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WHERE ARE MY BOOKS !!!

Plain Me — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:06:22 GMT

This is disgusting. I still have not received my February books. Who else is in the same boat as me?

By the way, I'm reading Ray Garton's "The Lovliest Dead"....this is some spooky azzz shiiit !!!!!

But back to my rant, I want my damn books. Is anyone else pissed off ????

Forum: Horror

Brian Keene's "Darkness at the Edge of Town:\"

Plain Me — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 05:11:21 GMT

Who out there has read it? I HIGHLY recommend this book, its an awesome read and the first person narration really works out well. This is definitely a compelling, spooky, "what if?" kinda story. I'm not even done with it yet, but I'll be done soon as I cannot put it down. This one has really sucked me in so if its on your TBR pile, do yourself a favor and pick it up.

Thats it for now except, hey Dorchester, where the hell are my Feb books? Hurry it up jackasses...

Forum: Horror

For authors

WDGagliani — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 21:26:16 GMT

Hello, fellow authors:

I'm embarking on a Joe Konrath-style experiment of my own. I plan to convert an unsold thriller to ebook format in the very near future.

Anyone who follows Konrath's blog knows what he's doing. If you don't, step away for a while then come back. I'll wait...

Joe's experiment included adding other authors' excerpts to the end of his ebooks. I paid him to run one of mine. I'd like to offer anyone who's interested the same deal, for a nominal fee. $15 per excerpt, $25 for two, payable through PayPal. Joe sold a fairly limited time package. I'll leave yours in for 6 months. I figure excerpts should run no more than 2 chapters or so, enough to hook a reader. Keep in mind this'll be a thriller, though hard-edged. I'll probably have a limit of 5 or 7 excerpts, though.)

I plan to have a second book after this one, a horror collection, and will repeat the deal if anyone wants to jump on board later.

If you're working on something like this yourself, I'd be willing to trade excerpts - that is, you run mine, I run yours, straight trade.

Any takers? Feel free to write me off the board: tarkusp-at-yahoo.com if you're interested.

The future may or may not be in ebooks. But why not toss our hats in the ring and see for ourselves?

Bill

Forum: Horror

Sisscors by Ray Garton

Ttzuma — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:04:57 GMT

I thought this to be the best Ray Garton novel I have ever read. For a full review please click on the linc below to get to Horrorworld's Review Section.

http://www.horrorworld.org/reviews.htm

Forum: Horror

Dead Lines Webzine Best of 2009

AllisonCarroll — Thur, 25 Feb 2010 15:31:17 GMT

Dead Lines Webzine has posted their Best of 2009 and Best of the Decade lists. Congrats to the many Dorchester authors that were selected!

Think someone missing from the list? Or did your favorite book earn a coveted spot? Want to know which books are on the authors' must-read lists? Then you've come to the right place.

This thread is a dedicated stomping ground for readers and authors alike to debate the lists, the webzine, and all other things Horror-related.

Sound off...

Forum: Horror

Brian Keene's "Urban Gothic"

hansbugs — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 14:17:01 GMT

Has anybody read Urban Gothic yet? I'm just getting into it and so far its great. It really gets your attention and starts off fast. Brian Keene is a great author. Anybody else have opinions on this book?

Forum: Horror

2009 PEARL Awards

AllisonCarroll — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 19:39:07 GMT

2009 P.E.A.R.L. FINALISTS ANNOUNCED

Congratulations to the Dorchester authors who have been named finalists for the 2009 P.E.A.R.L. Awards!

Fantasy - THE SWORD AND THE PEN by Elysa Hendricks
QUEEN OF SONG AND SOULS by C. L. Wilson

Shape Shifters - ETERNAL CRAVING by Nina Bangs

New Author - Tammy Kane (BREATH OF FIRE)

Overall Best Paranormal Romance - THE GIFT by Deb Stover

These awards, presented by ParaNormalRomance.org, are given for excellent works of fiction in the paranormal romance genre.

For more information on the P.E.A.R.L. Awards, including a complete list of nominees and how to cast your vote, please visit http://www.paranormalromance.org/pearl/.
All votes must be cast by midnight on March 7, 2010!

Best of luck to all of our finalists!

Forum: Romance

Top 5 Announced

AllisonCarroll — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 14:10:26 GMT

The results of the January vote in the Fresh Blood Writing Contest have been released. Check out Chizine's website to meet the top 5!

Forum: Fresh Blood Writing Contest

SNOW by Ronald Malfi

RonaldMalfi — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 03:54:04 GMT

Hey guys,

I'm new to the message board and I'm also a new author with Leisure/Dorchester, so I just wanted to say hello and introduce myself. My first Leisure novel, SNOW, was just released and I hope some of you give it a chance. I'd love to hear feedback.

Thanks, and I hope to get to know some of you!

Ron

Forum: Horror

Celler Contest

Unregistered — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:49:16 GMT

Celler Contest ? Not Seller Contest ?

What - are a bunch of people going to go around the country inspecting cellars ?

LMAO

Forum: America's Next Best Celler Contest

Whats the Greatest fiction you've ever read?

NoMatter — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 18:07:03 GMT

"The Stand", Stephen King

Forum: Horror

New Author Contest Page!

AllisonCarroll — Thur, 04 Feb 2010 20:43:05 GMT

There is now a new Author Contest Page on the Dorchester site. It goes live today! You can access it from the home page by clicking on the graphic in the Contests and Giveaways Sidebar. Hopefully, this will be an easy way for readers of any genre to get quick updates on author contests. Check it out and spread the word!

Forum: News & Announcements

Otherworldly Men!

SusanGrant — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 06:03:19 GMT

I'm blogging about about Other Worlds over at the Borders/Romcon blog all day Wednesday, 2/3. Stop by for a chance to win the Star trilogy, autographed!

~Sue

http://www.susangrant.com

5/10: The STAR Trilogy--rerelease!

8/10 SUREBLOOD: A Tale of the Borderlands (#3)

Here are the covers for the re-release coming this May. They're gorgeous and I just love them.

Forum: Romance

Brian Johnson's - Hell to Pay

Mightybri — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 23:00:32 GMT

Greetings and Salutations-

I'm Brian Johnson and wrote "Hell to Pay".

Want to join my army of Faceless Fans?
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Hell-to-Pay-William-Brian-Johnson/270223159609?ref=mf

I'll post updates, wisecracks, and general musings over beer here:
http://thatdamndash.blogspot.com/?zx=e72277fe7b9f8a8b

If you'd like to see my other hobby:
http://ruminationsofthunder.blogspot.com/
. . . and spring is coming my friends.

Leave me well wishings, talk me off the cliff known as "waiting to hear if I'll be published or canned", or just say hi.

Brian

Forum: Fresh Blood Writing Contest

Okay, WOLF'S GAMBIT - anyone?

WDGagliani — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 20:49:59 GMT

Howdy folks, it's been a while since I visited these shores, and I see everything's been upgraded and improved, and now they've let me in (ha! a mistake!) and I figured it's been a few months since WOLF'S GAMBIT came out, so why not stop in, share my last newsletter, and see if anyone's read GAMBIT and has anything to say about it... It's had some good reviews here and there (see the newsletter) and it's the first of a loose trilogy which will be continued in WOLF'S BLUFF (July) and WOLF'S EDGE (next year).

I usually start my holiday newsletters with a note about some folks who've left us recently, and now I must sadly add Robert B. Parker, yet another favorite writer and a wonderful person whose voice is stilled forever. Godspeed, Mr. Parker... I learned more from reading your books than most of the college workshops I haunted.

Okay, here's the newsletter (hope it works):

GAG ORDER!

The Official Newsletter of W.D. Gagliani
Author of the Detective Nick Lupo Wolf Series

http://www.williamdgagliani.com
http://www.myspace.com/wdgagliani

December 2009, Issue No. 4
Published Occasionally

Dear Friends and Colleagues:

First, welcome to all the new subscribers who signed up during my Fall bookstore and convention appearances! It's great to have you aboard, and there is already some good news to pass on.

I'd like to wish all my friends, colleagues and readers Happy Holidays this season, with wishes coming true and true joy and prosperity in the coming New Year, no matter what tradition each of you may celebrate. Let the spirit of the season brighten your long winter days.

I would also like to take a moment to remember several giants who left us this past year. Surely there were too many, but three whose loss will affect me personally are the writers Donald E. Westlake and Stuart M. Kaminsky and composer-lyricist-singer Eric Woolfson of the Alan Parsons Project. Westlake and Kaminsky were huge voices in the crime and mystery fields, and influenced many of us with their work. And anyone who has read my Wolf novels knows that, along with Nick Lupo, I consider the Alan Parsons Project truly a soundtrack to major parts of my life. The sudden and tragic loss of Eric Woolfson, whose voice you can hear on many of the Project's best-known songs, will weigh on me forever. Please read my appreciation of Mr. Woolfson and his work in my blogs at Amazon.com and MySpace (and soon on my website). All three leave gaping holes in my life and in their respective fields.

From "Time" (Woolfson):

"Time, flowing like a river
    Time, beckoning me
    Who knows if we shall ever meet again
    If ever
    But time
    Keeps flowing like a river
    To the sea..."

From "Old and Wise" (Woolfson):

"... When I'm old and wise
    Heavy words that tossed and blew me
    Like Autumn winds will blow right through me
    And someday in the mist of time
    When they ask you if you knew me
    Remember that You were a friend of mine...
    As the final curtain falls before my eyes,
    when I'm Old and wise..."

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WOLF'S GAMBIT, sequel to the Bram Stoker Award-nominated novel WOLF'S TRAP (Leisure Books), by W.D. Gagliani, was published in September.

What it's about:

"Some people are afraid there's a wild animal on the loose, savagely tearing its victims apart. Others, like Nick Lupo, know better. Lupo knows a werewolf attack when he sees one. He should, since he's a werewolf himself, though he's been able to control his urges and maintain his secret. He's also a homicide cop, so it may be up to him to hunt down one of his own kind. It looks like there's a new werewolf in town, a rogue out only for blood. But looks can be deceiving."

Some of what they said:

"Gagliani is fashioning an epic werewolf cycle here, one filled with terror, passion, violence, surprisingly affecting sensuality, and enough fanastical twists and turns to satisfy even the most jaded horror reader. Put your preconceptions aside and get ready for one hell of a ride."
-- 5-time Bram Stoker Award-winner Gary A. Braunbeck, author of Coffin County and Far Dark Fields

"A great big bloody beast of a book that enthralls the reader on multiple levels. Vicious, gory, sexy, fascinating--part-supernatural thriller, part-police procedural, pure dynamite!"
-- Edward Lee, author of Brides of the Impaler and The Golem

"Wolf's Gambit is one book you won't put down, and it's a story you'll never forget."

-- Deborah LeBlanc, bestselling author of Water Witch

"Wolf's Gambit is the equivalent of a North Woods rollercoaster -- with each brutal twist the body count rises, but you never want the ride to end! This one goes for the throat over and over again...!"
-- John Everson, author of Covenant, The 13th, and Sacrifice

Some recent great reviews of Wolf's Gambit:

http://www.fatally-yours.com/horror-literature/book-review-wolfs-gambit-by-w-d-gagliani/

-From Fatally Yours

http://www.countgore.com/gore/tomb.htm

-From The Tomb of Dark Delights (scroll down)

http://www.darkscribemagazine.com/reviews/

-From Dark Scribe Magazine (scroll down a few pages)

http://www.dreadcentral.com/reviews/wolfs-gambit-book

-From Dread Central

http://www.monsterlibrarian.com/werewolves.htm

-From Monster Librarian (both Wolf's Trap and Wolf's Gambit) (scroll down)

Leisure Books Mass Market Paperback
384 pages
$7.99
ISBN-10: 0843962496
ISBN-13: 978-0843962499

Sex and War!

Interested? Look for a special feature on Wolf's Gambit at the Dorchester website:

http://www.dorchesterpub.com/Dorch/SpecialFeatures.cfm?Special_ID=2727

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Signed and personalized copies of WOLF'S GAMBIT (and WOLF'S TRAP) are available directly from me as long as supplies hold out. I can take PayPal, cash, check, and money order. Write to me for details if you're interested. wdg@williamdgagliani.com

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THE LAST WOLF'S GAMBIT SIGNING:

Originally planned for December 12, it was postponed to January 9, 2010.
So please, if you're in the area, join me at MYSTERY ONE BOOKS in Milwaukee, on Saturday, January 9, at 11:00 AM.

Mystery One Books
Richard Katz, Prop.
2109 N. Prospect Avenue
Milwaukee, WI 53202
Phone 414-347-4077
http://www.mysteryone.com

As always, I look forward to signing copies of GAMBIT, TRAP, and anything else you may have, such as THE BEAST WITHIN, MALPRACTICE: An Anthology of Bedside Terror, ON WRITING HORROR, and DARK PASSIONS: HOT BLOOD 13!

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SPECIAL OFFER!
Write a review of WOLF'S GAMBIT or WOLF'S BLUFF and post it at Amazon.com or Barnes & Noble, or in your blog, then send me the link and your email address. I'll send you something in return. Deal?

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WOLF'S BLUFF, third in the WOLF cycle, featuring Det. Nick Lupo, is coming in July 2010... See the great cover above!

What it's about:

"Homicide cop--and werewolf--Nick Lupo has battled other werewolves before, killers who unlike Nick have no problem hunting human prey. So when a new series of savage animal attacks terrifies the area, Nick already has a suspect in mind. And he knows that if he's right it'll be up to him to destroy her. But even as begins his surveillance, someone else is out there, watching them both. Someone with a very deadly plan. Someone who knows just what it takes to kill a werewolf."

THE EARLY WORD:

"In Wolf's Bluff Gagliani once more proves that werewolves are scary as hell. The book is fast, vicious and thoroughly satisfying."
     --Jonathan Maberry, Stoker Award-winning Author of The Wolfman

"Wolf's Bluff will keep you biting your nails right up to its blood-drenched finale. Gagliani sets a relentless pace from the first page and never lets up."
     --John Everson, Stoker Award-winning Author of The 13th

"Wolf's Bluff is arguably the best novel in Gagliani's werewolf series. It's creepy, sexy, fast-paced and brimming with humanity."
     --Gary A. Braunbeck, Stoker Award-winning Author of Far Dark Fields

"Gagliani hits another homerun with Wolf's Bluff, a sexy, fast-paced novel that keeps you reading at break-neck speed. You simply won't want this story to end!"
     --Deborah LeBlanc, Author of Water Witch

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>>>>>WOLF'S EDGE is coming, too! Look for it in 2011!<<<<<
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OTHER NEWS

Coming soon... SHADOWPLAYS, Version 2, is a new edition of my short story collection and is currently in the works to become a Kindle (and other formats) e-book. In other words, I'm working on it in my "spare" time. I'll let you know when it's ready. It will include over 100,000 words of fiction, some of them never before published, as well as all six stories that received Honorable Mention in The Year's Best Fantasy & Horror.

And speaking of Kindle e-books, also stay tuned for an offering from the team of David Benton and W.D. Gagliani. MYSTERIES & MAYHEM is also in the works for the Amazon Kindle, et al.

Of course, Kindle e-books are also readable on iPhones and other smartphones, and versions are also available for other reading devices such as the Sony reader and the Nook. Wow, what an exploding new market! E-books have arrived!

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OTHER ROADS:

This year the story I co-wrote with Dave Benton -- "All the Gifts of Life" -- was published in the first Necrotic Tissue anthology, MALPRACTICE -- An Anthology of Bedside Terror. To order, visit:

http://www.necrotictissue.com/subscriptions_O.html

Another story co-written with David Benton, "Mood Elevator," is of course still available for your not-only Halloween delight in the anthology DARK PASSIONS: HOT BLOOD 13 (Kensington). Give this one a try on a long, cold winter's night...

I wrote the Introduction to the anthology The Beast Within (Graveside Tales). Check out the awesome writers in this shapeshifter's delight:

http://gravesidetales.com/category/books/anthology-books/

My short essay on Wilbur Smith and his seminal novel WHEN THE LION FEEDS will be included in an upcoming publication of the International Thriller Writers, THE 100 MUST READS. I believe this massive book will arrive in June 2010. It will, itself, be a must read!

INTERVIEWS AND PLACES TO FIND THE VIRTUAL ME

In September, Debra Webb conducted a long interview with me for The Big Thrill, the International Thriller Writers' monthly feature. You can find it here: http://www.thrillerwriters.org/2009/08/wolfs-gambit-by-wd-gagliani.html

In October, Rhonda Wilson interviewed me for Monster Librarian and the result can be found here: http://monsterlibrarian.com/Gaglianiinterview.htm ... and I wrote "The Werewolf Mystique" for Horror Web: http://www.horror-web.com/blog/lboh/2009/10/werewolf-mystique.html... and I was a guest author for The Writers Chatroom (http://frohock.wordpress.com/2009/10/23/the-writers-chatroom-presents-w-d-gagliani/).

MySpace page (in case you care): See my little corner of the MySpace wilderness at: http://www.myspace.com/wdgagliani Come on, be a Friend... (pssst, I've even begun a very occasional blog - but don't tell anyone!)

I'm also on Facebook, and I've been keeping up a little more. Feel free to Friend me. I also have a shelf and author page at Shelfari.com, and I'm at Red Room, as well. One of these days I may spend some time there!

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I'll have a Wolf's Bluff tour in place by the end of summer, so stay tuned for signings, appearances and conventions! Hope to see you at one of the events. Last year I enjoyed attending Killercon 1 in Las Vegas and ZombieConX in Milwaukee, and I plan to revisit both of those again in 2010.

Remember... always stay on the dark side!

And Happy Howlin' Holidays!

W.D. Gagliani
http://www.williamdgagliani.com
http://www.myspace.com/wdgagliani

*****

Once again, some current work:

WOLF'S GAMBIT*

Leisure Books

ISBN-10: 0843962496

ISBN-13: 978-0843962499

*ALSO AVAILABLE IN AMAZON KINDLE AND OTHER FORMATS!!!

WOLF'S TRAP*

Leisure Books

ISBN-10: 0843957026

ISBN-13: 978-0843957020

*ALSO AVAILABLE IN AMAZON KINDLE AND OTHER FORMATS!!!

DARK PASSIONS: HOT BLOOD 13

Contains "Mood Elevator" - co-written with Dave Benton

Jeff Gelb & Michael Garrett, Editors

Kensington

ISBN-10: 0758214138

ISBN-13: 978-0758214133

ON WRITING HORROR

Contains "Take a Scalpel to Those Tropes"

Mort Castle, Editor

Writers Digest Books

ISBN-10: 1582974209

ISBN-13: 978-1582974200

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The "Hey, this is still out there!" department:

THE GREAT BELZONI Download:
Don't forget to download my Amazon Short "The Great Belzoni and the Gait of Anubis," an 8600-word story in my series The Unknown Adventures of the Great Belzoni. It's got pulp adventure, horror, history, humor, and a great Deena Warner illustration! And it's only 49 cents! See it on my author page at Amazon.com.
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W. D. Gagliani
http://www.williamdgagliani.com & http://www.myspace.com/wdgagliani
Author of Bram Stoker Award Finalist WOLF'S TRAP, WOLF'S GAMBIT (2009), and WOLF'S BLUFF (2010) ~ from Leisure Books & "The Great Belzoni and the Gait of Anubis" ~ from Amazon Shorts at Amazon.com. Look for "Take a Scalpel to Those Tropes" in ON WRITING HORROR (edited by Mort Castle) from Writer's Digest Books. And HOT BLOOD 13: DARK PASSIONS (Kensington), includes the tale "Mood Elevator," co-written with David Benton.

Forum: Horror