Available for pre-order now, from Elder Signs Press, scheduled for release March 2010!

My story, "Upon this Forgotten Altar: A Tale of the Barbarian Kabar of El Hazzar", will make its long awaited appearance. This anthology was originally slated as Eldritch Steel. Stories by moi [Angeline Hawkes], Steven Shrewsbury, Christopher Fulbright, Lon Prater, Tim Curran and others. I'm waiting on the final Table of Contents.


2011 will see the collected adventures of Kabar of El Hazzar published in a novel-length collection by Bad Moon Books. Out of the Garden and Other Tales of the Barbarian Kabar of El Hazzar will feature 2 new novellas, many new stories, and a handful of favorite reprints. Tune in for new details as they come. Until 2011...snatch a copy of Ancient Shadows at the awesome pre-order price!!

In other news: Robert Weinberg has written an AWESOME introduction for my themed horror collection [60k words] Inferno: Tales of Hell and Horror due out 2010 from Dark Regions Press. The collection is with the publisher now.



Shades of Blood and Shadow, my horror collection, also from Dark Regions Press, is scheduled to begin shipping in August.

Non-writing news: I've been busy sewing the nursery items. Finished: crib dust ruffle, window valance, and wall hanging so far. My writing hiatus lasts through the month of July, then I'll be back in the saddle come August. I have a whirlwind of writing scheduled. Never a dull moment! Idle hands make devil's tools afterall!

   

Don't forget to come see me in Wylie, Texas at Eerie Books & Collectibles this Saturday, July 4th from noon to 6 pm! Texas's only ALL HORROR bookstore! I'll be signing copies of my horror collection, Symphony for the Forgotten, 2008 Bram Stoker nominated anthology, Beneath the Surface ["The Relic: Father Santiago's Bone"], and the 2007 Origins Award nominated anthology, Frontier Cthulhu ["In Waters Black the Lost Ones Sleep"].

That's my scoop. Go buy some books!

Journalist Ethan Nahte wrote an awesome article for the Dallas Examiner about my upcoming signing this weekend, July 4, Saturday, 12 pm to 6 pm at Eerie Books & Collectibles in downtown Wylie, Texas.

Thank you Ethan!

I hope to see my faithful minions and potential new minions this weekend...there is always room on the Ghoul Squad for new recruits!

Mark your calendars for the Fourth of July! I will be downtown in Wylie, Texas signing books at Eerie Books & Collectibles from noon to 6 pm. In stock are copies of my horror collection, Symphony for the Forgotten, 2007 Origins Award nominated anthology, Frontier Cthulhu; and 2008 Bram Stoker nominated anthology, Beneath the Surface.


   

Come on out and say hello!

Read all about the convention here: http://www.texasfrightmareweekend.com

Christopher Fulbright and I will be there on Friday night from 5-10 pm. Saturday we'll be there from 10 am to 5 pm. Sunday - 10 am to 5 pm. There will be a horror writer panel Sunday at 3:30 pm  that we'll be on along with whoever is still there from our group. Last year the panel had a heavy attendance and went very well even though it was just me, Chris, and Steven E. Wedel. Audience participation was great!

I will have ARCs of Symphony for the Forgotten, copies of Frontier Cthulhu, Spicy Slipstream Stories, and Return of the Sword. Christopher will have copies of Blood Coven and Bound for Evil. We'll be a the HWA table along with the other HWA writers...

Horror writers in attendance will be:

[me] Angeline Hawkes http://www.angelinehawkes.com
Christopher Fulbright http://www.christopherfulbright.com
Charlee Jacob http://www.charleejacob.com     Saturday only
C. Dean Andersson http://www.cdeanandersson.com
Steven E. Wedel http://www.stevenewedel.com   Saturday only
Gabrielle Faust http://www.gabriellefaust.com
Joe Mckinney http://www.joemckinney.net
Kim Paffenroth  http://gotld.blogspot.com/
Brian Moreland  http://www.brianmoreland.com

Saturday is my birthday. I'll be 29. We'll be ducking out early as my bff is having a crawfish boil and it's yummy and an annual event.

On the writing front:

Got the cover art and interior illustrations for my Dark Regions Press collection, Shades of Blood and Shadow. Tom Moran did an awesome job! I'll post as soon as I get permission to do so.

I'm 1/4 of the way through editing/rewrites on my next Dark Regions Press collection, Inferno: Tales of Hell and Horror. It's been keeping me busy!

And there's plenty of sewing going on. Have cut out several baby quilts that will be getting sewn mostly this summer after I'm finished with all my deadlines. That's the scoop.  Y'all come out and see us at TEXAS FRIGHTMARE WEEKEND!!

Frontier Cthulhu, in which my story, "In Waters Black the Lost Ones Sleep" appears, has been named a semi-finalist in the running for the Origin Awards for fiction.

“The Origins Awards give our industry a chance to reward excellence in all facets of gaming,” said Anthony Gallela, GAMA’s executive director. “The award categories recognize games of all types, as well as fiction, non-fiction, magazines, comics, and more.”
Juries of subject matter experts in each award category selected the semifinalists from all submitted products. They narrowed the field for their category to the top 10 selections (or fewer, depending on the number of total submissions)....This year’s winners will be announced during the Origins Awards ceremony at the Origins Game Fair in Columbus, Ohio, on Saturday, June 28, at 8:00 p.m.

PUBLICATION, FICTION
Astounding Hero Tales
Hero Games
Edited by James Lowder

Dragons of the Highlord Skies
Wizards of the Coast
Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman

Duty Calls
Games Workshop
Sandy Mitchell

Fire at Will
Roc
Blaine Lee Pardoe

Flight From the Dark
Mongoose Publishing
Joe Dever

Frontier Cthulhu
Chaosium
Edited by William Jones

The Orc King
Wizards of the Coast
R.A. Salvatore

Ravenor Rogue
Games Workshop
Dan Abnett

“The Shae Mutiny,” (from No Quarter #11)
Privateer Press
Doug Seacat

The Time Curse
Margaret Weis Productions
James M. Ward

Swiped from my sister-in-law, Torri's Myspace....

You are Brigitte Bardot

Naurally sensual and beautiful You're an exotic beauty who turns heads everywhere You've got a look that's one of a kind

So what the hell have I been doing lately?

Writing: novel [w/Christopher]; invitation to a sword & sorcery anthology; 2 books coming out this month [Frontier Cthulhu and Sails & Sorcery] ; various other submissions; oh, submitted to that Amazon Novel contest, worth a shot.

Sewing: mucho. Vintage chenille doll blankets, doll sheet/pillowcases/pillow sets, seasonal handtowels [muslin and other]...all for the Fall Carnival at the kiddos school in November. Will be selling all this plus the china dolls and doll clothes. Woot.

Have Begun: Christmas shopping. A bit late. Usually I begin in July. I'm getting all slackerish in my old age.

Decorated: The house for Halloween. The giant spiders come out of the attic and into the yard this weekend. Woot! Photos will be posted of course.

For my pervy fans [you know who you are, and that I wuv you lol]: No, I will not post a naked picture of me like Poppy did...she has balls of steel [and they're not in that hot pic either]....sorry...y'all will have to scrounge up that half-naked ass and legs/boot shot I posted on Shocklines in the wee hours of the morning about 3 years ago...that's as close as I'm coming to naked until Heff comes a calling with a check. And the odds of that happenin, are like 0. lol.