Bulletins & Other News: Oct. 23, 2007

Jordan M. Bobe - The Retreat:
The Retreat Coming 12/17/07 to all Major bookstores and amazon.com or available now directly from the publisher:

http://www.publishamerica.com/shopping/shopquery.asp?catalogid=21638
For more information, go to the "The Retreat" FAQ.

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Karina L. Fabian's Fab Chat - FabChat presents Sue Dent
October 25: Just in time for Halloween: A vampire...a werewolf...can two wrongs make it right? Sue Dent talks about her first novel, Never Ceese. Take a look at her site at: http://www.neverceese.com/ FabChat meets Thursday evening 9-11 EST at: http://karinafabian.tripod.com/id15.html.

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Are We Alone? - Ctrl-S Episode Now Available:
Check out this blog entry "Ctrl-S - new episode!" for more details and be sure to listen to the episode at http://radio.seti.org Guests for this week's show are:
• Cary Fowler - Executive Director of the Global Crop Diversity Trust
• Stuart Parkin - Physicist at IBM's Almaden Research Center
• David Harrison - Director of Research for the Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages and author of When Languages Die: The Extinction of the World's Languages and the Erosion of Human Knowledge
• William LeFurgy - Digital Initiative Project, Library of Congress

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Brandon Layng / 13Human Souls - New 13Human Souls Editor:
See Brandon's blog entitled "Four Happiest Days" announcnig the arrival of his baby girl.

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Jodi Lee - Small Press Book Club:
The Small Press Promotions group, Small Press Book Club, has re-opened for business. As of mid-October, Small Press Promotions was opened to the general public, so if you're interested in a book club featuring the small press publishers, please stop by: http://smallpresspromos.ning.com/

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Plague - Rachelle's Walk:
The Third part of chapter 7 is posted at: http://www.plague.gravesidetales.com
Brought to you by Graveside Tales at http://www.gravesidetales.com

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Anthony P. Gioseffi - Mainframe:
"Novelist Anthony P. Gioseffi realses his sci-fi novel, Mainframe -- Computer Wizards go on a quest to stop The Hacker from gaining the all-poweful Mainframe - Check out the first chapter at his MySpace page. Support Independent Authors!"

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Lincoln Crisler, Author - New Crisler Fiction in the Next BEWILDERING STORIES!
Issue #265, slated for publication on or around October 29th, will feature a new story, Farewell Engagement!: http://www.bewilderingstories.com/

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Regina Concalves - Read some pages: Einstein, Picasso, Agatha, and Chaplin:
Check out Regina's page : http://www.caiuszip.com/relativiting.htm

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The Smoking Poet - The Smoking Poet: Call for Submissions - Winter 2007-08
For full submission guidelines and contact information, visit: http://thesmokingpoet.tripod.com/

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The Pyromantics - HALLOWEEN CONTEST NEWS!!
"We've had our fifh entry for the competition- 'The Pumpkin Patch' by Damien Navillus so get on over here and leave Damien some feedback! We've had a great response to the contest but we really need some more comments left as this is what we are all about after all :) 9 DAYS to go- get your entries in! ~ Cat"

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Michael Laimo - Horror Author - Get a FREE magazine with my short story ROOM 412:
"My short story ROOM 412 was recently published in LIPULSE magazine. They're offering free issues to anyone who asks for it. Just head on over to: www.lipulse.com Click 'receive a free copy'. Fill out your name and address and make sure you ask for issue OCTOBER 2007. That's it. Your copy will be sent in 3-4 weeks. ~Michael"

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Jen (Greybon) - New posts: On Ranger's Apprentice and Widgets:
There is a new Hodgepodge post: The Burning Bridge by John Flanagan
Plus some recent posts: The Ruins of Gorlan by John Flanagan
And check out: Tor Book Widgets
www.sonechki.com | Hodgepodge | Sonechki Corner's | www.myspace.com/bunkville | On Facebook

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Word Weavers - Roy C. Booth, Charlotte Emma Gledson, Katrina Bowlin:
Week Long Featured Author Roy C. Booth, Writing Excerpt Three Poems by Charlotte Emma Gledson, Spotlight Trading Card Katrina Bowling.
Head on over to the Word Weavers MySpace Page to see these features and more!
Word Weavers Anthologies | http://www.freewebs.com/weaversofwords | http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WeaversofWords/

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Darkened Horizons - HALLOWEEN ISSUE AVAILABLE NOW:
Paperback: http://www.lulu.com/content/1335617
Hardcover: http://www.lulu.com/content/1335576
Be sure to check out the Darkened Horizons site: http://www.lulu.com/darkenedhorizons

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Grim Trixter - Brandy Leah Schwan - Grim Trixter Paperback on Amazon 5 star review
Click here to read the Amazon review. The Grim Trixter hardcover is available through Apex: http://www.apexdigest.com/grimtrixter.shtml

News worth reposting:
Apex Science Fiction and Horror Digest - Apex Halloween Raffle!:
For more details, check out this Apex Digest blog entry "Apex Halloween Raffle!" or this web site: http://www.apexdigest.com/apexraffle.shtml

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Tor Books - 10/16 Releases from Tor Books:
Check out this Tor Books blog entry for more details!
www.tor-forge.com | www.myspace.com/torbooks | www.myspace.com/torteen | Facebook Group

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Markdeloy (Mark E. Deloy) - Like Your Horror With a Southern Flavor?Get Damned in Dixie!:
Damned in Dixie, an Anthology of Southern Horror is now available at: http://www.lulu.com/content/1046461

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Margaret Weis - Trailer: Dragons of Autumn Twilight:
"A rough-cut version of the trailer for the new Dragonlance movie will be on the movie site on Monday, October 22! This is the same version that was shown at Gen Con and Dragon Con - www.dragonlance-movie.com Enjoy! ~ Margaret"

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Clare Dargin - Science Fiction Readers and Writers
"My new site is a place for fans to look up a book or a favorite publisher or list their own sites/homepages and/or a place for author (be they first time authors or old pros to place their books). The only thing it's missing is you! If you are interested in posting your book or site or publishing company email me at happywriter3@excite.com or go to my site and check it out www.thescifihaven.bravehost.com ~ Clare"

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Clarkesworld Magazine / Wyrm Publishing - Ministry of Whimsy to Become Imprint of Wyrm Publishing:
For more information visit the Wyrm Publishing web site: http://www.wyrmpublishing.com/ and also check out the Clarkesworld Magazine site too.

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13Human Souls - We want 1000 readers this month:
"The Halloween Special Edition of 13Human Souls: Horror E-zine is now available! Complete with two new stories, two new poems, one movie review and an essay. You have to stop by and check it out: http://www.geocities.com/thirteenhumansouls/

Stop in and have a read people I want to be able to tell the contributors they had 1000 readers this time. Show your support for the horror genre!
Take care ~ Brandon Layng / Editor 13Human Souls: Horror E-zine"
http://www.geocities.com/thirteenhumansouls/