Working from Dante’s “Inferno” to draw out the reality behind the fantasy, author Kim Paffenroth unfolds the horrifying true events that led Dante to fictionalize the account of his lost years … For seventeen years of his life, the exact whereabouts of the medieval Italian poet Dante Alighieri are unknown to modern scholars. It is known that during this time he traveled as an exile across Europe, working on his epic poem, “The Divine Comedy.” In his masterpiece he describes a journey through the three realms of the afterlife. The most famous of its three volumes, “Inferno,” describes hell. During his lost wanderings, Dante stumbled upon an infestation of the living dead. The unspeakable acts he witnessed–cannibalism, live burnings, evisceration, crucifixion, and dozens more–became the basis of all the horrors described in Inferno. Afraid to be labeled a madman, Dante made the terrors he experienced into a more “believable” account of an otherworldly adventure filled with demons and mythological monsters. But at last, the real story can finally be told.

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This is my first contest ever, so forgive me if I seem nervous. Ahem. Okay, so that book seen above has been kicking around my house for a while now. Its a good fun read and I want to give it away. But not to just anyone. This book is going to one of the first 10 people that submit their horror themed webcomic at www.tophorrorcomics.com
The rules are simple – go to www.tophorrorcomics.com and submit your webcomic. If you don’t have a webcomic to submit then you’ll just have to wait until my next contest. Sorry. Them’s the breaks.

When there are 10 submissions I will roll one of my 10 sided dice and that number will determine which person wins.
I’ll email the winner for their mailing address and send it in the mail.

Sound good? Get going.

Ill be reading this in the next few days, I love these free serial novels. This was posted by Undeadanthology over at undeadgames.com

Dead Meat by Chris & Patrick Williams is an free serial novel sponsored by Permuted Press about the infestation of zombies in the small town of River’s Edge. Join Permuted and the Williams brothers for and terrifying trip through the end of the world!

Dead Meat chronicles the journey of two survivors–Gavin and Benny–as the town of River’s Edge falls to pieces around them. The destruction of River’s Edge begins with an influx of rodents and “rabies” cases leading to a quarantine of the city. Those who remain in town are attacked and fed upon by packs of the living dead. Labeling the infected residents “bees” for their tendency to travel in swarms, Gavin and Benny must do their best to survive the chaos in River’s Edge while making their way north in search of sanctuary. No one knows what waits outside River’s Edge, but Gavin and Benny know that to survive, they must escape.

Click here to start the journey at the beginning!

Pretty good deal overall, Im going to make sure to pick up a few of these for myself to add to my collection.

Enjoy!

This looks pretty interesting http://www.roadkillzoo.com/ its a graphic novel from Novaris Entertainment. The art looks fantastic. I can’t speek to much for the story however I’ve only read the sneak preview which starts out pretty interesting. Imagine that deer or squirrel you hit on the road coming back to life for payback! There are 6 issues in all so far, and you can buy them all together in one paperback. Im going to get my copy next week to do a review on them.