Spring 2010 Preview: The Art of Lawrence Boos a.k.a. Undead Ed

"Barbie Rot"

"Ghilan"

See more of Lawrence Boos a.k.a Undead Ed's work in Tainted Tea's Spring 2010 Issue.


About Lawrence Boos a.k.a. Undead Ed
My name is Undead Ed. I convert dolls and toys into things of horror. I've been creating since late 2005. I love what I do and plan to never stop until the end of my days.

For more of Lawrence Boos a.k.a. Undead Ed, visit him on Etsy or DeviantArt.

Spring 2010 Issue

Tainted Tea Spring 2010 will available for download in mid-May. More details posted soon on the Web site. Cover photo by J. Toogood.

Now That's MOORE Like It!

We (being some of the staff: Tim Yockey, Kris Fossett, and Shane R. Toogood) met Christopher Moore!!! Christopher Moore (the one in the hat) is the writer of 12 novels, including Lamb, A Dirty Job, and his latest, Bite Me.

Not only is he hilarious, charismatic, and kind enough to write "Fucksox" on my (Kris) copy of Bite Me, but he is a writer who loves what he does. As spoke about his characters, like Pocket from Fool or Minty Fresh from A Dirty Job and Coyote Blue, I could tell that they weren't just characters to him, but living, dynamic beings that take a life of their own as he tells the story.

That's awesome.

Plus, his explanation for throwing the supernatural in his wacky tales is one of the best I've ever heard: because he gets bored otherwise. To paraphrase, a story about a pilot delivering organs just isn't interesting until you throw a giant talking fruit bat in there.

Which is even more awesome.

And, if you want the most awesomest, I reccomend you read his latest Bite Me (and he's on our side against sparkling vampires). Though it's the third in his vampire trilogy, there's a huge recap of the previous two told by a perky, teenage goth chick, if you missed them. And then you should Lamb, about Jesus doing kung-fu; excuse me, Jew-do, and other things before he hits 33. And then A Dirty Job, Fool, in fact just read everything.

'Kayso, onward!

And the winner is...

After many fine submissions and a slight debate, we have chosen our winners for the first Tainted Tea Flash Fiction/Bookmark Contest. First Place winners will be featured in the Spring 2010 issue of the mag and Second Place winners will be right here on the blog for you to enjoy.

Congratulations to the following writers and artists:

First Place: Flash Fiction

• "Decisions" by Jodi MacArthur

Second Place: Flash Fiction

•  "A Cold, Dark Tale" by Rick McQuiston 

First Place: Bookmark

•  Dannan O'Brien

Second Place: Bookmark

• Harry Dickinson

Stay tuned for more contests. Thank you to everyone who participated. It was hard to come to a final decision.

Guest Post: Call of Duty: World at War Review by James (Shane's newphew)

Call of Duty: World at War’s leisure game, Nazi Zombies, is one of the coolest zombie video games. There are a lot of maps and a lot of weapons. It takes a lot of effort to win a level and you can get money for killing zombies. It’s a very creepy game because sometimes you don’t even know the zombies are coming at you.

Nazi Zombies looks realistic—like you’re actually in the game which is what makes it scary. All of these things are coming at you, and I get scared playing it [and I know you will, too]. The zombie dogs are the scariest part mostly because they’re on fire. The dogs jump at you and start to attack. Then they rip open your back and you lay on the ground until someone repairs you.  

On a scale from one to five (one being the lowest and five being the highest), I would give Nazi Zombies a five because it’s cool and crazy. Out of the six Call of Duty games I would say this is a five out of a five, but Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is ultimate! Better than a five. The first three get a three out of five.

People should buy Call of Duty: World at War because even though a lot of [my friends] say it sucks, it's cool and has two games in one! When you put it in the game console it’s just Call of Duty, but then they have the option for Nazi Zombies.

James is in the third grade and the oldest of five kids. He loves video games, writing, reading, music and sports. When he grows up, James hopes to be an illustrator-writer-basketball player among other things. This is his first publication. 

Kickass Trailers: "Emelia: The Five-Year-Old Goth Girl"

Purchase the short film on iTunes.

Here is a very short Edward Scissorhands fan-made, stop-motion video.

And the winners are...

The results are in for this years Bram Stoker Award winners which were held over the weekend at the World Horror Convention in Brighton, England. Below is a list of the 2009 winners:

 

Novel: Audrey's Door, Sarah Langan (Harper)
First Novel : Damnable, Hank Schwaeble (Jove)
Long Fiction : The Lucid Dreaming, Lisa Morton (Bad Moon Books)
Short Fiction : In The Porches Of My Ears, Norman Prentiss (PS Publishing)
Anthology : He Is Legend: An Anthology Celebrating Richard Matheson, Christopher Conlon (ed.) (Gauntlet Press)
Collection : A Taste of Tenderloin, Gene O'Neill (Apex Book Company)
Non-Fiction : Writers Workshop of Horror, Michael Knost (Woodland Press)
Poetry : Chimeric Machines, Lucy A. Snyder (Creative Guy Publishing)

Lifetime Achievement Awards were given to Brian Lumley and William F. Nolan, Specialty Press Awards to Ray Russell and Rosalie Parker of Tartarus Press, the Silver Hammer Award for outstanding service to the Horror Writers Assoc. to Kathryn Ptacek and the President’s Richard Laymon Service Award to Vince A. Liaguno. 

"This was the first time we've presented the Stoker Awards outside of the North American continent," says co-organizer Lisa Morton. "and I hope it serves to continue to expand HWA's presence and membership outside of the U.S. and Canada. We're committed to serving the entire world of horror." 

According to Science Fiction Awards Watch, new categories will be added to presumably next years ballot, including graphic novel, screenplay and YA novel. For more information about the HWA, visit their Web site.