Wherever you are, whatever you’re doing, I salute you. You may not be the scariest monster ever, but you certainly know how to live large. As this short documentary shows, you are obviously the center of a massive, international conspiracy requiring scrambled phone calls and hastily scrawled coded instructions on paper documents that are shuttled around the world by your beautiful but deadly army of female ninjas. And yet, in the thick of it, you show an underlying taste for style, music, and refinement. Your demeanor reflects a worldly seriousness, generosity of heart, and clever sense of humor. Most of all, I admire a monster who knows how to hang up a phone.
We have two weeks left until Halloween. Are you ready yet? I’m doing a give-away courtesy of the Hachette Group.
The Hachette Group Giveaway:
What is up for grabs: The five books listed below and a chance to win a bonus book.
Who will win: Three winners will be selected. Simply leave a comment on this post. When you post your comment, be sure to enter your correct email address in the email field. That’s how I’ll notify the winners. Winners must live in the USA or Canada (sorry) and the books cannot be shipped to a PO Box.
When and how the winners will be chosen: Sunday, November 1. Winners will be selected randomly using numbers generated by random.org.
Notification: Winners will be notified by email. The Hachett Group will send the books to the winners. The Hachett Group will also be selecting random winners to receive a copy of The Bride Collector by Ted Dekker.
I’ve only read one of these, The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova, and definitely recommend it. The others look interesting. Thanks to all who participate and good luck!
Joanna Ebenstein is the creator of the fantastic website Morbid Anatomy, whose goal it is to survey “the Interstices of Art and Medicine, Death and Culture.” Ebenstein also does design and photography. At times, Morbid Anatomy itself may seem much like a grisly carnival side-show until you get below the surface and realize that it really a thorough, earnest, educated look at anatomy, death, and our curiosity about both subjects. So far her site has inspired a gallery show which she curated. I’m sure there’s more to come.
You may be asking me, “But the Tim Burton movie comes out in 2010! What does Alice in Wonderland have to do with 2009?” The answer is: anticipation. Besides, there are more items coming than just a Tim Burton movie. 2010 promises to be the “Year of Alice”. There are two movies, two video games, an MMO and a SyFy Channel miniseries coming. One of the video games will be Disney’s, based on the Tim Burton movie. The other game will be the sequel to American McGee’s Alice. The other movie is Malice in Wonderland, which IMDB currently shows as having been released, somewhere or other. Also, there has been an anticipatory avalanche of coolness.
Alas, no animal hats.
I mentioned not too long ago that if you’re not reading Coilhouse then you should go check it out. While assembling a list of the Dark Queens of 2009, it occurred to me that one of their staff would make a great Queen of Darkness. Unfortunately, I had some trouble choosing between what I assume are the three co-founders: Nadya Lev, Zoetica Ebb and Meredith Yayanos. Like Wurzeltod, they are purveyors of alt culture. All of them do cool things like photography, music, and of course, writing. Choices, choices, choices. In the end, an animal mask sealed the nomination.
Besides contributing to Coilhouse, Zoeteca also has her own blog, Biorequiem dot com.
... the attic, a vast raftered length lighted only by small blinking windows in the gable ends, and filled with a massed wreckage of chests, chairs, and spinning-wheels which infinite years of deposit had shrouded and festooned into monstrous and hellish shapes.
The Shunned House
H.P. Lovecraft
The flying monkeys let our technician out for a minute and he snuck away into the light of day. Thanks for your patience during this difficult transition.
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