Horror Story and Other Horror Stories by Robert Boyczuk Released in Trade Paperback by ChiZine and New Release: Graphic Classics: Oscar Wilde

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Horror Story and Other Horror Stories by Robert Boyczuk Released in Trade Paperback and as a Free PDF by ChiZine Publications

TORONTO, Ontario (January 23, 2009) – ChiZine Publications has released its second title, the short story collection Horror Story and Other Horror Stories by Toronto writer Robert Boyczuk, in trade paperback. They are also making the book available as a free PDF download and an MP3 of the story “Falling,” both under Creative Commons Licenses.

Containing 19 stories, five of which have not been previously published, Horror Story and Other Horror Stories revolves around themes dealing with love, loss, relationships gone bad, and jealously. Far from tales of failed romances, however, the title of the book sums up what these tales are: horror stories.

In his Quill & Quire review, Alex Good praised Horror Story and Other Horror Stories, saying that Robert “has a real knack for creepy, Twilight Zone-style atmospherics. . . . (His) stories all have a twist—a turn of the screw—that breathes new life into some of the old forms and results in fiction as clever as it is entertaining.”

Horror Story and Other Horror Stories is currently available online from Amazon.com, Amazon.ca, BarnesAndNoble.com, Horror Mall, and Powell’s Books. Full information can be found on the ChiZine Publications’ website at http://www.chizine.com/chizinepub/books/horror-story.php. Clicking the cover image links to a 300dpi version, which reviewers can use.

Called “a supremely talented short-story writer” by Cory Doctorow, Robert lives in Toronto, Ontario. His work has appeared in On Spec, TransVersions, Prairie Fire, Northern Frights, Dark Planet, Descant, ChiZine, and the Tesseracts and Queer Fear anthology series. He is a multiple Honorable Mention recipient for Year's Best Fantasy and Horror, and his short story “Assassination and the New World Order,” which is included in Horror Story and Other Horror Stories, won First Prize in the Prairie Fire Speculative Fiction Writing Contest.

The complete manuscript is also available for download from the ChiZine Publications site as a PDF under an Attribution, Noncommercial, Share Alike 3.0 Creative Commons License. For more information about CC licences, please go to http://creativecommons.org.

The MP3 of the short story “Falling” has been released under a Creative Commons Attribution, Non-Commercial, No Derivatives license. “Falling” is read by Ottawa science fiction and horror writer Matthew Moore.

Contact
Brett Alexander Savory, Publisher
ChiZine Publications
http://chizinepub.com
savory@rogers.com

About ChiZine Publications
ChiZine Publications (CZP) is an independent, invite-only publisher of weird, subtle, surreal and disturbing dark fiction. It is the book-length, print version outgrowth of ChiZine (http://www.chizine.com), an online professional market in operation since 1997 focused on the same type of story material. Bram Stoker Award winners Brett Alexander Savory and Sandra Kasturi are CZP’s Publisher and Senior Editor, respectively. Erik Mohr serves as cover artist with publicity by Matthew Moore.


GRAPHIC CLASSICS: OSCAR WILDE
TALES OF VANITY & VENGEANCE!

Eureka Productions is pleased to announce the publication of GRAPHIC CLASSICS: OSCAR WILDE, the sixteenth volume in the GRAPHIC CLASSICS series of comics adaptations of great literature.

GRAPHIC CLASSICS: OSCAR WILDE features "The Picture of Dorian Gray", Wilde's tale of narcissism and horror, adapted for comics by Alex Burrows and illustrated by Lisa K. Weber. Plus the comic satire "The Canterville Ghost" by Antonella Caputo and Nick Miller, "Lord Arthur Savile's Crime" by Rich Rainey and Rich Tommaso, and an adaptation of Wilde's exotic Biblical play "Salome", illustrated by Molly Kiely.

GRAPHIC CLASSICS are available in bookstores, comics shops, or direct from the publisher at http: ⁄ ⁄ www.graphicclassics.com.

“These are handsomely-crafted books presenting terrific stories.’”
— Tony Isabella, Comics Buyer's Guide

“A splendidly inventive series.”
— Malcolm Jones, Newsweek

“In short, every volume is highly recommended.’”
— Paul Buhle, Rain Taxi

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GRAPHIC CLASSICS: OSCAR WILDE
Edited by Tom Pomplun
Published January 2009, Eureka Productions
Distributed by Diamond Book Distributors
(ISBN 978-0-9787919-6-4)
144 pgs, 7 x 10", paperback, b&w, 4c cover, $11.95

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The Graphic Classics series:
GRAPHIC CLASSICS: EDGAR ALLAN POE (978-0-9746648-7-3)
GRAPHIC CLASSICS: ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE (978-0-9746648-5-9)
GRAPHIC CLASSICS: H.G. WELLS (978-0-9746648-3-5)
GRAPHIC CLASSICS: H.P. LOVECRAFT (978-0-9746648-9-7)
GRAPHIC CLASSICS: JACK LONDON (978-0-9746648-8-0)
GRAPHIC CLASSICS: AMBROSE BIERCE (978-0-9787919-5-7)
GRAPHIC CLASSICS: BRAM STOKER (978-0-9787919-1-9)
GRAPHIC CLASSICS: MARK TWAIN (978-0-9787919-2-6)
GRAPHIC CLASSICS: ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON (978-0-9746648-0-4)
HORROR CLASSICS: Graphic Classics Volume Ten (978-0-9746648-1-1)
GRAPHIC CLASSICS: O. HENRY (978-0-9746648-2-8)
ADVENTURE CLASSICS: Graphic Classics Volume Twelve (978-0-9746648-4-2)
GRAPHIC CLASSICS: RAFAEL SABATINI (978-0-9746648-6-6)
GOTHIC CLASSICS: Graphic Classics Volume Fourteen (978-0-9787919-0-2)
FANTASY CLASSICS: Graphic Classics Volume Fifteen (978-0-9787919-3-3)
GRAPHIC CLASSICS: OSCAR WILDE (978-0-9787919-6-4)

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Studio 407 Strikes Comic Book Deal with Horror Film Scribe Neal Marshall Stevens

Studio 407 Strikes Comic Book Deal with Horror Film Scribe Neal Marshall Stevens

January 19, 2008 - Studio 407 proudly announces a comic book deal with THIRTEEN GHOSTS writer Neal Marshall Stevens. Studio 407 teams up with Stevens on two series, the futuristic action thriller "Havoc Brigade", which will be in stores on March 25, 2009 and the horror adventure "Demon Squad" which will be out later this year.

The comic book deal is an expansion of the relationship Stevens and Studio 407 developed while working together on the just completed motion picture HUNTER (aka HYBRID) that was co-produced by Studio 407 and Stallion Pictures (T3 and PUNISHER:WAR ZONE). The film penned by Stevens, was directed by French horror director Eric Vallete (MALEFIQUE, ONE MISSED CALL) and is on track for a 2009 release date. Studio 407 is also producing a feature based on their comic book Hybrid with Myriad Pictures, and recently partnered with them again to develop a film based on their NIGHT PROJECTIONIST graphic novel.

Stevens says “I’ve been working as a professional screenwriter for a long time. Only around one in ten of the projects that go into development end up on the screen. That means, for most writers, including me, most of the projects that I’ve worked on down through the years – and that includes some very good work -- have never seen the light of day and most likely never will.” Continues Stevens “One of the reasons that I was excited at the prospect of moving into graphic novels was because I knew going in that the scripts that I wrote would actually be produced, and that the work would get in front of an audience.”

Neal Marshall Stevens graduated Film School at New York University where he received his MFA. In 1998 he optioned his spec script, THE SLOW MAN, from Ocean Pictures and Twentieth Century Fox. The following year Neal optioned horror script, DEADER, to Dimension Pictures which was ultimately produced as HELLRAISER:DEADER, a sequel to HELLRAISER. In the years that followed, Neal divided his time writing for almost every Hollywood major studio, including the remake of THIRTEEN GHOSTS for Joel Silver’s Dark Castle Entertainment at Warner Brothers. He is currently writing the latest Amityville sequel, the AMYTIVILLE TAPES for MGM.

Says Studio 407 managing director Alex Leung: “We had a great experience working with Neal on the HUNTER film. Since comics is a big part of what we do and knowing Neal was bursting at the seams with some more great stories, it only made sense to do a comic book deal with him as well. I think a lot of great writers in the studio system see the creative freedom that the comic industry provides, and they’re taking advantage of that opportunity.”

“Havoc Brigade” is described as: In the near future, armed with Havoc-class battlesuits made of an indestructible material, the Havoc Brigade brings peace to a war-ravaged Europe, ending a decades-long conflict. But the Brigade’s team leader, Major Jackson, goes rogue when he learns that the government is shutting down the program. Stealing the Army’s ultimate weapon, he succeeds in killing all his men and destroying all the other battlesuits except one. Now it’s up to the only surviving member of the Havoc Brigade to bring the renegade Major to justice, but does Sergeant Barnes have what

takes to go toe-to-toe with his former commander and mentor, and stop him before it’s too late?

Preview Havoc Brigade at: http://studio-407.com/havoc/preview.html

“Havoc Brigade” is illustrated by Jon Bosco who has worked on a number of books including DC’s “Nightwing,” and “Heroes for Hire,” Acclaim’s “Turok,” and the Image comic “Noble Causes.” The second book in the deal will be “Demon Squad,” which tells the story of a team of scientists, mystics, and mercenaries who band together to hunt down demons that prey on teenagers. Described as an action/horror film in the vein of SCREAM and THE EXORCIST, it continues the Studio 407 mandate of producing high-end, horror comics.

Preview Demon Squad at: http://studio-407.com/demon/preview.html

Adds Leung: “I’ve read a lot of the great scripts Neal has written, and seen them stranded in the 9th circle of development hell, so I’m very excited to be part of his “coming out” party in the comics industry. He is incredibly deft with genre (having written almost every kind for the studios), and he has a no holds barred approach to writing that I think will make him a force to be reckoned with in this medium.”

For more information on Studio 407, visit them online at (http://www.Studio-407.com).


About Studio 407

Studio 407 brings together the imagination and creative talents of writers and artists from North America and Asia to generate a flow of distinct and kinetic East-meets-West entertainment. A writer driven studio that blends innovation with tradition, Studio 407 is dedicated to publishing the highest quality in comics and manga across a wide variety of genres. From capes to kung fu, giant robots to vampires, and secret agents to mad scientists; at Studio 407, we sweat the details. www.Studio-407.com.

High-resolution images and interview opportunities are available upon request.

For more information, please contact:
Studio 407
Jason@Studio-407.com
www.Studio-407.com

Andre Duza's Hollow-Eyed Mary coming in January from Devil's Due Publishing

Coming in January from Devil’s Due Publishing…
Based on the bestselling novel, Dead Bitch Army by Andre Duza! The future never looked as beaten up and hung over as this violent world filled with racist teenagers, masked assassins, cannibals, and a telekinetic hitman. A crazed killer is on the loose in what police have dubbed 'The Bloody Mary Murders' - their only suspect, an innocent single mother who claims to know the truth behind an undead master and her horde of runaways. Written by: Andre Duza Art by: Rudolf Montemayor Cover by: Fred Moore Preorder your copy now from the following sites:

Amazon

Barnes & Noble

Borders

Mile High Comics

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