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ChiZine Newsletter (December 2008)
ChiZine Newsletter (December 2008 edition)
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Table of Contents
1. 38th issue of ChiZine is still live!
2. THE TEL AVIV DOSSIER now up for pre-order (45 days only!)
3. 'Enter the World of Filaria' Short Story Contest
4. Book reviews
5. New members
6. Member news
7. New Leisure Books horror titles
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The 38th issue of ChiZine is still live!
Featuring the winners of the 14th ChiZine/Leisure Short Story Contest:
1st place: "The Blog at the End of the World" by Paul Tremblay
2nd place: "Grave's Edge" by Alex O'Neal
3rd place: "Beyond"by Brenta Blevins
With poetry by:
"I Consider My Cadaver" by Camille Alexa
"Cruella" by Mia Nutick
"Sugar and Old Spice" by Lon Prater
"Early Dark in November" by Mildred Tremblay
Go here to access the new fiction and poetry: http://chizine.com/fiction.htm
There's also a new column by David Niall Wilson here: http://chizine.com/dnw.htm
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THE TEL AVIV DOSSIER now up for pre-order (45 days only!)
Banned in Israel! The novel they didn't want you to see! For the first time in print!
"I loved it!"—Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Better than the New Testament or your money back!
Two Sermons on the Mount for the price of one!
Death! Destruction! State-of-the-art special effects!
Gasp—as the city of Tel Aviv is destroyed!
Marvel—at the monstrous beings not of this world!
Cry—at the sight of the feral children in the ruins!
Fear—of yeshiva boys with guns!
Acast of thousands! Featuring booksellers, pizza delivery boys, UFO enthusiasts, the entire Israeli Defence Force, amateur film-makers, rooftop musicians, pseudo-historians, secret agents, ageing hippies, firemen, computer programmers, tourists, and politicians!
And introducing Na'ama—as the Talking Severed Head!
More Messiahs than you can shake a stick at!
The wind picks up even more, pushing me, as if it's trying to jerk the camera away from my hands. I spin around and the camera pans across the old bus terminal and someone screams . . .
Into the city of Tel Aviv the whirlwinds come, and nothing will ever be the same.
Through a city torn apart by a violence they cannot comprehend, three disparate people—a documentary film-maker, a yeshiva student, and a psychotic fireman—must try to survive, and try to find meaning: even if it means being lost themselves. As Tel Aviv is consumed, a strange mountain rises at the heart of the city, and shows the outline of what may be another, alien world beyond. Can there be redemption there? Can the fevered rumours of a coming messiah be true?
As the city loses contact with the outside world and closes in on itself, as the few surviving children play and scavenge in the ruins, can innocence survive, and is it possible for hope to spring amid such chaos?
A potent mixture of biblical allusions, Lovecraftian echoes, and contemporary culture, The Tel Aviv Dossier is part supernatural thriller, part meditation on the nature of belief—an original and involving novel painted on a vast canvas in which, beneath the despair, humour is never absent.
Experience the last days of Tel Aviv. . . .
PLEASE NOTE: This limited edition hardcover will only be available for pre-order for the next 45 days (the deadline is January 15th, 2009). However many sell within that time frame will comprise the final print run. Place your order now!
https://www.horror-mall.com/THE-TEL-AVI
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ENTER THE WORLD OF FILARIA SHORT STORY CONTEST!
Winner to receive 25 cents per word, plus publication in ChiZine. Click below for full details:
http://chizine.com/chizinepub/enter-t
Contest only open till December 21st!
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BOOK REVIEW:
New reviewer Kurt Dinan reviews THE PASSENGER by Ronald Malfi.
http://www.chizine.com/kurtsreviews.h
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NEW MEMBERS:
Chadwick Ginther . . . Manitoba, Canada
Brian Kirk . . . Georgia, USA
The Chiaroscuro is 1,928 members strongin 47 countries.
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MEMBER NEWS
Scott Nicholson's new collection "Scattered Ashes" will be out in December from Dark Regions Press. Collecting the best of his stories since 2001, along with three new stories, the book will be out in three editions: leather-bound lettered edition, 100-copy hardcover and trade paperback, all signed. Cover artist Wayne Miller will sign the lettered editions. Info at www.darkregions.com
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And now a word from our sponsor . . .
Available this month from Leisure Books:
THE REACH
by Nate Kenyon
Young Sarah is no ordinary girl. She's been diagnosed as schizophrenic and locked away in a children's psychiatric ward. But that's not what makes her special. She also has a very strange—and powerful—gift. Scientists have been studying Sarah's remarkable psychic power for years, enhancing it, manipulating it . . . twisting it into something evil. But their plans have gone horribly wrong. How much longer can they control Sarah? And what will happen if her powers are unleashed?
SUCCULENT PREY
by Wrath James White
Could serial killers be victims of a communicable disease? Fifteen years ago, Joseph Miles was attacked by a serial child murderer. He was the only one of the madman's victims to survive. Now he himself is slowly turning into a killer.He can feel the urges, the burning needs, getting harder and harder to resist. Can anything stop him—or cure him—before he kills the only woman he's ever loved? Or before he infects someone else?
Leisure Books
http://dorchesterpub.com/Dorch/Genre.cf
Until next month, stay dark,
Brett Alexander Savory
Editor-in-Chief
ChiZine: Treatments of Light and Shade in Words
http://chizine.com
**Next ChiZine Newsletter will be January 1st, 2009
ChiZine Newsletter (December 2008 edition)
~~~~~
Table of Contents
1. 38th issue of ChiZine is still live!
2. THE TEL AVIV DOSSIER now up for pre-order (45 days only!)
3. 'Enter the World of Filaria' Short Story Contest
4. Book reviews
5. New members
6. Member news
7. New Leisure Books horror titles
~~~~~
The 38th issue of ChiZine is still live!
Featuring the winners of the 14th ChiZine/Leisure Short Story Contest:
1st place: "The Blog at the End of the World" by Paul Tremblay
2nd place: "Grave's Edge" by Alex O'Neal
3rd place: "Beyond"by Brenta Blevins
With poetry by:
"I Consider My Cadaver" by Camille Alexa
"Cruella" by Mia Nutick
"Sugar and Old Spice" by Lon Prater
"Early Dark in November" by Mildred Tremblay
Go here to access the new fiction and poetry: http://chizine.com/fiction.htm
There's also a new column by David Niall Wilson here: http://chizine.com/dnw.htm
+++
THE TEL AVIV DOSSIER now up for pre-order (45 days only!)
Banned in Israel! The novel they didn't want you to see! For the first time in print!
"I loved it!"—Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Better than the New Testament or your money back!
Two Sermons on the Mount for the price of one!
Death! Destruction! State-of-the-art special effects!
Gasp—as the city of Tel Aviv is destroyed!
Marvel—at the monstrous beings not of this world!
Cry—at the sight of the feral children in the ruins!
Fear—of yeshiva boys with guns!
Acast of thousands! Featuring booksellers, pizza delivery boys, UFO enthusiasts, the entire Israeli Defence Force, amateur film-makers, rooftop musicians, pseudo-historians, secret agents, ageing hippies, firemen, computer programmers, tourists, and politicians!
And introducing Na'ama—as the Talking Severed Head!
More Messiahs than you can shake a stick at!
The wind picks up even more, pushing me, as if it's trying to jerk the camera away from my hands. I spin around and the camera pans across the old bus terminal and someone screams . . .
Into the city of Tel Aviv the whirlwinds come, and nothing will ever be the same.
Through a city torn apart by a violence they cannot comprehend, three disparate people—a documentary film-maker, a yeshiva student, and a psychotic fireman—must try to survive, and try to find meaning: even if it means being lost themselves. As Tel Aviv is consumed, a strange mountain rises at the heart of the city, and shows the outline of what may be another, alien world beyond. Can there be redemption there? Can the fevered rumours of a coming messiah be true?
As the city loses contact with the outside world and closes in on itself, as the few surviving children play and scavenge in the ruins, can innocence survive, and is it possible for hope to spring amid such chaos?
A potent mixture of biblical allusions, Lovecraftian echoes, and contemporary culture, The Tel Aviv Dossier is part supernatural thriller, part meditation on the nature of belief—an original and involving novel painted on a vast canvas in which, beneath the despair, humour is never absent.
Experience the last days of Tel Aviv. . . .
PLEASE NOTE: This limited edition hardcover will only be available for pre-order for the next 45 days (the deadline is January 15th, 2009). However many sell within that time frame will comprise the final print run. Place your order now!
https://www.horror-mall.com/THE-TEL-AVI
+++
ENTER THE WORLD OF FILARIA SHORT STORY CONTEST!
Winner to receive 25 cents per word, plus publication in ChiZine. Click below for full details:
http://chizine.com/chizinepub/enter-t
Contest only open till December 21st!
+++
BOOK REVIEW:
New reviewer Kurt Dinan reviews THE PASSENGER by Ronald Malfi.
http://www.chizine.com/kurtsreviews.h
+++
NEW MEMBERS:
Chadwick Ginther . . . Manitoba, Canada
Brian Kirk . . . Georgia, USA
The Chiaroscuro is 1,928 members strongin 47 countries.
+++
MEMBER NEWS
Scott Nicholson's new collection "Scattered Ashes" will be out in December from Dark Regions Press. Collecting the best of his stories since 2001, along with three new stories, the book will be out in three editions: leather-bound lettered edition, 100-copy hardcover and trade paperback, all signed. Cover artist Wayne Miller will sign the lettered editions. Info at www.darkregions.com
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And now a word from our sponsor . . .
Available this month from Leisure Books:
THE REACH
by Nate Kenyon
Young Sarah is no ordinary girl. She's been diagnosed as schizophrenic and locked away in a children's psychiatric ward. But that's not what makes her special. She also has a very strange—and powerful—gift. Scientists have been studying Sarah's remarkable psychic power for years, enhancing it, manipulating it . . . twisting it into something evil. But their plans have gone horribly wrong. How much longer can they control Sarah? And what will happen if her powers are unleashed?
SUCCULENT PREY
by Wrath James White
Could serial killers be victims of a communicable disease? Fifteen years ago, Joseph Miles was attacked by a serial child murderer. He was the only one of the madman's victims to survive. Now he himself is slowly turning into a killer.He can feel the urges, the burning needs, getting harder and harder to resist. Can anything stop him—or cure him—before he kills the only woman he's ever loved? Or before he infects someone else?
Leisure Books
http://dorchesterpub.com/Dorch/Genre.cf
Until next month, stay dark,
Brett Alexander Savory
Editor-in-Chief
ChiZine: Treatments of Light and Shade in Words
http://chizine.com
**Next ChiZine Newsletter will be January 1st, 2009
