Welcome to a special Christmas edition of Writersphere… And of course, because I have that sick, sick sense of humor, it’s behind a cut. I’ve included a very graphic and horror-fying holiday video, definitely not safe for work nor young ears.

And no, it’s not grandma getting run over by a reindeer…

From the Lee/Martindale-Wetherup family to yours – happy holidays!

Belfire & Needfire News

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Ante Mortem – pre-death. That space between drawing the first breath, and the last… otherwise known as life.

Eleven stories for the eleventh hour. Snuggle in tight, have a glass of wine, light a candle. These stories have been given new life, and a new home; they’ve almost travelled this road before. Something always held them back, but now together, they’ve broken free.

Available for pre-order now: Ante Mortem Pre-order

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Win a free copy of the Old School anthology! Tweet the following at least once: I want to go back to school with @belfirepress! #oldschoolanthology #supportthelittleguy

Old School: fourteen short tales offered by David Dunwoody, Jackie Gamber, R. Scott McCoy, Natalie L. Sin, Horace James, Gregory L. Hall, and Louise Bohmer, all tied together by selected poems from Zombie Zak – Old School reminds one of terrors best not forgotten.

Available for pre-order now: Old School Pre-order

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Belfire Press and Needfire Poetry are proud to present our Beside the Belfire Book Club!

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The Kindle Me! Promotion has had a good strong start, but the odds of winning are still wondrously high! Want to win a Kindle reader? Surf on over to Belfire and read up on the requirements.

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The New Bedlam Project and Brock Cooper have a short story in the rec-running for Stoker nomination. We’d love to have you hop over to the ‘zine and read the story… and if you’re an HWA member, please do consider recommending The Devil is in the Details for the shortlist!

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We’re on Facebook: Belfire Press Fan Page

and Twitter: Belfire – Needfire – New Bedlam

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The Support The Little Guy Campaign

Have you read the 1st Issue of #SupportTheLittleGuy E-zine? What are you waiting for?

#SupportTheLittleGuy E-zine is holding a comment contest to win free books, check out the site for more info on how to enter.

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Red Penny Papers twittered: Still over a week left in the Celebrate Serial Fiction contest–all it takes is a comment! Click Here

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Camille Alexa twittered: Author Interview (with me!) & Book Giveaway (with PUSH OF THE SKY!) @RedPennyPapers! Click Here

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Draven Ames twittered: @BrandonLayng Who can have a Christmas without reading #Supportthelittleguy ? Merry Christmas Brandon. Thanks for all of the work (Jodi says DITTO!!!)

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Brandon Layng twittered: I’m only 166 followers from my end of year goal. Remember, DM me for a free thank you for following PDF. (Jodi says FOLLOW!!!)

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Bowie Ibarra’s Facebook Group: Zombies, Fights, and Blood – Author Bowie Ibarra’s Facebook Group… Dedicated to promoting the past, present, and future written works of Bowie Ibarra.

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The Widow’s Walk by Christine Morgan: For a young married couple, Erin and Gil, the small coastal town of Blackwater Cove is many things. The seaside; their first home; the beginning of a wonderful new life together; Gil’s chance to work alongside his brother Colby on a fishing boat, a job he loves.

But Blackwater Cove isn’t the idylic paradise Erin and Gil imagine. Their cozy home is haunted by a tragedy of love betrayed and lost. It is the story of a husband betrayed and a life stolen by the cruel power of the sea. It is a tragedy that spills over into the lives of Erin and Gil. All because Erin has disturbed the power that lies dormant in…

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The New Bedlam Project – Advertising sale – v.2-i.4 (January 2011 issue): 2 each – sidebar $5, banner $10, footer $2.50 for 3 month run.

Contact us for reservation/information.

 

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Open Fiction Markets

1) Aurora Wolf

Science Fiction: Space, Alternate Reality, Nature, Post Apocalyptic.
Fantasy: Sword and Sorcery, Heroic, High Fantasy, Fairy Tales.
Also: Exploration

No Horror, extreme gore or violence. Romance is okay, but no erotica, excessive foul language, or stories of abuse. Any such stories will be deleted without reply. This is a family publication. We do not want stories that are stronger than a PG rating.

2) Bust Down the Door and Eat All the Chickens

We are seeking stories of an absurdist and surrealist nature for our next print issue. The stories should not fit comfortably within any genre. We have peculiar tastes and recommend you read an issue before sending in your work (issue 7 is available as a free PDF here).

3) The New Bedlam Project (okay, so not quite open yet…)

Get ready – TNBP is opening to submissions on April 1st, 2011. We’ll be reading for our second print issue at that time.

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Books, Books and More Books!

 

 

Satisfy your hunger for the living dead in the third installment of the popular Undead series, THE UNDEAD: FLESH FEAST. A new recruit must face the grotesque realities behind the zombie war. An ancient, tentacled horror commands the walking dead. A green mold creeps across an uncharted island, driving its mysterious inhabitants insane. A lone survivor of the zombie apocalypse wants only one thing… to be bitten. The Grim Reaper struggles to claim the souls of the deceased that won’t stay dead. And in the featured novella, “The Legend of Black Betty,” a small town in the Old West rots with a plague wreaked by an evil prostitute.

 

 

 

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Descending upon the ghost town of Jefferson Harbor, Louisiana, the Grim Reaper embarks on a bloody campaign to put down the legions that have defied his touch for so long. He will find allies in the city’s last survivors, and a nemesis in a man who wants to harness the force driving the zombies—a man who seeks to rebuild America into an empire of the dead.

Hailed as “A macabre masterpiece of post-apocalyptic zombie goodness” on the Library of the Living Dead podcast, Empire brings stunning new twists to a shattering and unforgettable scenario of the not-too-distant future.

 

 

 

 

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Don Hewitt isn’t sleeping well. It might be the stess of the move, the city, or perhaps the fact that he hasn’t dreamt in weeks. One night Don is confronted by a specter personifying the world that abandoned him. There is no defense as it reclaims him from reality and returns him to the hidden spheres that lay within and beyond. Each world holds a new dream, a new terror, and the echoes consume all.

 

 

 

 

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Magazines

Are you ready to hold New Bedlam in your hand? Think you can have a piece of it in your home without inviting some of the evil in, too? If you can, if you want to try – even if you’re really too scared to give it a go – get on the subscription list for The New Bedlam Project, in print!

NEWS! Vol.3 Iss.1 in print will be $8.99 including shipping!

Let us know to add you to the list: admin ‘at’ newbedlam.com. No further information is required at this time. We will notify potential subscribers with more information as it becomes available.

And yes, subscribing to The New Bedlam Project does count as an entry to win the Kindle!

Necrotic Tissue #12 is here! Get your copy while it’s still hot…then again, from the looks of the cover, it’ll be hot for a LONG time…

Shock Totem Both issues are currently still available, so get over there and support a wonderful, relatively new magazine. Check out those ToCs!

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And that wraps it up for this week. I’ll see you back here in about two weeks… and if you want to promote something, let me know jodi ‘at’ jodilee.ca!