Today is a good day. It’s almost mid-September, we have a mere 51 days till Halloween, seasonal merchandise is flooding local shops, and I have received a free gift from Freddy in Space, courtesy of Vultra Video. It was a simple contest. Make a comment on the Freddy in Space blog and receive an entry.
Because I celebrate Halloween every day. And yet, if you visit my site at any point during the next two months, I can promise you’ll find something Halloweeny. If not Halloweeny, then at least horrory. If not horrory, then some other word with a “y” added to the end. Today, I’m here for one reason:
Hi. You should start celebrating Halloween now. Orange and black goodies are starting to flood the shelves, and if you want to suck every last bit of pumpkin juice out of the season, well, get moving! To help you on your way, I present two new offerings. First is an article I wrote for Horrornovelreviews.com,
I’m sitting at my computer desk at 12:01 on a Wednesday afternoon, typing what you now read, while I listen to the heavy drops of rain fall outside my window. It’s dark in this room–because it’s grey and overcast outside. It’s not too hot here, but the humidity makes everything–even inside–feel damp. I don’t mind
Exquisite Death An Audio Book Available now, a new audio book anthology from In Ear Entertainment. Zombies, freaks, vampires and… dogs? This anthology has everything a horror fan could ever want from a collection. Meet Bob, a plumber with some unusual methods of clog-unblocking; Ray, a teenage vampire who may depend on his friends a
I’ve noticed writers often like to dip back into their past to see if they have always been drawn to writing, or perhaps a certain genre, from a young age. I know this for two reasons. First, I often see posts on Facebook about it, usually accompanied by a picture of yellowed notebook paper covered
Just a quick one for you folks today. I’m running a giveaway on Goodreads this month for a free copy of Soundtrack to the End of the World. It’s free to enter. Have fun! Goodreads Book Giveaway Soundtrack to the End of the World by Anthony J. Rapino Giveaway ends September 04, 2013. See
I sometimes feel I need to embrace that this page on my website–the one I alternately think of as a news source, mental ward journal, and horror aphrodisiac–is really just a blog. I know how that sounds, believe me. I have the intense urge to wash my mouth out with soap. But it’s true. This
Greetings, friends. I hope everyone out there in reader-land is finding ways to stay cool during this God-awful heat wave. For the past two decades, I have spent every single summer stewing in my own juices with no air conditioner to set me free from the heat. I’d do all I could to stay cool:
I was sitting here in my office, getting ready to work on my second novel, when it occurred to me: I haven’t posted a blog in weeks. This is not an epiphany. It’s something I consider nearly every day along with inquiries about strange growths on my head and research about elevated caffeine levels in
