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    Podcaturday: Your Mamma Was a Cheerleader

    Ok so here’s another episode of Podcaturday. It’s been a really shitty week, so I don’t have to much to say except thanks to the friends that I have that have been supporting Jenny and I through it all. You guys ROCK! This week’s episode features Cheerleaders, True Blood, Reincarnation, and Haven. It’s good stuff [...]

  • My Sucky Teen Romance Needs Your Help

    My Sucky Teen Romance Needs Your Help

    You may remember back in the day I interviewed the talented filmmaker, Emily Hagins, on an episode of Unleashed. We talked about what it was like making her film Pathogen, and I came to realize that she’s a hell of a young lady. Well, Emily is back making another film, and she needs your help. [...]

  • DBDA 2: Beyond Exile – Now Shipping (Recommended Reading)

    DBDA 2: Beyond Exile – Now Shipping (Recommended Reading)

    Folks, the long awaited sequel to J.L Bourne’s Day By Day Armageddon is now available, and it is lighting up the charts! When I woke up this morning, DBDA 2: Beyond Exile was #56 in books on Amazon.com, and #5 in horror. Sandwiched right between Charlaine Harris and Stephen King. Not a bad place to [...]

  • Podcaturday: Zombies, Strippers, and Dr. Nob

    Podcaturday: Zombies, Strippers, and Dr. Nob

    Welcome back to another edition of Podcaturday. My brain is still not functioning since I just woke up from a nap. I dreamed about a genetically engineered wild boar made with synthetic blood. I shot its head off but the damn thing grew back and started chasing me again. What the fuck, pig? Anyway, congrats [...]

  • Podcaturday: William Wallace Killed Fifty Men. Fifty!

    Podcaturday: William Wallace Killed Fifty Men. Fifty!

    Welcome back to yes another edition of Podcaturday, you’re weekly dose of insanity. Thank you to those who called the Litterbox last week. All 5 of you. This week there’s an extra incentive to call and comment on all the Podcaturday posts, since we’re giving away stuff now. The first prize? A copy of Braveheart. [...]

  • Unleashed Ep. 17 – Robert R. Best

    Unleashed Ep. 17 – Robert R. Best

    Welcome back to another episode of UNLEASHED. We’re sponsored by the fine folks at Permuted Press…and when I say “we’re” I mean me. Lots of cool stuff on this episode, not the least of which is an interview with Robert R. Best, who is the author of the zombie novel, Lakewood Memorial, as well as [...]

  • Hull’s Landing – Ep. 03

    Hull’s Landing – Ep. 03

    Welcome back to another episode of my new podcast novella, Hull’s Landing. I’ve been really enjoying bringing this to you guys, and hope you’re digging it as well. Should you feel the need to leave me some feedback, email me at jjmelzer@gmail.com, or call the voicemail line at 206-888-1710. On with the show… The encounter [...]

  • Podcaturday: *SPOILER ALERT* You Will Laugh

    Podcaturday: *SPOILER ALERT* You Will Laugh

    We’re back for another episode of Podcaturday. I have to say that I think this is the best one yet, as we talk about everything from time travel to alien conspiracies to *SPOILER ALERT* Shutter Island. Suck that, James Cameron! There may or may not be the drone of a fan in the background. Why? [...]

  • Horror Realm 2010 is Coming!

    Horror Realm 2010 is Coming!

    Last year I attended my first ever convention. Horror Realm, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. I sold some wears, participated in an author reading where I read from my forthcoming debut novel, Escape, and signed some autographs. Well, I am pleased to say that this year I’ll be doing almost all of it again. Horror Realm is [...]

  • Monster Monday: Jason Voorhees

    Monster Monday: Jason Voorhees

    Let’s say you’re in the woods camping with some friends. You’re having a good time, drinking and laughing it up. Maybe even smoking a bit of weed. Ah to be young again. Everything’s going great, then you and your girl decide to have some sex. Damn, you’re dead. That simple premise launched one of the [...]

  • Presenting Hull’s Landing: The Serialized E-Novella

    Presenting Hull’s Landing: The Serialized E-Novella

    You’ve been listening to the free, serialized podcast of my new novella, Hull’s Landing, and now you can bring the experience of serialized fiction to your e-reader for just $0.99 cents. Starting with ‘White Robes and Tennis Shoes,’ Hull’s Landing is going to be offered in serialized form on Smashwords and in the Amazon Kindle [...]

  • Pocaturday: We Really Don’t Like Charlaine Harris

    Pocaturday: We Really Don’t Like Charlaine Harris

    BOOM! Another edition of Podcaturday is upon you, featuring talk about Acadia’s broken back, Jenny’s disdain of Charlaine Harris, and my love of Ouija boards. I think there’s some World Cup talk in the somewhere, too. It might have been cut out. My Ouija talk may have been cut out as well. I don’t know. [...]

  • Friday Flix: Witchboard

    Friday Flix: Witchboard

    Ah 1986. Hands Across America, the Challenger disaster, the Iran Contra Affair, Madonna singing “Papa Don’t Preach,” and of course, Tawny Kitaen. Mmm…Tawny Kitaen. Who could ever forget her in movies like Bachelor Party and Instant Justice? Perhaps one of her best known roles though, was as Linda Brewster in the film Witchboard. You all [...]

  • Textbook Thursday: Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman

    Textbook Thursday: Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman

    I have a confession to make. Are you ready? Here it goes…I am not a huge Neil Gaiman fan. There. I said it. As a teen, while all my friends were drooling over The Sandman, I had no interest. I tried reading a few issues but never got into it. As an adult, I read [...]

  • Wednesday Wildcard: The Ghost Hand

    Wednesday Wildcard: The Ghost Hand

    Okay, so things didn’t exactly work out as I planned this week. Last night on Twitter I mentioned that today’s post would feature an old family photo of a ghost hand. It does, but the quality isn’t as great as I was hoping. See, I had the pic all ready to go, pulled out of [...]

  • Tall Tale Tuesday: The Jersey Devil

    Tall Tale Tuesday: The Jersey Devil

    You have to give major props to a myth that can penetrate the culture so much so that it has its own NHL team. What? You thought the New Jersey Devils were named after Satan? He should be so lucky. First showing up on the 1800′s, the Jersey Devil has been credited with killing livestock, [...]

  • Monster Monday: Michael Myers

    Monster Monday: Michael Myers

    If you’ve been following the daily content that has been popping up here for the past three weeks, you’ll recognize a change to Monday’s. They were formally known as ‘Maniac Monday,’ wherein we would look at a different serial killer each week. That is no more. Realize that all this stuff is still in the [...]

  • Hull’s Landing – Ep. 02

    Hull’s Landing – Ep. 02

    Welcome back to Sunday! Bloody! Sunday! and another episode of the new podcast novella, Hull’s Landing. Now, last week was the debut episode, but in all honesty, I had some problems with the feed. Some of you may have gotten the episode twice, or not at all. If you’re one of those people that never [...]

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