Happy Halloween

= The ForeWarner =
The Matthew Warner Newsletter
October 2, 2005

Contents:
-- Appearances
-- Interviews
-- Death Sentences Now Shipping
-- Chance to Win 1-of-1 Limited/Signed/Hand-Bound Book
-- Winner of the Matt-Is-Moving Writing Contest
-- Coming Attractions
-- Recommended Reading

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Greetings!  The entire month of October is a good time to wish you a Happy Halloween.  It's also a great time to meet horror readers.  I hope to see you at one of the events below.

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APPEARANCES     

MonsterFest
October 8, 2005, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Chesapeake Central Library
298 Cedar Rd.
Chesapeake, VA 23322
ph. (757) 382-6576

Upper Valley Writers Show
October 18, 2005, 7 p.m.
Beverley Street Galleries
22 West Beverley St.
Staunton, VA 24401

Teen Read Week Presentation on Horror Literature
October 20, 2005, 7 p.m.
Chinn Park Regional Library
13065 Chinn Park Dr.
Woodbridge, VA 22192
ph. (703) 792-4800

Presentation & Signing with Elizabeth Massie
October 21, 2005, 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.
The Bookstack
1 E. Beverley St.
Staunton, VA 24401
ph. (540) 885-2665

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INTERVIEWS

Accessed via http://www.matthewwarner.com/interviews.htm

Horror Reader, "Voices of Horror: An Interview With Matthew Warner," Sept. 9, 2005

Horror Reader special report from Horrorfind 2005, August 20, 2005

Sevier County News, July 24, 2005

Upcoming interview:  Grave Thoughts Radio, October 25, 2005
http://www.gravethoughts.com/gravethoughtsradio.htm

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DEATH SENTENCES NOW SHIPPING

We had a great book release party at the Horrorfind convention for DEATH SENTENCES: TALES OF PUNISHMENT AND REVENGE.  Gary Braunbeck's introduction and Deena Warner's artwork have added a turbo boost to sales and reviews.

So far, it's been reviewed by Horror World, Horror Fiction Review, Really Scary, G-Pop Network, Craig's Book Club, Horror-Web, Feo Amante, and Rue Morgue Magazine, and it has been almost universally well received.  All the reviews are archived on my website.  Here's a couple of my favorite blurbs:

"While he may still be a relative newcomer to the world of horror lit, author Matthew Warner stakes a claim in the genre with DEATH SENTENCES. Unlike most short fiction offerings, this brief but darkly compelling collection hits all the right notes and hits them hard."
-- Rue Morgue Magazine

"DEATH SENTENCES does not have one dull moment and is a fantastic primer for an author I'm sure we are about to see much bigger things from."
-- Horror Fiction Review

"Prose shouldnt be this eloquent when showing you something this hideous."
-- Really Scary.com

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Some special items you should be aware of:

1.   A free excerpt of the opening story, "Middle Passage," can still be read at Horrorfind.com.
http://www.horrorfind.com/fiction-bin/story.cgi

2.   "Middle Passage" can be listened to, in its entirety, at http://www.matthewwarner.com/middlepassage.htm

3.   DEATH SENTENCES is the Brian Keene Book Club pick for October.  Discussion link: http://p201.ezboard.com/fbriankeenesmessageboardmadnessfrm46

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CHANCE TO WIN 1-OF-1 LIMITED/SIGNED/HAND-BOUND BOOK

Every year, Mrs. Warner sends out a free Halloween greeting card featuring an original piece of artwork.  Since this is the cards' fifth year, I'm teaming with her to offer something special.

When Deena's done with this year's image, I'm going to write a short story to accompany it.  One random person who's on her mailing list will win a hardcover book of the story.

Only one copy of the book will ever be made.  It will be hand-bound and illustrated by Deena and signed by both of us.

Enter the free drawing by October 15: http://www.deenawarner.net/halloween.htm

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WINNER OF THE MATT-IS-MOVING WRITING CONTEST

a.k.a. Horror World Hometown Contest

Darrin English's non-fiction essay "Three Supernatural Postcards from Flagstaff, AZ" won the August writing contest I sponsored at HorrorWorld.org.  Darrin won a $10 Shocklines.com gift certificate and publication of his essay.  You can read it at the September 2005 archive of my "Author's Notes" column, accessed via http://www.horrorworld.org/columns.htm.

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Recent column topics:

"10 Fun Things I've Done as a Horror Geek"  (October)
"Hit the Books to Write a Hit"  (September)
"Setting Horror Close to Home"  (August) -- about my recent move to Staunton, VA
"A Website Design Manifesto"  (July)

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COMING ATTRACTIONS

--> "Backwards Man," short story, in the next issue of Dark Discoveries magazine

--> "The Cave," short story, in the next issue (hopefully) of Cemetery Dance magazine

--> EYES EVERYWHERE, novel, from Raw Dog Screaming Press.  Pre-orders start February 2006.  Ships August 2006.

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RECOMMENDED READING

As always, I've been reading a lot of great (and not so great) books.  I thought you'd be interested in the great ones:

THE ARCANUM, novel by Thomas Wheeler
CREEPERS, novel by David Morrell

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"Some things I learned at Horrorfind: Matthew Warner has the softest hair I've ever felt on a man's leg. It's not to say I've felt a lot of men's leg hair (not that there's anything wrong with that), but Matt's is really goddamn soft. Also, he and I have decided that we're no longer interested in using the word 'horror' to describe the genre; we're going to be 'terrorists' from here on out."
-- Author m.j. euringer, on his popular blog "Ramblings of a Desiccated Mind," http://www.livejournal.com/~deadscrypt/


Matthew Warner
Staunton, VA


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