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On May 27th, Shadow Masters an anthology from The Horror Zine will be released in print and digital formats. Jeani Rector has once again lined up some amazing talent for this one. I am lucky enough to have my story, Red Velvet, featured in it. Red Velvet is a strange story about a man with a twisted fetish that impedes on a demon.
The anthology also features work by Graham Masterton (The Manitou), Bentley Little (The Store), Yvonne Navarro (Highborn), Elizabeth Massie (Welcome Back to the Night), Scott Nicholson (Red Church), Simon Clark (Blood Crazy), Earl Hamner (original Twilight series), Cheryl Kaye Tardif (Submerged), Christian A. Larsen (Losing Touch), Lisa Morton (Hell Manor), Ronald Malfi (Floating Staircase), Melanie Tem (Wilding) and a ton more! Not to mention there is a forward by Joe R. Lansdale (Bubba Ho-Tep, Incident On and Off a Mountain Road).

A few weeks ago I was invited to submit a story to a new anthology that is due out in the fall of this year. I have a few short stories that have been dying to get out, sitting in limbo waiting for a home, so I sent them two and told them they could choose their favorite. The one picked was "Give Me Convenience". This is a very fast paced story that is also ultra-violent. It is about a guy trapped in a convenience store with a few other people and a creature that has already killed a bunch of people in the store. The story doesn't really let up and I give a fun little twist at the end of it.
Today I saw the table of contents for the anthology as it stands so far. There will be more to come, but I thought I would share this. I was happy to see some familiar names in this one, people that I have shared other ToC's with. Jay Wilburn (Fifty Shades of Decay), Christopher Nadeau (A Feast of Frights and Shadow Masters - both from the Horror Zine), Aaron J. French (Shadow Masters), Adam Millard (Zombies Gone Wild and the upcoming Fresh Fear) and of course the guy who is becoming my anthology brother, Christian A. Larsen (A Feast of Frights, Zippered Flesh 2, Shadow Masters and the upcoming Dark Light 3). Here is the full ToC:

Becoming The Beast by Christian A Larsen
Trauma Children by Lucy Taylor
The Face of Death by Paul Kane
Tomb of the Initiate by Aaron J French
The Cherry Tree by James S Dorr
Visit by Richard Godwin
The Banquet by Fred Skolnik
Instantaneous by Christopher David Rosales
From Suicide Station by Adam Millard
Give Me Convenience by Shaun Meeks
King of a Distant Star by Tim Jeffreys
In Green Remembered by Christopher Nadeau
Evacuation by Jay Wilburn
Motel Impression by Michael Thomas-Knight
The Wind by Ryan Neil Falcone
Thrall by Richard Farren Barber
A Feeble Gleam of Stars by RWW Greene
Tug by Douglas J Ogurek
Because The Night Is Dark And Full Of Monsters by Sergio Palumbo

So the Predators and Editors Reader's Poll for 2013 has come to and end and it was a good one. Two of my stories fought for the top spot, moving back and forth between first and second for weeks. Alas, both of them, Taut and Miriam, ended in second place in their respected categories. A fair end to a great year.
On top of my own good news, some of my writing friends did in fact end up in first place including Christian A. Larsen for his novel Losing Touch, Jeani Rector for best magazine editor and everyone at The Horror Zine for best Magazine. Here's a list of some of the categories and their winners:

BEST HORROR NOVEL
1. Losing Touch, Christian A. Larsen
2. Haunting of Ingersull Penitentiary, Victoria Roder
3. The Black Land, MJ Wesolowski
4. Silent Fathoms, Tamara A. Lowery
5. Demons, Dolls, & Milkshakes, Nelson W. Pyles
6. Shadow Lord, Tony-Paul de Vissage
7. Dying Days 3, Armand Rosamilia
8. What Happens in the Darkness, Monica J. O'Rourke
8. Vampire Therapy:Jackson and Eva, Shebat Legion
9. Man in the Wall, Ben Larken
10. Dracula: In the Flesh, Tracey H. Kitts writing as T.K. Hardin

BEST HORROR SHORT STORY
1. Waterless, Rose Blackthorn
2. Taut, Shaun Meeks
3. 9 Vials of Blood, John B. Rosenman
4. Fish To Die For, Keith Milstead, J. Ellington Ashton
5. Game of Straws Origins, SB Knight
6. The Testament of Charlie Fairweather, Stephen M. DeBock
7. What the Butler didn't See..., Teel James Glenn
8. Skin Deep, Carson Buckingham
9. Ophie and the Undertaker, Shebat Legion
10. Loneliness Makes the Loudest Noise, Monica J. O'Rourke

BEST STEAMPUNK SHORT STORY
1. Mine, Bryan Fields
2. Miriam, Shaun Meeks
3. Sparks and Dark, Kate Morrow
4. Family Heirloom, Quincy Allen
5. The Affair of the Jade Dragon, Rick Hudson
5. Brown Goes Full Steam Ahead, J. A. Campbell
5. Two-Spirit's Red Road, Kim Flowers
5. The Company Men, Vivian Caethe

BEST ANTHOLOGY
1. The Soul That Screamed, Horrified Press
2. Nightmare Stalkers & Dream Walkers, Horrified Press
3. The Best of the Horror Society 2013, The Horror Society Press
4. The Speed of Dark, Chase Enterprises
5. Allegories of the Tarot, Word Webber Press
6. Sharedc Whispers, Champagne Books
6. Dreamers in Hell, Perseid Press
7. Fresh Fear: Contemporary Horror, James Ward Kirk Publishing
8. Dandelions of Mars; Tribute to Ray Bradbury, Whortleberry Press
9. Twisted Tails VII: Irreverance, Double Dragon Publishing
10. Still Dying 2, Rymfire Books

BEST MAGAZINE EDITORS
1. Jeani Rector
2. TJ Mckay
3. Sam Bellotto Jr.
4. Lori Michelle
5. Cinsearae S.
6. Barbara Custer
7. Duke Pennell

BEST MAGAZINES
1. The Horror Zine
2. Perihelion Science Fiction
3. Frontier Tales
4. Pure slush
5. InDtale
6. Dark Moon Digest
7. Every Day Fiction
8. Night to Dawn
9. Dark Gothic Resurrected Magazine
10. Steampunk Trails

Congrats to all the winners and everyone nominated. Also a huge thanks to all that voted. Looking forward to next year.