All the news that’s fit to capsulize!

‘JACK’ UP YOUR BANK ACCOUNT
Author F. Paul Wilson is offering $1,000 to the person who can come up with “the most original, intriguing, interesting, challenging problem” for his Repairman Jack character. In addition to the cash, the winner will get a character named after him in the next Jack adventure. To enter, go to www.repairmanjack.com and stump that Jack! Meanwhile, the bargain-priced ($4.99) “special edition” of ALL THE RAGE – a Repairman Jack novel from 2000 – is now available.

GET ‘FROSTBITE’ ALL SUMMER LONG
MONSTER ISLAND scribe David Wellington has a new serial novel online. Titled FROSTBITE, it’s about werewolves in the Canadian arctic. If you can’t wait for the (hopefully) eventual printed book, you can read three new chapters every week be at www.brokentype.com/frostbite.

HE IS ‘LEGEND,’ YOU NOT SO MUCH
Those new to Richard Matheson might want to pick up the Science Fiction Book Club’s new 2-in-1 edition, packaging together a pair of his most famous and acclaimed novels, I AM LEGEND and HELL HOUSE. As a bonus, the book also contains 10 of the master’s short stories, including “Prey,” the basis for the classic Zuni fetish doll segment of the TRILOGY OF TERROR telefilm. Math-tastic! You can join SFBC here.

O, BOOK WHORE, WHERE ART THOU?
For all none of you who have asked, our resident weekly BOOK WHORE has been on “extended leave.” She plans to return soon for the occasional trick, but swears off visiting every seven days “when there’s so many better things I can do with my time.” Bitch.

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