Pulp Metal Fiction Anthology ~ Laughing At The Death Grin

What goes through your mind when you think of PULP METAL MAGAZINE? It's like a ouja board of the dirty spirits of pulp, Slayer, bleeding scars, time balloons rising up up and way. And when the balloons pop, out frolic the likes of Melanie Browne, Ian Ayris, Chris Rhatigan,  Richard Godwin, UV Ray, Charlie Coleman, Frank Duffy, myself, and many others.

"Laughing At The Death Grin!" is one collection of classics you don't want to miss. Many thanks to PMM dictator and editor, Jason Michel. Purchase at $.99 for limited time.

I Interview Melanie Browne at PMM Where We Suffer the Leetle Lemmings, See Circus Fish, Sculpt Charles Manson (kinda), Pole dance with Gypsies, and then the Wicked Woman's Booty Sails into Thunderous Thwarts of Thicketing Trunks of Trampled... Trinkets

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The title? True story. Mostly.

There are a few reasons why Texas shouldn't be thrown to hell in a handmade casket. In no particular order: Carrie Clevenger, geckos, Suzy Bradshaw, wildflowers, Bill Crider, mourning doves, Nicole Hadaway, Mark Crittenden, this thing, the cactus on my roof, and 

Yes, this is her tattoo! I found this
at Billy Idol's site.
Hawt as a Borderland Texas BBQ
grill in the grid of summer
where the wasps the size of f*cking
birds come out to bite then sting you.
Sizzle, sizzle little lady
let that rebel roar.
(I wrote that for you, Mel) 

<------  Melanie Browne, editor of The Literary Burlesque, who I had the distinct pleasure of laughing with,  lemming-tossing with, pole-dancing with, rebel-yelling with, chatting with, ahem, officially interviewing for Pulp Metal Magazine. She is nothing but abstract awesome and everything I had hoped Texas to be. Thank you, Mel, for making the lone star state, well, not so lonesome and for giving the world such lovely visions through your eyes. 

Also.... ARRRR!!!!!  PMM spanks

The Wicked Woman's Booty in Episode #6 Thar Be No Rules 'ere Gentlemen o' Fortune Tread

A big Thank You, as always, to Jason Michel. 


ps. I'm terribly behind on reading stories and responding to emials I'll catch up soon (I hope!)

Godwin's Review of Michel's "Confessions Of A Black Dog"

As most of you know, Jason Michel's book Confessions of Black Dog was unleashed recently through BrownPaperPublishinG.


Richard Godwin has given a stellar review of COABD that has got me and everyone else just itching to read it (as if we weren't already!). Both men are remarkably intelligent, and even more importantly, have a respect and love for the art of storytelling. Read Godwin's review HERE or HERE. Then rush off to purchase Michel's book HERE.


Comments are closed on this post! Please leave your wonderful thoughts at these gentlemen's sites. I'm sure they would love to hear from you.

Interview with Richard Godwin & Choose Your Poison Weekend

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I was interviewed at the Slaughterhouse while The Girl Who Was Chased by the Abominable Snowman with a Machete spanked The Wicked Woman's Booty.

Poisoned pleasures come in 3's.

Links below.

Interview With Richard Godwin at the Slaughterhouse

Thank you Richard!

The Girl Who Was Chased By The Abominable Snowman At 10Flash!

Thank you to 10Flash! editors Kc Ball & Jude Marie-Green

The Wicked Woman's Booty #5: Tis Be th' Way o' Lust an Lore

Thanks to PPM editor Jason Michel for docking me bad boy pirates!

Happy Birthday PMM! BreadCrumbs!

It's Pulp Metal Magazine's 1st birthday!

Jason Michel has lit a bomb of a birthday candle for your literary darkness. Richard Godwin, Kristin Fouquet, Ian Ayris, Melanie Browne, UV Ray, Paul D Brazil, Kevin Shamel, yours truly and the hairy Dictator himself (and more!) give you stories nothing less than a jolt of pure unadulterated 100% PMM fandango madness.... Read. Here. Now. Or I'm sending that bug after you and it's got one hell of a pincher.

My Story

Bread Crumbs

left by the muffin man. Secret messenger of a monster:

the insect with a thousand eyes.

It's been waiting for you, for this moment, for a very long time.

AND just incase you haven't heard (of course you have) about Jason Michel's debut novel, "Confessions of a Black Dog". It can be purchased at Brown Paper Publishing. I bought a copy myself and am looking forward it.

Wicked Woman's Booty #4

Pulp Metal Magazine

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Big Thank You to PMM's creator & editor Jason Michel

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ps. Art is credited to Brutal Legend. Classic Heavy Metal Rockers Might want to click HERE.

Wicked Woman's Booty: Sizzle Me A Pirate Stump!

Me third episode of Wicked Woman's Booty is up at PMM

Sizzle Me A Pirate Stump

Be wary ye faint o' heart

Party Me Hearties!
Today be international Talk Like A Pirate Day.
Arrrr!

Previous episodes:

#1 ~ Stolen!

#2 G Hits The Spot

Wicked Woman's Booty 2

Wicked Woman's Booty heats up, walks the plank, and ships out with Episode 2:

G hits the Spot

Pulp Metal Magazine has morphed into lighter hues and polkadots, but the appeal is all the same. Be sure to check out the new site and reads this week. As always, a big thank you to Jason Michel.





Sean Monaghan's novel is serialized over at Infinite Windows! The Rotated jumps straight into action with kidnappings, cults, sci fi devices, motorcycles, and love triangles. Read his first episode HERE.

Wicked Woman's Booty

Avast me hearties! Wicked Woman be a'sailin 0' Pulp Metal Magazine. It be a pirate serial with adventures, treasure maps, the cave of ali baba, frog wenches, and Cap'n Viper. Many thanks t' Jason Michel fer askin me on the PMM crew with he and Paul Brazill. I be thinkin' of no finer company.

Read episode 1: Stolen!

Last but not least, because of the procurements of mysterious maladies, I'm taking a slight break from blogosphere and the interweb worlds. Email is always open.

Interview At Pulp Metal Magazine

Pulp Metal Magazine editor Jason Michel and I talk horror, cautionary tales, pirates, music, and he gets first dibs on my current novel in progress, Devil's Eye. Read the interview HERE.


Thank you, Mr. M!


I appreciate Jason's support for underground writers, his deadication to the craft and unique writing styles, but most of all his love of imagination.

His ezine, Pulp Metal Magazine, reflects this. If you haven't checked it out yet, please do. This month looks like whirlwind of art, music, fiction, Kevin Shamel's Dirty Bird martini recipes and Paul Brazil's fine work.

Support Imagination --> Read.

Book Reviews! Support Small Press!

Some of these I've read recently, others awhile back. I want to take some time this month and spot light these books and encourage my fellow readers to support small press.

**My apologies to Salvatore Buttaci and William Pauley III, I meant to do this for them ages ago.




Wrong Minds And Other Fictions
by Jason Michel

Jason Michel is a dark horse. This compilation of Wrong Minds And Other Stories prove it: Darkness infused with light, morbidity flayed to show philosophy, his words are poetry lulling you into Grimm like nightmares. These stories are very gruesome in the way of old fables, yet they show the reality of life that so many of us have forgotten. If we forget life’s old truths, we aren’t truly human anymore. And being human is what these shorts are all about. If you are inclined toward the old gothic literature like Mary Shelly, Bram Stoker, Robert Louis Stevenson - you will love Mr. Michel’s work. I highly, highly recommend this book.

Purchase Wrong Minds And Other Fictions or visit Jason's personal website.

Green Water Lullaby
by Lori Titus

Green Water Lullaby opens with French Doors, and invites you into its pages. This short story collection smells like vanilla and flows like honey. The grace of Lori’s smooth writing makes a reader vulnerable to her sweet voice of horror. She baptizes you into a world of suspense. But when you’re ready to come up for air, she holds you under, drowning you in the town’s mysteries. Evil secrets of murder, brotherhood, the occult… who could have guessed so much darkness resides in the sleepy little town of Chrysilis, or Lori Titus’s mind for that matter. This is an e-book you don’t want to miss.The E-book format is very user friendly and easy on the eyes.

Purchase Green Water Lullaby Or Visit Lori's personal website.

A Family of Sicilians:Stories & Poems

by Salvatore Buttaci

This is wonderful collection of stories about Sal’s experiences in Italy. Reading the works, one feels swept away to a beautiful country filled with people involved in life, love, and hard work. This book must be read with a hot cup of coffee and a box of tissues. Sal’s magic will work wonders on your heart, as he always does mine.

Purchase A Family Of Sicilians or visit Sal's personal website.

Toe Tags
edited by William Pauley III & Brian Barnett

Toe Tags is a collection of debauchery sewn together by William Pauley III and Brian Barnett. Horror has delivered its grimmest, its grittiest - the ungodly

morbid truth through the minds of Angel Zapata, Lori Titus, Graeme Reynolds, Robert C. Eccles, Nathan Rosen, Joshua Day, Chad Chase, William Pauley III, Brian Barnett and more.

If those names aren’t enough to catch your curiosity, the carnivals, talking tattoos, devils, zombies, magicians, the rage will snatch your eyes and force you to keep reading on. You know you are getting good quality horror, when the stories still pop up in your mind and scare you long after you’ve read them.

Purchase Toe Tags or visit William Pauley III's personal website.

Howl: Tales Of The Feral And Infernal
edited by Mark Anthony Crittenden

This savage collection of morphing creatures and nightmares has already achieved status by hosting three authors of honorable mention merit by Ellen Datlow. Between these pages, stories of werewolves, ravens, demons, owls, lizardmen, The Lady Red, fanged puppies (and more) explore awakenings of the animal within. Give in to the fierce extremes of lust and love. Mark Crittenden leaves a torch on the dark path of horror. Hurry. Read it. Or something will eat you.

Purchase Howl or visit Mark's personal website.

Rotten Little Animals
by Kevin Shamel

I've already plugged this, but I'll do it again. Zombie cats, Stinkin' Rats, Dirty Birds and other filthy scoundrels kidnap a child and create the same evil humanity does. Doesn't get more bizarre than Kevin Shamel's mind. Note: While inclusive of talking animals, this has adult material and is by no means a story for children. Read at your own risk.

Purchase Rotten Little Animals or visit Kevin's personal website







Something’s Not Right
by Trevor McPherson

This ebook collection features a handful of stories by a clever sci fi cook. His unique twilight zone writes are entertaining and intelligent. For under a buck, you are getting one heck of a deal.

Purchase Something's Not Right or Visit Trevor's personal website.

Howl: Dark Tales Of The Feral And Infernal

Gypsies, Ribbons, Lizardmen, Passion

The Blind Will See

Attraction has never been so delicious

Or fatal


Lacerta

Howl: Dark Tales Of The Feral and Infernal

An anthology of the hottest, darkest horror in today's market including authors: Jason Michel, Carrie Clevenger, Barry Northern, Erin cole, Mark Anthony Crittenden, Angel Zapata, Paul D Brazil, Paula Ray, Lee Hughes, myself, and so many more.

*Lacerta is partially inspired by Rasputina's 'Hunter's Kiss.'

Just in!
Barry Northern reads my Howl story, Lacerta, as a sneak preview for Lame Goat Press Podcast! His vocal interpretation is AMAZING. Listen to it on his site here.

In other news, my essay, Flying Porkchops Saved My life, placed in the Editor Unleashed essay contest. It will be included in the smashwords anthology along with other wonderful essays.

Scars at Pulp Metal Magazine

The dark is seductive.

It needs.

It wants.

It's hard to resist.

Keep the blindfold on.


Scars

at

Pulp Metal Magazine

(scroll to 4th story down)


Thank you to editor Jason Michel for publishing my story.


Carrie Clevenger introduced me to Johnny Hollow. I was smitten. She dared me to write a story to one of their songs. I chose 'Dark Thing', which is playing as you read this. The lyrics can be read here. (Stay tuned to read Carrie's 'Dark Thing' story this Friday. I personally can't wait. UPDATE: Turns out. Her piece is so fantastically wonderful, she will be submitting to a mag instead. I'll blog it when its up.)

Christmas Is On The Horizon And So Is Many Good Publications

1. Shout out to Maria Schneider, creator of Editor Unleashed! Maria, previously editor of Writer's Digest, brings her skills and experience to her wonderful Writer's community. The discussions are friendly and helpful, the writers a great bunch, and I've always especially appreciated the critique forum. Earlier this year, Maria held a flash fiction contest and invited writers to explore how a judge picks and chooses winning entries. We posted our flash in a separate forum, read the entries, and then voted by giving the entries 1-5 stars. It was a phenomenal experience. Well, Maria's at it again with a "Why I Write" essay contest ($500 to the winner!). Come join her site and see what I'm talking about. Thank You, Maria!


2. Push Cart Nominee and novelist, Jason Michel's Pulp Metal Magazine is up for it's first issue! This new ezine is fast, racy, and sexy as they come. Wicked Noir from the awesome Dan Krokos, Steve Jenson, Melanie Brown, (one of my favs--->)Paul Brazil, and David Labounty. You'll also find bad arse photography (along with one of my own - 'You Made Me Do It') and fantastic art. All sorts of goodies here. Check it out!



3. The multi talented Mark Crittenden has announced he's guest editor (and illustrator) for Lame Goat Press! He's asking for submissions for his horror anthology Howl: Stories of the feral and Infernal. Mark has a fantastic eye and good ear, I expect nothing less than perfection from this antho. Read submission guidelines at his site or email him editormc@yahoo.com .


4. Good writer buddy, Sean Ferrell’s book cover is out! It's gorgeous.This guy's short stories blow me away, and I just can’t wait for August when his book, Numb, comes out. Check out Numb in the Harper Collins Catalog here, and then you’ll want to preorder on Amazon. (I did it, so should you!) Congrats, Sean!




5. While I’m at it I’m going to give a plug to one of my favorite Horror flash ezines, Flashes In the Dark. The zine is holding a Worst In Love contest (deadline Dec.31st). There have been some great entries, including Sean Monaghan's Fiancees Among Us (it's one of my favorite ghost stories EVER). He’ll probably win (or maybe Angel Zapata will- AGAIN. Or maybe the beautiful Ms. Eno?) but I say we give them a good run for their money. Check out contest rules here. Thanks to editor Lori Titus for running an awesome site.


6. Reminder that John Wiswell's surgery donation drive is still going! His hospital bills reached over $17,000 bucks! I know budgets are tight, but this guy is a hellava writer. He has no health insurance due to pre existing neuromuscular syndrome. Please donate to his cause and support a good person.





7. Tune in for Jim Wisneski's 12 Days Of Christmas starting December 14th! Christmas stories of cheer, horror, and about every kind of genre you can think of will be placed in your stockings early (my masterpiece, Peace On Earth Is At War will be on the 15th)! So be sure to read from the 14th through the 25th to satisfy that reader's sweet tooth.