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Do you remember where you were, when you first heard that Ringo Starr had been strangled? Well prepare for a second flash-bulb memory. Dark Jesters: An Anthology of Humorous Horror is now available for pre-order at Horror Mall.

10 authors/10 tales–1000 laughs—a couple of screams! Preorder Dark Jesters, the perfect Thanksgiving Day gift for that creepy uncle who sits too close to you at the dinner table and talks about M*A*S*H characters as if they were old war buddies. Also, a thoughtful last-minute gift for administrative professionals week.

The Bitter End: Tales of Nautical Terror

Hey…psst…are you still awake? I think I wet the bed. Also, my short story Between the Devil and the Deep has just been accepted for publication in the fine, nautical themed anthology “The Bitter End: Tales of Nautical Terror” by the charming haunted house dwellers over at Pill Hill Press. Seriously, this is even better than having my bathroom redecorated with a jaunty nautical theme.

The book is scheduled to be released April, 2010, to coincide with Arbor Day, Sherlock Holmes’s birthday and the sinking of the Titanic – the deadly trifecta of events that led, as well all know, to the birth of Jazz in America – lest we forget. At least, that’s what we must assume.

Dark Jesters Cover Art

My short story “Hacks”, a darkly (really?) comic (is it?) tale of fear, loathing and self-publishing has been accepted by Nick Cato and L.L. Soares of Novello Publishing fame and will make an appearance Summer/Fall 2009 in Dark Jesters: An Anthology of Humorous Horror.

If you are a fan of awful things happening to awful people or enjoy getting together with friends and laughing about people behind their backs as a mean spirited group of miserable bastards who will never amount to anything in this world, you will love this story.

Below is the final table of contents. I’ve taken the liberty of bolding my name, in case you get halfway through the list and forget which one I am.

•  FOSSILIZED BRAAAINS by William A. Veselik
• THE PLAGUE OF GENTLEMEN by Matthew Fryer
• TONGS AND THE ROACH by David T. Wilbanks
• BLESS THE BEASTLY CHILDREN by Laura Cooney
• WOLF PLUGS by Jerrod Balzer
• HACKS by Sam Battrick
• PAPA’S GOT A BRAND NEW BAG by Robert Guffey
• CURSE OF THE BLIND EEL by James Roy Daley
• RETIREMENT by Rob Brooks
• DEADNECK WOMAN by Mark Justice