Soultaker special feature

A special feature article I wrote for Soultaker went up on the Dorchester site today.

Check it out here:

http://www.dorchesterpub.com/Dorch/SpecialFeatures.cfm?Special_ID=2616

A Sunday playlist

"Method To My Madness" by Lords of the New Church
"KKK Bitch" by Body Count
"Born With A Tail" by the Supersuckers
"Animal (Fuck Like A Beast)" by W.A.S.P.
"Almost Human" by KISS
"Six Pack" by Black Flag
"Nice Boys" by Guns N' Roses
"Sex & Outrage" by Motorhead
"Everglade" by L7
"Supermodel Suicide" by the Erotics
"March Of The Pigs" by Nine Inch Nails
"Some Fun" by Smack
"I, Zombie" by White Zombie
"In Love" by the Datsuns
"Blood At The Door" by the Creeping Cruds

I woke up this morning with Rose Tattoo's "Nice Boys" running through my head. So it was good to have GNR's cover come up randomly. The main line in the song is "Nice boys don't play rock and roll." And it occurred to me to wonder whether any female band had ever covered the song and changed the lyric to "Nice girls don't play rock and roll." I did a google search and came up with this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKluPjGh1mk

I think it's two girls, one guy. Close enough. Haven't listened to this version though, so don't blame me if it sucks.

The Haunt

The people at the Horror Mall have started a horror equivalent of social networking sites like My Space and Facebook. It's called The Haunt and is pretty cool. Check out my Haunt here:

http://www.horror-mall.com/haunt/Bryan_Smith

Come by and add me, sign up, comment, whatever.

And, oh yeah, Soultaker's out:

http://www.amazon.com/Soultaker-Leisure-Fiction-Bryan-Smith/dp/0843961937/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1230731239&sr=1-1

Go forth and buy.

Favorite reads of 2008

Originally posted this on Brian Keene's board, but figured what the hell, I'll blog it too.

Read but not necessarily released in 2008 top 10

1. Crooked Little Vein by Warren Ellis
2. Queenpin by Megan Abbott
3. The Shotgun Rule by Charlie Huston
4. The Name of the Game Is Death by Dan J. Marlowe
5. Go Go Girls of the Apocalypse by Victor Gischler
6. Nuclear Jellyfish by Tim Dorsey
7. So Nude, So Dead by Richard Marsten (aka Ed McBain)
8. Old Man's War by John Scalzi
9. The Max by Ken Bruen and Jason Starr
10.Money Shot by Christa Faust

Mostly crime fiction, as usual the last few years.

2008 Reading List

I kept track of this throughout 2008 on my Horror World message board (which I'm about to deep-six, by the way). The list isn't extensive. I work a full-time day job and in 2008 I wrote two full-length novels and several short stories. As you can see, between those things and other obligations, I couldn't possibly have a lot of spare reading time. But here's what I did read in 2008:

The 2008 Reading List:

Slash, by Slash with Anthony Bozza
Preacher: Alamo
The Midnight Road by Tom Piccirili
Buffy The Vampire Slayer Season 8 issues 1 through 10
Duma Key by Stephen King
Buffy The Vampire Slayer Season 8 issue 11
Money Shot by Christa Faust
A Diet Of Treacle by Lawrence Block
Dead Man's Walk by Richard S. Prather
House Of Sorcery by Carter Brown
Find This Woman by Richard S. Prather
Queenpin by Megan Abbott
Buffy The Vampire Slayer Season 8 issue 12
Darling, It's Death by Richard S. Prather
A Devil For O'Shaugnessy/The Three-Way Split by Gil Brewer
Cuts by Richard Laymon
The Shotgun Rule by Charlie Huston
Half The Blood Of Brooklyn by Charlie Huston
The Velvet Vixen by Carter Brown
Fires Rising by Michael Laimo
The Name Of The Game Is Death by Dan J. Marlowe
Working For The Devil by Lilith Saintcrow
Buffy The Vampire Slayer Season 8 issue 13
The Vengeance Man by Dan J. Marlowe
The Blue-Haired Bombshell by John Zakour
AC/DC: Maximum Rock & Roll by Murray Engleheart and Arnaud Durieux
The Heroin Diaries by Nikki Sixx with Ian Gittins
The Sure Thing by Richard S. Prather
Buffy The Vampire Slayer Season 8 issue 14
Buffy The Vampire Slayer Season 8 issue 15
Small Favor by Jim Butcher
So Nude, So Dead by Richard Marsten (aka Ed McBain)
The Score by Richard Stark (aka Donald E. Westlake)
Double In Trouble by Richard S. Prather and Stephen Marlowe
13 French Street by Gil Brewer
Bright Orange For The Shroud by John D. MacDonald
Buffy The Vampire Slayer Season 8 issue 16
The Woods Are Dark (restored and uncut version) by Richard Laymon
Dead Man Rising by Lilith Saintcrow
Crooked Little Vein by Warren Ellis
Buffy The Vampire Slayer Season 8 issue 17
Go-Go Girls of the Apocalypse by Victor Gischler
Gypsies Stole My Tequila by Adrienne Jones
Transmetropolitan: Back On The Streets by Warren Ellis
Slab Happy by Richard S. Prather
The Max by Ken Bruen and Jason Starr
Brides Of The Impaler by Edward Lee
Buffy The Vampire Slayer Season 8 issue 18
Home Is The Sailor by Day Keene
Old Man's War by John Scalzi
Nuclear Jellyfish by Tim Dorsey
The Jigsaw Man by Gord Rollo
Every Last Drop by Charlie Huston
Living Dead In Dallas by Charlaine Harris
The Hong Kong Caper by Carter Brown