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Category Archives: Horror
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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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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Happy 100th Anniversary, Nosferatu!
This coming Friday marks a special occasion for horror fans, because it was on March 4, 1922 that the classic silent film Nosferatu made its cinematic debut at a special premiere held at Germany’s Berlin Zoological Garden. Directed by F.W. Murnau … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Horror, movies, Vampires
Tagged black coat press, count orlock, f.w. murnau, jean-marc lofficier, max schreck, movies, night's children, nosferatu, steven a. roman, tales of the shadowmen, the vampire almanac, vampire fiction
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What Are SWC Horror Bites?
A few days ago, as part of marking the start of the 2022 celebration of Women in Horror Month, I mentioned our SWC Horror Bites imprint—but what is that, exactly? Well, put basically, “short tales to appease your monstrous hunger for … Continue reading
Posted in Classic Fiction, e-books, Horror, Publishing
Tagged clemence annie housman, e-books, horror classics, swc horror bites, the legend of sleepy hollow, washington irving, white fell the werewolf
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RIP Ron Goulart, Vampirella Novelist and Sci-Fi Legend
“Ah, what a declining era,” sighed Pendragon, “wherein breasts are more important than magic.” “Breasts have always been more important than magic,” said Vampirella. Such were the sarcastic-but-technically-true words of author Ron Goulart in the 1976 novel Vampirella: Deadwalk, one of … Continue reading
Posted in Horror, Science Fiction, vampirella
Tagged from the stars a vampiress, ron goulart, vampirella
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Happy Women in Horror Month 2022!
Women in Horror Month is here again, that annual celebration that shines the spotlight on the contributions of all the female creators—writers, artists, movie directors, producers, special makeup artists, special effects experts, etc.—who’ve brought thrills and chills to generations of … Continue reading
Posted in Classic Fiction, e-books, Events, Horror, Publishing
Tagged clemence annie housman, e-books, horror classics, horror fiction, starwarp concepts backlist, swc horror bites, white fell the werewolf, women in horror month, women writers
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Happy Kiss a Ginger Day 2022!
According to the calendar site Happy Days 365, today is International Kiss a Ginger Day, a holiday created in 2009 as a “karmic counter event” intended to offset negative comments made about fiery-haired people (e.g., that gingers have no souls, that … Continue reading
Posted in Comic Books, Dark Urban Fantasy, Graphic Novels, Holidays, Horror, Lorelei, Publishing
Tagged comic books, Dark Urban Fantasy, digital comic books, graphic novels, holidays, international kiss a ginger day, lorelei, lorelei presents: house macabre, lorelei: genesis, lorelei: sects and the city, succubus fiction
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Welcome to StarWarp Concepts!
In case you’re wondering who we are, StarWarp Concepts is a publisher of dark-fantasy and fantasy novels, comic books, and graphic novels that are available for sale in brick-and-mortar stores and through select online booksellers and distributors (as well as our … Continue reading
Posted in Classic Fiction, Comic Books, Dark Urban Fantasy, Fantasy, Horror, Illustrated Classics, Nonfiction, Science Fiction, Sketchbooks, Writing Reference Books, Young Adult
Tagged starwarp concepts backlist
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