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Happy World UFO Day 2022!
World UFO Day: It’s undoubtedly UFOlogists Erich von Däniken and Giorgio Tsoukalos’s favorite holiday—and the History Channel’s, too, considering how often they run episodes of their documentary series Ancient Aliens! Could it also be the favorite holiday of William Shatner, host … Continue reading
July 4th: Always a Good Time to Howl!
Horror and patriotism—they go together like chocolate and peanut butter! Don’t believe me? Then clearly you’re unfamiliar with that time in 1992 when Marvel Comics’ star-spangled superhero, Captain America, got turned into a werewolf. No, better than a werewolf—a Capwolf! … Continue reading
Posted in Comic Art, Comic Books, Holidays
Tagged 4th of july, captain america, capwolf, comic art, comic books, danny bulandi, holidays, rik levins, superhero comics, superheroes, werewolves
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Are You Ready for the Summer (Reading)?
Staycation? Vacation? Whether you’re on the road or just hanging at home, today is the official start of the summer season (which ends September 23), and that means summer reading. And you know what would make for perfect reading this … Continue reading
Posted in Carmilla, Classic Fiction, Dark Urban Fantasy, Fantasy, Horror, Illustrated Classics, Nonfiction, Pandora Zwieback, Princess of Mars, Reading, Science Fiction, Summer Reading, vampirella, Vampires, Writing Reference Books, Young Adult
Tagged a princess of mars, blood feud: the saga of pandora zwieback book 1, carmilla, Dark Urban Fantasy, edgar rice burroughs, Fantasy, fantasy adventure, for a few gold pieces more, from the stars a vampiress, horror classics, illustrated classics, j. sheridan le fanu, nonfiction, reading, richard c. white, science fiction, starwarp concepts backlist, steven a. roman, summer reading, terra incognito: a guide to building the worlds of your imagination, vampire fiction, vampirella, young adult fiction
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The Headless Horseman to Ride Again
It’s Monday the 13th, which seems like the perfect time to pass along the recent announcement that writer Washington Irving’s classic tale of the Headless Horseman, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, is scheduled for an all-new screen adaptation courtesy of Paramount Pictures and writer/director … Continue reading
Posted in Classic Fiction, e-books, Halloween, Horror, movies, Publishing
Tagged horror classics, movies, shameless plugs, sleepy hollow, starwarp concepts backlist, swc horror bites, the legend of sleepy hollow, washington irving
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SWC E-books Available for Libraries Through OverDrive
With the unofficial start of summer having arrived last week with the celebration of Memorial Day here in the U.S., the time has arrived for summer reading—and for many people, summer reading means visiting your local library (either in-person or … Continue reading
Posted in Blood Feud, Dark Urban Fantasy, e-books, e-tailers, Fantasy, Summer Reading, Writing Reference Books, Young Adult
Tagged blood feud: the saga of pandora zwieback book 1, blood reign: the saga of pandora zwieback book 2, Dark Urban Fantasy, e-books, e-tailers, Fantasy, fantasy adventure, for a few gold pieces more, harbinger of darkness, libraries, library distribution, overdrive, richard c. white, starwarp concepts backlist, steven a. roman, terra incognito: a guide to building the worlds of your imagination, writers reference, writing reference, young adult fiction
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Happy International Tabletop Day 2022!
Celebrated on the first Saturday in June, International Tabletop Day is an annual event celebrating tabletop and board games of all sorts, launched in 2013 by creator Boyan Radakovich and originally hosted on actress (and gamer) Felicia Day’s Geek & Sundry … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Nonfiction, Writing Reference Books
Tagged events, international tabletop day, richard c. white, terra incognito: a guide to building the worlds of your imagination, world building, writing belle, writing reference
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Author Richard C. White at Awesome Con 2022
This coming weekend, pop-culture fans of all ages will be gathering at Awesome Con, being held again at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in the heart of Washington, DC. And among the exhibitors is author Richard C. White, who’ll be promoting … Continue reading
Posted in Author Appearances, Conventions
Tagged author appearances, awesome con book fair, Awesome Con DC, conventions, richard c. white
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Happy 125th Anniversary, Count Dracula!
Today is World Dracula Day: the annual celebration launched in 2012 by the Whitby Dracula Society 1897to mark the first publication of Bram Stoker’s seminal novel in 1897. What makes it even better is that it’s also the 125th anniversary of that … Continue reading
Posted in Classic Fiction, Holidays, Horror, vampirella, Vampires
Tagged bram stoker, dracula, from the stars a vampiress, holidays, peter cushing, starwarp concepts backlist, steven a. roman, vampire fiction, vampirella, world dracula day
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SWC Titles Available Through E-book Distributor Draft2Digital
Back in March, e-book distributor Smashwords announced it had been acquired by its closest competitor, Draft2Digital, an equally successful e-tailer that, unlike Smashwords, is able to place its offered titles on Amazon. (SWC’s e-books, in case you’re unaware, have always been available … Continue reading
Posted in Dark Urban Fantasy, e-books, e-tailers, Fantasy, Horror, Writing Reference Books
Tagged blood feud: the saga of pandora zwieback book 1, blood reign: the saga of pandora zwieback book 2, draft2digital, e-books, e-tailers, for a few gold pieces more, harbinger of darkness, richard c. white, smashwords, starwarp concepts backlist, steven a. roman, terra incognito: a guide to building the worlds of your imagination
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Vampi Hears From Hollywood
Wanted! More Readers Like… It was a caption that always ran on “Fang Mail,” the letters page of Famous Monsters of Filmland—the magazine that inspired generations of actors, writers, directors, producers, and makeup and special effects magicians to follow their dreams—above … Continue reading
Posted in Horror, Nonfiction, Steven A. Roman, vampirella
Tagged from the stars a vampiress, nonfiction, sam irvin, starwarp concepts backlist, steven a. roman, vampirella
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