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Get Warmed, Get Bound Today

July 22, 2011

The day of attrition is upon us. Also, coincidentally, the day that Warmed and Bound is released is also upon us. For those of you not yet in the know, prepare to be baptized. Warmed and Bound is an anthology of short stories stitched together by the people at The Velvet and edited by the beautiful and talented Pela Via. I've stated already the huge amount of talent crammed inside this amazing noir collection, so I won't do that again. For those with an tendency toward great noir fiction, this collection simply will not disappoint. In fact, the amazing Steve Erickson has offered his own view words to this effect: "The writers of The Velvet are contemporary fiction's most effective and least self-conscious aesthetic guerrillas...the result is fiction at once conceived from high artistic intent and executed with depraved populist energy." Head over to the Warmed and Bound site for all the purchase information. Currently…

Quoted for Tattooed Truth

July 6, 2011

This entire post is pulled from the Warmed & Bound book site, written by editor Pela Via. If she didn't already have the words, I swear this could have come from my fingers verbatim (though with less Caleb Ross praise; I try to subdue the ego as much as I can): It was this time last year I sent out the first anthology emails. If I remember right, first to JR Harlan, begging for his story “Love,” and to Craig Clevenger, with more unsubtle begging. Then others, Richard Thomas, Gordon Highland and Caleb Ross, asking for publishing advice and whether they liked various titles—one a play on the well-loved existing phrase: The Velvet warms and binds. I don’t know what happened between then and now. But this photo, and rumors of other people to be similarly inked, tell one part of it better than I could. The idea of a…

$0.99 for Stranger Will and others, through July 7th only!

July 3, 2011

You don't want to hang out with family this July 4th weekend anyway, right? For a limited time, through July 7th to be exact, Otherworld Publications is offering all five titles from their "Brat Pack" authors at $0.99 each. That's one penny for every moment of regret you'll have reading this rubbish. Stranger Will by Caleb J. Ross $0.99 Kindle Nook Smashwords Stay God by Nik Korpon $0.99 Kindle Smashwords Out of Touch by Brandon Tietz $0.99 Kindle Smashwords Transubstantiate by Richard Thomas $0.99 Kindle Nook Smashwords We are Oblivion by Michael Sonbert $0.99 Kindle Nook Smashwords TOTAL $4.95

Warmed & Bound, a collection of Velvet Noir. You will be different after this.

June 27, 2011

You will be hearing about this a lot in the coming weeks. I sense a paradigm shift. Enter: Velvet Noir. Website: warmedandbound.com Twitter: @WarmedAndBound Facebook: Warmed and Bound Facebook (The Velvet): The Velvet

Stranger Will tour stop #20: ChuckPalahniuk.net BOOK CLUB!!!!

May 1, 2011

This stop is a big one for me. Oft visitors will know that I am a big Chuck Palahniuk fan (I even defend Tell-All and Snuff). And in being so, it goes without saying that I frequent the official Chuck Palahniuk fan site, The Cult, quite often (I'm thirstygerbil over there). So, when Stranger Will was chosen as the May 2011 official book club pick, I danced a bit. If you've read Stranger Will, please head over to the forums and offer a few comments. Respond to other comments as well. Engage. Be a member of the literary community. Say what you like. Say what you hate. I can take it. And to further encourage your participation, know that I WILL NOT be posting in the book club forum until toward the end of the month, so feel free to be absolutely honest with your discussion. The only caveat being…

The Velvet presents Warmed and Bound, a collection of stories that will pre-crap your pants for you

April 15, 2011

I would normally hold off on announcing a publication until the publication in question has been, well, published. But Warmed and Bound is different. Warmed and Bound is a story collection many, many years in the making. Honestly, since the start of The Velvet forums, the idea of a collected story collection has been tossed around. And finally, with talent figuratively forcing apart the forum seams, it's about time the group warmth is bound for all to read. What makes this collection especially amazing is not only the number of stories included, but the degree of talent to be contained within. This table of contents features some of the greatest writers going right now, honestly. I truly consider my small contribution to this thing a very, very high point of my short career. Seriously, look at this Table of Contents. This is for real, people. I'm excited to be bound…

Otherworld Publications makes a couple smart moves

February 25, 2010

I probably don’t do enough promoting other writers here. I don’t know why. Perhaps I fear that any writers I mention will feel obligated to reciprocate kind words, while not necessarily having justification for such. So, for all the writers I mention here, you are free to slander my name without fear of any hostilities on my part. Richard Thomas, throbbing heart heart throb and master of duct tape Though too early really to benefit my good man Richard Thomas as far as direct sales go, it’s never too early to push a friend’s work. In June, Richard’s novel, Transubstantiate, will be the debut novel from Otherworld Publications. They’ve got a good seed with this one; I’ve had the pleasure of reading an early version of the novel. From the official press release: About Transubstantiate: “They say Jimmy made it out. But the postcards we get, well, they don’t seem...real."…