadian-American novelist whose debut 1972 novel ''First Blood'', later adapted as the 1982 film of the same name, went on to spawn the successful ''Rambo'' franchise starring Sylvester Stallone. He h ...'s '' Creepers'' for first place for the Bram Stoker Award for Best Novel of 2005, and her poetry col ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
By Michael Laimo
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By or BY may refer to: Places * By, Doubs, France, a commune * By, Norway, a village Codes * Belarus ISO country code ** .by, country-code top-level domain for Belarus * Burundi FIPS Pub 10-4 and obsolete NATO digram country code * TUI Airways IATA airline code, formerly Thomson Airways, Thomsonfly and Britannia Airways Other uses * John By (1779–1836), British military engineer famous for his work in Canada * CC-BY, a Creative Commons attribution license * Budget year, a synonym for fiscal year See also * -by, a common suffix for settlements in northern England *Bye (other) Bye may refer to: * BYE, UNDP county code for Belarus *Bye (cricket), a special type of run scored in the game of cricket *Bye (sports), when a player or team is allowed to advance to the next round of a playoff tournament without playing *Bye (su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kealan Patrick Burke
Kealan Patrick Burke (born in Dungarvan, Ireland) is an author. Some of his works include the novels ''Kin'', ''Currency of Souls'', ''Master of the Moors'', and ''The Hides'' (Bram Stoker Award nominee), the novellas ''The Turtle Boy'' (Bram Stoker Award Winner, 2004) and ''Vessels'', and the collections ''Ravenous Ghosts'', ''The Number 121 to Pennsylvania & Others'', ''Theater Macabre'' and ''The Novellas''. He has also appeared in a number of publications, including ''Postscripts'', '' Cemetery Dance'', ''Grave Tales'', ''Shivers II'', ''Shivers III'', ''Shivers IV'', ''Looking Glass'', ''Masques V'', ''Subterranean #1'', ''Evermore'', ''Inhuman'', ''Horror World'', ''Surreal'' Magazine, and ''Corpse Blossoms''. Burke also edited the anthologies: ''Taverns of the Dead'' (recipient of a starred review in ''Publishers Weekly''), ''Brimstone Turnpike'', ''Quietly Now: A Tribute to Charles L. Grant'' (International Horror Guild Award Nominee, 2004), the charity anthology ''Tales ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Piccirilli
Thomas Piccirilli (May 27, 1965 – July 11, 2015) was an American novelist and short story writer. Career Piccirilli sold over 150 stories in the mystery, thriller, horror, erotica, and science fiction fields. Some of his stories were included in Eden Studios' zombie anthologies edited by James Lowder. Awards Piccirilli was a two-time winner of the International Thriller Writers Award for "Best Paperback Original" (2008, 2010). He is a four-time winner of the Bram Stoker Award. He was also a finalist for the 2009 Edgar Allan Poe Award given by the Mystery Writers of America, a final nominee for the Fantasy Award, and the winner of the first Bram Stoker Award given in the category of " Best Poetry Collection". Bibliography Novels *''Dark Father'' (Pocket, 1990) *''Shards'' (Write Way, 1996) *''Inside the Works: A 3-Way Collection of Hardcore Horror'' (Necro Publications, 1997) (with Gerard Daniel Houarner, Edward Lee) *''Hexes'' (Leisure, 1999) *''The Deceased'' (Leisur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeffrey Thomas (writer)
Jeffrey Thomas (born October 3, 1957) is a prolific writer of science fiction and horror, best known for his stories set in the nightmarish future city called Punktown, such as the novel ''Deadstock'' (Solaris Books) and the collection ''Punktown'' (Ministry of Whimsy Press), from which a story was reprinted in St. Martin's ''The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror #14''. His fiction has also been reprinted in Daw's ''The Year's Best Horror Stories XXII'', ''The Year's Best Fantastic Fiction'' and ''Quick Chills II: The Best Horror Fiction from the Specialty Press''. He has been a 2003 finalist for the Bram Stoker Award (Best First Novel) for ''Monstrocity'', and a 2008 finalist for the John W. Campbell Award for ''Deadstock''. Other books by Thomas include the novels ''Letters from Hades'' (Bedlam Press) and ''Monstrocity'' (Prime Books), and the novella ''Godhead Dying Downwards'' ( Earthling Publications). The German edition of ''Punktown'' has cover art by H. R. Giger. Thomas i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Lee (writer)
Edward Lee (born May 25, 1957) is an American novelist specializing in the field of horror who has written 40 books, more than half of which have been published by mass-market New York City paperback companies such as Leisure/ Dorchester, Berkley, and Zebra/ Kensington. He is a Bram Stoker award nominee for his story “Mr. Torso,” and his short stories have appeared in over a dozen mass-market anthologies, including the award-winning 999. Several of his novels have sold translation rights to Germany, Greece, Romania, and Poland. He also publishes quite actively in the small-press/limited-edition hardcover market; many of his books in this category have become collector's items. Life and career Lee is particularly known for over-the-top occult concepts and an accelerated treatment of erotic and/or morbid sexual imagery and visceral violence. He was born on May 25, 1957 in Washington, D.C., and grew up in Bowie, Maryland. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009 In Literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 2009. Events *April 21 – UNESCO launches the World Digital Library. *May 1 – Carol Ann Duffy is appointed Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom, the first woman in the position; she is also the first Scot and the first openly gay occupant of the post. *May 5 – J. R. R. Tolkien's narrative poem ''The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún'' in alliterative verse, based on the 13th century ''Poetic Edda'' and probably written in the 1930s, is published posthumously. *May 16– 25 – Ruth Padel becomes the first woman ever elected Professor of Poetry at the University of Oxford but resigns nine days later after it is alleged she was involved in what some sources call as a smear campaign against Derek Walcott, a rival for the post. *August 10 – Standard orthography for the Silesian language is adopted in Cieszyn, at a meeting of the Standardization Committee of the Silesian Language. *October 8 – Romani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
