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 John
Everson is the author of the erotic horror novelette Failure (Delirium Books, 2006)
and the Bram Stoker Award-winning occult horror novel Covenant (Delirium Books,
2004). Sacrifice, a sequel to Covenant, was released in March. Everson
is also the author of two horror and dark fantasy short story collections – Vigilantes
of Love (Twilight Tales, 2003) and Cage of Bones & Other Deadly Obsessions
(Delirium Books, 2000).
 The Polish edition of Covenant (retitled
as
Demoniczne Przymierze), is now available from Red Horse Books.
And both Covenant and Sacrifice were bought by Leisure Books in the spring
-- Covenant will be out in paperback next summer.
He is also the co-editor
and designer of the Spooks! ghost story anthology (Twilight Tales, 2004), and the
founder of Dark Arts Books (www.darkartsbooks.com),
which issued its first anthology title, Candy in the Dumpster in May, 2006.
 John's new short story collection,
Needles & Sins will be out from Necro Publications (www.necropublications.com)
It's available for preorder now.
He also edited the IN DELIRIUM II
anthology, which will be out on Delirium Books by the end of the year.
His short fiction has
appeared in magazines like Space and Time, Wicked Karnival, Red Scream, Black
October and Grue, and in the anthologies Fear, Dark Doorways, Cold Flesh,
Damned: An Anthology of the Lost, Small Bites,
 Peepshow, Decadence 2, Tourniquet Heart,
The Dead Inn and the CD-ROM anthology Bloodtype, which includes an
Everson-composed techno theme song. In summer 2006, Fahrenheit, Poland's online
magazine of SF/F/H translated and published his short story "The Right Instrument." This
story, and "Pumpkin Head" (a
perennial favorite which appears in Candy in the Dumpster) have also been
translated into French for release in 2007.
 For the rest of John's
books, click
here.
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 Best-selling
novelist Brian Keene is a two-time Bram Stoker Award winner.His books include GHOUL, THE RISING, CITY OF THE DEAD, TERMINAL, and the forthcoming DEAD
SEA.
Several of his short stories have been adapted into graphic novel format, and
several of
his novels have been optioned for films and video games.
Keene has been praised by the History Channel, the New York Times, Fangoria, Rue Morgue,
and many others. He lives in Pennsylvania.
 The Rising and City of the Dead Motion picture
and video game—in development
Terminal Motion picture—in development
Brian's blog:
http://www.hailsaten.blogspot.com/
Audrey's reviews of Conqueror Worms and Terminal are at
http://audreyshaffer.blogspot.com
Check out the rest of Brian's books
here.
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 Penny Rudolph is the
author of the contemporary mystery Thicker Than Blood and its sequel Lifeblood,
as well as the historical mystery Listen to the Mockingbird.
She has worked as a bartender,
truck driver, chile picker, musician, science writer, and medical writer. She’s taught high
school English, as well as journalism at New Mexico State University. A finalist or winner
in five national fiction competitions, she has won more than 50 national non-fiction
writing/editing awards, including an international Gold Quill.
Penny has lived most of her
life in New Mexico, with detours to the East and West coasts.
Thicker Than Blood,
hardcover and now in trade paperback:
Rachel Chavez owns—and lives
in—an L.A. parking garage. She's trying to stay sober and make ends meet. When she
discovers a dented car with smudges of what might be blood on the fender, she learns of
the hit-and-run death of an executive at InterUrban Water District. This is Chinatown
in the 21st century, plus the conflicting emotions of a woman trying to stay afloat
and alive, the mixed motives of everyone from activists to bureaucrats, and an eclectic
band of misfits who help Rachel solve the crime.
 Booklist calls Rachel
“one of the most refreshing new heroines to wander into the crime genre.”
Lifeblood, sequel to
Thicker Than Blood, (hardcover) is my second mystery/thriller with Rachel Chavez. When
she discovers two unconscious boys in a van, she rushes them to the emergency room. But
the next day, the hospital has no record of either child.
Outraged and determined to
learn what happened, Rachel gets help from her best friend (a character Whoopi Goldberg
should play one day), and a cell-phone-toting homeless woman. But soon someone is gunning
for Rachel.
Kirkus calls Lifeblood "a
quality follow-up to Rachel's first adventure.
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 Dr.
Gregory Spencer is professor of communication studies at
Westmont College in Southern California. He specializes in rhetorical theory and criticism,
religious rhetoric, and media ethics. Dr. Spencer's teaching has been noted for its
creativity. According to one former student, "His words do not merely paint pictures, they
provide eyes to see the pictures that have always been before us. In this sense, his classroom
is no less than a portal into a transformed world." Guardian of the Veil is his second
novel.
In Guardian of the
Veil, the long-awaited sequel to The Welkening, Dr .
Gregory Spencer has created an alternate reality that is at once fantastic and hauntingly
familiar, framed in a cataclysmic conflict between Good and Evil.
Four misfits of
Weyerhaeuser High—Angie, Lizbeth, Len, and Bennu—are each blessed, or cursed, with unique
characteristics. Angie has an ethereal quality about her; Lizbeth is physically plain but
athletic; Len is impetuous and strong-willed; Bennu takes off on flights of poetic fancy.
These gifts count for
little in their small town. But when the foursome is drawn into the parallel world of Welken,
they become the keys to save that world from the jaws of Morphane, the soul-eater.
The veil between the
worlds is thinning, and once again the misfits are called to defend their adopted homeland
against seemingly insurmountable odds. They must rescue their entrapped friends with the very
fabric of existence at stake. This incredible adventure forces the friends to face their own
weaknesses, nightmares, and pain—or lose it all trying.
www.threedimensionaltales.com
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