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JournalStone Publishing Announces the release of Nightmare Ballad with Limbus Inc. giveaway

Duncan Moron — Wed, 15 May 2013 18:59:30 +0000

SAN FRANCISCO, May 17, 2013 – JournalStone Publishing (JSP) President, Christopher C. Payne is pleased to announce the release of Nightmare Ballad, the first in a surreal horror trilogy by Benjamin Kane Ethridge. On the release date and through the weekend (May 17-19) a free ARC of the highly acclaimed Limbus, Inc anthology will be [...]

JournalStone Publishing Announces Three New Rick Hautala Projects Including Hautala’s Final Two Completed Novels And An All-Star Hautala Benefit Tribute Anthology

Duncan Moron — Wed, 01 May 2013 20:04:41 +0000

SAN FRANCISCO, April 30, 2013 – With the tragic, sudden, and unexpected death of internationally best-selling author and Horror Writers Association (HWA) Bram Stoker Award Recipient for Lifetime Achievement for 2011, Rick Hautala, on March 21, 2013, JournalStone Publishing (JSP) President, Christopher C. Payne has released the following statement: We join the entire literary community [...]

JournalStone Publishing & Dark Discoveries Magazine Announce Free Paperback ARC with the purchase or renewal of a 1 Year or 2 Year subscription to Dark Discoveries Magazine

Duncan Moron — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 03:54:36 +0000

SAN FRANCISCO, April 20, 2013 – JournalStone Publishing (JSP) President, Christopher C. Payne and Dark Discoveries Magazine Managing Editor, James Beach, are pleased to announce that anyone purchasing or renewing their 1 or 2 year subscription to Dark Discoveries Magazine is eligible to receive a paperback Advance Reader’s Copy (ARC) of one of the following [...]

JournalStone Publishing Announces Hire Of Eminent Editor Leslie Gardner As New Senior Acquisitions Editor

Duncan Moron — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 00:17:01 +0000

SAN FRANCISCO, April 20, 2013 – JournalStone Publishing (JSP) President, Christopher C. Payne and Managing Acquisitions Editor, Joel Kirkpatrick, are pleased to announce that prominent editor, Leslie Gardner, has been named the new Senior Acquisitions Editor for JournalStone Publishing, effective immediately. In naming Gardner to the position Payne stated: “Leslie has had an extensive and [...]

JournalStone Publishing Announces Signing of Multi-Award Winning Authors, Joe McKinney and Lisa Morton, to Respective New Six-Novel Contracts

Duncan Moron — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 12:17:39 +0000

SAN FRANCISCO, April 15, 2013 – JournalStone Publishing (JSP) President, Christopher C. Payne is pleased to announce the signing of multi-year contracts with multi-award-winning, celebrated authors, Joe McKinney and Lisa Morton, each, respectively, for the publication of six new novels. Joe McKinney will be writing a currently undisclosed three-novel series as well as three stand-alone [...]

JOURNALSTONE PUBLISHING AND AUTHOR JEFFREY WILSON ANNOUNCE THEIR CONTEST FOR TICKETS TO THE INAUGURAL FANFEST EVENT AT INTERNATIONAL THRILLER WRITER’S THRILLERFEST IN NEW YORK.

Duncan Moron — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 15:50:28 +0000

JournalStone’s Jeffrey Wilson, author of THE DONORS , THE TRAITEUR’S RING, and the soon to be released supernatural thriller, FADE TO BLACK, will be one of 22 International Thriller Writers (ITW) authors who will host fans at the Inaugural “Fanfest” event, a new addition to ITW’s annual Thrillerfest held each July in New York City. [...]

An Interview with Michael R. Collings about Stephen King–Questions by Erin Frey

Duncan Moron — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 16:34:20 +0000

One of the great pleasures of being a professor is that occasionally students email me for information. Sometimes they are in college, even once in a while in graduate school, but for me the most gratifying requests come from high-school students, often juniors confronting their first formal research project. I received one such request the [...]

JournalStone Publishing Announces Naming Author/Editor Aaron French As New Reviews Editor For The Hellnotes Website & Dark Discoveries Magazine

Duncan Moron — Sun, 03 Mar 2013 13:00:08 +0000

SAN FRANCISCO, March 3, 2013 – JournalStone Publishing (JSP) President, Christopher C. Payne is pleased to announce that up-and-coming author and editor, Aaron French, has been named the new Reviews Editor & Coordinator for both the Hellnotes Website and for Dark Discoveries Magazine, effective immediately. In naming French to the position Payne stated: “Aaron, has [...]

JournalStone Publishing Announces Signing of Award Winning Author, John R. Little, for New Novel

Duncan Moron — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 13:00:12 +0000

For immediate release: JournalStone Publishing Announces Signing of Award Winning Author, John R. Little, for New Novel SAN FRANCISCO, February 26, 2013 – JournalStone Publishing (JSP) President, Christopher C. Payne is pleased to announce the signing of a contract with award winning author, John R. Little, for the publication of a new suspense/thriller novel, working [...]

JournalStone Publishing & Dark Discoveries Magazine Announce That Celebrated Author Yvonne Navarro To Write New Column Concerning Women In Horror, “Double X Chromosome,” For Dark Discoveries Magazine

Duncan Moron — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 13:00:55 +0000

SAN FRANCISCO, February 20, 2013 – JournalStone Publishing (JSP) President, Christopher C. Payne and Dark Discoveries Magazine Managing Editor, James Beach, are pleased to announce that, beginning with Issue #23, Dark Discoveries Magazine will be the new home for celebrated author Yvonne Navarro’s new column concerning Women In Horror, titled “Double X Chromosome.” Yvonne’s first [...]

Limbus, Inc – Book Review

Duncan Moron — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 23:11:00 +0000

Limbus, Inc. JournalStone Publications, 2013 Reviewed by Michael R. Collings Toward the end of Limbus, Inc., Brett Tally’s “Epilogue” describes a manuscript the character has read as “tales of sacrifices, of ancient gods, of unimaginable futures and beings that span time and space.” The stories are, of course, the five novellas of Limbus, Inc., [...]

JournalStone Publishing Announces Upcoming Publication of Limbus, Inc. II, A New Shared World Anthology edited by Anne C. Petty – Featuring Novellas by Gary A. Braunbeck, Joe R. Lansdale, Jonathan Maberry, Joe McKinney, and Harry Shannon

Duncan Moron — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 17:08:47 +0000

SAN FRANCISCO, February 12, 2013 – JournalStone Publishing (JSP) President, Christopher C. Payne is pleased to announce that all contracts have now been signed for the publication of Limbus, Inc. II, a shared-world anthology, set for release in May of 2014. Limbus, Inc. II is the sequel to the initial anthology in this series, Limbus, [...]

JournalStone Publishing & Dark Discoveries Magazine Announce Famed Editor/Author/Reviewer Robert Morrish To Bring His Acclaimed “What The Hell Ever Happened To…?” Column To Dark Discoveries Magazine

Duncan Moron — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 13:00:04 +0000

SAN FRANCISCO, February 4, 2013 – JournalStone Publishing (JSP) President, Christopher C. Payne and Dark Discoveries Magazine Managing Editor, James Beach, are pleased to announce that, beginning with Issue #23, Dark Discoveries Magazine will be the new home for Robert Morrish’s acclaimed and long-running column, “What The Hell Ever Happened To…?” Robert Morrish has always [...]

JournalStone Publishing & Dark Discoveries Magazine Announce Free Distribution Of Special Collector’s Edition of Issue #23 At The Bram Stoker Awards® Weekend 2013 Incorporating The World Horror Convention

Duncan Moron — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 13:00:27 +0000

SAN FRANCISCO, January 23, 2013 –JournalStone Publishing (JSP) President, Christopher C. Payne and Dark Discoveries Magazine Managing Editor, James Beach, are pleased to announce that a Special Limited Collector’s Edition of Dark Discoveries Magazine, Issue #23, containing a ten-page central insert devoted to both the past history of both the World Horror Convention (WHC) and the [...]

Only….

Duncan Moron — Wed, 26 Dec 2012 17:30:44 +0000

Words can be frustrating. Some are funny. A few are even whimsical. Here is a bit of my favorite whimsy: In general, English depends on word-order for meaning…and in general, most words will fill only a limited number of positions. If you take the following everyday-type sentence—“The carnivorous rats surrounded the blood-red barn”—and shift the [...]

JournalStone Publishing Announces Forthcoming Publication of St Rage, A New Novel From Award Winning Author, Joe McKinney

Duncan Moron — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 14:16:07 +0000

SAN FRANCISCO, December 19, 2012 –JournalStone Publishing (JSP) President, Christopher C. Payne is pleased to announce the signing of a contract with award winning author, Joe McKinney for the publication of his new novel, St Rage, tentatively set for release in August of 2014. About the Book: Her memory is a blank. Texas State Trooper Mark [...]

JournalStone Publishing Announces Forthcoming Publication of HALFWAY HOUSE, A New Novel From Award Winning Author, Weston Ochse

Duncan Moron — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 21:27:42 +0000

JournalStone Publishing Announces Forthcoming Publication of HALFWAY HOUSE, A New Novel From Award Winning Author, Weston Ochse SAN FRANCISCO, December 5, 2012 –JournalStone Publishing (JSP) President, Christopher C. Payne is pleased to announce the signing of a contract with award winning author, Weston Ochse (represented by literary agent Robert Fleck) for the publication of his [...]

JournalStone Publishing Announces Channel Distribution Availability For Dark Discoveries Magazine

Duncan Moron — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 13:27:35 +0000

JournalStone Publishing Announces Channel Distribution Availability For Dark Discoveries Magazine SAN FRANCISCO, November 12, 2012 –JournalStone Publishing (JSP) President, Christopher C. Payne and Dark Discoveries Magazine Managing Editor, James Beach, are pleased to announce that beginning with the imminent release of Issue #21, Dark Discoveries Magazine will be available for channel distribution through Ingram and [...]

JournalStone Publishing Announces Its 3rd Annual 2013 Horror Writing Contest

Duncan Moron — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 11:44:17 +0000

SAN FRANCISCO, October 29, 2012 –JournalStone Publishing (JSP) President, Christopher C. Payne is pleased to announce the commencement of its third annual Horror Writing Contest. The contest is open to all authors. Submission Requirements: Submissions must be at least 75,000 words or more in length (no exceptions) and must be sent in a Microsoft Word [...]

Transforming Terrible

Collings — Sat, 27 Oct 2012 15:24:51 +0000

Some years ago I wrote a terrible story. At the time I finished it, of course, it didn’t seem terrible. Hot off the typewriter, it seemed like a small, highly polished gem. It was one of the first pieces of short fiction I had written, so perhaps I can be forgiven for over-appraising its worth [...]