Lawrence C. Connolly

Tag: horror

  • Primordial Score

    Nearly sixty years ago, a Japanese composer dragged a leather glove across the strings of a contrabass and created one of the most distinctive sounds in 20th century cinema — Godzilla’s Roar. I was six when I first heard it, sitting on the floor of my Levittown living room, watching a staticy cathode-ray television. It…

  • Beyond the Walls of Horror

    Horror isn’t a genre. It’s an ingredient. A seasoning. Such things have been pointed out before, most notably by Douglas Winter in Revelations (1997), but a quick look at this year’s Bram Stoker Award™ Preliminary Ballot shows that it bears repeating. This year the short-fiction jury has selected three strong works from mainstream publications, Ramona…

  • HWA Announces 2011 Bram Stoker Award™ Preliminary Ballot

    NOVEL: RECS: ◦Lamberson, Greg — Cosmic Forces ◦Longfellow, Ki — Houdini Heart ◦Malfi, Ronald — Floating Staircase ◦O’Neill, Gene — Not Fade Away ◦Warner, Matthew — Blood Born JURY: ◦Conlon, Christopher — A Matrix Of Angels ◦Dunbar, Robert — Willy ◦McKinney, Joe — Flesh Eaters ◦Oliver, Reggie — Dracula Papers, Book 1: The Scholar’s Tale…

  • Everything you want to know about writing … and then some.

       Any questions? Lots of presenters conclude with that phrase. I’m different. I like to start with it. The strategy may not be as harebrained as it sounds. I’ll explain. I’ve just returned from my biannual residency in Writing Popular Fiction at Seton Hill University, where I always open my presentations by passing out index…

  • Seeing Voices

    Check out the new trailer for Voices: Tales of Horror. Produced by Fantasist Enterprises, directed by Billy Sullivan, featuring the jaw-dropping art of Jason Zerrillo . . . and some original music from Veins: The Soundtrack. Turn out the lights, crank up the sound, and enjoy. This video rocks!

  • I’ll Meet You in the Gaslight

    If you missed the Bitten By Books event last week, you can still access highlights at The Gaslight Gallery, a new blog sponsored by Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing. The blog features some of the best responses offered during the Bitten By Books event as well as new answers to some intriguing questions. Drop…