DAY 7 of 18: Duane Swierczynski
1. Seanan McGuire presents “The Golden Girls of Fall”
2. Weston Ochse presents “Sea Lords of the Columbia”
3. Kasey Lansdale and Joe R. Lansdale present “Tremble”
4. Gary Phillips presents “The Demon of the Track”
5. Jason Starr presents “Outlawed Ink”
7. Duane Swierczynski presents “Universal Monster”
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EXCERPT:
. . . Bobby
hired him because he needed another monster picture. He always needs monsters.
The studio hasn’t had a bona fide hit since the green guy with the gills. When
you’re desperate, you turn to desperate people. People like Marvel Whitehead.
Goddamn weirdo.”
We were
headed up into the mountains by this point, on our way to the desert. I
wondered if I should put the top up. It was already oven-hot.
“I was in the office when Bobby brought him in
to pitch. He tried a bunch of bullshit on us. Rampaging insects made of human
body parts. A country full of witches. Ghosts who weren’t really dead, and so
on. Nothing clicked with Bobby. And then Marvel pulled the old, ‘Well, I do
have one more thing, but I don’t know if it would interest you, people have
never seen anything like it, I don’t know if audiences could stand it, blah
blah blah.’ We both realized all that other bullshit had been a set-up for this
big idea he obviously wanted to pitch. So Bobby says, ‘Come on, let’s hear it,
already.’”
I side-eyed
new girl to see if the warm air had made her drift off to sleep. But no. She
was paying close attention to me, hanging on my every word.
“Marvel had an idea for a new kind of monster.
One that people in the audience can’t escape, he says. That’s because it
actually comes to life and crawls off the screen, he says. . .
—“ Universal Monster” by Duane Swierczynski
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ABOUT: DUANE SWIERCZYNSKI
DUANE SWIERCZYNSKI is the Edgar-nominated author of ten novels including Revolver, Canary, and the Shamus Award-winning Charlie Hardie series, many of which are in development for film/TV. Duane has also written over 250 comics for Marvel, DC, Dark Horse, Valiant, IDW, and Archie, and collaborated with James Patterson on The House Husband, The Shut-In, and Stingrays, as well as CSI creator Anthony E. Zuiker on the bestselling Level 26 series. Earlier in his career, Duane worked as an editor and writer for Details, Men’s Health, and Philadelphia magazines, and was the editor-in-chief of the Philadelphia City Paper. He now lives in Los Angeles with his wife and children.
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ABOUT: DUANE SWIERCZYNSKI
DUANE SWIERCZYNSKI is the Edgar-nominated author of ten novels including Revolver, Canary, and the Shamus Award-winning Charlie Hardie series, many of which are in development for film/TV. Duane has also written over 250 comics for Marvel, DC, Dark Horse, Valiant, IDW, and Archie, and collaborated with James Patterson on The House Husband, The Shut-In, and Stingrays, as well as CSI creator Anthony E. Zuiker on the bestselling Level 26 series. Earlier in his career, Duane worked as an editor and writer for Details, Men’s Health, and Philadelphia magazines, and was the editor-in-chief of the Philadelphia City Paper. He now lives in Los Angeles with his wife and children.
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Pop the Clutch: Thrilling Tales of Rockabilly, Monsters, and Hot
Rod Horror
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Pop-Clutch-Thrilling-Rockabilly-Monsters/dp/1949491056
Publisher’s Page: http://www.darkmoonbooks.com/pop_the_clutch.html
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Releasing: January 14, 2019
“A fitting tribute to the 1950s with this 18-story compendium of hot rods, rock ’n’ roll, and creature features come to life.” —Publishers Weekly
“A fitting tribute to the 1950s with this 18-story compendium of hot rods, rock ’n’ roll, and creature features come to life.” —Publishers Weekly
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