Michael McCarty and Mark McLaughlin Monster Book's Interests
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horror books, publishing, horror movies
Books
Mike and Mark write books, both individually and as a team.
Mike has written MODERN MYTHMAKERS, GIANTS OF THE GENRE, MORE GIANTS OF THE GENRE and DARK DUETS (which features a legion of collaborators, since it is a book of Mike's collaborative stories) -- and of course, the forthcoming MONSTER BEHIND THE WHEEL with Mark McLaughlin.
Mike's interviews with horror, fantasy and sci-fi personalities have appeared in a variety of major magazines and websites.
Mark's most recent book releases include MOTIVATIONAL SHRIEKER, SLIME AFTER SLIME (the limited-edition hardcover), AT THE FOOTHILLS OF FRENZY (with Shane Ryan Staley and Brian Knight) and the forthcoming MONSTER BEHIND THE WHEEL with Mike McCarty. SLIME AFTER SLIME has been released as a paperback -- there's info in the big blurb section about that.
Mark has also written a big book of poetry which won a Bram Stoker Award, THE GOSSAMER EYE (with Rain Graves and David Niall Wilson -- each of the three poets has one-third of the book), and a lot of slender volumes of poetry, including YOUR HANDY OFFICE GUIDE TO CORPORATE MONSTERS ... MEN ARE FROM HELL, WOMEN ARE FROM THE GALAXY OF DEATH ... PROFESSOR LaGUNGO'S EXOTIC ARTIFACTS & ASSORTED MYSTIC COLLECTIBLES ... PHANTASMAPEDIA ... and THE SPIDERWEB TREE.
Michael McCarty and Mark McLaughlin Monster Book's Blurbs
About me: Meet Michael McCarty and Mark McLaughlin, authors of the rollicking horror/adventure novel, MONSTER BEHIND THE WHEEL. It's a first novel for both of them - before this, Mark and Mike have released short story collections (both of them), poetry collections (Mark) and interview books (Mike).
Be sure to check this webpage regularly to find out what Mark and Mike are doing these days. Between the two of them, they always have some new project in the works.
THIS JUST IN: MONSTER BEHIND THE WHEEL IS NOW ON THE FINAL BALLOT FOR THE BRAM STOKER AWARD IN THE BEST FIRST NOVEL CATEGORY! HUZZAH!
We now return you to MySpace, already in progress...
RECENTLY RELEASED: A digital chapbook by Mark McLaughlin and Michael McCarty, PROFESSOR LaGUNGO’S DELIRIOUS DOWNLOAD OF DIGITAL DEVILTRY & DOOM, has been released by the electronic publishing division of Horror-mall.com. In Professor LaGungo's wicked shop of second-hand evil, if you break it, you've bought it - with your soul!
HOT NEWS: Skullvines Press has just released Mark McLaughlin's new story collection, TWISTED TALES FOR SICK PUPPIES. Those of you who enjoyed his previous collection, SLIME AFTER SLIME, will find that Mark has scaled new heights of grisly gruesomeness (or is it gruesome grisliness?) in this latest collection.
Here's a little movie about the book:
Visit Skullvines(dot)com to find out more about TWISTED TALES FOR SICK PUPPIES.
MORE HOT NEWS: Here's a little movie about Mike McCarty's upcoming novel, a vampire satire entitled LIQUID DIET...
Here's another little movie to give you a scarifying look into the novel MONSTER BEHIND THE WHEEL! Then enjoy the next little movie right under it, which is about ATTACK OF THE TWO-HEADED POETRY MONSTER. Both books are by the McCarty and McLaughlin writing team.
Visit the MySpace page for ATTACK OF THE TWO-HEADED POETRY MONSTER, a poetry collection by Mark McLaughlin and Michael MccCarty, by clicking on this link of two-headed terror!
Here's a look into the novel's plot: As a child, young Texan Jeremy Carmichael fell from a Ferris wheel at a carnival. He landed on a beautiful young woman and his fall was broken. Unfortunately, so was the woman's spine.
Years later, Jeremy is injured in a car accident while delivering pizzas. The accident opens the gates between the worlds of the living and the dead, awakening a malevolent supernatural presence - the spirit of a cruel man named Frank Edmondson. Frank had been the policeman who'd arrived at the scene of the carnival accident, years earlier. The woman who'd died had been Frank's lover.
Frank wants revenge on Jeremy and wishes to re-enter the world of the living by taking over the young man's body. Jeremy finds himself constantly visiting the realm of the dead in dreams and visions. But is that Frank's doing, or is there another reason...?
Frank has a cunning master plan which involves a sleek, deadly muscle-car called Monster. Frank uses the car to gain more and more of a foothold over Jeremy's life. But what Frank doesn't know is that Jeremy isn't your average pizza delivery boy....
What happens next? You'll have to read the book to find out more!
ABOUT THE AUTHORS:
MICHAEL McCARTY is the author of three books of interviews -- MODERN MYTHMAKERS, GIANTS OF THE GENRE and MORE GIANTS OF THE GENRE -- and the story collections, DARK DUETS and LITTLE CREATURES. MORE GIANTS OF THE GENRE was on the final ballot for the Bram Stoker Award, Best Nonfiction Work in 2006. He lives in the Iowa/Illinois Quad-Cities with his fiancee, Cindy. Visit his personal website at www.geocities.com/mccartyzone.
Here's Mike, looking thoughtful! Mike has lots of books coming out in 2009, including his first novella, MONSTER HUNTER, and his first solo novel, LIQUID DIET.
MARK McLAUGHLIN is the author of hundreds of published short stories and articles, as well as numerous story collections: TWISTED TALES FOR SICK PUPPIES (Skullvines Press), MOTIVATIONAL SHRIEKER (Delirium Books), PICKMAN'S MOTEL (Delirium Books), SLIME AFTER SLIME (Delirium Books), AT THE FOOTHILLS OF FRENZY (written with Shane Ryan Staley and Brian Knight, Solitude Publications), and more.
Mark's notorious, outrageous, and provocative story collection SLIME AFTER SLIME was originally released as a limited-edition hardcover (now sold out), and is available as a trade paperback - check out the Mark McLaughlin Author Section at www.Horror-Mall.com.
Mark McLaughlin has won the Bram Stoker Award for the poetry collection, THE GOSSAMER EYE (written with Rain Graves and David Niall Wilson). Find out more about Mark at www.geocities.com/mcmonstrous.
As collaborators, Michael and Mark have written dozens of stories and articles together, as well as the novel, MONSTER BEHIND THE WHEEL (Corrosion Press/Delirium Books); the story collection, ALL THINGS DARK AND HIDEOUS (Rainfall Books, England); and the Horror-Mall.com digital chapbook, PROFESSOR LaGUNGO'S DELIRIOUS DOWNLOAD OF DIGITAL DEVILTRY & DOOM. Now they're working on another novel - a futuristic adventure filled with demons and robots!
MORE MARK McLAUGHLIN NEWS:
Mark is the author of a limited-edition poetry chapbook called PHANTASMAPEDIA. Visit myspace.com/phantasmapedia to find out more about the 32 creatures who inhabit this strange little book. And while you're there, sign up to be a MySpace Friend of PHANTASMAPEDIA.
Mark is also the author of a fiction collection from Delirium Books called PICKMAN'S MOTEL. Only 300 copies of this collectible edition have been printed.
This hardcover chapbook features kinky horror stories of the eldritch variety. It's full of squamous and rugose creatures engaging in nasty fun - because they have needs too. Find out more by visiting the Mark McLaughlin Author Section of Horror-Mall.com..
MORE MICHAEL McCARTY NEWS:
Michael McCarty Books from 2008:
MODERN MYTHMAKERS by Michael McCarty
His third and greatest interview book! Learn about the lives and works of many of the greats (as well as some upcoming talents) of horror, science-fiction and fantasy. From McFarland & Company.
GHOSTLY TALES OF ROUTE 66 by Michael McCarty and Connie Corcoran Wilson
True ghost tales following Route 66 from Chicago to Oklahoma. Find out more by visiting www.geocities.com/mccartyzone.
LITTLE CREATURES by Michael McCarty
A story collection that proves monsters don't have to be big to be scary. From Sam's Dot Publishing.
OUT OF TIME by Michael McCarty and Connie Corcoran Wilson
Intrigue and time travel combine in this science-fiction novel from Lachesis Publishing.
2009 will be an extraordinary year for Michael McCarty and his many literary projects. And, his old buddy Mark is part of some of them -- Mike and Mark always have plenty of projects cooking at any given time:
LIQUID DIET by Michael McCarty
Coming summer of 2009. Michael's first solo novel - the ultimate vampire satire! Coming from Demonic Clown/Black Death Books. For pre-order information, visit Horror-Mall.com and www.khpindustries.com
A LITLE HELP FROM MY FIENDS by Michael McCarty and His Collaboration Crew
Michael's fourth short story collection. Mike and his fiendish friends serve up some kooky and spooky tales. Publication information is forthcoming.
MONSTER HUNTER by Michael McCarty
Coming late 2009. Michael's first novella reveals a twisted tale of boy-meets-ghouls. From Skullvines Press, Skullvines(dot)com.
IT CAME FROM THE '70s by Michael McCarty and Connie Corcoran Wilson
This nonfiction extravaganza takes a look at the horror, science fiction and fantasy films of the Me-Decade. Plenty of movie reviews and interviews. With an introduction by famed horror director Mick Garris. Coming in 2009 from BearManor Media.
ESOTERIA-LAND by Michael McCarty
Michael is known for his interviews with horror and science-fiction authors and filmmakers – but this time, he also interviews comedians, rock musicians and artists. Plus, book and movie reviews, essays and articles. With an introduction by scream-queen Linnea Quigley and an afterword by The Amazing Kreskin. Coming in 2009 from BearManor Media.
Who I'd like to meet: We'd like to meet people interested in horror books and movies, and other writers, too ... producers who'd like to turn our works into movies ... and celebrities who'd like to be interviewed by us. Between the two of us (Mike has done most of the interviewing ... Mark has done some, too), we've interviewed -- for magazines, newspapers, and websites -- such luminaries as Thomas Ligotti, John Carpenter, Dean Koontz, Adrienne Barbeau, Neil Gaiman, Peter Straub, and many more.
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it's been years since we met up in Birmingham UK but it was great fun - and thanks for the 'gold fish caviar thingy' Hertzan Chimera quote you gave me back in the day.
Congratulations on making the Stoker ballot -- freakin' TWICE this year! You guys are more prolific than Ray Bradbury! More tenacious than Jason Voorhees! Taller than Billy Barty!
Monstrous congratulations on your book release, ya coupla big wheels! Took a lot of drive. I gather its path to publication was almost as long and twisted as the work itself.
Mark, was your biggest inspiration all the times I drove you crazy, or all the times you drove me crazy?
I want to extend a belated thank you to you for the great message and comment. It's really encouraging toi hear that you find the movie so interesting. Haha, we need all the support we can get so please knwo everything is great appreciated from the entire "For Christ's Sake" team!! And a cameo by Mark McLaughlin you say?!?! Well, anything's possible for the next one!! Take care and stay in touch.
