Signed Stock

For those of you who missed Millennicon last weekend (I know who you are), there’s a treat waiting for you over at Apex Books. I signed all Jason’s Beauty & Dynamite stock…and I had lots of time at the table while he was gone, so they’ve all got my famous, multicolored, one-of-a-kind, decorated & doodled signatures. Click the banner!…

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Beauty & Dynamite Available on Fictionwise

If you’re into that sort of thing, click here and check it out. Meet Alethea Kontis, a self-proclaimed Genre Chick whose life is an adventure that tears through these pages like a hurricane. Carrot-a-day cancer cures and Murphy as a guardian angel (yes, that Murphy, the guy with all those irritating laws) are just a part of the daily…

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The Monster in the Closet

The new issue of Apex is live, complete with the essay where I admit to shoving my little sister in a closet when we were kids. Come on…doesn’t she look like a brat to you? And what are you shoving in your closets? And hey — if you love Apex like I do, you can have a PDF subscription…

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Harlan County Horrors

It’s been a long time in the making, but Harlan County Horrors is going to be released this fall, just in time to creep you out for Halloween. (You know, in case Kentucky doesn’t creep you out at any other time of the year.) And we have a cover! Woohoo! The authors include: Alethea Kontis ("The Witch of Black…

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Apex + Cemetery Dance = One Scary Duo

From Jason:Apex Publications is pleased to announce that Cemetery Dance will be offering select Apex titles via their webstore for a trial period. The following four titles are available only through next Monday (through Cemetery Dance), so if you’re a CD fan, get your order in quick! The four Apex titles listed are (the links lead to the Cemetery…

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Stoker Nomination Addendum

Per apexdigest : "You’ll want to mention your wonderful publisher will send copies of B&D to interested HWA Actives (or PDFs if they prefer)." If you are a voting member of the HWA and would like a review copy of Beauty & Dynamite, please email my wonderful publisher: jasonapexdigest.com. Apex also celebrates fellow nominees Maurice Broaddus, Wrath James White, and…

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An Honor to be Nominated

Hooray! Beauty and Dynamite has officially made the preliminary ballot (aka "the long list") for the Bram Stoker Award. (Greg Lamberson has the whole kit & Kaboodle here.) So…um…vote for me. And then go read The Dude Who Collected Lovecraft, by Nick Mamatas and Tim Pratt.

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It’s All About You

The November issue of Apex Magazine is live, including the latest Beauty & Dynamite entry entitled: "I Bet You Think This Essay’s About You." A great artist is an artist who has their own distinct voice. Their “certain something” stands out from the crowd. Certain aficionados can glance at a painting and tell a Renoir from a Picasso or…

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