Matt’s Bookosphere 5/29/08

Mark Teppo: absinthe, Jager, pop rocks and Jack. Why?

You might want to go ahead and order The Big Book of Necon. ” Featuring Contributions by Stephen King, Peter Straub, Neil Gaiman, Jack Ketchum, Rick Hautala, Thomas Tessier, Chet Williamson, Douglas Clegg, Brian Keene, Ramsey Campbell, Douglas Winter, Thomas Monteleone, Gahan Wilson, Jonathan Carroll, John Coyne, Alan Ryan, Lucius Shepard, Graham Joyce, Tim Lebbon, and over 30 other artists and authors who have made Necon the most popular convention of the horror genre over the last three decades!”

Charles Tan interviews Lucius Shepard!

Are you aware that you’re missing “365 Days of Blasphemous Horror” at Weird Tales magazine’s site? Lovecraft-inspired paintings by Steven Archer!

Rumor has it that Neil Gaiman has been approached to script an episode of “Doctor Who” in 2010.

Jeffrey Ford’s “The Shadow Year” gets some love from the Duluth, MN library. Wish my library was cool enough to carry Ford’s work!

Corey Redekop’s “Shelf Monkey” has been awarded Gold as Best Popular Fiction Novel at this year’s Independent Publishers Book Awards! Congratulations, Corey!