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12 - to be left there and forgotten a table. a table and a chair. a table, a chair and a candle. a table, a chair and a candle that flickers without being lit. a table, a chair and a candle that flickers without being lit and two boxes of matches too wet to catch when you strike them. a table, a chair and a candle that flickers without being lit and two boxes of matches too wet to catch when you strike them and the gentle voice that you hear. a table, a chair and a candle that flickers without being lit and ... Read Full Story

11 - to be intoxicated by sleep - is this possible? - to be intoxicated by - sleep? - probably not - lack of sleep, maybe - don't say maybe - by then, back then, it was four in the morning - you thought there would be a tomorrow? - it was already tomorrow - and so - and so - you thought there would be a day after tomorrow - yes - how thin was the ice? - at first it didn't seem thin at all - when you both fell through? - it seemed like it wasn't there - and? - and ... Read Full Story

"Hello?" I answered my desk phone. "Is this Zombos?" "No, I'm Iloz Zoc. Zombos is out and about." "This is Billy Castle from Monumental Studios." "I'm sorry, who?" "Monumental Studios. You know, "If it's done right it's Monumental." "Oh, right, I remember that tagline now," I said. "Right. Right. Look, I'm calling about this script Zombos sent us. He's gotta spice it up if he wants a chance at a straight to DVD release. You know, it needs lots more hooters or gore or hooters with gore to stand out from all the other hooters and gore titles cramming the shelves. What he's got ... Read Full Story

Many bitch that we don’t read anymore, but I don’t think that’s true. I think many are just waiting for the novel to catch up with their expectations of entertainment. There will always be a place for word on paper, but what DeadBooks.com represents is where the novel may be headed: what its true potential can be once it’s ripped free from the wood. --Hasso Wuerslin, author of The Deadbooks . It is close to 10:00 PM on a Sunday night and I am reading, watching, and listening to The Deadbooks , Hasso Wuerslin's self-termed hyper-serialization of the unpublished science-fiction and horror novels in ... Read Full Story

This news on the new Underland Press just in from Matt Staggs... WE LIKE STORIES that scare us. We like the macabre-monsters and magic and men with nothing to lose. More than anything, we like to be intrigued and entertained. UNDERLAND PRESS was started to bring the best of the world’s scary and strange stories to life and to light. CALL IT THE NEW WEIRD , or fantasy, or dark fantasy. Call it what you want. We like reading by flashlight under the covers at night. We want to make books you can’t put down. Web 2.0 is doing more than threatening the position ... Read Full Story