Fran Friel’s collection of short, dark fiction, MAMA’S BOY AND OTHER DARK TALES, has been listed among some of the best-of-the-best for 2009 fantastical fiction! The British Fantasy Society has just put up its longlist for the British Fantasy Awards, and Fran Friel is among those listed for the best short fiction collection. See her [...]
Congratulations to Fran Friel for earning her second career Stoker Award nomination. Her Apex collection, Mama’s Boy and Other Dark Tales, received a nod for Superior Achievement in a Collection.
Bret Jordan over at Monster Librarian has just posted a review of Fran Friel’s MAMA’S BOY AND OTHER DARK TALES!
Three of our books have made the preliminary ballot. Congratulations to the following…
Non-Fiction:
Beauty & Dynamite by Alethea Kontis
Collection:
Mama’s Boy and Other Dark Tales by Fran Friel
Long Fiction:
Orgy of Souls by Wrath James White and Maurice Broaddus
Apex is happy to make physical (or PDF copies) of these books to Active HWA members’ request [...]
Here’s a fascinating interview with Fran Friel by Greg Lamberson of FearZone.com.
Favorite part: When Fran is talking about her experience participating in the Gross Out Contest at WHC 07…
“And if you’ll remember, the judges were Chris Golden, Tim Lebbon and Joe Lansdale and later that night somebody told me that Joe’s beautiful daughter, Kasey, was [...]
John Hornor Jacobs* recorded Fran Friel reading “Gravy Pursuits” from her Apex collection Mama’s Boy and Other Dark Tales. It’s a gross, creepy story. Enjoy!
Part 1 (6 minutes long)
Part 2 (2 minutes long)
*edited to fix the spelling on John’s name. Sorry about that, John.
I tried to warn them, but the humans wouldn’t listen and the cats just taunted me.
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