The Minute-Men
Locus Magazine’s People & Publishing Roundup for January includes an announcement of my upcoming novel Minute-Men: Execute & Run. The book will be released this fall by Caezik, the science fiction and fantasy imprint of Arc Manor Books.
As mentioned in a previous blog post (find it here), Execute & Run is based on an IP conceived by brother Christopher Connolly, who also helped develop the story.
Christopher and I are currently working with Academy-Award-winning producer Jonathan Sanger (Elephant Man, Vanilla Sky, Flight of the Navigator) and his producing partner M. Jones (Cabrini) to develop a feature film based on the Minute-Men IP.
More details coming soon.
Werewolves by Sunlight
In other news, author Doris V. Sutherland has posted a review of my story “Horror by Sunlight.” The tale originally appeared in the Bram Stoker Award-winning anthology 365 Scary Stories (Barnes & Noble, 1998) and is included in my collection Vision: Short Fantasy & SF (Fantasist Enterprises, 2009).
According to her website, Doris V. Sutherland’s “stories range from the creator-owned comic Midnight Widows to official tie-in fiction for Doctor Who, Survivors and The Omega Factor, with a variety of other projects in between.”
Her review of my story is part of a series called Werewolf Wednesdays, a weekly installment that has recently considered the work of Benjamin Adams, John Gregory Betancourt, Lisa Morton, and Stephen Dedman.
“Horror by Sunlight” takes place in an old dark house and features a werewolf twist that the review compares to those found in the classic EC horror comics of the 1950s.
Mr. Edgar A. Poe Presents …
Finally … progress on Mr. Edgar A. Poe Presents, a new play commissioned by Prime Stage Theatre, continues apace.
Based on the life and works of Edgar Allan Poe, the project is providing me the opportunity to reread the author’s massive volume of work. Incredible as it seems, the father of modern horror wrote more in his short life than most authors produce in their allotted threescore and ten.
Among the surprises I’ve encountered are references to panpsychism in “The Fall of the House of Usher” and anticipations of quantum physics in his book-length essay Eureka. Clearly, being a master of horror was just one of his accomplishments.
Do you have a favorite Poe story, poem, or essay you think I should look at while developing my script? Is there a non-fiction book about Poe’s life you’d like to recommend? Please let me know. As always, the comment box is open, as are the social media links at the bottom of this page.
Until next time … scop on!
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