The Results Are In!


















The Envelope Please!

Thank you so much for being a patient bunch, and waiting for the contest results with such grace. Besides your patience, your generous time and your purchases were greatly appreciated. The Shocklines Rocks Holiday Contest was another fine success in support of Matt Schwartz and our beloved Shocklines.com.

So without further delay, here's the list of our lucky winners:

Winner #1 - AP FUCHS
$10 Shocklines Gift Certificate

Winner #2 - SUSAN O'NEILL (entry from the HL Blog-O-Rama)
Signed Chapbook -
Jack Ketchum, SEASCAPE
Only 200 copies printed for WHC 2005
(Given only to early registrants)
Illustration by Allen Koszowski
(Artist Guest of Honor)
Published by Shocklines Press

Winner #3 - RON BRESNAY
Signed 1st Edition, Hardcover
Simon Clark, SHE LOVES MONSTERS
Published by Necessary Evil Press

Winner #4 - DAVID - MAGUS PRESS
BE A BETTER WRITER
From the Better Writer Series
Published by The Leverage Factory

And as promised for your patience, we have an additional prize from the publishers of GUD magazine:

Winner #5 - SKEEVY MCGEE
A copy of GUD's premier Issue
GUD - Greatest Uncommon Denominator Magazine
Editor, Kaolin Fire

Congratulations, gang!!

I offer my sincere gratitude for the generous donations from Mark Tyree, Joel Bush, Kaolin Fire and GUD, and one lovely anonymous donor. You folks are THE BEST!!

Thanks again everyone for playing. Please offer a BIG congratulations to our winners!

Wickedly Yours,
Fran Friel

PS - The winners will be contacted shortly with details about receiving their prizes.

Connecticut Authors Directory Listings














If you're an author in Connecticut, this might be a great opportunity for some free publicity. A Directory of CT Authors and literary venues is being complied. Ad space is also available. The directory listings are free.

From Patricia D'Ascoli, publisher of The CT Muse:

Hello Authors,

The deadline for listing information for the Directory of CT Authors is fast approaching, so please send in your information if you would like to be included if you have not already done so. Here are the guidelines:

Author Name
Town of Residence
Genre
List up to three works
50 Word Biography
Website/Contact Inf

This Directory is being produced with the help of a grant from the Connecticut Commission on Culture & Tourism. It is a matching grant, however, which requires that I raise an equal amount of money toward publication of the Directory. This will be accomplished by way of advertisements.

If anyone would like to advertise in the Directory, it will go a long way toward helping this become a reality! The Directory will be widely distributed throughout the state (tourism districts, arts councils, libraries, bookstores, etc.) and will also be available as a downloadable pdf version for even greater distribution.

Here are the ad rates:

Quarter Page: $100
Half Page: $175
Full Page: $350

Premium Page: $500 (back cover, front and back inside covers)

Please encourage your publishers to consider advertising if you have a new book coming out in 2007.

I am also asking anyone who would like a copy of the Directory mailed to them directly, to please send me a check for $7.50 to cover shipping and handling.

Thanks again for all your support!

Best regards,

Patricia D'Ascoli, Publisher
Connecticut Muse
www.connecticutmuse.com


Also, I'll have the results of the Shocklines Rocks contest for you very soon. Been a "little" busy here, but I'll have them for you later this week. Good luck!

Wickedly Yours,
Fran Friel

News from HADESGATE & Loot Prep





As promised, I'm preparing the loot for another enticing contest to support our beloved Shocklines.com, but while I'm gathering the goods, you might want to stop in and visit with the dark lovelies at Hadesgate Publications. Not only are they publishing fantastic books by a gifted cabal of authors like Garry Charles, Barry J. House, CJ Lines, Steve Dean and Steve Deighan, but they're producing a rockin' newsletter.

The Hadesgate Forums Newsletter is one of the most entertaining I've ever read. It's chocked full wit, spicy bits of entertaining news, interviews, stories and friendly contests. This month you'll find interviews with screenwriter/author, Stephen Romano; UK director Johannes Roberts; and master of UK horror, Shaun Hutson. Also included is short fiction by Stephen Romano, CJ Lines and Darrell Joyce.

If that's not enough to entice you, there's a little Friel highlight stuck in there for fun. So be sure to have a visit and a great read at the Hadesgate Forums Newsletter. The very talented Ray Wilson has put together another doosie for us, and it FREE!

Enjoy!

Wickedly Yours,
Fran Friel

PS - Stay tuned for the next contest to support Shocklines.com!

A Little White Magic Christmas

John Everson, Bram Stoker Award winning author, is a busy man. If you take a look at his MySpace page or his website, you'll see that he's not only writing his pants off, but John is an artist and a musician, as well. He's also a really nice guy.

In John's newsletter, John Everson Dark Arts, I recently found a link to one his stories, "Christmas the Hard Way." I enjoyed the story so much that I asked permission to post the link just to make sure you all have a chance to read it, too. It's a lovely holiday tale for all ages, one mixed with a little white magic and lots of good holiday cheer.

So when you have a lull in your holiday busy-ness, stop by and have a read of "Christmas the Hard Way." It'll warm your dark cockles and get you ready for the spirit of the season. And if you want even more Everson for your holidays, check-out the story collection where "Christmas the Hard Way" first appeared, VIGILANTES OF LOVE. John has an excellent special offer on the collection that would tempt even the stingiest Scrooge. Check it out HERE.

Enjoy!

Wickedly Yours,
Fran Friel