We haven't covered magazines in a while, and I can't allow Fear Zone to pass without revisiting the two best magazines keeping horror fiction alive in that medium, CEMETERY DANCE and BLACK STATIC.

CEMETERY DANCE has undergone a startling transformation in the last year, at least in regards to its publication schedule. I believe I bought a four year subscription to this periodical, which had either a quarterly or bi-monthly schedule, eight years ago - and it's still going strong because only one or two issues have appeared per year for the last few years. But that all seems to be over now, and under the guidance of Cemetery Dance Publications founder Richard Chizmar and Managing Editor ... (more…)

The scary season doesn't have to end with Halloween! Kitchy and fun vintage horror moments are being celebrated by Mill Creek Entertainment with the release of "Scream Scenes", a scary and spooky application for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Mill Creek, a recognized leader in value entertainment, has developed "Scream Scenes," featuring audio and video clips from 16 of the most frighteningly fantastic classic horror films which can be found in Mill Creek Entertainment's Horror Classics 50 Movie DVD collection. Featuring screams and scenes from such beloved horror films including Night of the Living Dead, House on Haunted Hill, Little Shop of Horrors and 13 more! The application is ... (more…)

Jovanka Vuckovic has announced that she's leaving her post as Editor-in-Chief of RUE MORGUE magazine to concentrate on personal creative projects and to start a family. Jovanka has worked at RM for seven years and has served in this position for three. She'll be succeeded by Dave Alexander, who has been contributing to the mag for four years.

Some of my favorite features in this great magazine were published during Jovanka's run, though she always stressed that the decisions made regarding content were made in a collaborative manner with er colleagues. Still, while publisher Rodrigo Gudino has been concentrating on film projects, Jovanka has served as the public face of RM, especially at ... (more…)

For the third year in a row, Fear Zone is pleased to participate in Halloween Horrors, a cross-promotionla event in which different horror websites unite to celebrate the latest and finest horror reads. Halloween Horrors is the brainchild of Dylan over at Halloween Horrors. With that in mind, I encourage you to visit each of the following sites to read the horror fiction reviews they've posted:

Hellnotes

Dark Scribe Magazine

Monster Librarian

Horror World

Black Glove

The Horror Fiction Review



Our own entry in this "happening" appears below, courtesy of Norman Rubenstein. (more…)

As if to support my theory that most vampire fiction and films are really just softcore porn with fangs instead of XXX organs, created by people who don't have the balls "to go all the way" with their fantasies, the October issue of PLAYBOY sports a vampire themed cover.

Not that there's anything wrong with that... (more…)

World's First English Language Thriller Series Written Exclusively for Mobile Phone Market to Launch at Frankfurt Book Fair

Vienna: Blackbetty MobileMedia GmbH, a small screen publisher (SSP) specializing in mobile marketing and distribution, and Vodafone Group Plc, the world's leading telecommunications company, have partnered with internationally bestselling authors Joe Nassise and Jon F. Merz to produce the first English language thriller series written exclusively for the mobile phone market.

HELLstalkers will focus on an international cast of characters and a global setting, with the story featuring quantum portals, a mysterious organization known as the Cerberus Group, and an accident ... (more…)

Fear Zone is looking for new writers with a passion for the horror genre. We are a nonpaying site, but FZ reaches 1,500 people a day in the U.S. alone on weekdays, more on the weekend. We're looking for talented writers to review books, movies, comic books and music.

If interested, contact: glamberson@verizon.net

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Occasionally FearZone delves into the worlds of fantasy, science fiction and superheroes. A little diversity is good for the soul, right? Our friends at Movieline are always diverse.

Whether you're looking for the latest Michael Jackson pop piece or a biting preview of the end-of-the-world Roland Emmerich flick 2012, Movieline offers a wide variety of features:

If the trailer to 2012 left you feeling just a bit inured to the images of spectacular destruction foisted upon us by Roland Emmerich, the Cecil B. DeMille of truly awful CGI-driven disaster cinema, perhaps all you needed was a shift of tone. And now you get one, courtesy of i09.com contributor Garrison Dean, who envisions the John ... (more…)

THE RING TWO's "Evil Samara," Kelly Stables, has joined the SOUL FIRE RISING cast. The frightening girl-in-well veteran switches celestial allegiances and reigns down as the "Winger Eve" in this horror web series.

In between her recurring role on TWO AND A HALF MEN and shooting SANTA BABY 2 opposite Jenny McCarthy, Kelly Stables found time to co-executive produce and co-star in an original scripted, makeup & visual fx-laden web series that explores Angels & Demons as they battle for human souls.

"I've always found it frighteningly curious, the idea that there is some 'thing' surrounding us, beyond what can be seen by the eye or felt with a touch," Stables says. "With SOUL FIRE RISING, this ... (more…)

You're traveling through the Appalachian Mountains and suddenly your son goes missing. You're fishing on a wide southern lake, only to be taken underwater by a fish so powerful it must be a god. Your rifle is trained on an outhouse Easter morning as you wait for the hordes of hell to slither and explode forth, your prayers and aim the salvation for humanity. Your toes dangle in the water, languidly, as you bask in the sweet smells of summer, unaware that something is under the water, staring at you, hidden by the reflection of the trees and a perfect blue sky.

Experience all these and more in Bram Stoker award-winning author, Weston Ochse's first podcast short story collection. Titled ... (more…)