Lawrence C. Connolly

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  • Stories in Song

    Long before books, stories were all about music and song. I’ll be exploring that connection tonight at Riley’s Pour House, starting at 8:00, wrapping up around midnight. A night of stories for the price of a print . . . or two. See you there! Riley’s Pour House 215 E. Main St, Carnegie, PA 15106 [More…

  • “The Executioner” in Good Company

    Six of the eleven original stories from Gaslight Arcanum (edited by J. R. Campbell and Charles Prepolec for Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy) have made Ellen Datlow’s HM list for the best horror of the year. The stories are as followes: “The Executioner,” Lawrence C. Connolly “The Deadly Sin of Sherlock Holmes,” Tom English. “The Adventure…

  • Voices & Music at Jozart Center for the Arts: A Stoker Homecoming

    What is the sound of horror? We explored the question at last week’s World Horror Convention in Salt Lake City, with a multi-media reading from Voices: Tales of Horror.  As part of the on-going 21st-Century Scop project, the presentation featured prose selections set to the music of Veins: The Soundtrack. This week, the exploration continues at…

  • The 2011 Bram Stoker Award™ Winners!

    The Horror Writers Association announced the winners of the 2011 Bram Stoker Awards™ at its annual awards banquet last night. This year’s presentation was held in Salt Lake City, Utah, at the World Horror Convention, and marks the 25th Anniversary of the awards. The award is named for Bram Stoker, best known as the author…

  • Upcoming Appearance: Horror Realm

    Horror Realm is a media convention with a nice roster of people affiliated with the horror film industry. Here is the information from their website: Saturday, March 10 Crowne Plaza Pittsburgh South Bethel Park, PA Lawrence C. Connolly Panel Moderator: Chris Rickert, co-owner of Eljay’s Books Join the 21st Century Scop in exploring media, music and literature. …

  • Communing with the Masters

    It’s about community, not competition. A number of people have submitted emails in response to the news post I put up yesterday, and some have asked about the meaning of the Dante quote: e più d’onore ancora assai mi fenno, ch’e’ sì mi fecer de la loro schiera . . . The lines are from…