Category: News

  • Dancing in the Headlights

    That’s just one of the topics that Greg Hall and I talked about during a fast hour of conversation on Friday’s installment of The Funky Werepig Show. If you didn’t get a chance to tune in to the live podcast, you can download the full interview here. The Funky Werepig Show – August 4, 2012 Along the way, we…

  • Let’s Get Funky!

    If you’re not a fan of Greg Hall and The Funky Werepig Show, you are definitely missing out. Funny, insightful, and in touch with all that is hot in the world of horror literature and media, Greg is the kind of personality that – if he didn’t exist – the horror genre would have to…

  • Confluence: Literary SF/F/H Conference

    ~ Pittsburgh, PA July 27–29 2012 – Doubletree Hotel Pittsburgh Airport I’ll be taking part in the following events. Hope to see you there! Fri 5:00 pm Are You a Member Here?  with Steve Ramey, John Joseph Adams, and Sarah Goslee Fri 7:00 pm Iron-Writer Collaboration with Christopher J Pisano, KT Pinto, and Mike McPhail…

  • Coming Soon: Rock On!

    The Greatest Science Fiction & Fantasy Hits    Edited by Paula Guran and coming this fall from Prime Books, the World Fantasy Award-Winning publisher of science fiction and fantasy. Kick out the jams with hot licks and fantastic riffs on rock and roll from the only kind of fiction that feeds the soul: science fiction and…

  • Monster Wrangled!

    Mission accomplished . . . but of course I had expert help from the fourteen talented writers who attended the presentation. Together, we considered how to effectively present strange creatures in genre fiction. With a nod to Christopher Priest’s novel The Prestige, the discussion explored how some of the most effective monster scenes in science…

  • The Pour House Show

    Thank you Pour House! The May 19 show was a terrific success, with special guests Lauren Moore and Ted Aiken . . . and all of my favorite people in the audience. Great vibes! And vibes are important when doing a four hour show of 60-plus songs. Without all  the clapping, singing, and sometimes shouting along, I’d…