Jeffrey is curating this years’ HALLOWEEN PARTY, so check him out! Find out what this guy is all about.
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Halloween Party ’23
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Halloween Party ’23 | Submissions glitch resolved
Apologies if you tried to submit to Duosuma and received a message indicating that the submissions quota was full.
Glitch is now fixed (has been tested) and is open ONLY until 11/30@ midnight, when it will close for good for this season.
Submit your work now, before it’s too late.
Good luck~
Why not you?
30 days remain
That means it’s not too late to get in on the next Gravelight anthology: HP ’23.
We work hard for our authors, and we’re selective, and we’d like to select you.
Every author you see listed here, in the Exhumed Anthology, was in a prior Devil’s Party Press anthology. We don’t forget our authors, and we put them first for all new opportunities.
HP ’23 is curated by Jeffrey Keeten, and designed by Juan Cantu~ It’s going to be a gorgeous book!
Hanging with the Moribunch
Mr. Moribund’s Theatre of Terror is a stage show in the style of (if you’re from the Philly area and the 1970s) Dr. Shock!
Mr. Moribund was kind enough to read and review Halloween Party ’21.
Gravelight Press (and our tiniest fan) showed up at their 10th live event on October 23 to be both terrified and amazed, and to provide Mr. Moribund with a signed copy!
Mr. Moribund always does giveaways at his show, raising money for the charity True Colors United. Next time, Halloween Party books will be on the giveaway menu!
Mr. Moribund is a great guy with a big heart, and he puts on onehellishova show!
Are you scared? Thank Horace.
Horace Walpole (1717-1797) is generally considered to be the father of horror novels.
Interesting as he looks so handsome and a bit like the modern Sherlock Holmes as played by Benedict Cumberbatch (who is also diabolical and handsome, IMHO, but I digress….):
Horace is generally believed to have penned the first horror novel, The Castle of Otranto.
PLOT:
The Castle of Otranto tells the story of Manfred, lord of the castle, and his family. The book begins on the wedding-day of his sickly son Conrad and princess Isabella. Shortly before the wedding, however, Conrad is crushed to death by a gigantic helmet that falls on him from above.
This inexplicable event is particularly ominous in light of an ancient prophecy, “…that the castle and lordship of Otranto should pass from the present family, whenever the real owner should be grown too large to inhabit it.” Manfred, terrified that Conrad’s death signals the beginning of the end for his line, resolves to avert destruction by marrying Isabella himself, while divorcing his current wife, Hippolita, who he feels has failed to bear him a proper heir due to the sickly condition of Conrad before his untimely death. However, as Manfred attempts to marry Isabella…
Crushed by a huge helmet… just the first in a series of mysterious and terrible occurrences that befall the characters in this book. And that is all we’re willing to tell you, after all, Horace deserves to still sell a few copies. Or check your local library.
For those of you who love horror, but like it a bit more modern, we have two great books coming out this year: a collection of short stories from Samsara: The Magazine of Suffering publisher R. David Fulcher, and Halloween Party 2021, a collection of horror short stories and poems by a terrifying crew that includes Fulcher, Dutton (who is currently serializing a pretty creepy novel on his blog, free!), Golladay, Giunta, and Brown, among many others.
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