Kymera Press

24/07/2024

I'm also on this panel. I am so lucky to be on 3 GREAT panels this year.

23/07/2024

Hi All. I'm on several panels at SDCC this year. This is the one I proposed, and won. So exciting. I got some really great panelists and it promises to be an interesting discussion. If you're going to SDCC, I hope you can attend.

21/07/2024

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19/07/2024

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24/05/2024

Today is the seventh anniversary of my double-lung transplant. Wow. I'm so happy to be alive. I wake up every day and say, "I will live this day in joy and gratitude." Sometimes, it's difficult to keep that resolve, but when I do get down, I remember how bad it really could be. Just saying those words out loud--I will live this day in joy and gratitude--Lifts my spirits. I hope you all can live each day in joy and gratitued.

27/04/2024

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25/04/2024

Paul and I are in Chicago getting ready for C2E2, which begins tomorrow. If you're coming, please stop by Booth SP4 and say hello. I won't be there tomorrow, but Kelly Swails (Dragons by the Yard) and I (Gates of Midnight) will be there signing on Saturday. And let me just say that the weather in Chicago is beautiful! So much better than last year when we were faced with icy rain and bitter winds. The picture below is from C2E2 before my lung transplant. My hair was a lot darker then!!!

28/03/2024

I took an online course from Christina Hills on building your own website using Word Press. And I love how it came out. I'm going to put the link in the comments. Please, let me know what you think. I can't believe I was able to do this myself.

26/03/2024

I saved Jessica Maison Judd for last because she has so graciously agreed to moderate this panel.

Jessica Maison is a sci-fi, fantasy, and horror author, screenwriter, comics creator, film director, and publisher. Plastic Girl is her coming of age novel series set in a climate apocalypse, and Mary Shelley’s School for Monsters is her horror graphic novel series. The first book in the Mary Shelley’s School for Monsters series was just named a 2023 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year finalist. Her short stories have been published by Terraform, and she writes the Monster of the Week Substack. Her short horror comics can be found in several anthologies such Nightmare Theater and Cthulhu is Hard to Spell. For more about her and her company visit wickedtreepress.com.

25/03/2024

This next panelist for my Wondercon Mary Shelley Presents panel Saturday at 7:30 pm, is Leslie S. Klinger. Les was on the very first MSP panel I did at SDCC and I'm so happy he's back!

Leslie S. Klinger is the editor of the highly-acclaimed New Annotated Dracula, New Annotated Frankenstein, and the two-volume New Annotated H. P. Lovecraft as well as the anthologies In the Shadow of Dracula and In the Shadow of Edgar Allen Poe, featuring 19th- century supernatural fiction. Together with Lisa Morton, he’s also edited the anthologies Ghost Stories Weird Women, Weird Women II, and Haunted Tales, all with extensive selections of Victorian horror. He co-edited (with Eric Guignard) the HWA’s eight-volume Haunted Library of Horror Classics and an edition of Phantasmagoriana. His latest book is New Annotated Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

24/03/2024

Next panelist for the Mary Shelley Presents panel on Saturday at 7:30. Meet Sarah Stegall.

Sarah Stegall writes science fiction, mystery and horror. Her most recent short story, "Hungry", appeared in the anthology "Hot Iron and Cold Blood" from Death's Head Press in Fall 2023. Her novel, "Outcasts: A Novel of Mary Shelley", about the writing of "Frankenstein" was released in May 2016, in time for the 200th anniversary of the book. The Publisher’s Weekly review of Outcasts said, “This novel is sure to please fans of literary history and historical novels, as well as anyone who likes monsters well-rounded.“ Sarah’s horror story "Rearguard" was a finalist for the Scribe Award given by the International Association of Media Tie-In Writers. She got her start researching and co-writing the first three Official Guides to The X-Files, which spent fourteen weeks on the NYTimes best seller list. She has also written murder mysteries (the Phantom Partners series) and science fiction. Sarah lives in California.

23/03/2024

Next on my list of great panelist is Keith DeCandido.

Keith R.A. DeCandido first fell in love with Romantic Literature in general and the work of Mary Shelley in particular during his time at Fordham University, where he earned a BA in English Literature with a very heavy focus on 19th-century literature. Since then, he’s become a prolific writer of fiction in the genres of fantasy, science fiction, mystery, horror, and superheroes, with more than 60 novels, more than 50 comic books, and more than 100 short stories to his credit. One of his favorites of the latter is the tale “What You Can Become Tomorrow” in the 2022 anthology Three Time Travelers Walk Into…, which featured Mary Shelley, as well as baseball player Josh Gibson and NASA scientist Katherine Johnson.
His other work ranges from media tie-in tales in more than 30 different licensed universes from Alien to Zorro to fiction in his self-created milieus. Recent and upcoming work includes the forthcoming debut of his new fantasy series Supernatural Crimes Unit, the novels Phoenix Precinct and Feat of Clay (the most recent books in two other fantasy series), the Resident Evil graphic novel Infinite Darkness: The Beginning (prequel to the Netflix animated series), the short-story collection Ragnarok and a Hard Place: More Tales of Cassie Zukav, Weirdness Magnet, the comic book adaptation of his serial killer novel Animal (in collaboration with co-author Dr. Munish K. Batra and artist J.K. Woodward), and short fiction in multiple issues of Star Trek Explorer, in the anthology series Sherlock Holmes: Cases by Candlelight, Phenomenons, and Thrilling Adventure Yarns, and in the anthologies Weird Tales: 100 Years of Weird, A Cry of Hounds, Multiverse of Mystery, Eliminate the Impossible, Joe Ledger: Unbreakable, and The Good, the Bad, and the Uncanny, as well as in two anthologies he also co-edited, Double Trouble: An Anthology of Two-Fisted Team-Ups (with Jonathan Maberry) and The Four ???? of the Apocalypse (with Wrenn Simms).
Keith is also a prolific popular-culture prognosticator, with his reviews and think-pieces appearing regularly on the award-winning web site Reactor Magazine (formerly Tor.com), as well as in various and sundry essay collections and magazines.
In addition to all that, Keith is a martial artist (a fourth-degree black belt in karate), a musician (currently percussionist for the parody band Boogie Knights), and an editor of more than thirty-five years’ standing (though he usually does it sitting down). Find out less at his hilariously primitive web site at DeCandido.net.

21/03/2024

I was lucky enough to get a panel at Wondercon called Mary Shelley Presents and thought you all might like to meet the incredible panelists who will be discussing the influence of Victorian Women Horror writers on modern day fiction. Jennifer Brody was on my panel at SDCC last year. I'm so happy to have her again this year.

JENNIFER BRODY (a/k/a VERA STRANGE) is the author of the "Disney Chills" book series, "The 13th Continuum" trilogy, and "Spectre Deep 6," which was a Stoker Finalist for "Best Graphic Novel" prompting Forbes to call her “a star in the graphic novel world.” She is the co-author of "All is Found: A Frozen Anthology" and "Star Wars: Stories of Jedi & Sith," where she penned the Darth Vader story. She’s a graduate of Harvard University, a film/TV producer and writer, and a creative writing instructor. She began her career in Hollywood working for A-List directors and movie studios on many films, including "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy, "The Golden Compass," "Freddy vs. Jason" and "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre." Her forthcoming stories will appear in "Weird Tales" and among other anthologies, while her forthcoming series "A Sacrifice of Blood & Stars" sold in a 3-book deal and debuts in Fall 2024. She lives and writes in Joshua Tree, California.

13/03/2024

Think dragons are relegated only to myth and legend. Well click on the link in the comments to see a complete dragon fossile!

20/02/2024

I just found out my Kolchak, the Nightstalker story, is out. I'm so excited! I loved watching both the Kolchak movies and the series. And since I worked for Dan Curtis and took notes on meetings between him and the incredible Richard Matheson, it seems like I've come full circle--again!

19/02/2024

Unfortunately, I wasn't able to make this interview, but many of the women in the anthology did. I hope you listen to the stories behind the individual stories in the anthology.

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18/02/2024

When I was in hospital with COVID and double pneumonia last year, the fire on Maui devastated Hawaii. I lived on Maui for 2 years, and before that spent my hiatus from Touched by an Angel and Promised Land in Lahaina. My best friend lived there. I knew it well, and loved it. I also had a friend whose ex-husband and son narrowly escaped the fire. I wasn't able to post about it then, but now I'm happy to share this powerful hula and all it's healing energy with you. See it in the comments.

25/07/2023

COVID alert. Paul tested positive this morning. He started having symptoms last night. I tested negative so far. Just wanted you all so know.

24/07/2023

What an amazing group of ladies on my Mary Shelley Presents panel. Thank you all for answering my call for panelists.

22/07/2023

Looking forward to discussing the Dark side with other twisted women!!

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21/07/2023

Pull tab Mimic purses and Grogru key chains at Booth 2003

21/07/2023

Booth 2003. Stop by and see us!

21/07/2023

For all you Dragon by the Yard fans, we are now selling Issues 5 & 6 at booth 2003 at . Also remember the Mary Shelley panel autograph session today from 6 to 7 and the panel from 7:30 to 8:30. It’s going to be an amazing discussion!

11/07/2023

Kymera Press will be at . I'll be on 2 panels. The Women on the Darkside on Saturday, as delineated in the previous post. I'll also be appearing in Mary Shelley Presents! Yes, that's right, I created a panel based on our comic of the same name. I'll be joined by Jennifer Brody/Vera Strange, Gini Koch, Carrie Vaughn, and Jessica Maison, with moderator Susan Lee. This panel will be Friday at 7:30 pm, with an autograph session before the panel. Come hear us talk about the influence of Victorian women horror writers on modern-day horror. See you there!

11/07/2023

Fanbase Press' SDCC 2023 Panel Announcement #3: Sat., July 22, at 2:30 p.m.:

Women On The Dark Side with Debbie Smith Daughetee (CEO, Kymera Press), Desirée Proctor (Nuclear Power), Janet Joyce Holden (Origins of Blood), and Susan Lee (founder of Women On The Dark Side) | Moderated by Barbra Dillon (editor-in-chief, Fanbase Press)

01/07/2023

No explanation needed.

01/07/2023

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