February Femmes Fatales

Horror Queen Lily Childs is infamous for her yearly February Femmes Fatales series where she collects stories from women writers all over the globe and presents them on her website-- The Feardom.

This year, Lily has compiled a wicked collection of stories in an anthology from over 23 authors! It's a pretty big deal. The book will be released soon. 

It's out! You can purchase HERE.

To find out more head over to the February Femmes Fatales Facebook website and give it a like!

Coming soon: Over at Pulp Metal Magazine, Lily and I will have a chat about the February Femmes Fatales anthology, the authors, and about the elusive Femme Fatale persona in general.

Keep your eyes peeled.

I interview Yelena Sabel at Pulp Metal Magazine

Script writer, film producer, and actress Yelena Sabel and I talk about how she pulls stories from the written word through a camera lens to a visual experience, the psychology behind Stockton's story The Lady or the Tiger, her film Sex, Blood and Fairy Tales,  and of course, imagination in the purest art and form. The lady's mind is sharp and believe me when I say she's going places.


Come and enjoy the fun chat at the always epic Pulp Metal Magazine.

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.

Durable Goods Issue 40 & Wicked Woman's Booty #8

 Have you heard of Durable Goods? Let me tell you about this gem. Editor Aleathia Drehmer invites two unknowing writers (or poets) to participate in a particular issue. She puts their work together (it reminds me of spin the bottle!) then writes a ribbon wrapping poem that unites the two pieces. When I recieved my microzines in the mail today, I couldn't wait to read which poem mine (called "Shiner") had been paired with.  "We Look Better In Ruins" is written by FD Marcel. I was simply amazed at our synchronicity. Powerful. Aleathia's addition "There Is More Than a Disconnect" is vivid and balancing. Just wow.

Isn't that a gorgeous cover?

To find out about submissions, invitations, or subscriptions (You know you want this months issue!) Go Here. Also, Aleathia slipped in my envelope a handwritten quote that quite touched my heart. Wonderful gal. Big thank you.











AND






WWB #8: The Skeleton Grave Digger

Can you figure out at which island The Wicked Woman's anchored? Rubies and Diamonds for the first respondarrrr!

Wicked Woman's Booty Reviewed!

AJ Hayes Reviews The Wicked Woman's Booty over at Chris Rhatigan's Death By Killing. Check it out here!

Thank you to both of you!















Creepy pic, huh? This and the one from the last blog I took at the border carnivals they have all the time down here. Way different than the ones they have up north.

XXX

How I Came To Write This Story At Patti Abbott's & Pimpin' My HomeGirls!

Patti Abbott was very kind to invite me to write for her "How I Came To Write This Story" guest series on her blog. You can guess by the pic what story I chose. Hint: Garrrrr! Click Here to read.

Thank you, Patti! And sorry about the late posting of this. I must have confused the dates.

Pimpin' My HomeGirls, Yo
I've been missing my writerly girlfriends and gradually catching up on what they're up too (very sneakly) (I think) (maybe not) (whatever) AND just wanted to brag on them a bit. Enjoy:

~Carrie Clevenger's Crooked Fang releases their very song first demo and it rocks! Support their utter bad boy unsparkling awesomeness and buy me a shot of Wild Turkey. Wait. Buy their single!

~The brilliant Yelena Sable has written, produced, and directed a hilarious satiric short film! Watch it here.

~Lori Titus gives excellent advice on writing horror on her interview at The Chin Wag.

~Sandra Seamans has an excellent dark story at PMM called Death and Jelly Jars.

(Warning: she'll make you feel like a serial killer)

~May 1st, Erin Cole will be interviewing Spinetingler nominee Lily Childs on all sorts of dark horrors. Skeleton Candy for the soul! (Munch Yum Munch) Be sure to check it out.

Aleathia Drehmer's In Between Altered States celebrates its first year anniversary! Congrats to the wonderful creator, ezine and authors.

~Also, breaking news has it Romeo, from the Bella Vista hotel, has released Pamila Payne from the dank basement of his mind. She is actively lurking about on social networking worlds. First beware, then say hello.

XXX

Vote for Pillow Talk & Get some Wicked Booty!

xxx

Quick post today as I'm busy, tired and ready to be beamed to nevernever land.

Polls for Spinetingler awards are OPEN.

To put it sweet & simple me swaggering sweethearts:

You afraid of the dark, Big Boy?

VOTE FOR ME. Please. And if not for me.

For Henrietta------------------------------------>

Read Pillow Talk
Flip on the lights
VOTE


PIRATES:
Wicked Woman's Booty #7 is up today at PMM


As always, THANK YOU for your support!

xxx

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!)

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.

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.