Vampires & Zombies

Check out the cover for Kim Harrison’s Once Dead, Twice Shy, the first novel in her new Madison Avery series.  Her first young adult novel, Once Dead, Twice Shy, will be released May 26, 2009.

Interviews:

• Sharon Ashwood, author of Ravenous, by Amberkatze Reviews
• Amber, editor-in-chief of Amberkatze Reviews, by Erotic Horizon
• Catherine Karp, editor-in-chief of Suburban Vampire and author of Voices Airy, by Vampire Wire

Something Wicked has unleashed their new site design.  It’s kind of cool – you should check it out.

Check it out – a 4000 year old vampire grave was found in the Czech Republic.

“Fearing that he might return from the grave, the dead man was sent on his final journey weighed down with a huge stone on his chest and another one on his head. Only the bodies of people believed to be vampires were given such treatment.”

For Weekly Geeks v9.03, the topic was classic literature and I had made the remark about Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice being on everyone’s list and having no desire to read it.  That may change now.  Well, I still wouldn’t read Austen’s version, but maybe Seth Grahame-Smith’s Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.  Yup, you saw that right.  Someone has taken a classic and turned it into a zombie novel.  Now that catches my interest.  For more info, check out io9’s article.

The League of Reluctant Adults was given a makeover and has grown a little as well.

The votes are in for the 2008 Urban Fantasy Land Awards.  If you’re wondering how your favorite novel did, check out the results here.

CONTEST ALERT – Patricia’s Vampire Notes has 5 copies of Carrie Vaughn’s Kitty and the Dead Man’s Hand and Kitty Raises Hell to give away.  The contest runs until Feb. 17th, so there’s plenty of time to get your name in.