R. David Fulcher is our featured author in the newsletter today.
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Wanna submit to the Horror Writers Association (HWA) for their horror book of poetry? If you are published in HALLOWEEN PARTY, you can. Gravelight Press pays every author in HALLOWEEN PARTY $25 (and gives each author a free copy of the anthology) and that $25 check is enough to qualify for membership in the HWA.
The HWA is currently soliciting for a volume of poetry. Why not submit?
Here’s a little horror ditty (I’m not saying it’s very pretty…).
Little Bo Weep (by D.Pearce)
Now I lay me down to sleep
and thinking ’bout dismembering sheep.
No hooves to leap
no baaaaahs to bleep
just nightmares in the meadow’s deep.
Like a tea with too much steep
the blood into the wool will seep.
I chopping chopping as she weeps
that simpering whimpering
dopey BoPeep.
Then I round the herd will creep
for bones and fuzz and tails to sweep
And when the sheep are in a heap
what will be the reap I reap?
At lastly long and blissful sleep.
Horror poetry. See? It’s easy. 😉
And fun!
C’mon, write a horror poem and submit!
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Our own graphic designer, Demonic Dave, was a recent guest on Delmarva Live. Dave discusses (and promotes) Halloween Party ’21 and a host of other titles. Witness more plugs than you’re likely to find on a power strip!
It’s always hard to decide, is the book better than the movie, or is the movie better than the book? You’d better have both. Buy the book, then watch the movie!
FULL DISLOSURE:
I published this book, authored one of the stories, and composed the introduction.
However, this book is notable, aside from my own motives for selling it, because it contains the last story that is ever going to be published by David W. Dutton, author of a number of books, plays, and short stories, and author of the first full-length novel published under our parent company, DPP: One of the Madding Crowd.
David was my friend, and a wonderful writer, and has recently left us.Â
It also contains a short story by noted Goodreads reviewer, Jeffrey D. Keeten. Did you know Keeten could do fiction too? You did not!
Any Anne Rice fans? Then you may be interested to know that in this book is a story by Faye Perozich, noted for this work.Â
If you read comics, then you’ll be interested in the story by graphic novelist David Yurkovich (of Altercations and Less Than Heroes).
And if you follow horror magazine Samsara, then you will already be a fan of R. David Fulcher.
So, my own involvement aside, this book has a lot of plums hidden in it. I bet you’ll love it, and with it’s square shape and glossy cover (which you get to see in 2 more weeks!), it makes a great gift for that brother-in-law who you never know what present he would like. Give him a cool horror book!
Horror, by the light of the silvery tomb!
Check out the cover reveal for Halloween Party ’21 from Gravelight Press. Pre-orders available. Very scary stories, one written by someone who is actually dead. Oh, yes.
Get your Halloween on!
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