My print debut (excluding the original edition of One Among the Sleepless back in 2002) is set for next month in the Dragon Moon Press "Podthology" (that's "anthology" with a podcast twist) The Pod Complex .

The book features stories by: Scott Sigler, Tee Morris, Mike Bennett, Phil Rossi, Emerian Rich, E.A. Zefram, J.D. Williams, Justin Macumber, Marie Bilodeau, Jennifer Rahn, J. Daniel Sawyer, Jack Mangan, Jared Axelrod & Alex T. Crisp.

So you'll certainly be getting a lot for your money - should be inclined to buy it, which of course, I hope you do :-)

The exact publication date hasn't been set yet, but when it is, I'll let you know here.

Oh, and my story inclusion for the book? Why, it's this ...

This is just one of a number of images of Clive currently being worked on by Jon Cape. He's putting together a YouTube video for Hall of Mirrors, and old Sticky Fingers here is one of the stars. Smokin'

U&F listener, Jon Cape (he of the digitally rendered U&F fan art you've seen in the gallery here) has taken his artwork one step further and created a fantastic new U&F promo video. Sink your teeth into this

I've been suffering from writer's block. I analyzed possible causes and realised the problem stems from letting characters do what they want when I should be holding them on a tighter leash. I let Underwood do something that conflicted with the already set down chain of events and timeline (huge no-no) and this eventually led to a situation where everything just de-railed. I've had to bin a huge chunk of work as a result and go back to the moment just before he makes the problematic move, to set him - and everything else - back on course.

I now seem to be un-blocked and flowing freely again. Phew!

The third Miss Wong poetry podcast arrives straight out of the ... er ... bathroom. This one is called "Monster". It premiered on an episode of The Bonus Track about three years ago, but this is a new and much better recording. Click the image for a direct link to this tale of everyday horror, or alternatively wait for it to plop into your iTunes inbox (assuming you've subscribed to the feed - see the Miss Wong post below, or the subscription button on the right for the iTunes link).

Here's Sometimes 12, with its featured story, 'Gabriel-Ernest' by Saki. If you're a long-time Sometimes listener, you'll be familiar with Saki from Sometimes 1, 2, 5 and 6. As you might have guessed, he's one of my favourites, and it's always a pleasure for me to bring his brilliant tales to life.

 The podcast also features a poem from me, music from A Band Called Quinn, and a trip to the fridge to check on the Squid Brand Fish Sauce.

Click the pic for a direct link to the MP3

Links

Saki

A Band Called Quinn

T-Rex

Podcast Promo: Toothless by JP Moore

Hello there.

The poetry podcast I mentioned in Sometimes 11, 'Miss Wong, Someday We'll Meet Again' , has just started at Mevio.com. I started a new, independent feed for it, because my main feed is currently called 'Mike Bennett, Horror Author' and a bunch of poems about temping and charity shops etc, doesn't really fit that bill.

Anyway, the first two episodes are now live. I mentioned 'Charity Shop' on Sometimes 11, and for the last month it has been a Facebook Fanpage exclusive, but it's now there for all to hear. Also posted is the poem I included in Sometimes 11, 'Seeking the Unwanted'. There will be more to come in the future, including the one I'll be premiering on Sometimes 12 very soon.

Anyway, here's the link to the feed:
  
And the Mevio homepage: http://misswongsomeday.mevio.com/

I've submitted it to iTunes, but it'll be a few days before they process it. I'll update you on the situation as it develops.

Cheers for now

Mike 

p.s. Miss Wong and was painted by Vladimir Tretchikoff. More information here: Tretchikoff

I'm sure most of you have heard of the horror podcast, 'Pseudopod', right? Well, I recently read a story for them called, 'The Spirit of Nationalism' by Richard Marsden.

Ben Phillips, the editor, emailed me last night to let me know it's now live. So, if you haven't heard of Pseudopod, this is the perfect opportunity to check it out.

"Pseudopod is the world’s first audio horror magazine. Edited by Ben Phillips and hosted by Alasdair Stuart, each week Pseudopod delivers bone-chilling horror stories from today’s best authors, read by a team of talented narrators."

... And so now, I've joined that team of talented narrators. You can hear my contribution by clicking on the Pseudopod logo below. I hope you enjoy it.

Sometimes 11 should be online in the next few days. The featured story will be 'Dagon' by H.P. Lovecraft, and as you can see from the picture below, it's a fearful tale indeed. The artwork is by Jeff Remmer, and you can find more his fantastic Lovecraftian visions on his page at The Temple of Dagon.