I am thrilled to have a story in the new zombie anthology from Source Point Press! Their books look amazing and they are working hard to build a good reputation for quality. Source Point Press included my only sort-of zombie story in FEAST OF THE DEAD: HORS D'OEUVRES.
Help support independent publishers and get your hands on some zombified fiction here at Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/Feast-Dead-Source-Point-Press/dp/0989650456/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1377358225&sr=8-1&keywords=%22feast+of+the+dead+hors%22
Also, check out the publisher's blog to see their other awesome releases:
http://sourcepointpress.blogspot.com/
Saturday, August 24, 2013
Thursday, August 8, 2013
Crime Does Pay!
I just got back from a long vacation to find this facebook post:
"Indiana Crime Review 2013 will be publishing this month. My (James Ward Kirk) Editor's choice goes to William J. Fedigan for "Happy as Cotton Candy." Murphy Edwards's Editor Choice Award goes to Greg McWhorter for his story "The Twilight of Men’s Lives." Of course, the anthology contains so much good writing that it wasn't easy making choices but we had to choose one each so we did."
Wow! I had no idea that they would like my story so much. I wrote it about two years ago and it was my first attempt at writing noir. I am truly happy that someone likes it! I thought it was a pretty good story, but the artist can never gauge how others will experience it. Here is the certificate that the publisher posted:
Although the book is titled Indiana Crime Review 2013, you didn't have to be from Indiana to submit to it. That is just the state the publisher lives in. The print version is now on sale at Amazon so get it already!
http://www.amazon.com/Indiana-Crime-Review-2013-Volume/dp/0615861636/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1376015568&sr=8-1&keywords=indiana+crime+review+2013
"Indiana Crime Review 2013 will be publishing this month. My (James Ward Kirk) Editor's choice goes to William J. Fedigan for "Happy as Cotton Candy." Murphy Edwards's Editor Choice Award goes to Greg McWhorter for his story "The Twilight of Men’s Lives." Of course, the anthology contains so much good writing that it wasn't easy making choices but we had to choose one each so we did."
Wow! I had no idea that they would like my story so much. I wrote it about two years ago and it was my first attempt at writing noir. I am truly happy that someone likes it! I thought it was a pretty good story, but the artist can never gauge how others will experience it. Here is the certificate that the publisher posted:
Although the book is titled Indiana Crime Review 2013, you didn't have to be from Indiana to submit to it. That is just the state the publisher lives in. The print version is now on sale at Amazon so get it already!
http://www.amazon.com/Indiana-Crime-Review-2013-Volume/dp/0615861636/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1376015568&sr=8-1&keywords=indiana+crime+review+2013
Saturday, July 20, 2013
Schlock!
Hey everyone...The first horror story that I ever tried to write (years ago) has finally seen publication in the newest issue of Schlock! Webzine from the U.K. My story is titled "Lost and Found" and it is fitting that it is seeing the light of day in a publication called Schlock! It is not my best story and seems pretty derivative of Lovecraft Cthulhu mythos without anything too unique about it. It's the kind of filler story that you would have seen in a pulp magazine of the 1930s or 1940s. Do I seem like I am being hard on my story? Yes, I am, but there are some twists that I think are redeeming...The ancient book that I mention in the story is real and the way in which they are able to stop the monster is unique. I have never read of anyone using the technique that I employed. Oh well...read it if you must. The guys at Schlock! are very cool and deserve much praise, especially Gavin Chappell, for all their efforts to give a new writer an outlet and put forth so much material on such a frequent basis.
Read "Lost and Found" for FREE here:
http://www.schlock.co.uk/index.html
Or purchase the Kindle edition here on Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/Schlock-Webzine-Vol-Issue-ebook/dp/B00E1VF46O/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1374339789&sr=8-2&keywords=schlock+28
Read "Lost and Found" for FREE here:
http://www.schlock.co.uk/index.html
Or purchase the Kindle edition here on Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/Schlock-Webzine-Vol-Issue-ebook/dp/B00E1VF46O/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1374339789&sr=8-2&keywords=schlock+28
Thursday, July 18, 2013
San Diego Comic-Con 2014
I can't believe it! One of my stories is making its debut this year in a brand new science-fiction magazine titled AGE OF ANDROIDS at the San Diego Comic-Con, which starts today! This is the first issue of the new slick magazine and the publishers are giving away 5,000 free copies to attendees of the convention. For now, you can only get one if you attend the convention, but their website says that copies may be available through them directly in the near future:
http://ageofandroids.com/
Here is what the cover looks like for the first issue (my story "Intellectual Property" is listed on the cover!):
Here is a retro-style art piece that goes with my story:
I am very excited to again have an artistic presence at this years San Diego Comic-Con. I have attended sporadically since 1979, when the convention was all comic books and at a smaller location. I actually used to write and draw a comic strip for my college newspaper called "New Attitude" which enabled me to attend as an artist/writer during the late 1980s. I was also a guest speaker at the 1999 convention when I spoke about African-American images in comic books of the 1930s & 1940s. With how big and unwieldy the convention has gotten, I have rarely attended it in the 2000s. I hope that I may return next year...
http://ageofandroids.com/
Here is what the cover looks like for the first issue (my story "Intellectual Property" is listed on the cover!):
Here is a retro-style art piece that goes with my story:
I am very excited to again have an artistic presence at this years San Diego Comic-Con. I have attended sporadically since 1979, when the convention was all comic books and at a smaller location. I actually used to write and draw a comic strip for my college newspaper called "New Attitude" which enabled me to attend as an artist/writer during the late 1980s. I was also a guest speaker at the 1999 convention when I spoke about African-American images in comic books of the 1930s & 1940s. With how big and unwieldy the convention has gotten, I have rarely attended it in the 2000s. I hope that I may return next year...
Tuesday, July 16, 2013
The Pulpateers...Out Now!
New horror anthology out now! THE PULPATEERS is the third anthology produced by internationally notorious Schlock! Webzine. This time contributors were required to pen old-style pulp stories based on the formula developed by Lester Dent, schlock-supremo of the 20s and 30s, creator of Doc Savage and other precursors to enduring pulp heroes such as Superman. I contributed one short story to this newest anthology from Schlock! Here is the e-mail that I received today from Schlock!:
Hi everyone
The Pulpateers is now available as a paperback, available from:
http://www.amazon.com/The-Pulpateers-Schlock-Anthology-ebook/dp/B00DXOGGHG/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1373986095&sr=1-1&keywords=pulpateers
Kind regards, and thank you for your contributions.
Gavin Chappell ______________________________________________
The link appears to be up for the eBook right now, but the paperback version should also be up soon!
Hi everyone
The Pulpateers is now available as a paperback, available from:
http://www.amazon.com/The-Pulpateers-Schlock-Anthology-ebook/dp/B00DXOGGHG/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1373986095&sr=1-1&keywords=pulpateers
Kind regards, and thank you for your contributions.
Gavin Chappell ______________________________________________
The link appears to be up for the eBook right now, but the paperback version should also be up soon!
Saturday, July 13, 2013
I Write Like...
So I checked out this website that I found on the Horror Writer's blog...It supposedly can analyze your writing and tell you which author is the closest match to you out of 51 famous authors. My writing was analyzed as:
I came up as GEORGE ORWELL for "The Horror at Engle Farm," but I did it again with a newer story I wrote entitled "Snapshots of Hell" and got this:
This may be a bit lame as it is only limited to the writing styles of 51 famos authors. You can check out this analytical engine yourself here:
I came up as GEORGE ORWELL for "The Horror at Engle Farm," but I did it again with a newer story I wrote entitled "Snapshots of Hell" and got this:
This may be a bit lame as it is only limited to the writing styles of 51 famos authors. You can check out this analytical engine yourself here:
Friday, July 12, 2013
Free Story Up Now!
I have a short nonfiction piece entitled "HDHC" that is up now at FIVE 2 ONE webzine. I try to be a diverse writer. I have written nonfiction music and culture related articles for newspapers and magazines since the 1980's. Lately I have been writing crime/noir and horror fiction (and even one science-fiction story!), but this piece is a nonfiction memoir-type piece. I think it's important to reflect on where you came from in order to see your personal growth to where you are at now in life. This piece was me over 20 years ago...
Me in 1985!
FREE nonfiction piece can be read here:
http://five2onemag.onimpression.com/search/label/Greg%20McWhorter
Me in 1985!
FREE nonfiction piece can be read here:
http://five2onemag.onimpression.com/search/label/Greg%20McWhorter
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