From the Tube to the Crypt - Vid and Interview

The Tube
Last week I got to see my Hypericon-tired mug on YouTube reading a story for a wonderful crowd at the con (it's a great audience for sure when the readings starting at 10PM on a Friday night...and they stay!). I was in brilliant reading company with Deborah LeBlanc, Laura Anne Gilman, James Newman, Ronald Kelly and Steven Shrewsbury. The fabulous John Hornor Jacobs video taped all of the reading for us (voluntarily) and did a wonderful job filming and editing. If you dare, you can have a peek at my reading--I read "Gravy Pursuits" from my collection, Mama's Boy and Other Dark Tales:





The Crypt
YouTube was a first for me and my next first is a podcast radio interview. Oh, don't you just love technology? I do! So if you have a little free time for some of my yammering, some music and perhaps a little live reading, I'll be chatting with the wicked men of The Metal Crypt on Hard Rock Radio Live on Friday, July 11th at 7PM eastern time. It'll be a mix of music and me yammering away with the guys.

You can access the show at:

www.hardrockradiolive.com
or
www.myspace.com/themetalcrypt











Hopefully the show will be archived for later consumption (so you can FF through the bits where I stammer and stumble). I know they've posted earlier shows on YouTube, as well, so I'm sure I'll have a link available for that eventually.

Hope to "see" you at The Metal Crypt!

Btw, next week lovely and talented Garry Charles with be the guest at TMC, and the following week the legendary Ray Garton will be chatting with the Crypt gang!

That's it for now, gang. I still have pics to upload from Hypericon and a fabulous little pirate I've come to adore. Can't wait to show him to you. Until them, stay scary!

Wickedly Yours,
Fran Friel

Join Me In Hell?

I'm Going to Hell
Yup, I'm going to hell for this one. Wanna join me? While I'm gathering my thoughts and photos from my super-duper trip to Hypericon in Nashville, I'd just like to leave you with a little gift from Michael Arnzen's Goreletter Vol. 5.03. After you stop by and read all of the latest Gorey Arnzen goodness, click on the following link that I "borrowed" from Mike:

The Kitten Cannon

At least I won't be in hell alone. Mike will be there to keep me company. *grins*

I'll be back soon with a report from my Nashville visit and the launch of Mama's Boy and Other Dark Tales. In the meantime, ya'll get shootin' some kittens...cyber-kittens, that it. See ya' in hell!

Wickedly Yours,
Fran Friel

PS - My high score was somewhere around 1400 feet. No kidding. Now that's one tough kitten!

Storewide 20% OFF?? Yuppers!

Jason's Gone Mad
Okay, gang, just a quickie for you today. I'm doing the crazy last minute thing getting ready to go Hypericon in Nashville. I leave bright and early tomorrow morning. I'll be back on Monday (if I survive!).

In the meantime, I wanted to leave you with this excellent little tidbit. Apex publisher, Jason Sizemore, has had a temporary lapse in sanity and is offering a storewide 20% discount at Apex.

In his own words of madness:

We're having a store wide sale to celebrate four excellent events:

1) The release of Orgy of Souls by Wrath James White & Maurice Broaddus

2) The release of Beauty & Dynamite by Alethea Kontis

3) The release of Mama's Boy and Other Dark Tales by Fran Friel

4) THE COMPLETION OF OUR WEBHOST MIGRATION!

Just enter the code NEWHOST on checkout to receive your discount.
www.apexbookcompany.com

The sale ends June 30th!

Apparently Jason's madness will be short lived so don't wait. Rush on over and order some Apex goodies. Of course, I have a particular favorite I could recommend, but they're all good.

See you when I get back from Nashville. I'll be singin' all the way home.

Happy Apex shopping!

Wickedly Yours,
Fran Friel

A Chrispy Review and Nashville Paneling

A Happy First
I've been so bad--I have so many things I've wanted to tell you but I haven't gotten the chance. Forgive me for my absence, but I'll at least leave you with a couple of bits to chew on.

Mama's Boy and Other Dark Tales is nearing its release date of June 28th (yeehaw!) from Apex and I'm so happy to announce that along with its pending arrival comes its first review. A sweet one at that. I'm honored and thrilled.

Have a peek at a very Chrispy review from Chris Perridas at the Horror Mall:

Click Here (you might need to scroll down the page).

If you want to take the plunge:

MB is available for pre-order HERE.

Nashville Paneling
I'll be making my first trip ever to Nashville TN is a couple of weeks, and now that I think about it, it will be my first trip to Tennessee...so yeehaw, ya'll. I'm heading down for Hypericon to promote the MB collection. If you're in town, be sure to come on by.

If you happen to stop in, I'll be yammering away on a couple of panels:

Friday 2PM

SHORT AND SCARY
Tips on writing short horror fiction and why it is harder than you think.
PS Gifford, Matt Wallace, Fran Friel, Bill Snodgrass, Jason Sizemore (moderator)

Saturday 7PM

HOOKED FROM THE START
Writers talk about how to hook the reader at the beginning of the story
Fran Friel, Allen Gilbreath, Sara Harvey, Elizabeth Donald

I'll also be doing a reading at 10:30PM on Friday and a book signing at 3PM on Friday and 5PM on Saturday (I think in the dealer's room area).

I hope to see you there! And if you can't make it, I'll do my best to take some pics to share with you when I get back.

Hope you're having a great weekend!

Wickedly Yours,
Fran Friel