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McLaughlin and McCarty


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Status: Single
Age: 48
Sign: Sagittarius

City: DAVENPORT
State: Iowa
Country: US
Signup Date: 10/14/2008

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Wednesday, March 25, 2009 

Current mood:  blissful
The novel, Monster Behind The Wheel, and the poetry collection, Attack Of The Two-Headed Poetry Monster, both written by collaborators Mark McLaughlin and Michael McCarty, are now on the final ballot for Bram Stoker Awards for works published in 2008.

Attack Of The Two-Headed Poetry Monster was released by Skullvines Press and Monster Behind The Wheel was released by Corrosion Press, a division of Delirium Books. The Bram Stoker Awards are presented each year by the Horror Writers Association, an international writers group which includes hundreds of writers, editors, publishers, and members of the film industry.

Attack Of The Two-Headed Poetry Monster is a finalist in the Poetry category, and Monster Behind The Wheel is a finalist in the First Novel category. Michael and Mark have released other books in the past, including solo and collaborative projects, and those were all either fiction, article, or poetry collections. Monster Behind The Wheel is a first novel for both writers.

More information about the authors:

Michael McCarty is a former stand-up comedian, coffeehouse musician and managing editor of a music magazine. His first book, Giants of The Genre, was a collection of interviews with the greats of sci-fi, horror and fantasy including Dean Koontz, Ray Bradbury, Peter Straub, and others. He also wrote Dark Duets, a collection of short-story collaborations, and More Giants of The Genre, which was a Bram Stoker Finalist for Best Nonfiction Book. He is also the author of Little Creatures, Modern Mythmakers, A Little Help from My Fiends, Monster Hunter, and more forthcoming books.

Mark McLaughlin's fiction, nonfiction and poetry have appeared in hundreds of magazines, anthologies, newspapers and websites. His books of short stories include Slime After Slime, Motivational Shrieker, Pickman's Motel, and a three-way collection with Shane Ryan Staley and Brian Knight entitled At The Foothills Of Frenzy. His poetry collections include Professor LaGungo's Exotic Artifacts & Assorted Mystic Collectibles, Men Are From Hell, Women Are From The Galaxy Of Death, and Phantasmapedia, which have all been Bram Stoker Finalists for Best Poetry Collection. He is the co-author, with Rain Graves and David Niall Wilson, of the 2002 poetry book The Gossamer Eye, which won the Bram Stoker Award for Poetry.

Mark McLaughlin and Michael McCarty are also co-authors of All Things Dark And Hideous, a short story collection published in England, and a digital chapbook, Professor LaGungo's Delirious Download Of Digital Deviltry & Doom. Their books are available at www.Horror-Mall.com
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Thursday, January 29, 2009 

Current mood:  blissful
Category: Writing and Poetry
Hello! Mark McLaughlin here. I wanted to let you know about the Skullvines Twisted Tales Title Contest -- here's a chance to win a free copy of my next book, TWISTED TALES FOR SICK PUPPIES -- visit skullvines(dot)com to find out more. Thanks!
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Friday, January 23, 2009 

Current mood:  hungry
Category: Friends
Mark here! The latest column of my Horror Garage column, FOUR-LETTER WORD BEGINNING WITH 'F' (the word being 'FEAR'), is about cannibal movies, and here's the link. Thanks!

http://www.horrorgarage.com/horror/column-mark-mclaughlin-how-to-skin-friends.php

-- Mark
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Wednesday, December 31, 2008 

Category: Movies, TV, Celebrities

Mark McLaughlin here! Just a quick note: My latest column installment at HorrorGarage.com looks at Dario Argento's 'Three Mothers' movies:

http://www.horrorgarage.com/horror/column-mark-mclaughlin-dario-argento.php

-- Mark

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Tuesday, December 30, 2008 

Top Ten Movies of 2008

by Michael McCarty

1)       "The Spirit"

2)       "Cloverfield"

3)       "Hellboy 2: The Golden Army"

4)       "Burn After Reading"

5)       "Iron Man"

6)       "Wall E"

7)       "Pickman's Song"

8)       "The Happening"

9)       "Indiana Jones & The Glass Skull"

10)     "Diary Of The Dead"

       Honorable Mentions:

        "X Files: I Want To Believe"

        "The Eye"

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Monday, November 03, 2008 
I just found out about this earlier today: Thomas Ligotti's wonderfully creepy short film 'The Frolic' is playing online for free until November 4, 2008, as a Halloween Treat. The producer is also offering a discount of $10 off for the non-autographed edition during that time.
The short can be seen at http://www. wonderentertainment. com

So, go check it out! Pronto! :-)
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