Lawrence C. Connolly

Tag: novels

  • Veins: Book One – The Cycle Continues

    Early next week, Veins: Book One of the Veins Cycle (Fantasist Enterprises, 2008), will make its long awaited debut in ebook format. It’s going to be quite an edition, retaining all the original illustrations from the printed book, plus some bonus material in support of the upcoming ebook release of Vipers (coming June 11) and the…

  • Remembering Twilight Zone Magazine @ World Fantasy 2012

    The big news today might be Frankenstorm, but once that monster blows through, I’m hoping to head north for something bigger. This year, Toronto will be playing host to The World Fantasy Convention, an international gathering of writers, editors, scholars, readers, and others associated with all aspects of fantastic literature. This year, my first big…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • In Praise of Indie Bookstores

    You walk inside. Right away you sense you’ve arrived someplace special. Books fill the aisles, stacked on a combination of antique, handmade, and prefab shelves. And there’s art, lots of it: on the walls, tables, and even painted directly onto the chairs. But best of all, you’re greeted by someone who knows books – a…