The following competitions are open to current Black Static subscribers only (you can subscribe here). You may enter now, and as many as you like. Simply email your answers to competitions[at]ttapress.demon.co.uk, including your postal address, by the closing date of 31 October. Winners will be drawn from a hat and announced on the forum. NB: the DVDs are all region 2.

We have 5 copies of THE WIZARD OF GORE (2008) to give away.
Who played Montag in H.G. Lewis’ original film?

We have 5 copies of SHUTTER (2008) to give away.
What is the original Thai film’s USA DVD title?

We have 5 copies of B.T.K. to give away.
Which other serial killer did Michael Feifer direct ‘The Untold Story’ of this year?

We have 5 copies of CHEMICAL WEDDING to give away.
What is the name of co-writer Bruce Dickinson’s heavy metal band?

We have 5 copies of THE FLOCK to give away.
Who directed the US remake of Andrew Lau’s Infernal Affairs?

We have 5 copies of SOLSTICE to give away.
Daniel Myrick wrote and directed which other 2008 horror movie, set in Afghanistan?

We have 3 copies of THE SHORT FILMS OF DAVID LYNCH to give away.
Which Lynch film is about a man driving a tractor?

We have 3 copies of the remastered ERASERHEAD to give away.
What was Eraserhead’s original script title?

We have 5 copies of TIMBER FALLS to give away.
The film was shot in which European country?

We have 3 copies of RESERVOIR DOGS COLLECTOR’S EDITION to give away.
Who plays Mr White?

We have 5 copies of THE GUARD POST to give away.
What is this film’s title in South Korea?

We have 3 copies of THE DEAD GIRL to give away.
What is the name of the film’s director?

Tags: Black Static • BTK • Chemical Wedding • competition • David Lynch • DVD • Eraserhead • free • Reservoir Dogs • Shutter • Solstice • The Dead Girl • The Flock • The Guard Post • Timber Falls • Wizard of Gore

…so will be out in a couple of weeks. Cover and all original art is as usual by David Gentry…

…and it’s full of dark and troubling things.

Stories:

The Reason For The Season by Bruce Holland Rogers
The Hodag by Trent Hergenrader
Blood God Blood by Eric Gregory
The Talent Girl by Daniel Kaysen
Pages From a Broken Book by Tony Richards
The Deep Walker by Alison J. Littlewood
Bait by David Sakmyster

Features:

White Noise compiled by Peter Tennant
Interference by Christopher Fowler
Electric Darkness by Stephen Volk
Night’s Plutonian Shore by Mike O’Driscoll

Reviews:

Case Notes by Peter Tennant
Many book reviews including special features on Leisure Books, reviewing titles by Gary Braunbeck, Sarah Pinborough, Gord Rollo, Brian Keene, John Everson and Edward Lee, plus an interview with Leisure editor Don D’Auria; novels by Thomas Ligotti and Stephen Gregory from Virgin’s new horror line; ‘famous monsters’ with books by Suzy McKee Charnas and Nicholas Pekearo; and a feature on the new novels by Tim Lebbon including an interview with the author.

Blood Spectrum by Tony Lee
DVD reviews of many latest releases with chances for subscribers to win free copies of a lot of them. Who Saw Her Die?, Lost Boys 2: The Tribe, The Wizard of Gore, Shutter, B.T.K., Dante 01, Chemical Wedding, Day of the Dead, Dead Space: Downfall, Vexille, The Happening, Tin Man, The Flock, P2, The Vanguard, Outpost, Solstice, The Short Films of David Lynch, Eraserhead. Plus a round up of other DVDs received, including the Caligula Imperial Edition, Salò, The Dead Girl, Timber Falls, The Guard Post, Days of Darkness, Bone Dry, Reservoir Dogs Collector’s Edition…

Details of competitions to follow, here and on the forum.

Meanwhile, subscribe now!

Tags: Black Static • books • DVDs • films • free porn • Horror

TTA Press will have a dealer table at MonsterCon ‘08 in Concord, NC, USA.  The event is Saturday and Sunday, the 4th and 5th of October 2008.  This is a great opportunity to fill in those missing issues in your collection or just come out and find out about us and have some fun.

Scott Nicholson, who has had stories appear in Crimewave and Black Static, will be a guest author at MonsterCon.  Scott has an upcoming podcast story at Transmissions From Beyond on Monday October 13, 2008.  TFB editor Pete Bullock will be at MonsterCon too.

The event also features many notable guests, including actor Brian Krause who played Leo on the hit television show “Charmed”.  If you live on the U.S. east coast, you’ll want to seriously consider going to MonsterCon.

Tags: Black Static • Conventions • CRIMEWAVE • INTERZONE • MonsterCon

Notice that singular, either the credit crunch is biting or I’m no good at selling ads. Either way it’s not good.
The Afterblight Chronicles by Paul Kane
(more…)

Tags: Abaddon • Afterblight Chronicles

The new issue of our groundbreaking Horror magazine (shortlisted for an International Horror Guild Award and a British Fantasy Award) is out now. As usual, cover and all original interior art is by David Gentry.

STORIES:

The Better Part Of You by Simon Avery

Back on the Road by Melanie Fazi

Special Needs by Peter Tennant

En Saga by Nina Allan

All Mouth by Paul Meloy

Viva Las Vegas by Ray Cluley

FEATURES:

White Noise (news)

Electric Darkness by Stephen Volk

Interference by Christopher Fowler

Night’s Plutonian Shore by Mike O’Driscoll

Case Notes by Peter Tennant (books, including Scott Sigler featurette and interview, focus on Chris Fowler’s Bryant & May novels, Jonathan Oliver on Abaddon Books, and much more)

Blood Spectrum by Tony Lee (DVDs, including interview with the directors of [REC] and several competitions)

Subscribe now!

Tags: Abaddon • Black Static • books • Christopher Fowler • David Gentry • DVDs • Horror • Melanie Fazi • Mike O'Driscoll • Nina Allan • Paul Meloy • Peter Tennant • Ray Cluley • REC • Scott Sigler • Simon Avery • Stephen Volk • Tony Lee

The following competitions to win Region 2 DVDs appear in Black Static 6. But you can enter now. Answer as many of the following questions as you like and email them, with your postal address, to competitions [at] ttapress [dot] demon.co.uk. Winners will be drawn from a hat on 30th August and announced on the forum. The only catch is that you must be a current Black Static subscriber. I think that’s only fair. Btw, despite a previous announcement on the forum we are holding back The Tattooist (release date 29th September) review and competition till Black Static 7. (more…)

Tags: Awake • Black Static • Blood Spectrum • Bloodbath at the House of Death • competitions • DVD • Eden Log • Exte • Ghost Game • REC • The Sick House • Tony Lee • Unearthed • zombies

Issue 6 of our groundbreaking Horror magazine Black Static: Transmissions From Beyond has gone to press and will be out in a couple of weeks. As usual, the cover (and all original interior) art is by David Gentry. Click it to make it bigger.

Stories are by Simon Avery, Melanie Fazi, Peter Tennant, Nina Allan, Paul Meloy and Ray Cluley. Usual columns by Stephen Volk, Christopher Fowler and Mike O’Driscoll, plus news, a huge amount of book and DVD reviews by Peter Tennant and Tony Lee, interviews with Scott Sigler and the directors of [REC]… and free stuff! More details closer to publication.

Tags: Black Static • books • Christopher Fowler • David Gentry • DVD • Horror • Melanie Fazi • Mike O'Driscoll • Nina Allan • Paul Meloy • Peter Tennant • Ray Cluley • REC • Scott Sigler • Simon Avery • Stephen Volk • Tony Lee

Below are the links from advertisements in Black Static 5

Abaddon Books
Tomes of The Dead: I, Zombie by Al Ewing

Lulu
Prison Paul Western (more…)

Tags: Abaddon • Paul Western

EARTHBOUND BY RICHARD MATHESON
(Tor Books paperback, 224pp, $4.99)

David and Ellen Cooper return to the beachside community where they spent their honeymoon more than twenty years before in an attempt to rescue a marriage placed under severe stress by David’s infidelity. But whenever Ellen is away David is visited by Marianna, a young and beautiful woman to whom he is powerfully attracted. He finds himself drawn into a passionate affair, the very last thing that he needed in the circumstances. David’s undoubted love for Ellen plays in deadly counterpoint to his desire for Marianna, as their bouts of frantic lovemaking leave him drained physically and mentally, deepening the rift between husband and wife. Another resident of the area warns David that Marianna is not what she seems to be, and slowly doubt gives way to the realisation of who, or rather what, he has invited into his bed and life. (more…)

Tags: Black Static • Book Reviews • Earthbound • Peter Tennant • Richard Matheson

Denvention 3 is the 66th Worldcon and the 2008 World Science Fiction Convention and, obviously, in Denver, Colorado; dates August 6th to 10th this year. With the help of Interzone’s US friends we will have a dealer stand at the convention.

We will sell Interzone and Black Static there at the unbelievably low price of $7 or $8. The local and State taxes along with exchange rate volatility make it difficult to decide immediately on pricing. I expect US readers think $8 is not ‘unbelievably low’ but it is less than the $12, or more, charged in their normal retail emporia. (more…)

Tags: Denvention 3 • Worldcon