Borders, Part II & Stokers, Part I
The Borders store in Clearwater, Florida also had ten copies of PRESSURE, equally divided between the Hardcover New Releases table and the Mystery/Thriller section. I think everybody should support their local Borders store. In fact, why don't you throw on some clothes, herd the kids into the car, and make a day of it? You can enjoy the wide variety of selections from their cafe, and seek out some exciting reading material to purchase from the Hardcover New Releases table and the Mystery/Thriller section!
Meanwhile, 10 days remain in the "recommendation" phase for the Bram Stoker Award. As of the last update, PRESSURE has the third-most recommendations for Best Novel, which is kinda cool.
Of course, all a "recommendation" for the Bram Stoker Award means is that a member of the Horror Writers Association filled out the form that said "Yo! PRESSURE should be up for a Stoker!" It doesn't necessarily mean that the person who recommended the book intends to vote for it, or, in the case of Affiliate members, is even eligible to cast a vote.
It does mean that PRESSURE will appear on the preliminary ballot, along with all of the other novels that received the minimum 5 recommendations (PRESSURE has 11). At which point PRESSURE is pretty much screwed, because I'm up against people like Stephen King, Stoker fave Tom Piccirilli, Stoker fave Gary Braunbeck, etc. So I'm enjoying the smidgen of glory while I can.
Meanwhile, I'm working on a story called "Gramma's Corpse." I'm sure you'll enjoy it.
Meanwhile, 10 days remain in the "recommendation" phase for the Bram Stoker Award. As of the last update, PRESSURE has the third-most recommendations for Best Novel, which is kinda cool.
Of course, all a "recommendation" for the Bram Stoker Award means is that a member of the Horror Writers Association filled out the form that said "Yo! PRESSURE should be up for a Stoker!" It doesn't necessarily mean that the person who recommended the book intends to vote for it, or, in the case of Affiliate members, is even eligible to cast a vote.
It does mean that PRESSURE will appear on the preliminary ballot, along with all of the other novels that received the minimum 5 recommendations (PRESSURE has 11). At which point PRESSURE is pretty much screwed, because I'm up against people like Stephen King, Stoker fave Tom Piccirilli, Stoker fave Gary Braunbeck, etc. So I'm enjoying the smidgen of glory while I can.
Meanwhile, I'm working on a story called "Gramma's Corpse." I'm sure you'll enjoy it.
posted by Jeff Strand at 12:00 PM
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