Freeky Creek Film Festival, Oct. 27-29

Those lovable zombies strike again!

I'm excited to announce that Everything I Needed to Know About Zombies I Learned from the Movies has been selected as part of this year's Freeky Creek Film Festival!

Held Oct. 27-29 at the Sleepy Creek Vineyard in Fairmount, IL, this event "celebrates works that are freaky, creepy, or darkly funny under 20 minutes in length." Sounds like a perfect venue for my "zombies by the Bay."

I truly wish that I could attend in person. Watching short horror-comedy films at an autumn-tinged vineyard -- while sipping a nice glass of red -- sounds like a heavenly way to spend an October afternoon. If you do attend, have a glass for me!

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!

Turning the Page

Welcome to my new blog! It seemed about time for me to expand.

Though I thoroughly enjoy the crafty and culinary shenanigans on my original Hand/Eye/Mind/Mouth blog, it's become increasingly obvious that one blog is not enough to contain all of what I want to say. Not to mention, I seem to have two separate audiences. I guess crafting and zombies draw somewhat different crowds, eh?

So, while Hand/Eye/Mind/Mouth will remain a chronicle of my crafty ventures, this blog will highlight my ever-increasing adventures in screenwriting, filmmaking, and fiction writing.

I have some very exciting announcements to make soon, but this post is mostly to stake the claim. Stick around, why dontcha?