July 2008

“I have a conscience, but it’s a feeble, withered shred of a thing. It couldn’t protect you or anyone else from a stiff breeze.” Glokta sighed, long and hard. . . “You could not even guess at the things I’ve done. Awful, evil, obscene, the telling of them alone could make you puke.” He [...]

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GUD is running a promo contest this week and it’s real simple — blog about the contest with a link to their contest page just like I’m doing and you’re entered to win a set of GUD Issues 0-3 in hardcopy. And that’s a pretty sweet prize, as GUD is a thick magazine with great [...]

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Mjollnir was no longer luring Hellboy in one direction or another, but in some ways it haunted him more than ever. There was a presence inside him, lurking at the back of his mind; it felt like he was waiting in line for something with this rude, extremely impatient entity staring over his shoulder, urging [...]

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Just received my copy of Morpheus Tales #1, a new UK-based ‘zine dedicated to dark fiction in all its disturbing variety. It’s a sweet little digest-sized mag with an attractive old school design and superb cover and interior illustrations — a great launch to a new venture and very distinctive. In addition to [...]

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“There are few men with more blood on their hands than me. None, that I know of. The Bloody-Nine they call me, my enemies, and there’s a lot of ‘em. Always more enemies, and fewer friends. Blood gets you nothing but more blood. It follows me now, always, like my shadow, and like my [...]

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