I’ll be on today’s Lovecraft eZine podcast, which is available as a live video chat, or viewable later on YouTube, or listenable/downloadable later as an audio podcast.
If you want to watch live, it starts at 3PM Pacific time, 6PM Eastern. Here are the links:
Watch live today at 6pm Eastern: http://bit.ly/18pyOAU
Audio available tomorrow here (or on iTunes): http://lovecraftezine.libsyn.com/
A few things that are happening recently:
My debut collection The Lure of Devouring Light passed the 90 day mark. I’d stay it’s still being well-received, and more people seem to be discovering it every day. Here are links to the two latest reviews of the book:
John Boden Reviews Lure of Devouring Light on Ginger Nuts of Horror
I just received advance electronic proofs of two books in which my stories will appear:
Eternal Frankenstein, coming from Word Horde and edited by Ross E. Lockhart, will include my novelette “The Human Alchemy.”
Nightscript #2, edited by C.M. Muller, will be led off by my short story “The Carnival Arrives by Night.”
Also, I completed final edits on my story to appear in the next Lovecraft eZine, issue #38. That story is “Endure Within a Dying Frame.”
Most recently, I received word that my submission has just been accepted for a nifty, brag-worthy anthology coming next year, but I don’t yet have the go-head to announce specifics.
Lastly, I will be appearing on the Lovecraft eZine video chat this Sunday, August 14. Read about that HERE.
That’s all for now!
John Boden recently reviewed The Lure of Devouring Light on Ginger Nuts of Horror. A little hint of what John has to say:
“This year has seen some truly amazing work from some cats who are proudly doing their own thing and writing their own unapologetically “left-of-center ” fiction. Michael Griffin would be one of said cats.”
John Boden Reviews Lure of Devouring Light on Ginger Nuts of Horror HERE.
My thanks to John Boden and Ginger Nuts of Horror for the review.
Brian M. Sammons has this review of The Lure of Devouring Light, just posted to Hellnotes, which ends:
“Do yourself a favor and get this one fast. It doesn’t get more recommended than this.”
Brian M. Sammons reviews The Lure of Devouring Light on Hellnotes.com
Big thanks to Brian M. Sammons and to Hellnotes for this great review!
I will be appearing as a guest on the Sunday, August 14 Lovecraft eZine video chat. If you can’t watch it live, you can always check out the video on YouTube later. I’ll post a link here after it’s available, but for now, the link to access all previous eZine chats in video and audio versions is HERE.
Upcoming eZine podcast schedule:
August 7, 2016: no guest
August 14, 2016: author Mike Griffin
August 21, 2016: Sam Cowan
August 28, 2016: author Philip Fracassi
September 11, 2016: editor Ellen Datlow
September 18, 2016: author Matthew M. Bartlett
September 25, 2016: Carl Sederholm and Jeffrey Weinstock, authors of The Age of Lovecraft
October 1, 2016, at 10pm ET (Saturday): special Halloween episode with Scott Thomas and Jeffrey Thomas
October 23, 2016: author Douglas Wynne
If you’re a regular viewer of the Lovecraft eZine chats, or if you plan to watch to catch my interview, I’ll see you Sunday the 14th!
It’s been a while since I shared pictures of people showing off their copy of The Lure of Devouring Light. Here are a few more.
Kristi Demeester with reading materials for a summer road trip:
Brian Evenson:
Christopher Ropes, who found copies for sale at the Barnes & Noble store at Union Station:
Thanks to Kristi, Brian and Chrisopher for sharing pictures.
I’ve just been confirmed as a guest for the H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival and CthulhuCon coming up October 7-9 here in Portland. The Facebook event page is here, and I’m sure there will be a Kickstarter before long.
This is always one of my favorite events of the year, not only because it’s local. The HPLFF always manages to be one of the biggest and best gatherings of cool and interesting writers, editors, publishers, artists, filmmakers and enthusiasts of Cosmic Horror and the Weird. The event is not just Lovecraft-related, so if you’ve ever thought “Sounds fun, but I’m not super-Lovecrafty, myself,” you’d probably enjoy attending for the readings, panels, films and especially the people. At least a partial guest list should be available soon.
Also happening at this event will be the release of the next Word Horde anthology, Eternal Frankenstein. My own novelette “The Human Alchemy” will appear alongside works by a really interesting selection of writers, many of whom will be at the convention and ready to sign your books! I imagine there will be some kind of reading event associated with the book release, and/or possibly a group signing.
You can preorder Eternal Frankenstein now from Word Horde and later this summer from the usual outlets. Here’s what’s inside:
Table of Contents
Amber-Rose Reed – Torso Heart Head
Siobhan Carroll – Thermidor
Autumn Christian – Sewn Into Her Fingers
Rios de la Luz – Orchids by the Sea
Edward Morris – Frankenstein Triptych
Michael Griffin – The Human Alchemy
Betty Rocksteady – Postpartum
Scott R. Jones – Living
Tiffany Scandal – They Call Me Monster
Damien Angelica Walters – Sugar and Spice and Everything Nice
Orrin Grey – Baron von Werewolf Presents: Frankenstein Against the Phantom Planet
Nathan Carson – Wither on the Vine, or Strickfadden’s Monster
Anya Martin – The Un-Bride, or No Gods and Marxists
G. D. Falksen – The New Soviet Man
Kristi DeMeester – The Beautiful Thing We Will Become
David Templeton – Mary Shelley’s Body
Bob Pastorella has just posted a nice, in-depth review of Autumn Cthulhu, edited by Mike Davis and published by Lovecraft eZine Press, at This is Horror.
Bob singles out four stories for mention: “The Night is a Sea” by Scott Thomas, “Memories of the Fall” by Pete Rawlik, “Andy Kaufman Creeping Through the Trees” by Laird Barron and my own “The Smoke Lodge.” Thanks for the great review!
I myself found Autumn Cthulhu to be a most worthwhile read, full of enjoyable and varied approaches to the subject. I hope more readers will check out the book.
Earlier this month I posted about The Lure of Devouring Light being available at 6 branches of Multnomah Country Library, which of course will only be of interest to you if you live in Portland.
If you live elsewhere, you can see which other libraries nationwide are stocking the book (thanks to Jennifer Lockhart for the link to this resource).
The Lure of Devouring Light listing on WorldCat.
If your local library doesn’t have it, maybe you can let them know you’d like them to order it. This would make the world a much better place… you’d get to read the book for free, other people in your local area could read the book for free after you, and we’d sell some extra copies of the book!
Portland-area folks can find The Lure of Devouring Light at several Multnomah County library branches, according to this:
The Lure of Devouring Light at Mult.Co. Library
It may also be available from Clackamas and Washington and other county libraries, but I’m not a member of those so I’ll have to figure out how to check. If you happen to have a link to the book’s availability at your library, not just in the Portland area, let me know!
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