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Greetings!
Another year. The interesting part of hitting January and beginning the new year is, my birthday falls on January 16th. I think I have finally reached the age where I'm just not all that excited about getting continually older, but it beats the alternative. What can I say, my wife and daughters do spoil me. We are headed to Napa on Sunday to drink some wine and have a nice lunch. If the SF 49rs win, it will wrap up the perfect weekend.
January is the month of self-reflection and all those damn New Year resolutions. :) Do we really keep any of those promises? 2012 saw JS sales increase by 5 times our 2011 revenue numbers. We hired Norman Rubenstein, Dr. Michael Collings, brought on James Beach/Paul Dudley and Dark Discoveries magazine, acquired Hellnotes.com and added David Silva, and even found a home in JS for my soon to be retired from the Navy brother, Russ Thompson. I'm not sure we can ever top the influx of talent from last year, so this year we are simply going to concentrate on selling books.
With our stable of authors growing and the inundation of submissions we are very thankful to everyone for the support you have shown and continue to show. 2013 is our commitment to quality and we have some talented writers we will be publishing. We have 20 books listed in our publication schedule for 2013 and a few more surprises that we will be announcing. 2013 should see JS publish 25 plus books, assuming I can keep up with the workload. 2012 was a great year for us, but 2013 should be flat out fantastic.
On a side note, 2013 will also see the birth of my son, coming in May, so stay tuned. My wife has promised me I can get an X-Box when he is born. She is the best wife a man could ever hope for. Wait, I'm excited about the baby, but finally getting the X-Box is definitely worth mentioning. :)
JS has two books being released in January. The Burning Time, by JG Faherty. This will be our third book with Greg and is his best one yet. It has been an honor working with him and I hope this book finds some true success. He is an excellent writer and is well deserving. Check out the latest review of The Burning Time on Famous Monsters' website. It is fantastic.
The Cornerstone, by Anne C Petty, is also coming out in January. This is Anne's second book with JS and is already getting some great reviews. Anne is not only an accomplished writer but a seasoned editor to boot. She contributed a novella to our flagship book, Limbus, Inc . and is also the editor. 2013 could very well be her breakout year, so keep an eye out in January for her book The Cornerstone and later this year for Limbus, Inc. which is being published in April.
For all of our Dark Discoveries fans, issue #22 is finished, editing is being wrapped up, and the issue should go to the printer on Monday/Tuesday. That gives the printer three weeks to get me the subscriber copies and I should then be able to mail it out on time! We are very committed to hitting our deadlines this year so get your subscriptions paid up. Four issues are coming out in 2013 and there will be some surprises every issue.
Issue #22 will feature an interview with Rob Zombie and a story from F. Paul Wilson. We even show support for our fellow publishers by interviewing the guys from Dark Regions Press. Some great stuff in this one so don't miss out.
For anyone that reads Publishers Weekly you should check out the article in the deal section they did a couple of weeks ago on JS signing Weston Ochse. When I read that PW was covering our deal signing I almost felt noticed. We seem to be making some inroads in our publicity campaigns and on that note we did sign up to work with Library Journal and Publishers Weekly for 2013. Expect to see more of us in both magazines and hopefully the editorial coverage will continue as well. I did hear that PW will be doing a write-up for our Limbus, Inc. II author signings so expect an announcement on that front in the next couple of weeks.
Hopefully everyone enjoyed the New Year's celebration and as we all start back into the swing of work, school and everyday life, everyone here at JS wants to thank you for the great 2012 we had and we hope that you stick with us as we continue into 2013. If nothing else holds true I can say this, we are having one helluva great time and as long as you are laughing and enjoying life, things can't be much better than that.
Happy New Year and see you again next month.
Apparently Norman Rubenstein also had a birthday a few days ago. I should have known that. :) Happy birthday Norman.
Christopher C. Payne
President
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An ancient evil has come to Hastings Mills, and only one man can stop it.
Wherever The Stranger goes, evil follows. Wild dogs roam the fields. Townspeople turn on each other in murderous fury. Innocent women throw themselves off bridges. Swimmers disappear, victims of a deadly beast that haunts their waters. And the worst is still yet to come. The Stranger plans to open a gateway to the nether realms and release the Elder Gods to bring forth Chaos on Earth.
Only one man knows the truth, a country mage whose family has fought The Stranger before. But can he defeat his ageless enemy before Hastings Mills is nothing but a smoking ruin and the townspeople become unwilling blood sacrifices to the Old Ones? With only the help of a young woman and her teenage son, he will have to use all of his arcane knowledge to thwart his adversary and prevent the final apocalypse.
In Hastings Mills, The Burning Time has arrived.
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How do you catch a banshee? But more importantly, if you succeed, how can you hope to survive the ordeal? The consequences of such dark magic are high, and if you try to let go once you've got that tiger by the tail, it may cost your very soul!
Atlanta is a cosmopolitan, theater-going city that supports its fair share of the arts. But when a small theatrical company takes on the production of Christopher Marlowe's famous play, Dr. Faustus, in the century-old Janus Theater, things don't go as planned. Unexplained stage effects appear as cast members disappear, accidents seem more than coincidence, and an earthquake splits a busy downtown thoroughfare. Oh, and did we mention the rumored ghost in the basement?
Paramedic Claire Porter thinks her volunteer prompter's job with the company will give her some relief from her stressful day job, and it is fun, at first. But as they say, the Devil is in the details.
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INTERLOPER
Interloper
Barry Hoffman
Splatterpunk, 40 pages, limited to 300 signed copies
Review by Rick Hipson
Strong characterization is Interloper's bread and butter and here Barry puts the focus of his tale on two young women with a priest thrown in for good measure. Oh, and if you're the type to cringe and ready your senses against an attack of preachy prose, you need not worry. Barry skillfully uses the priest as a vehicle for conjuring varying points of reason that allows one to adjust to whichever mindset they feel like rooting for in the story. Barry Hoffman walks readers along a thin, sharp line of good and evil with the best of them and, as regular fans of Barry might expect, Interloper is a sexually charged book where nothing is too carnal, too perverse.
You'll be squirming in your seat one way or the other as you flip through pages that all but drip with deadly seduction.
To read the full review, click on the title link above.
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Coalition Of The Supernatural
Sass Cadeaux
309 Pages
ebooks: ibooks, self-published paper back
Review by Rick Amortis
When Alexia has been promoted to enforcer, a prestigious position within the Coalition of The Supernatural she must grapple with new found responsibility, power and appeasing outsiders that she's attained a bona fide life mate. All of this and learning to co-exist in harmony with vampires, barbarians and necromancers on top of a possible deception in the ranks; will Alexia crumble under the pressure or will she ultimately rise to the challenge and take her last stand in Coalition of The Supernatural.
To read the full review, click on the title link above.
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JS 2013 Publishing Schedule - Subject to additions/changes.
JG Faherty - The Burning Time - 1/18/2013 Anne C. Petty - The Cornerstone - 1/25/2013
Carole Weekes - Dead Reflections - 2/8/2013
Brian Matthews - Forever Man - 2/15/2013
Brian Knight - Phoenix Girls I - 3/8/2013 Jaleta Clegg - Poisoned Pawn - 4/19/2013 Jonathan Maberry, Joseph Nassise, Benjamin Kane Ethridge, Brett J. Talley, Anne C. Petty - Limbus, Inc., A Shared World Anthology - 4/26/2013 Benjamin Kane Ethridge - Nightmare Ballad - 5/17/2013 Richard Dansky - Vaporware - 5/24/2013 Gord Rollo and Rena Mason - Double Down I - 6/7/2013 Jeffrey Wilson - Fade to Black - 6/14/2013 Patrick Freivald - Special Dead - 7/12/2013 Douglas Wynne - Steel Breeze - 7/19/2013 Allyson Bird - Bull Running for Girls - 8/9/2013 Kristina Meister - The One We Find - 8/16/2013 Lisa Morton and Eric Guignard - Double Down II - 9/6/2013 Brett J. Talley - That Which Should Not Be II - 9/13/2013 Lisa Morton - Summer's End - 10/4/2013 Joseph Nassise - The Fall of Night - 10/11/2013 Joe McKinney and Sanford Allen - Double Down III - 12/6/2013 |
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JournalStone Publishing (JSP) President, Christopher C. Payne is pleased to announce the signing of a contract with award winning author, Weston Ochse (represented by literary agent Robert Fleck) for the publication of his new novel, Halfway House, tentatively set for release in Summer of 2014.
About the Book:
Genre: Supernatural Thriller/Urban Fantasy.
Sun and surf meets spirits , brujas and LA street gangs in an action-packed but thoughtful supernatural novel about family, history, legends, and the dangers of not letting go. For Bobby Dupree, an epileptic loner from a Memphis orphanage on a journey to find out if he really is the son of the King, Los Angeles holds more opportunities and more dangers than he imagines. Hooking up with an old surf bum nicknamed 'Kanga', he finds himself embroiled in a 20 year long rivalry, a gang turf-war, and a spiritual mystery that only his 'handicap' can unravel.
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JournalStone Publishing (JSP) President, Christopher C. Payne is pleased to announce the signing of a contract with award winning author, Joe McKinney for the publication of his new novel, St Rage, tentatively set for release in August of 2014.
About the Book: Her memory is a blank. Texas State Trooper Mark Bowles finds her wandering in the wreckage of a 160 car pile up, crying for her missing children. Bowles tries to unravel the mystery of who she is, but Death seems to be on her trail, and everyone she's crossed paths with is dead or missing. Marked for the slaughter, she leads Bowles in a race for survival through a nightmare world of deadly occult secrets. For centuries those secrets have been kept by Ayauhteotl, an ancient mummy from an Aztec tomb, and now she's set her sights on Trooper Bowles and the woman he's rapidly falling for. Who is Avery Maxwell, and what's behind her memory loss? The mystery just might kill them both.
To read the rest of the article, click on the title link above.
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JournalStone Publishing (JSP) President, Christopher C. Payne is pleased to announce the commencement of its third annual Horror Writing Contest. The contest is open to all authors.
Submission Requirements: Submissions must be at least 75,000 words or more in length (no exceptions) and must be sent in a Microsoft Word document in Times New Roman 11-point font, single line spacing to joel@journalstone.com. In the subject line you must put 'JournalStone's $2,000 Advance in 2013'. You must include your name, address and e-mall address with the submission. Take credit for your work-please don't force us to investigate who you are or what entry goes with some cryptic e-mail address. If you use a pen name, please also include your actual name as well (it will be kept confidential if you so request it.)
To read the full article, click on the title link above.
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JournalStone Publishing President, Christopher C. Payne and Dark Discoveries Magazine Managing Editor, James Beach, are pleased to announce that the magazine is again open to short fiction submissions until June 1, 2013. The magazine will be paying Pro Rates of five cents ($0.05) per word for all accepted fiction stories. Full Submission Guidelines can be found at http://darkdiscoveries.com/submission-guidelines/.
To read the full article, click on the title link above.
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By Jim Milliot
Story courtesy of Publishers Weekly
In a letter sent to authors, illustrators and agents Wednesday afternoon, Macmillan CEO John Sargent said the despite Penguin's decision to settle with the Department of Justice in its e-book pricing-fixing lawsuit, Macmillan's position "has not changed." Sargent's letter didn't limit itself to the DoJ though, and included his thoughts on "flightless birds and consolidation" and the digital transformation.
Sargent said despite speculation of more consolidation following the RH-Penguin merger, Macmillan "is not in discussions with anyone." While granting that there is some value to "scale," Sargent observed that "you need a certain level of capital and infrastructure, but that does not require being a behemoth...the relationship between editor and author does not scale. Nor do the relationships between sales rep and bookseller or between publicist and producer."
To read the full article at the Publishers Weekly website, click on the title link above.
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JournalStone is proud to be a sponsor of this amazing event hosted by the Horror Writers Association June 13-16, 2013!
The Bram Stoker Awards® Weekend 2013 incorporating the World Horror Convention will take place at the beautiful (and haunted) Hotel Monteleone in New Orleans, located in the historic French Quarter.
To learn more about this exciting weekend, click on the title link above.
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Words can be frustrating. Some are funny. A few are even whimsical.
Here is a bit of my favorite whimsy:
In general, English depends on word-order for meaning...and in general, most words will fill only a limited number of positions. If you take the following everyday-type sentence-"The carnivorous rats surrounded the blood-red barn"-and shift the main parts, chances are you will end up with:
Gibberish-"Surrounded the carnivorous rats the blood-red barn" and "Surrounded the blood-red barn the carnivorous rats" or
Surrealism-"The blood-red barn surrounded the carnivorous rats" or
A vague kind of Yoda-speak (and to get even that much sense you have to add a word)-"Surrounded the blood-red barn did the carnivorous rats."
To read the rest of the article, click on the title link above.
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Anne C. Petty
In Her Own Words
As I sit at my computer anxiously awaiting the release of my latest novel, The Cornerstone , I'm reminded of how easy it is to do research these days. Back before the Internet was at everyone's fingertips, research was done the hard way - libraries, bookstores, personal interviews, classroom debates. The challenge to get the details right, or even in the ballpark, was much harder. If you didn't have personal experience to draw from on a topic, you had to seek out someone who did, or spend a lot of time thumbing through books and magazines and the card catalog of your local library for the information you needed.
But these days, if I want to know what a fifteenth-century athame (ritual dagger) looked like, all I have to do is enter keywords into the Google image finder. Or if I need to locate a character's home in a certain Atlanta neighborhood, I can go through a virtual walking tour of that neighborhood online and describe for readers exactly what I see down to the cracks in the sidewalk. It's a depth of detail I might not have had otherwise, and I think it's what makes the world of The Cornerstone so rich - the research was done both ways, old-school book digging and Internet flash.
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J G Faherty In His Own Words I am a big fan of Chinese takeout and I write horror. My current novel is The Burning Time, a novel of Cthulhulian mythos and down-home country magic that I hope you'll decide to read. You might be wondering how these two statements are related, but trust me, I'm going somewhere with this. At my house, we order Chinese takeout several times a month. My favorite is General Tso's Tofu (try it, you'll love it). I'll also prepare a nice stir-fry once in a while, with veggies, tofu, and chicken, plus my own secret spicy peanut sauce. Very healthy. So, what's the point, you ask. Last week, after finishing our meal, my wife and I proceeded with the time-honored tradition of opening our fortune cookies. Two for me, two for her. (This has nothing to do with that game where you add "in bed" to the end of the fortune, although that's fun as well.) Here are the two I opened: "Read in order to live" and "All the effort you are making will ultimately pay off." Could there be any more appropriate fortunes for a genre fiction writer in an age where more and more people are devoting themselves to movies, video games, and reality television? To read the full article, click on the title link above. |
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About Us
JournalStone is a small press publishing company, focusing on horror, fantasy and science fiction in both the adult and young adult markets.
We are members of & actively support:
HWA - Horror Writers Association
WNBA - Women's Nat'l Book Assn.
IBPA - Independent Book Publishing Assn.
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