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CHAT WITH JOHN EVERSON

John Everson is the author of the erotic horror novelette Failure (Delirium Books, 2006) and the Bram Stoker Award-winning occult horror novel Covenant (Delirium Books, 2004).  Sacrifice, a sequel to Covenant, was released in March. Everson is also the author of two horror and dark fantasy short story collections - Vigilantes of Love (Twilight Tales, 2003) and Cage of Bones & Other Deadly Obsessions (Delirium Books, 2000). 

The Polish edition of Covenant (retitled as Demoniczne Przymierze), is now available from Red Horse Books. And both Covenant and Sacrifice were bought by Leisure Books in the spring -- Covenant will be out in paperback next summer.

He is also the co-editor and designer of the Spooks! ghost story anthology (Twilight Tales, 2004), and the founder of Dark Arts Books (www.darkartsbooks.com), which issued its first anthology title, Candy in the Dumpster in May, 2006. 

John's new short story collection, Needles & Sins will be out soon from Necro Publications (www.necropublications.com) It's available for preorder now.

He also edited the IN DELIRIUM II anthology, which will be out from Delirium Books by the end of the year.

His short fiction has appeared in magazines like Space and Time, Wicked Karnival, Red Scream, Black October and Grue, and in the anthologies Fear, Dark Doorways, Cold Flesh, Damned: An Anthology of the Lost,  Small Bites, Peepshow, Decadence 2, Tourniquet Heart, The Dead Inn and the CD-ROM anthology Bloodtype, which includes an Everson-composed techno theme song.  In summer 2006, Fahrenheit, Poland's online magazine of SF/F/H translated and published his short story "The Right Instrument." This story, and "Pumpkin Head" (a perennial favorite which appears in Candy in the Dumpster) have also been translated into French for release in 2007.

For the rest of John's books, click here.

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DOOR PRIZE

John has donated a copy of Candy in the Dumpster. This will be awarded to a lucky chatter at the mid-point of the chat. Remember, you MUST be present to win!

Please feel free to pass this announcement on to anyone or any groups that you think may be interested.  Thank you.

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We look forward to chatting with you!

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