March

The first huge piece of news is Marie’s new non-fiction book. Compiled with Paul, Voices in the Dark is an interview book containing lengthy and informative conversations with some of the biggest stars of the horror genre: writers, directors and actors, including Clive (Books of Blood) Barker; Neil (Stardust) Gaiman; James (The Rats) Herbert; Sarah (Matter of Blood) Pinborough; Joe (Horns) Hill; Steve (30 Days of Night) Niles; John (The Fog) Carpenter; Stuart (Re-Animator) Gordon; Eric (The Hitcher) Red; Rob (Halloween) Zombie; Betsy (Friday 13th) Palmer and Ron (Hellboy) Perlman. The book also comes with an introduction from the author of the BFI Modern Classics’ The Thing, Anne Billson. Keep checking back for more details about this closer to the release date, but there will be pre-publicity for this at World Horror in Brighton.

Speaking of which, Marie was delighted to be asked to sit on two panels at WHC. The first is on the Thursday of the con, 4-5pm and is called ‘What Not To Do: Tips for the First-Time Convention Attendee’. The second, which she is also moderating, is on the Friday at 5-6pm and is entitled: ‘Deal or No Deal: How Do I Get An Agent?’

In terms of future appearances, Marie can finally announce that she will be part of the line-up at the Alt.Fiction convention in Derby on 12th June. She will be featuring alongside BBC Torchwood, Dr Who and Being Human authors, as well as bestselling authors such as Tim Lebbon, Chaz Brenchley, Peter Crowther and Mark Chadbourn, award-winning editor Stephen Jones and many others. For a full list of the line-up so far visit http://altfiction.co.uk/line-up.

Finally, in her capacity as webmistress for each, Marie has updated the websites for both Read-Us and Tony Richards. To check out both of these visit http://www.read-us.com and http://www.richardsreality.com/.

February

Marie has just done a review of The Dead That Walk (above), Stephen Jones’ new zombie anthology featuring stories from the likes of Stephen King, Clive Barker, Joe Hill, Richard Matheson, Ramsey Campbell, Harlan Ellison, Kim Newman and Michael Marshall Smith. You can see this on the Total Sci-Fi Online site in the very near future.

She has also recently updated artist Michelle Blessemaille’s site with more pictures in her capacity as webmistress. You can check this out at Michelle's website: www.michelleblessemaille.com

January

And a Happy New Year to all! Marie's year has got off to a good start with the publication of Darc Karnivale by Evil Nerd Empire. Edited by David Byron and Corey R. Scales, the anthology features Marie's short story 'Play Time.'

December saw the UK launch of Hellbound Hearts at the British Fantasy Society Open Night in London on 4th December. Below are a couple of photographs of the event, courtesy of Martin Roberts.

The book's editors, Paul and Marie, with friends Christopher Fowler and Dean M. Drinkel.