Further to this the book has a Facebook page where you can find out more information and here is the link:https://www.facebook.com/FreshBloodAnthology
Monday, 21 October 2013
The Vampire Writers Support Group: FRESH BLOOD OUT NOW
As you know from previous blogs, I write short supernatural fiction. Included in this fangtastic anthology is my completely revised story Tear of Blood, which is one of thirteen Vampiric tales to get your teeth into and leave a light on at night, wolf's bane by the bed and garlic by the window. The net proceeds from all sales of this anthology go to a very good cause: The National Hemophilia Foundation - check out the link below. How can I obtain a copy of this fangtastic anthology I hear you ask, well here are several links to various formats that you can obtain the book from:
Thursday, 10 October 2013
Monday, 16 September 2013
FRESH BLOOD
Later this year my short story Tear of Blood will make an appearance in an anthology of vampiric tales titled, Fresh Blood. The story has been revised since its original publication in Reflections magazine earlier this year. Fresh Blood is a new and exciting venture for me as it is made up of other writers who write vampire fiction and are gathered together via Facebook. Like the videos I have done to promote We Belong Dead, I have 'drafted' a video to promote the book:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INykv1CH6cM
And here is the cover of said book.
I shall bring you more details as and when I know them myself. At the same time as this is launched, Reflections Magazine should be publishing my completely revised and updated version of Hairy Toes and again I'm really excited about that. Current pieces under construction are a re-examination of Universal's 1936 horror film Dracula's Daughter and short story A Matter of Life for Death. This story is a direct follow on to Tear of Blood and will be offered to Reflections Magazine as the next story for issue 19. I also have a draft for a fourth story in the Jackson Heylt storyline and will make it a quadrilogy :)
If I decided to use the draft the storyline will be: God and the Damned, Tear of Blood, A Matter of Life for Death and (provisional title) The Victim's Voice.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INykv1CH6cM
And here is the cover of said book.
If I decided to use the draft the storyline will be: God and the Damned, Tear of Blood, A Matter of Life for Death and (provisional title) The Victim's Voice.
Sunday, 8 September 2013
We Belong Dead Issue 11
We Belong Dead Issue 11 is out now. My piece on Universal's 1934 Classic 'The Black Cat' has been honoured with a full colour front cover:
I am so proud that after nearly thirty years of writing, I have finally accomplished one of my dreams - To have a front cover dedicated to my work. My piece on The Raven will be in issue 12. I have made a sorta special video to promote issue 11 and it is linked below. I shall be doing more 'interesting' stuff for The Raven.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OV_cYo5dJ-s
Should anyone wish to buy a copy then please use the image below to lead you to where you need to be :)
I am so proud that after nearly thirty years of writing, I have finally accomplished one of my dreams - To have a front cover dedicated to my work. My piece on The Raven will be in issue 12. I have made a sorta special video to promote issue 11 and it is linked below. I shall be doing more 'interesting' stuff for The Raven.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OV_cYo5dJ-s
Should anyone wish to buy a copy then please use the image below to lead you to where you need to be :)
Tuesday, 27 August 2013
We Belong Dead Issue 11
For the first time in 28 years of writing, one of my pieces has been given the full front cover treatment. My re-examination of Universal's 1934 shock/horror Lugosi/Karloff first collaboration The Black Cat has been bestowed this honour. Here is the said cover:
I have also done a sort of promotional video for it and here is the link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OV_cYo5dJ-s
I am so excited to read this issue and prepare for The Raven which is my next piece to be published.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OV_cYo5dJ-s
I am so excited to read this issue and prepare for The Raven which is my next piece to be published.
Wednesday, 24 July 2013
PROMOTION FOR WE BELONG DEAD
This year I have been really busy writing. I have had two short stories published, two biographical pieces published and a literary to film comparison published. Next up to be published is the first of three interlocking pieces re-examining the Universal Lugosi / Karloff collaborations - The Black Cat, (followed by The Raven and The Invisible Ray). There is also an informal portrait on Karloff and a piece about who may have been the source material for the burial of Dr Rant in M R James' The Tractate Middoth. So I have been extremely busy (Having done all this and working on my Charlotte Dymond book too)
Here are the promos that I have made, so far, to promote We Belong Dead (and my work!)
Some of this has been posted elsewhere on my blog. There is an exclusive for The Raven :) I hope that you enjoy these.
Here are the promos that I have made, so far, to promote We Belong Dead (and my work!)
Sunday, 30 June 2013
Eric James Borges Remembered
This is probably going to be the most personal blog that I have ever done or will do. In recent weeks I have been doing a lot of internet research for various projects etc and through this I came across a newspaper article from the Daily Mail (I know, the shame!) about a young talented man called Eric James Borges: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2086123/Eric-James-Borges-Gay-teen-film-maker-commits-suicide.html
And I watched his video titled It Gets Better: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InWhEIaCFkg&context=C4dc5470ADvjVQa1PpcFMzXLraf2BZxNqSImP4OErv4C6fxyKHbXs=
It made me cry. I don't often cry. The young man in the video is dead. Bullied until he could take no more. Eric was only 19 years old. His suicide came only a month after making this video and posting it. Why did it make me cry and why has this affected me so much ... Like Eric I was bullied throughout junior school and all the way through secondary school where it got progressively worse. Like Eric, I too,was physically, mentally, emotionally and verbally attacked every day for my perceived sexual orientation. It didn't matter what my sexuality was, it was what they wanted it to be, to justify their actions. My name was not Matthew, Matt or any other abbreviation of it ... It was "gayboy banks" and other such derogatory name calling. Name calling was not confined to just inside the school walls - it was on the bus, in town, walking to and from school or going to the cinema or the shops. It was relentless ... I'm not going to even discuss the physical attacks, flesh wounds heal (eventually) the psychological aspect of the attacks remain, hidden under the skin - and I wanted to die - then I would escape my persecutors.
Eric's story was my story and my story was Eric's story (and unfortunately the story of a thousand others) - His words affected me, haunted me and shown me a truth that I had failed to see or realise - His story began decades after mine - He was bullied for being who he was, as I was bullied for being myself.
Eric thought that things would get better ... but something happened in the space of a month that changed that ... Here is an article about how his death has affected the community etc: http://dreamsomething.com/2012/11/13/tulare-kings-counties-gay-lesbian-and-bisexual-youth-still-face-bullying-visalia-times/
On Facebook there was a memorial wall put up in 2012. Many of his friends commented upon it - but there are those whose narrow minds and religious bigotry have shown what many LGBT (and straight) people across the Globe suffer in terms of bullying everyday: This sort of bullying should be classed as a criminal offense and those that perpetrate it should be jailed. That is my opinion. https://www.facebook.com/events/249441528461162/
Eric wrote under this Facebook photo: 'I am human. I am also spiritually, emotionally, and sexually attracted to men. I am OUT. It took courage, and it was all worth it'
His life may have been short, but he left his mark. Here is a beautiful film he made called 'Invisible Creatures': http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCKrBcPU1PA
I hope that these videos stay there forever. Here are some pictures of Eric ... so people can remember ...
Finally, here is a piece that I wrote whilst I was at University. It was for the autobiographical aspect of my degree ... Though wrapped up in fiction, it is in fact true ...
And I watched his video titled It Gets Better: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InWhEIaCFkg&context=C4dc5470ADvjVQa1PpcFMzXLraf2BZxNqSImP4OErv4C6fxyKHbXs=
It made me cry. I don't often cry. The young man in the video is dead. Bullied until he could take no more. Eric was only 19 years old. His suicide came only a month after making this video and posting it. Why did it make me cry and why has this affected me so much ... Like Eric I was bullied throughout junior school and all the way through secondary school where it got progressively worse. Like Eric, I too,was physically, mentally, emotionally and verbally attacked every day for my perceived sexual orientation. It didn't matter what my sexuality was, it was what they wanted it to be, to justify their actions. My name was not Matthew, Matt or any other abbreviation of it ... It was "gayboy banks" and other such derogatory name calling. Name calling was not confined to just inside the school walls - it was on the bus, in town, walking to and from school or going to the cinema or the shops. It was relentless ... I'm not going to even discuss the physical attacks, flesh wounds heal (eventually) the psychological aspect of the attacks remain, hidden under the skin - and I wanted to die - then I would escape my persecutors.
Eric's story was my story and my story was Eric's story (and unfortunately the story of a thousand others) - His words affected me, haunted me and shown me a truth that I had failed to see or realise - His story began decades after mine - He was bullied for being who he was, as I was bullied for being myself.
Eric thought that things would get better ... but something happened in the space of a month that changed that ... Here is an article about how his death has affected the community etc: http://dreamsomething.com/2012/11/13/tulare-kings-counties-gay-lesbian-and-bisexual-youth-still-face-bullying-visalia-times/
On Facebook there was a memorial wall put up in 2012. Many of his friends commented upon it - but there are those whose narrow minds and religious bigotry have shown what many LGBT (and straight) people across the Globe suffer in terms of bullying everyday: This sort of bullying should be classed as a criminal offense and those that perpetrate it should be jailed. That is my opinion. https://www.facebook.com/events/249441528461162/
His life may have been short, but he left his mark. Here is a beautiful film he made called 'Invisible Creatures': http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCKrBcPU1PA
I hope that these videos stay there forever. Here are some pictures of Eric ... so people can remember ...
Finally, here is a piece that I wrote whilst I was at University. It was for the autobiographical aspect of my degree ... Though wrapped up in fiction, it is in fact true ...
R.I.P. Eric I hope that you have finally found the peace that you were looking for. I never got the opportunity to know or speak with you - I wish that circumstances were different, but then I would not have 'discovered' you. And so for all of you that are bullied, trampled upon for whatever reason I'll leave the last, profound words from Eric
And it does ....
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