New Book: We Are Providence

Saw this at NecronomiCon Providence this weekend:

We Are Providence: Tales of Horror From The Ocean State 

details and order from the publisher:  https://www.weirdhousepress.com/product/we-are-providence/



Come. Take our hands. The twilight is dimming, but the moon is bright enough to see by, and it’s the perfect night to go for a walk. We’ll Stroll through a cemetery in Exter to where police officers are dispatched every Halloween and where a one-hundred-fifty-year-old vampire girl is said to still roam. We’ll wander the wharves in Jamestown, but mind your footing; the sea is home to all manner of creatures just waiting to break the surface after a thousand-year sleep. And keep an eye on the Romanesque Revival windows of the mansions along Newport’s Cliff Walk; you might catch a glimpse of a silhouette with no early reason for being there. In Providence, we’ll stalk the shadowy streets along with the ghosts of transcendentalist poets and jilted lovers, but don’t be surprised to discover that the monsters of Lovecraft’s fiction are not, in fact, the product of his imagination. The capital city has secrets and those secrets have tentacles. And teeth.

Welcome to Rhode Island, home of the weird, the hometown horror, the haunted, the hunted. Home of the Gothic and of horror with history. We promise there’s something here for everyone, whether visiting or already one with the region’s countless legends. Rode Island is the smallest state but the biggest house of horrors…

And the door is open.



Stories included in We Are Providence:

• Introduction: The Roots of Horror in Rhode Island by Faye Ringel
• The Scariest Story by Joshua Rex
• Blood in the Sand by John Lynch
• Testing a Horrible Superstition by Christa Carmen
• Who Lives in the Shunned House? by Mary Robles
• A Providence Thing by Jason Parent
• The Hidden Heart by Victoria Dalpe
• Spectacle Cove by L. E. Daniels
• Long Live the River by Mary Robles
• Alex’s Tree by Michael Squid
• Soul Parasite by Paul Magnan
• Close Behind by Barry Dejasu
• A Possession by H. Y. Hsu
• Ghosts of Waterfire by Mary Robles
• Mary’s Mama’s Heart by Faye Ringel
• Ghost Catch by K. H. Vaughan
• Rhyme of Tides by Mary Robles
• Poe’s Black Feathers by Mary Robles
• Unsuccessful Coping Mechanism for Grieving Lost Lovers by Curtis M. Lawson
• Wanted Dead or Alive 2025 by Steven E. Belanger
• The Salt Man of South Kingstown by Aron Beauregard

ABOUT THIS BOOK

What could be more natural than a collection of horror stories from the Rhode Island authors?
Edited by Christa Carmen and L. E. Daniels
Trade Paperback in stock and shipping!
Cover art by Mr. Michael Squid

Book Talk: Gothic Literature and the Supernatural in New England (8/29/2022, Norwich, CT/Zoom)

My thanks to Faye Ringel for the notice of this event:

Gothic Literature and the Supernatural in New England 

source: https://www.otislibrarynorwich.org/upcoming-events/2022/8/29/gothic-literature-and-the-supernatural-in-new-england

 

Monday, August 29, 2022 

 6:00 PM 7:00 PM 

Otis Library 

261 Main St. 

Norwich, CT 06360 (map)  

Google Calendar ICS


Otis Library presents a hybrid event offering a celebration of two new books and a chance to learn more about the supernatural in New England. This program will take place in the Community Room and Live on Zoom.

Faye Ringel, PhD., retired Professor of Humanities at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, is launching her second book on the New England Gothic. Published this year by Anthem, a scholarly press based in the UK, it was written entirely during the pandemic--a particularly appropriate time for the Gothic in literature, film, and life. Dr. Ringel will be speaking via Zoom. Copies of The Gothic Literature and History of New England: Secrets of the Restless Dead will be available for sale in the Community Room.

Horror writer Christa Carmen of Westerly will be present at the Library to speak about her research into Rhode Island’s Gothic history. She is the editor, along with Lauren Elise Daniels, of We Are Providence: Tales of Horror from the Ocean State which makes its debut at this event. Daniels, who grew up in Rhode Island, will be joining the discussion via Zoom from Brisbane, Australia. The new anthology features 20 scary stories by writers who live—or have lived—in Rhode Island. Dr. Ringel wrote the book’s introduction and one of the stories. Many of the authors will be joining the discussion, in person or via Zoom. Copies of this anthology will be available for sale and signing following the program.

This free program will be presented live and over Zoom. Registration is not required. If you would like to attend via Zoom, please sign up on the Otis Library website calendar or call Julie at 860-889-2365, ext. 128. 

 

Out Now: Neil Gaiman's A Study in Emerald HC

Now available from Dark Horse Comics:

Neil Gaiman's A Study in Emerald HC
https://www.darkhorse.com/Books/30-897/Neil-Gaimans-A-Study-in-Emerald-HC (click link for a multi-page preview)

This supernatural mystery set in the world of Sherlock Holmes and Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos features a brilliant detective and his partner as they try to solve a horrific murder.

This complex investigation takes the Baker Street investigators from the slums of Whitechapel all the way to the Queen's Palace as they attempt to find the answers to this bizarre murder of cosmic horror!

From the Hugo, Bram Stoker, Locus, World Fantasy, Nebula Award-winning, and New York Times bestselling writer Neil Gaiman comes this graphic novel adaptation with art by Eisner award-winning artist Rafael Albuquerque!


Creators
Writer:Neil Gaiman, Rafael Albuquerque, Rafael Scavone
Artist:Rafael Albuquerque, Dave Stewart
Colorist:Dave Stewart
Cover Artist:Rafael Albuquerque
Genre: Science-Fiction, Crime
 
Publication Date: June 27, 2018
Format: FC, 88 pages; HC; 6 5/8" x 10 3/16"
Price:$17.99
ISBN-10:1-50670-393-3
ISBN-13:978-1-50670-393-0

Weird Fiction Review 8

Now available from Centipede Press:

Weird Fiction Review #8
http://www.centipedepress.com/anthologies/wfreview8.html

Edited by S.T. Joshi
Artwork gallery by Erol Otus.
Lengthy interview with Patrick McGrath.
History of the small press: Shasta Press by Stefan Dziemianowicz.
Several new essays and stories.
Sewn paperback.
Nearly 400 pages.

pricing: $35, on sale for $19.

 
The Weird Fiction Review is an annual periodical devoted to the study of weird and supernatural fiction. It is edited by S.T. Joshi. This eighth issue contains fiction, poetry, and reviews from leading writers and promising newcomers. This issue features fiction by John Shirley, Flannery O’Connor, Lynne Jamneck, Michael Washburn, and others, and articles by Stefan Dziemianowicz (an illustrated history of Shasta Publishing), Michael Shuman (on horror films and garage and surf music), Adam Groves (on the golden age of speculative erotic fiction), John C. Tibbetts (on John M. Barrie), Forrest J Ackerman (on Robert Bloch), as well as verse and other essays and fiction. The feature of the issue is Chad Hensley’s terrific interview with Erol Otus, the iconic artist that did so much of the Dungeons & Dragons artwork of the late 1970s and early 1980s. The front and back cover, and inside covers, are by artist Grant Griffin. The list price on this item is $35 and it is on sale for $19.

Full contents details available by visiting Centipede Press's page for the book at http://www.centipedepress.com/anthologies/wfreview8.html.

Review of Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones

The local news magazine The Smithfield Times recently included a review of the Lovecraft-inspired game Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones. The review by columnist Ron Scopolleti can be accessed at http://smithfieldtimesri.net/2018/03/game-preview-stygian-reign-of-the-old-ones/.

The official site for the game is http://www.stygianthegame.com/.

World War Wendigo!

Marvel Comics recently offered a version of the Wendigo apocalypse in the recent "World War Wendigo" arc of Amazing X-Men (nos. 8-12) by Craig Kyle and Chris Yost. The story pits the X-Men and the classic Alpha Flight against the seemingly unstoppable spread of the curse of the Wendigo across Canada. It also links the Wendigo curse to the Great Beasts, personifications of Canada in the Marvel Universe (details at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendigo_(comics)).

Parts of the story are a bit gruesome, but it is sure to appeal to fans of Chris Claremont's Uncanny X-Men and John Bryne's Alpha Flight series of the 1980s.

The arc is collected in Amazing X-Men: World War Wendigo (978-0-7851-8822-3).More details on Marvel's Wendigo can be found on Wikipedia at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendigo_(comics).

Madame Frankenstein Collected

Image Comics recently released a collected edition of the Madame Frankenstein series, an intriguing blend of the Frankenstein and Bride of Frankenstein stories, Shaw's Pygmalion, masculine rivalry, and (for some reason) the Cotttingley fairies all set in 1932 Boston. The story, told in black and white as befitting the era, is worth a read, though the art seems a bit too cartoonish for the tone. Covers are reprinted with the story, but they have been reproduced in black and white as opposed to the original color (see them at the Grand Comics Database: http://www.comics.org/series/80562/covers/). Details from the publisher follow below.

MADAME FRANKENSTEIN TP
https://imagecomics.com/comics/releases/madame-frankenstein-tp
Story By: Jamie S. Rich
Art By: Megan Levens
Cover By: Joelle Jones
Cover By: Nick Filardi
Published: March 18, 2015
Diamond ID: DEC140674

In 1932, Vincent Krall sets out to create his perfect woman by reanimating the corpse of the love of his life. He’ll soon discover, however, that man was never meant to peer beyond the veil between life and death, and a woman is not as easily controlled as he believes. The collected MADAME FRANKENSTEIN contains all the covers by Helheim artist JOËLLE JONES and an exclusive gallery section showcasing MEGAN LEVENS’ development process. Collects MADAME FRANKENSTEIN #1-7.

 Print: $16.99

Cute Zombies 2015

It has started already. Like the other holidays, Halloween comes sooner and sooner each year, and Hallmark is one of the first to market its monstrous wares, including a kid zombie ornament for your Halloween tree (I guess). It is fairly ghastly, and I'm sure it will be a sell-out.

Happy Halloween! Zombie Ornament
Keepsake Ornament
3rd in the series
$14.95
Available July 11, 2015

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
Take a peek into the creepy graveyard scene within this gourd ornament to see what lurks at night. Treat yourself or a friend to the third ornament in the Happy Halloween series! Learn more about Keepsake Ornaments.

Christmas tree ornament.

Each ornament in this series features a spooky Halloween scene.

On ornament:
RIP
2015

Tree-shaped series symbol around number 3.

Dated 2015.

Artist crafted.

Pre-packaged for easy gift giving, preservation and storage.

2.3" W x 3" H x 1.6" D