It's alive!

Well, almost.

This blog was a little project I maintained from the beginning of 2009 to the end of 2011. I made a few friends through it, got more than a few free books, then took it all down after real life intruded to a degree that made it all feel too difficult. (Despite informing some author publicity agents of this - more than once - some of them kept blindly sending books. I wonder if their clients realise how hopeless they are? One of them even started sending medical thrillers - Googling for "doctor blogs" appeared to be the limit of their publicity skills.)

A while ago I found my old The Doctor Is In archive, and thought I might as well have it sitting there in "zombie mode". Gradually I'll be restoring my old posts. Even the cringe-worthy ones, of which there are many. I may even get back into the swing of things and post some news.

Alas, my old address (dochorror.blogspot.com) has been taken over by a squatter, and they've populated their blog with content stolen from various other blogs. Seriously, even their "Welcome!" blurb is stolen from Horror Movie A Day. Fucking leeches.

Friday, 3 September 2010

Horror news... Gonzalez, Meikle and Masterton

A few things that should be on your horror radar:

Horror author J F Gonzalez (Clickers, Shaperhifter, The Beloved, etc etc), gives his view on the Dorchester debacle, as well as a bit of history about the Leisure imprint. It's a good read. Read it here.

David T Wilbanks (co-author of the Dead Earth series) has re-published the interview he had with Graham Masterton back in 2009. I've been reading Masterton for more than 25 years and own around 40 of his novels, and despite some misgivings about his occasional lack of restraint I consider myself a fan. Consequently, I find anything on him of interest. Read it here.

And while you're there, read the interview he has up with pulp maestro William Meikle. It's the first part of two, of which the second is here. You might want to bookmark David's blog, y'know?

Speaking of William Meikle, apparently his science fiction novel, The Invasion, is going gangbusters on the Kindle charts. Now I don't own a Kindle, and why people would want to lock themselves into something so proprietary is beyond me, but you can get the book in many other formats from Smashwords, here.




Free e-zine Dead Lines - Tales of Terror and Suspense is reportedly coming back after a seven month hiatus (source). Previous line-ups have been very good: John Everson, Jeff Strand, Gord Rollo, Wrath James White... and many others. The coming October issue promises to feature John Everson again, but what ties it into this passel of news items is that it will feature... Graham Masterton! Yes!

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