Happiness is...

...getting your contributor's copies...

...and seeing your story in print. 

Shakespeare Shaken is now available in print as well as a series of digital downloads (including a solo of S.H.R.E.W.) from Red Stylo Media. Having seen it in person, I highly recommend splurging on the print version. The artwork pops so much more on paper than on a screen.

Really, though I don't care how you choose to read it, as long as you give it a peek!

S.H.R.E.W. now available from Red Stylo Media

The day has finally arrived! My short comic story, S.H.R.E.W., for the Shakespeare Shaken anthology, is now available for  download!

Download Here for only $1.99

From the Red Stylo Media site:

Kat is a perfect specimen of female spitfire and grace, and her corporate handlers in the Super-human Research, Education and Weaponization project can see her potential. But it's Kat's strength that also keeps her from submitting to her S.H.R.E.W. training, and so the programmers resort to bringing in the mysterious and sinister Doctor Petru to help Kat stay the course...

Shakespeare Shaken meets the perfect (bionic) woman in S.H.R.E.W., written by Sherezada Kent (author of ELDORADO from Poe Twisted), with art by Jarrod Perez; color and letters by Mark Mullaney ("Star-Crossed", "Zombie Cruise", and "The System of Doctor Canne and Professor Bulle".) 

This download includes a special note from the author, as well as a BONUS pin-up from artist Laura Guzzo!

Many other tales from Shakespeare Shaken are also now available, so be sure to check them out!

New Project: Shakespeare Shaken

All the world's a stage, 
and all the men and women merely players...

In my case, all the world's a comic book, and the men and women artists and writers!

I'm excited to announce that my second short comic story, "S.H.R.E.W." will be included in Red Stylo Media's upcoming Shakespeare Shaken anthology!

"S.H.R.E.W." is a dark science fiction take on The Taming of the Shrew, filled with sinister science experiments, corporate warfare, and dangerous women. With art by Jarrod Perez.

Digital release of the "S.H.R.E.W." single issue is slated for September 12. Be sure to check out the full line-up of other Shakespeare Shaken titles, there's some great stuff in there from some really talented folks (including many Poe Twisted alumni)! All titles will be release together in a beautiful print anthology as well.

Holiday's End and Sac-Con 2011 Re-Cap

The holiday storm is over. The air is still, the shops are empty. I feel a bit like that woman at the end of The Descent, clawing her way out of hell...

Okay, really, my holidays were not even close to being as bad as a cave of horrors (though Xmas shoppers can occasionally resemble a horde of blind, bloody-thirsty monsters). There was an epic drive up and down California, and some serious good times with my family amid a flurry of wrapping paper. I even got to reconnect with some old friends from high school that I hadn't seen in years. I truly got what I wanted for Xmas this year.

Amid all the festivities, I failed to notice my Sac-Con 2011 re-cap up at the Red Stylo Media website. If you're curious to see the world's cutest little Marcus Fenix (as well as see how the show went) give it a read!

I wish I could say 2011 was going to end on a mellow note, but there would be no fun in that. After nearly nine years of living in the same apartment, the husband (aka Professor Lefty) and I are upgrading to new digs. The next few days will be a rush of sorting, packing, tossing, and schlepping. New year, new home!

Sac-Con 2011

One last convention before the year comes to a close! I'll be at Sac-Con this weekend, reppin' Red Stylo Media as well as Everything I Needed to Know About Zombies I Learned From the Movies.

Sac-Con: Comic, Toy, and Anime Show

Sacramento, CA 

Sunday, December 11, 10am-5pm

Scottish Rite Center

6151 H Street

Sacramento, CA 95819

Come do some geeky X-mas shopping and pick up a copy of Poe Twisted if you haven't already! It's the perfect gift for that indie comic or horror literature lover in your life. 

Seems a bit appropriate that we end the year in Sacramento. It's the heart of California's gold country, which was the setting of Eldorado. Perhaps I'll see the ghost of the Rider and his horse in the hills...

A.P.E. Wrap-Up

We came, we saw, we rocked!

First off, a big "thank you" to everyone who stopped by our table at the Alternative Press Expo. We had such a great time chatting with folks that I almost wish A.P.E. happened every day. Thanks also to Red Stylo Media for making this possible, and also to our booth neighbors, the boisterous crew of 6th Circle Comic, for making our first con experience so much fun.

If you're visiting Bloody Good Stories for the first time, a hearty "welcome" to you! I have lots of things in store for this blog, including:

• A production diary as I take my second short film, Inner Critic, from script to screen.
• Reviews of books, comics, and films I consider "bloody good" (and I have lots from A.P.E.)
• A dash of micro-fiction

So, please stop back soon! There is much bloody good fun to be had.

Alternative Press Expo 2011

So I may not officially have a table, but I will most definitely be attending the 2011 Alternative Press Expo in San Francisco!

The Poe Twisted Anthology will be represented by myself and "Zombie Cruise" writer Marta Tanrikulu.

I'm pretty damn excited, since this is the first time I'll have an actual comic project to share at one of these things (though, of course, I will have copies of Everything I Needed to Know About Zombies I Learned from the Movies on hand). I'll also be participating in the Comic Creator Connection on Saturday, so it's going to be quite a big event for me!

While you're at APE, be sure to stop by booth #710 to check out the most metal webcomic on the internet today, 6th Circle Comic!

It's got tattoos, heavy metal, nerdery, and the continued rivalry between a gorilla and a demon. What more could you ask for? Throw the horns at artist Xander Kent and writer Jackson McBrayer and tell 'em I sent ya!

Hot off the presses: The Poe Twisted Anthology!

There really is no feeling in the world quite like holding a copy of a book you've contributed to, especially when it's a book as awesome as the Poe Twisted Anthology.

Edited by Enrica Jang, The Poe Twisted Anthology includes the following comic short stories:

Absolution

Writer Jason Ciaramella (2011 Eisner Award nominee for The Cape) and artist Enrique Savory, Jr., team up in this sad tale of a grieving father driven mad by one of his son’s Christmas toys. A tribute to Poe’s classic poem, “the Raven.”

Dead Man’s Hand

College card-shark, Toby, thinks it’s just another frat-house Poker night. The stakes are high and Toby is all in when a devilish coed mysteriously appears and calls his bluff. Story and art by Phillip Jacobson.

Eldorado

The sun sets on a three-hundred year quest for fabled riches and gold in this zombie Western, titled after the poem of the same name. Written by film director Sherezada Windham-Kent (Everything I Needed to Know About Zombies I Learned From the Movies, 2009) with art by animator/comics artist, Alex Cormack.

Zombie Cruise

Marta Tanrikulu, with art by Mark Mullaney. Trouble—and plague—brew on the high seas in this bio-medical thriller, a twist on Poe’s short story, “The Oblong Box.”

The Tell Tale Cat

Beat cops Lansdowne and Harrington collar more than they bargained for in this noire police adventure, written and drawn by Alex Cormack. The story is parody of events in Poe’s “The Black Cat” and “The Tell Tale Heart.”

The After Party

By Kyle Richey, art by Ben Frazier. Wesley Prince has credit cards, his father’s mansion all to himself, and enough drugs to kill a few hundred fellow classmates in this twisted spinoff of the phantasmagoric classic “Masque of the Red Death.”

The System of Doctor Canne and Professor Bulle

By Mark Mullaney. Have someone special for dinner in this story of a free-range asylum, a sequel to Poe’s tale of insanity run amok, “The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether.” 

POE TWISTED also includes a special collection of original comic vignettes:

• Artist Dirk Strangely (Graveyard Girl, Dirk Strangely’s Completely Inappropriate for Children Children’s Book) is inspired by the figure of Poe himself in two series of Gorey-esque portraits.

• Painter Andrew Jerz brings Poe spoofs to the big screen with a mini-collection of grindhouse movie posters: Lenore, Amonstrillado, and Careful Coffins for the Concerned Cataleptic.

• Illustrator Jason Strutz’s ironic print gallery re-imagines “The Tell Tale Heart,” “The Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfaall” and “The Murders in the Rue Morgue.”

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To Order from Red Stylo Media:

Print copy of The Poe Twisted Anthology

Digital download of "Eldorado" (plus special features)

"Eldorado" now available from Red Stylo Media

I am incredibly proud to announce the release of my first-ever comic book story, "Eldorado." 

From the press release:

The digital release of "Eldorado," written by Sherezada Windham-Kent with art by Alex Cormack, is available now! 

The sun sets on a 300-year quest for fabled gold and glory in this Zombie Western comic by film director, Sherezada Windham-Kent, and Alex Cormack. Inspired by Edgar Allan Poe's poem, "Eldorado". 

The digital version is packed with EXCLUSIVE bonus content, including alternate covers and messages from the artists. This content will ONLY be available in the digital edition! 

Download will be $1.99 in the RSM store and on DriveThruComics.com (soon also to be released on Graphic.ly and iVerse.) Read more about this and all of the stories in the POE TWISTED Anthology at www.TwistedPoe.com, published by RED STYLO MEDIA! 

Feeling a little giddy right now!