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Weston Ochse's Blog
November 5, 2009
- Tobacco Row in Tampa, Florida, used to have a used bookstore, of sorts. I think it was called The Last Chance Bookstore, and they weren’t kidding. All the books were a dollar, regardless of what edition, volume or shape they were in. Just to make sure you understand what kind of store this is, this store wasn’t run by booklovers. This store was run by tabacconeers. You see, this ...
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October 7, 2009
- I’ve always tried to be the hero. Since I first picked up a comic book or a novel, I was trying to be that guy who saved everyone—the dog, the damsel, the world. Growing up, I pretended to be Sgt Rock and Sgt Fury from comics. I was Thor and Captain America and Captain Marvel. I had power and needed to save those weaker than me. I read Hemingway and Tolkien and Brooks and learned ...
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August 12, 2009
- There's a scene in the Showtime series Californication where the main character, an author of some success played by David Duchovny of X-Files fame, is in the mansion of a rock star, surrounded by sex, drugs, naked girls, booze, loud music and the usual x-rated trappings, while he's talking to a beautiful woman about the books he's written. There's a similar scene in the movie Almost Famous, a ...
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July 29, 2009
- My Abaddon Books editor just asked for a sample chapter from Empire of Salt to go into the end of Gary McMahon's Hungry Hearts, which is due out from same publisher. Never had anyone ask me for a sample chapter before. Kind of cool. No, very cool. Look for his book in November with a chapter from Empire of Salt Here's a picture of the cover of Gary's book: ...
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June 23, 2009
- Weston Ochse Goes Out in a BLAZE OF GLORY (June 21, 2009 by Horror News- with permissionfrom http://www.fearzone.com/blog/blaze-glory) What's better than Wesley Snipes starring in a movie about a garbage man at the end of the world saving a rag tag group of survivors from giant worm-like monsters that have already taken over the world? If you ask Larry Roberts from Bloodletting ...
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June 23, 2009
- Weston Ochse is Podcasting Scary Rednecks(from Fear Zone with permission - http://www.fearzone.com/blog/scary-rednecks) April 29, 2009 by Horror News You're traveling through the Appalachian Mountains and suddenly your son goes missing. You're fishing on a wide southern lake, only to be taken underwater by a fish so powerful it must be a god. Your rifle is trained on an outhouse ...
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March 6, 2009
- I've posted two free podcast stories for your listening pleasure. One is a podcast professionally done by David Munger at Twilight Tales. Really a rockin' job. The other is a story called "Fishes Dream of Lonely Things" and is made available to you for free from Pulp Studios. This one is great too, with some nice music and sound effects. Can't wait until all the rest are available. ...
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February 18, 2009
- Weston Ochse to be Guest of Honor at TusCon 36 The Baja Arizona Science Fiction Association has invited author Weston Ochse to be their Guest of Honor (GoH) for the 36th running of TusCon, dubbed “The Best Little Sci-Fi, Fantasy and Horror Convention in Arizona.” Previous GoHs include Theodore Sturgeon, Vernor Vinge, Karl Edward Wagner, Diana Gabaldon, John Ringo, Laurel K. Hamilton, ...
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January 28, 2009
- Just got back from Naples, Italy. More on that later. Found out when I returned that Redemption Roadshow slipped into the preliminary ballot for the Bram Stoker in Long Fiction. I also discovered that it has two recent reviews. I invite you to check out the links to lipstickindie and Pod of Horror. Both reviews are brilliant, so please, laud compliments upon the reviewers when you ...
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November 14, 2008
- I spent last weekend at the nearest regional Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Convention: TUSCON 35, held in Tucson, Arizona. The GoH was Diana Gabaldon. The perennial toastmaster is Ed Bryant. Last year found Ed under the weather, and at the last minute, I had to replace him as toastmaster and roast science fiction author John Ringo. I think the video of it is still floating around ...
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November 12, 2008
- Writer seeking fellow writers. Male. Blonde. Sometimes overweight. Often energetic. Guilty of nothing. Optimistic. Eternally creative. With Kung Fu Grip. Enjoys long walks on the beach, Michael Chabon novels, obscure Latin American author literary references and seafood. Has tattoos of Elvis (1972 Hawaii), quote from Ishmael Reed's "I am a cowboy in the boat of ...
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