News for August 26th, 2009

Coach Culbertson and Maurice Broaddus recently caught up for an interview. Maurice says: "I had a chance to catch up with the uber-busy Coach Culbertson of Relief: A Christian Literary Expression as well as, of special interest to me as a horror writer, Coach's Midnight Diner." Read the interview here.

Adam Graham says: We are excited to announce we have the long awaited issue six of Laser & Sword now available, and a cool cover courtesy of my brother-in-law:

Your Favorite Laser and Sword Characters are back with exciting new Adventures: Small Packages seeks to root out the traitor who is eliminating members of the Order of the Sword, while avoiding becoming the next victim. A trip home turns deadly as Private A.L. Snyder finds himself battling eco-terrorists at 30,000 feet. After the death of a local Pastor, Powerhouse must carry on the fight against drugs and crime, but is he up to the challenge? All this and more is available in this edition of Laser and Sword Magazine.

Midnight Diner and Narnia in Ireland

Coach Culbertson announces:

The 2nd Diner is officially to print! If you've pre-ordered one, it'll show up at your door in about 3 weeks. Should be showing up on Amazon in about two weeks or so. Vampires, demons, ghosties, bad guys and good guys, the whole gamut. Pre-sales are good up until the 28th. Just remember, the Diner is mature audiences only.

But if you can't wait and need some instant gratification, I've opened up an eBook edition of the 2nd Diner over at the http://www.themidnightdiner.com . Only ten bucks.

And, if you're in the area, there's a storytelling event in Second Life's virtual West of Ireland at http://slurl.com/secondlife/West+of+Ireland/128/128/0 - today at 7pm PST, storyteller Caledonia Skytower reads part two of C.S. Lewis' The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. When you get there just ask for the Library. Sounds like fun!

Weekend Reading - Again

Looks like Friday's becoming a somewhat regular slot to pull together stuff from across the Web for you to read. Check out this week's offerings:

New items online now at Mindflights:

Marionettes by Mike Simon - A small group of people try to survive the end of the world. Struggling against the inevitable, each survivor must come to grip with his or her mortality, faith and fear of the unknown as they are plunged into a final crisis that can have but one ending.

The sky is the floor of an ocean - a poem by J. C. Runolfson - Fishers of men.

Now a treat for the horror fans among you - all right, maybe you knew this already, but I didn't! Fear and Trembling is an ezine for Christian horror, brought to you by Double-Edged Publishing. Do check out the stories on offer!

Also in the direction of horror, the publishers of the Relief Journal bring you the second edition of Coach's Midnight Diner. The site has just posted the list of contributors for this upcoming anthology. Looks like a great bunch of authors!