ST: Online Division: 24 October 2009 Update

ST ONLINE: 24 OCTOBER 2009:

N O W A V A I L A B L E :

Hi. How are things? How was your summer? Fantastic. Me? Oh, I've been okay; thanks for asking. Since the last ST update, I've gotten married, conceived a child, published three books, killed two computers, and tried to prevent my garage from becoming infested with porcupines. But enough of my lame excuses for not updating sooner; no one will believe them anyway.

In the spirit of the season, the October update of Silverthought Online is heavy on horror: horrific things, horrific actions, horrific people, and it even has some whores (I'm looking at you, Chas Dash). To give readers a taste of what our print division has to offer, we have excerpts from our latest releases along with interviews with Michael Gold and David LaBounty. The third chapter of Michael's serial also makes an appearance. We have short fiction from previous contributors Gregory Adams, David S. Grant, and Sasha Janel McBrayer and newcomers-to-ST Robert Laughlin, Dawn Marshallsay, Shona Snowden, and Mercedes M. Yardley. There are big, big burgers and flat, flat worlds, big red blobs and fluffy white puppies, an eye without a head and a head without a body, a werewolf's eschatological crisis and a shitload of vodka.

Stay tuned for details on Silverthought's twentieth print release and our 2010 publication queue. Holiday deals are on the way in our bookstore, as is the third annual Win Every Silverthought Book Ever contest. So take a look. Buy a book.

Enjoy.

—PEH

I N T E R V I E W S :

an interview with Michael Gold
by Mark R. Brand
Silverthought associate editor Mark R. Brand interviews Michael Gold, author of Horror House Detective.
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an interview with David LaBounty
by Becci Noblit Goodall
Silverthought associate editor Becci Noblit Goodall interviews David LaBounty, author of Affluenza.
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E X C E R P T S :

an excerpt from Horror House Detective
by Michael Gold
An excerpt from Horror House Detective, now available from Silverthought Press.
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an excerpt from Affluenza
by David LaBounty
An excerpt from Affluenza, now available from Offense Mechanisms.
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an excerpt from "Deadlines" from Thank You, Death Robot
by Anders Laughton and Paul Hughes
An excerpt from "Deadlines," a novella included in Thank You, Death Robot, now available from Silverthought Press.
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S E R I A L F I C T I O N :

Mr. Head Finds Love
by Michael Gold
The man without a body faces the greatest challenge of his life—meeting a new woman.
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S H O R T F I C T I O N :

Big, Big Burger
by Gregory Adams
Food purveyors often seek to create a desire in the customer for more food than they can consume. Customers often look to food to fill some need in their lives. This combination will lead to spectacularly unsavory results for one manager and one customer.
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Happy Hour
by David S. Grant
The only constants are surprise and the flow of vodka in this tale of an evening in Manhattan.
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Nuclear Family
by Robert Laughlin
Paula Nemec thought she could get away from her annoying relatives. After a strange meteorite came down, she was stuck with them for a very long time.
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Rent-An-Eye
by Dawn Marshallsay
A rentable eye battles with his host’s subconscious as life falls apart around him.
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Soulless
by Sasha Janel McBrayer
An A.I. and a werewolf converse in a doctor's office waiting room where they await their soul implants.
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Puppy Love
by Shona Snowden
Frustrated by her role of 'saintly carer' for her disabled husband, Maisy tries to win herself more freedom by buying a dog to keep him company.
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Flat, Flat World
by Mercedes M. Yardley
She wanted to take a step backwards off of the flat, flat world.
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