{"id":11033,"date":"2013-09-10T19:57:15","date_gmt":"2013-09-10T23:57:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/?p=11033"},"modified":"2013-09-10T19:57:15","modified_gmt":"2013-09-10T23:57:15","slug":"party-with-some-psycho-maniacs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/2013\/09\/10\/party-with-some-psycho-maniacs\/","title":{"rendered":"Party with some Psycho-Maniacs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;ll be heading to the World Fantasy Convention next month, make sure to drop by the launch party for <em>Psycho-Mania<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.constablerobinson.com\/?section=books&amp;book=psychomania_9781780330266_paperback\">Psycho-Mania<\/a>? An anthology about &#8220;psychos, schizoids and serial killers&#8221; edited by Stephen Jones, and featuring an introduction by <em>Psycho<\/em> author Robert Bloch, who&#8217;s caricatured on the cover below.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/PsychoManiaNew.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-11035\" alt=\"PsychoManiaNew\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/PsychoManiaNew-191x300.jpg\" width=\"191\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/PsychoManiaNew-191x300.jpg 191w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/PsychoManiaNew.jpg 319w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 191px) 100vw, 191px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>(You can see an earlier version of the cover <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/2013\/06\/04\/i-go-psycho-psycho-mania-that-is\/\">here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t know where at the convention the launch party will be occurring, but if you&#8217;re in Brighton over the Halloween weekend, look us up. You want a chance to read my story \u201cThe Trembling Living Wire,\u201d don&#8217;t you?<\/p>\n<p>But that&#8217;s not the only publication of mine coming up &#8230;<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>My &#8220;Of Mice and Men&#8221;-inspired zombie story &#8220;Tell Me Like You Done Before&#8221; will be reprinted in the anthology <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/1607013959\/ref=cm_sw_r_fa_dp_6rylsb1291GNQ28G\"><em>Zombies: Shambling Through the Ages<\/em><\/a>, a fact I&#8217;d completely forgotten until I began to see the cover below posted online by friends who also have stories inside.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/ZombiesShamblingThroughtheAges.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-11034\" alt=\"ZombiesShamblingThroughtheAges\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/ZombiesShamblingThroughtheAges-200x300.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/ZombiesShamblingThroughtheAges-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/ZombiesShamblingThroughtheAges-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/ZombiesShamblingThroughtheAges.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This historical anthology is already on sale, so you can take a bite out of it <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/1607013959\/ref=cm_sw_r_fa_dp_6rylsb1291GNQ28G\">right now<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Hope you enjoy them &#8230; and hope to see you in Brighton!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;ll be heading to the World Fantasy Convention next month, make sure to drop by the launch party for Psycho-Mania. 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