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Joe McKinney This year’s Bram Stoker Awards Preliminary Ballot was released last week, celebrating the best of 2009 in horror literature as recognized by the Horror Writers Association. Congrats to San Antonio’s own Joe McKinney who has two of his works on the list. QUARANTINED is a preliminary selection in the category of Superior Achievement [Read it all...] It was only a matter of time before I read this one. I work at a popular San Antonio bookstore, and I try to shelve the sci-fi and fantasy books whenever I can. It was the cover of The Devil’s Alphabet that initially drew my attention with its gloriously creepy upside-down eyes staring back at me every time [Read it all...] Nightmare on Grayson's Gordon Wise…and friends For twenty years now, there’s been one address for Halloween horror in San Antonio — 201 East Grayson Street. Not that you need to be told, if you live in this town, but that’s the home of Nightmare on Grayson, San Antonio’s longest-running, and still the best, haunted house. Director [Read it all...] DAMNABLE author Hank Schwaeble. Photo by Sanford Allen. HANK SCHWAEBLE, a Houston-based thriller writer and attorney, recently passed through San Antonio to promote his debut novel, DAMNABLE. Hank’s Berkley/Jove book walks the line between thriller and horror story, exploring the seductive nature of evil. Its protagonist, Jake Hatcher, is a morally ambiguous former military interrogator [Read it all...] Hank Schwaeble's Damnable. Queue up, horror fans. Houston writer and attorney HANK SCHWAEBLE will be signing copies of his first novel, DAMNABLE, at THE TWIG BOOK SHOP on Saturday, Sept. 26. Hank will be at the store from 2-4 p.m. promoting the new Penguin/Putnam paperback. Damnable is the story of a disgraced special military operative who [Read it all...] The San Antonio Horrific Film Fest is so chock full of films it may be hard to decide which ones to see. There are four that stand out to us at Mission Unknown as must-see movies. The following films have deep San Antonio roots and deserve your consideration: Dr. S Battles the Sex Crazed Reefer Zombies In [Read it all...] It’s time for the second annual SAN ANTONIO HORRIFIC FILM FEST, your chance to see a great sampling of scary movies from San Antonio and beyond! Over the course of the festival (August 27-30) you will have the opportunity to see countless films, meet horror film celebrities and check out the wares from an array of [Read it all...] My tale of fundamentalist fear, ”Whatsoever a Man Soweth,” is now online in the summer issue of Tales from the Moonlit Path. It was inspired by a nightmare last fall, when it actually looked like Sarah Palin might end up a heartbeat away from the U.S.presidency. I racked up 16 rejection letters before I finally found [Read it all...] The SAN ANTONIO HORRIFIC FILM FEST is coming up soon so now is the time to put the finishing touches on your creepy, blood soaked masterpiece. Early submission deadline for the festival is July 15th, with the final submissions due by August 16th. You can find out all the details and download the submission entry [Read it all...] |
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