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~post by Joe T. From October to October is a 12 month period that defines the Horror Year. Halloween is a holiday that can act as both Christmas and New Year: some people only read nightmarish fiction during that one month, others use it as a celebration to kick-off a whole new list of books … Continue reading 31 Days of Halloween: Day 3 “Bestselling Horror”
Last Tuesday, Bestselling Author, Mike Lupica visisted Hill Country Middle School last week with BookPeople to speak about and sign his new book, QB 1. Close to 1,000 young readers made it out to the event. The day was energetic and fun. Mike Lupica was jazzed to be there as well. He said the kids … Continue reading Bringing Down the House with Mike Lupica!
We are SUPER excited to announce that this month's Statesman Selects pick is the fabulous new short story collection by Kelly Luce, Three Scenarios in Which Hana Sasaki Grows a Tail. The book is the first published by the fine folks at A Strange Object, the new Austin-based small press we may have mentioned one … Continue reading Statesman Selects: THREE SCENARIOS IN WHICH HANA SASAKI GROWS A TAIL
~post by Joe T. Ahhhhh, Day 2 of our 31 Days of Halloween continues our exploration of The Nightmare Factory Bookclub. Meeting the third Tuesday of every month, we journey into the heart of terror. Yesterday we gave you the books we read from January through June and now we close out the list with … Continue reading 31 Days of Halloween: Day 2 “The Nightmare Factory”
The cover of Burgundy's new memoir was revealed over on Entertainment Weekly today. Well done, Crown Publishing, well done. Let Me Off at the Top: My Classy Life & Other Musings will be on our shelves November 19. You can pre-order a copy right over here. The memoir promises "a rare glimpse behind the camera … Continue reading Ron Burgundy Cover Revealed!
_____________________________________________ HARD COVER FICTION Signature of All Things by Elizabeth Gilbert In The Signature of All Things, Elizabeth Gilbert returns to fiction, inserting her inimitable voice into an enthralling story of love, adventure and discovery. Spanning much of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the novel follows the fortunes of the extraordinary Whittaker family as led … Continue reading New Releases – 10/1
~post by Joe T. "The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear. And the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown."Â Â - H. P. Lovecraft The Nightmare Factory is a horror-centric book club I started back in 2011 with my pal Steven Warren. Named after the collection of stories by … Continue reading 31 Days of Halloween: Day One “The Nightmare Factory”
Do you like doughnuts? How about bowling? Yes and yes? Stop right where you are and meet Arnie. Want to know more? Take a gander at: Adventures of Arnie the Doughnut: Bowling Alley Bandit by Laurie Keller.
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