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True Blood Cast Members Sign SSP Book for Cancer Research Fundraiser

True Blood Cast Members Sign SSP’s Vampires Don’t Sparkle Anthology for Cancer Research Fundraiser

Five members of the cast of HBO’s hit television series True Blood signed a copy of the Michael West-edited SSP anthology Vampires Don’t Sparkle! to be auctioned with 100% of proceeds from this event going to support cancer research. The auction will be conducted through eBay starting the second week of October and ending on Halloween, October 31st.

“It is a very personal cause for me, ” says Michael West, the author of highly-acclaimed novels such as Poseidon’s Children, Cinema of Shadows, The Wide Game and Spook House. “One year ago, I lost one of my closest friends, author Sara J. Larson, to cancer, and then my wife was diagnosed with the disease last fall. I hope that, with this anthology, we can help win the fight against this real-life horror.”

Signing the copy of Vampires Don’t Sparkle! were:

Rutina Wesley, who plays Tara Thorton 
Sam Trammell, who plays Sam Merlotte 
Jim Parrack, who played Hoyt Fortenberry 
Janina Gavankar, who played Luna Garza  
Jessica Clark, who plays vampire god Lilith
 This will be a great opportunity for True Blood fans to get a one-of-a-kind collectible!  Even better, Vampires Don’t Sparkle! honors the true spirit of vampire storytelling, making for a perfect match!

What would you do if you had unlimited power and eternal life?

Would you…go back to high school? Attend the same classes year after year, going through the pomp and circumstance of one graduation after another, until you found the perfect date to take to prom? Would you…spend your days moping and brooding, finding your only joy in a game of baseball on a stormy day? Or would you…do something else? Anything else?

The authors of this collection have a few ideas; some fanciful, some humorous, and some as dark as an endless night. Join us, and discover what it truly means to be “vampyre.”

Edited by Michael West

Foreword by Michael West

“A New Life” by J. F. Gonzalez
“What Once was Flesh” by Tim Waggoner
“The Darkton Circus Mystery” by Elizabeth Massie
“Robot Vampire” by R. J. Sullivan
“Beneath a Templar Cross” by Gord Rollo
“The Weapon of Memory” by Kyle S. Johnson
“The Excavation” by Stephen Zimmer
“Skraeling” by Joel A. Sutherland
“Dreams of Winter” by Bob Freeman
“Dracula’s Winkee: Bloodsucker Blues” by Gregory L. Hall
“I Fuck Your Sunshine” by Lucy A. Snyder
“A Soldier’s Story” by Maurice Broaddus
“Rattenkönig” by Douglas F. Warrick
“Vampire Nation” by Jerry Gordon
“Curtain Call” by Gary A. Braunbeck

 

A portion of the proceeds from the sales of Vampires Don’t Sparkle are donated to cancer research institutions to fight the real horrors of Cancer.

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Perfect Flaw, Southern Haunts: Spirits That Walk Among Us, The End Was Not the End, Vampires Don't Sparkle, Virtual Tour, Writers Workshop of Science Fiction & Fantasy

5 New SSP Anthologies: One Amazing Virtual Tour

Beginning tomorrow and running late into June, the SSP Anthology Extravaganza is going to be your introduction to five fantastic new anthologies from Seventh Star Press:  Southern Haunts (paranormal), The End Was Not the End (fantasy), Vampires Don’t Sparkle (horror), Perfect Flaw (dystopian) and Writers Workshop of Science Fiction & Fantasy (writing advice/speculative fiction theme).

You will get to meet all kinds of wonderful authors and editors, with guest posts from many of the writers featured in these books, interviews, reviews, and more.

Here is a list of all the activities on the calendar as of today!  Get ready for a big month of activity!

(Schedule shows name of blog, type of activity, and the book being featured for that day)

Full Tour Schedule:  
May 16     Jay Wilburn Blog          Guest Post       (Southern Haunts)
May 16  MikesFilmTalk       Guest Post   (Vampires Don’t Sparkle)
May 16    Armand Rosamilla, Horror Author     Guest Post (Perfect Flaw)
May 17     Laurie’s Paranormal Thoughts and Reviews     Interview    (Southern Haunts)
May 17    Laurie’s Thoughts and Reviews     Interview   (Perfect Flaw)
May 17    Come Selahway With Me    Guest Post  (Vampires Don’t Sparkle)
May 17    The Dan O’Brien Project   Guest Post  (The End Was Not the End)
May 18     The Dan O’Brien Project     Promo-Spotlight  (Southern Haunts)
May 18   A Girl and Her Kindle   Review (Vampires Don’t Sparkle)
May 18   Ian’s Realm   Guest Post   (The End Was Not the End)
May 19   Angela Meadon Blog    Guest Post   (Perfect Flaw)
May 19   Strange Amusements    Review  (The End Was Not the End)
May 20     Book in the Bag          Review   (Southern Haunts)
May 20     The FlipSide of Julianne     Guest Post   (Guest Post)
May 20  Laurie’s Paranormal Thoughts and Reviews   Interview  (Vampires Don’t Sparkle)
May 21     Spellbound by Books     Excerpt  (Southern Haunts)
May 21  The Dan O’Brien Project   Guest Post  (Perfect Flaw)
May 21   Kentucky Geek Girl   Interview  (Vampires Don’t Sparkle)
May 22     Darlene’s Book Nook         Guest Post  (Southern Haunts)
May 22 Strange Amusements   Promo/Spotlight  (Vampires Don’t Sparkle)
May 22   Bookishly Me   Guest Post  (The End Was Not the End)
May 22   Ian’s Realm   Guest Post  (Perfect Flaw)
May 23    Workaday Reads   Guest Post  (Perfect Flaw)
May 23  Book Den  Guest Post  (Vampires Don’t Sparkle)
May 23  Laurie’s Thoughts and Reviews    Interview  (The End Was Not the End)
May 24   Books, Owls and Tea    Guest Post  (Perfect Flaw)
May 24  Beagle Book Space  Promo/Spotlight  (Vampires Don’t Sparkle)
May 24  I Read a Book Once   Review  (The End Was Not the End)
May 26     Kentucky Geek Girl     Interview  (Southern Haunts)
May 26 Armand Rosamilla, Horror Author   Review  (Vampires Don’t Sparkle)
May 27  Bookishly Me    Review  (Vampires Don’t Sparkle)
May 28  Spellbindings   Guest Post  (Writers Workshop of Science Fiction & Fantasy)
May 28  A Haunted Head  Interview (Vampires Don’t Sparkle)
May 29 Darlene’s Book Nook   Guest Post  (The End Was Not the End)
May 29   Book in the Bag    Interview  (Writers Workshop of Science Fiction & Fantasy)
May 30    Darlene’s Book Nook      Guest Post  (Perfect Flaw)
May 30  The Cabin Goddess Review  (Vampires Don’t Sparkle)
May 31  WTF Are You Reading?   Review  (Vampires Don’t Sparkle)
May 31  Literary Meanderings   Interview (Writers Workshop of Science Fiction & Fantasy)
June 1      Babs Book Bistro     Excerpt  (Southern Haunts)
June 1  Readings Sunshine    Review  (Perfect Flaw)
June 1   The Witchy Contessa   Review  (The End Was Not the End)
June 1  Laurie’s Thoughts and Reviews   Interview  (Writers Workshop of Science Fiction & Fantasy)
June 2     Beagle Book Space  Promo-Spotlight  (Southern Haunts)
June 2  Kentucky Geek Girl   Promo-Spotlight  (Writers Workshop of Science Fiction & Fantasy)
June 3     Reading Away the Days   Review  (Southern Haunts)
June 3  Book in the Bag   Review  (Vampires Don’t Sparkle)
June 3  Spellbindings       Guest Post   (The End Was Not the End)
June 3   The Witchy Contessa   Review  (Writers Workshop of Science Fiction & Fantasy)
June 4  Jess Resides Here    Guest Post   (Perfect Flaw)
June 4  The Dan O’Brien Project  Guest Post  (Vampires Don’t Sparkle)
June 5  Book Reviews and More    Review   (Perfect Flaw)
June 5  Once Upon a Time   Guest Post  (The End Was Not the End)
June 5  The Cabin Goddess   Excerpt (Southern Haunts)
June 6  A Book Vacation     Guest Post  Perfect Flaw)
June 6    Beauty in Ruins   Review  (The End Was Not the End)
June 6  Come Selahway With Me   Interview  (Writers Workshop of Science Fiction & Fantasy)
June 6  A Haunted Head   Guest Post (Southern Haunts)
June 7     Word to Dream s    Review  (Perfect Flaw)
June 7  Bee’s Knees Reviews   Review  (Vampires Don’t Sparkle)
June 7   I Read a Book Once  Review  (Writers Workshop of Science Fiction & Fantasy)
June 8   The Witchy Contessa   Review  (Perfect Flaw)
June 10   Spellbindings   Guest Post (Southern Haunts)
June 10  WTF Are You Reading    Review  (Perfect Flaw)
June 10  Ali’s Bookshelf  Author Interview (Vampires Don’t Sparkle)
June 11 Darlene’s Book Nook  Guest Post  (Vampires Don’t Sparkle)
June 11 Juniper Grove  Interview  (Southern Haunts)
June 12    Celticlady’s Reviews   Promo-Spotlight  (Southern Haunts)
June 12  Bookishly Me    Review  (Perfect Flaw)
June 12  Library Girl Reads and Reviews   Guest Post  (The End Was Not the End)
June 13    The Witchy Contessa    Review  (Southern Haunts)
June 13  Book Den  Guest Post  (Writers Workshop of Science Fiction & Fantasy)
June 14   Urban Fantasy Reviews  Promo-Spotlight (Writers Workshop of Science Fiction & Fantasy)
June 14     Word to Dreams     Guest Post  (Southern Haunts)
June 14  Sweet Southern Home  Guest Post  (Perfect Flaw)
June 15  Bee’s Knees Reviews   Review  (The End Was Not the End)
June 15  The Dan O’Brien Project   Promo-Spotlight  (Writers Workshop of Science Fiction & Fantasy)
June 16    I Smell Sheep    Guest Post  (Southern Haunts)
June 16   SpecMusicMuse    Review and Interview  (Perfect Flaw)
June 16  Jess Resides Here   Top Ten’s List  (Vampires Don’t Sparkle)
June 16  Once Upon a Time   Promo-Spotlight   (Writers Workshop of Science Fiction & Fantasy)
June 17     Bookishly Me     Review  (Southern Haunts)
June 17  Spellbindings   Guest Post   (Perfect Flaw)
June 17  The Witchy Contessa   Review  (Vampires Don’t Sparkle)
June 18  Recent Reads    Review  (Writers Workshop of Science Fiction & Fantasy)
June 19     Recent Reads     Review  (Southern Haunts)
June 19  My Seryniti   Review  (Vampires Don’t Sparkle)
June 19   Come Selahway With Me   Guest Post  (The End Was Not the End)
Anthologies, Michael West, press release, Vampires Don't Sparkle

Cover Reveal of Vampires Don’t Sparkle! and Special Pre-Order Offer

For Immediate Release
March 6, 2013

Cover Reveal of Vampires Don’t Sparkle! and Special Pre-Order Offer

Seventh Star Press is proud to unveil the cover art created by award-winning artist Matthew Perry for Vampires Don’t Sparkle!, the new anthology from editor Michael West. Featuring authors such as Gary A. Braunbeck, Tim Waggoner, Lucy A. Snyder, and Maurice Broaddus, the anthology contains some of the best writers in the speculative fiction arena today.

A special, short pre-order window is also being offered until March 16th for those wishing to have copies signed and personalized by editor Michael West.

Vampires Don’t Sparkle! poses the question: What would you do if you had unlimited power and eternal life?

Would you…go back to high school? Attend the same classes year after year, going through the pomp and circumstance of one graduation after another, until you found the perfect date to take to prom? Would you…spend your days moping and brooding, finding your only joy in a game of baseball on a stormy day? Or would you…do something else?

The authors of this collection have a few ideas; some fanciful, some humorous, and some as dark as an endless night. Join us, and discover what it truly means to be “vampyre.”

Authors and stories featured in Vampires Don’t Sparkle! include:

“A New Life” by J. F. Gonzalez
“What Once was Flesh” by Tim Waggoner
“The Darkton Circus Mystery” by Elizabeth Massie
“Robot Vampire” by R. J. Sullivan
“Beneath a Templar Cross” by Gord Rollo
“The Weapon of Memory” by Kyle S. Johnson
“The Excavation” by Stephen Zimmer
“Skraeling” by Joel A. Sutherland
“Dreams of Winter” by Bob Freeman
“Dracula’s Winkee: Bloodsucker Blues” by Gregory L. Hall
“I F*** Your Sunshine” by Lucy A. Snyder
“A Soldier’s Story” by Maurice Broaddus
“Rattenkönig” by Douglas F. Warrick
“Vampire Nation” by Jerry Gordon
“Curtain Call” by Gary A. Braunbeck

Readers may pre-order a first edition softcover signed (and personalized if desired) by editor Michael West at the Seventh Star Press website (https://seventhstarpress.com/pre-orders/ ) . Pre-orders must be received by March 16th, 2013, with shipping to occur the following week.

Additionally, and very importantly, a portion of the proceeds from the sales of the anthology will be going to cancer research institutions. Michael West, the author of highly-acclaimed novels such as Poseidon’s Children, Cinema of Shadows, The Wide Game andSpook House, comments.  “It is a very personal cause for me.  One year ago, I lost one of my closest friends, author Sara J. Larson, to cancer, and then my wife was diagnosed with the disease last fall.  I hope that, with this anthology, we can help win the fight against this real-life horror.”

To get further information on Michael West, or the Vampires Don’t Sparkle! anthology, please visit Michael’s site at www.bymichaelwest.com or the Seventh Star Press site at www.seventhstarpress.com

 

Contact: C.C. James
Public Relations, Seventh Star Press
ccjames (at) seventhstarpress.com

Seventh Star Press is a small press publisher of speculative fiction located in Lexington Kentucky