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Now Available -- Dark Doorways: The Best of Post Motrem Press

Post Mortem Press' "best-of" anthology is now available. It features my short story "Carousel Gardens" alongside other PMP author,s as well as horror luminaries Jack Ketchum and F. Paul Wilson. The book is available from Amazon in paperback for $15.00 or in Kindle format for $2.99. This collection features a great variety of horror stories to satisfy any craving, from ghost tales to zombie fiction. Check it out today!

Additional Anthologies Available!

The anthology An Honest Lie Volume 2, which features my short story "The Registry of Lost Socks," is available for $16.55 plus shipping for a physical copy of the book and $10.00 for an e-book. Click HERE to order yours today.

The anthology Shadowplay, which is headlined by my short story "Carousel Gardens," is available from Post Mortem Press. The book costs $12.95 plus shipping. Click HERE to order your copy.

My steampunk short story "The Zumundo Cog" is available in the anthology Penny Dread Tales Vol. 1: Gears, Coils, Aether & Steam. This story was only available previously in a magazine that has now ceased publication. Available from RuneWright, the book retails for $16.95 plus $3.00 shipping and handling. Click HERE to order your copy today. Now available for Kindle and iPad!

Finally, my humor story "Guidelines for Selecting a Dashboard Totem" is now available in a fiction anthology from Untied Shoelaces of the Mind. The book is available in both hard copy ($7.99) and digital download ($0.99) and features a whopping 52 (!) stories -- that's less than 16 cents per story for the print edition and two cents per story for the e-book. Click HERE to order your copy today.

News: February 2012

Holy crap, January flew by! The first month of the new year is always the fastest, and January 2012 was no exception. Where, oh where, did the past 31 days go?

Of course, the new year held a great surprise for one of my Facebook fans. The first winner of the raffle never claimed his prize, so a second drawing was held, and the winner was Chris Lavoie. Since Chris lives in Connecticut, I was able to personally deliver his free, signed copy of Dark Doorways, the anthology from Post Mortem Press that features my short story "Carousel Gardens." And I won't hold it against Chris that he wasn't even home when I made my surprise visit (something about working a job, keeping a roof over his head, blah, blah blah). In any case, congrats to Chris!

Likewise, good news continues to roll in for Dark Doorways. The anthology -- and PM Press overall -- had a good showing in the Predators and Editors Poll. We've also received a wonderful review on Amazon. If you haven't explored Dark Doorways yet, be sure to visit the top of this page to order your copy today!

In other news, a second draft of the short story I mentioned last month is almost complete. While still  lacking a title, I hope to have the latest draft done soon and out to market.

Edits are also underway on my novel-in-progress. With the help of my writing critique group, The Lamplighters is almost complete and ready to submit to agents. I haven't had any luck finding an agent yet, but I hope to continue the search in 2012.

Until next time, thanks for stopping by!

--Pat

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About Me

Patrick Scalisi is a journalist, magazine editor and emerging author from Connecticut. He has published fiction in several magazines, including The Willows, Neo-opsis, Twisted Dreams and Space Westerns, among others. His short stories have also appeared in a number of fiction anthologies, including An Honest Lie Vol. 2, Shadowplay and Penny Dread Tales Vol. 1. When he's not writing, Pat enjoys watching way too many movies than are good for him, reading more books than he has shelves for and listening to music (his tastes range from classical to classic and modern rock).

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