ChiZine Newsletter (June 2010 edition)

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Table of Contents

1. 44th issue of ChiZine is still live!

2. New Members

3. Member News

4. Film Reviews

5. New Leisure Books horror titles

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The 44th issue of ChiZine is still live!

With fiction by:

"Plastic Sargasso" by Carrie Laben

"It Will All Be Carried Away" by Heath Lowrance

"Year of the Rabbit" by An Owomoyela



With poetry by:

"Chronos + Kairos" by Claire Barbetti

"Gretel" by Andrea Blythe

"The moth speaks to the candle" by Penelope Cottier

"Phersipnai" by Sonya Taaffe



Go here to access the new fiction and poetry: http://chizine.com/fiction.htm

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NEW MEMBERS:

No new members this month.

The Chiaroscuro is 2,085 members strong in 47 countries.

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MEMBER NEWS



THE NAMELESS
by Ray Wallace
Black Death Books
http://khpindustries.com/wordpress2/?page_id=63

Nameless. They move through the city streets under cover of darkness, claiming human prey. Powerful. Flesh-hungry. Immortal. One short of the thirteen that would make their Coven strong. But the Master Nicolae has seen in a vision the face of a mortal woman, young, beautiful, who will claim the vacant position within the Coven. But first she must become Nameless. Ariella is no stranger to pain. Having lost everyone close to her, she has finally ended her relationship with on-again, off-again boyfriend, Jake. She loves him too much, and there is no way she can face heartbreak again. But Jake cannot let Ariella go. They were meant to be together, of this he is certain. And he will do anything to keep her. Anything. Even follow her into the dark and hidden world of the Nameless. Nameless. It's what they are, what they've always been. And they will stop at nothing to keep it that way.

Nancy Kilpatrick's newest anthology Evolve has a website: http://www.vampires-evolve.com/



Scott Nicholson has released his first novel "The Red Church" and the novelette "Burial To Follow" for Kindle e-book, available through Amazon.com. Ghostwriter Publications in the United Kingdom is publishing the first two issues of Nicholson's "Dirt" comic series, as well as assorted fiction chapbooks. www.thepennydreadfulcompany.com



Matt Moore sold his psychological horror story "While Gabriel Slept" to the anthology Night Terrors from Blood Bound Books, and the 100-word drabble "Wall of Gloves" to The Drabblecast.

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THE 15TH CHIZINE SHORT STORY CONTEST

JUDGES:

Brent Hayward
Gemma Files
David Nickle
Paul Tremblay
Mike Carey (tie-breaking judge)


PRIZES:

1st, 2nd, and 3rd prizes: Publication in ChiZine: Treatments of Light and Shade in Words at seven (7) cents per word (USD).

There will also be five honourable mentions.


GUIDELINES:

• Dark.
• Well-written.
• 4,000 words or less.
• Rich Text Format or Microsoft Word attachment.
• No reprints.
• No simultaneous submissions.
• No multiple submissions.
• Send to ONLY this address: savory@rogers.com

(Submissions sent to any other address will be deleted unread.)

All submissions will be stripped of author identification and sent to the judges via a third party.

Deadline for the contest is June 30th, 2010. Winners and honourable mentions will be announced by July 31st, 2010. The top three placers will be published in ChiZine issue #46 (October–December, 2010).

(Note: ChiZine editorial staff members are ineligible for this contest.)

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FILM REVIEWS

Phil Brugalette reviews SURVIVAL OF THE DEAD and IMPRINT.

http://www.chizine.com/potshots.htm

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And now a word from our sponsor . . .

Available this month from Leisure Books:


JOYRIDE

by Jack Ketchum

Carol and her lover, Lee, knew there was only one way to get rid of Carol’s abusive husband for good. They planned every detail. And they thought they had committed the perfect crime. But a stranger named Wayne saw what they did, and he was thrilled. Now Wayne wants to be their friend. He wants to share the excitement of murder with them. He wants to take Carol and Lee on a road trip straight to hell so his new friends can enjoy an all-out killing spree that can only end one way….

NIGHT SOULS

by LH Maynard & MPN Sims

Department 18: Government agents specializing in the paranormal and associated psychic phenomena, including hauntings, poltergeist activity, demonic possession and other unexplained occurrences. All files highly classified.

They have existed since before man walked the earth. They are the Breathers, a species of vampirelike creatures that feed on human souls. They have evolved over the centuries and now are split into two warring factions. Both are a threat to mankind. As the battle lines are drawn, Robert Carter and Department 18 are caught in the middle. They are all that stand between the two sides and their unsuspecting prey. Us.

Leisure Books

http://dorchesterpub.com/Dorch/Genre.cfm?L1=1&L2=0

Until next month, stay dark,



Brett Alexander Savory

Editor-in-Chief

ChiZine: Treatments of Light and Shade in Words

http://chizine.com



**Next ChiZine Newsletter will be July 1st, 2010