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.

Monday, 18 October 2010

Horror News - the "too busy to post reviews" edition

Here are a few things that should be on your horror radar:

David Niall Wilson's ebook venture, Crossroad Press, have been offering bulk ebook packages at special prices for the last couple of weeks. On offer is a 6 pack (at $12) and 12 pack (at $22) deal, where you get a year from purchase to select your quota. The selection so far is quite impressive, including the likes of Ronald Kelly, Elizabeth Massie, T M Wright and Chet Williamson (to name just a few), with more authors being added on a regular basis. The original word was that the special package deals are running until the end of the month, so if ebooks are your thang you might want to get onto it smartly!

Elizabeth Massie has a new short story available at The Horror Drive-In. There's also an interview where she reveals that Crossroad Press will be releasing an ebook of Wire Mesh Mothers (originally published in 2001) and a "never-before-published mainstream novel", Homegrown. ( Sineater is already available. )

Bryan Smith reports that he has a novella out from Deadite Press at the end of the month. Titled "Rock and Roll Reform School Zombies". According to Bryan it "is sort of a dual homage to Return of the Living Dead and Decline of Western Civilization II: The Metal Years." I really liked last year's Depraved and anticipate that this one will be killer. Check out the cool cover:



This year's The Killing Kind is still sitting on my to-read pile (did I mention I've been busy?), but I'll be reading it soon, honest.

 Scott Nicholson's insanely huge blog tour has officially hit its half-way point. Visit his blog and click any of the blogs in the "blog tour list" to see what he's been talking about. Hell, read them all; somehow he finds something worthy to write in each visit. I don't know where he gets the energy.

And while we're talking about Scott Nicholson, check out this new interview with him over at Horror World. Oh, and also this one with F Paul Wilson, while you're there.

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