The World's First Monster Fan Magazine
Another year is coming to an end. Where does the time go? Seems the older I get the faster the time goes and there is no surer sign than that of me getting into the E-Reader game. I finally broke down and bought a Kindle this year and no the world didn’t end. In fact… [Continue Reading]
The title of Mark Sawicki’s book, Animating with Stop Motion Pro, is both entirely accurate and a complete understatement. Contained within these pages is not only an easy-to-follow yet comprehensive guide to the software, process, and techniques necessary for basic animation, it also serves as an all-encompassing textbook — full of notes, references, and passages… [Continue Reading]
Here’s an update from our friend Jerad over at Centipede Press. If you’ve forgotten our previous announcement, Centipede Press is giving free books with any purchase of a book! COMING SOON: Child of Rage — back in stock H.P. Lovecraft Masters of the Weird Tale — this will be ready first week of March Don… [Continue Reading]
Given the many editions of Stephen King books through the years, it was high time the artwork was showcased in a collection. Centipede Press is taking care of that very thing with a book now in the works. The small press publisher has quietly made a name for itself with their reprintings of classic horror,… [Continue Reading]
Larry Karaszewski and Scott Alexander, perhaps best known for their work on the screenplay for Ed Wood, look to be the team Sony wants to adapt R.L. Stine’s Goosebumps for a big screen series. Stine’s 50 titles in his series set sales records for Scholastic back in the 1980s and spawned television and direct-to-video incarnations. … [Continue Reading]
It’s been a busy few weeks for Twilight and its related world. No sooner does Warner Bros. move Harry Potter from fall to summer, then Twilight seizes the open weekend now coming just prior to Thanksgiving. Sara Castillo at FEARnet was able to catch up with some of cast and chatted about how each of… [Continue Reading]
We’re always interested to hear when someone else dips their toes into the horror field. Our friend, Victoria Blake, formerly of DH Books, sent us news of her newest venture, Underland Press. “I started Underland with a vision of bringing the world’s best odd, scary, and unsettling fiction to life and to light,” Blake said… [Continue Reading]
John Updike’s The Witches of Eastwick is boiling up a new incarnation, this time as an hour-long series for ABC. The pilot is being written by Maggie Friedman (Dawson’s Creek) and is expected for mid-season of fall 2009 airing. No cast has been announced as yet. Three women bond over witchcraft to replace the men… [Continue Reading]
With all the hoopla over last Saturday’s release of Stephenie Meyer’s concluding novel in the Twilight quartet, Main Street’s Amanda Beals took a look at the best selling series for tweens and teens. Not surprisingly, most of them are within the genre including: The Amulet of Samarkand (The Bartimaeus Trilogy) – Jonathan Stroud, Nathaniel, a… [Continue Reading]
In case you missed the hubbub, Stephenie Meyer’s final chapter in her Twilight saga, Breaking Dawn, mustered the same sort of buzz as did the final Harry Potter book. Hachette Book Group USA reported an all time high for one-day sales with release of Breaking Dawn. The book was released at 12:01 a.m. with great… [Continue Reading]
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