Everyone claims to have been there when it all went down. Wolves’ dung, I say. And thank God the Church keeps such accurate records—cuts down on the wild stories. The thirtieth anniversary of the Apocalypse comes this Friday.

“The old building in a rundown part of town was a perfect place to find a body, but Joe Borland knows they’d never have dragged him out of retirement if it still had its skin. It’s been twenty years since Borland battled the Variant Effect, and twenty since he let his partner get skinned alive. Now they are ordered back into action to meet a terrifying new threat.”

Dark Valentine contributor Stephanie Draven (read her story “The Threshing Floor” in our debut issue) blogs about the very tangible joy of holding her first novel in her hands.  Her novel Poisoned Kisses will be released October 1st by Harlequin Silhouette/Nocturne and here’s her reaction to the carton of writer’s copies they sent her.
Stephanie [...]

Award-winning author Kaye George’s story “Shipwreck” is in the Autumn Issue of Dark Valentine, available for free download on Friday, September 3rd.  Here’s an interview about her new book, to be published later this year.

Virginia C is the lucky winner of a free copy of Christine Pope’s new paranormal romance novella, Playing With Fire.
For those who didn’t win but are interested in purchasing a copy, the book is currently on sale at a special introductory price at the Pink Petal Books website.
Bitten by Books has this to say about [...]

If you’re a fan of LA Banks’ Vampire Huntress novels (and who  isn’t?), good news.  She’s teamed up with Brett Booth to produce the first in a series of graphic novels.
The Hidden Darkness #1:  Ashes to Ashes is an original story set in the Vampire Huntress world.  Chronologically, it takes place just after the [...]

Dark Valentine contributor Elizabeth Zelvin (she wrote “The Silkie” in the Summer Issue) has the weekly punch story up at Beat To a Pulp.  It’s called “Dress to Kill” and it’s what we’re talking about when we say we like “dark fiction.”
The author of Death Will Get You Sober and Death Will Help You Leave [...]

Playing With Fire can be dangerous…
Dark Valentine contributing author Christine Pope has a new paranormal romance novella out Thursday, August 5, and she wants to give a copy to YOU!
Here’s a blurb to whet your appetite:
Samael calls the City of Angels home, but he’s far from angelic. His assignment: Bringing the souls of L.A.’s [...]

Paul Hoffman has written the first in what will be a series set in an unspecified future time when a religious order has created “sanctuaries” where new generations are raised and molded.
A young boy bred to be a killer by religious fanatics seems to be the key in a monstrous plan that is set into [...]

Dark Valentine’s good friend Kelli Stanley (author of Nox Dormienda and City of Dragons) recommends A Twisted Ladder, the debut novel from writer Rhodi Hawk.