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October 28th, 2007 We bet you are here looking for an update on The Vault of Punk Horror. Well here is comes. We will beging taking orders today, and shipping will start on Halloween (did you here that thunder in the background with the creepy music, maybe that was just us). Swing by the Store section to order your copy, or to find out how to order in bulk for your book store click on Wholesale. Also The Vegan Holiday Festival is November 3rd, and our very own David Agranoff will be one of the presenters. He will be reading one of his new shorts “Value Menu,” and selling the last few copies of the first print of Screams From A Dying World. Should be a blast.
October 11th, 2007 We are updating like a motherfucker here! We have a new interview up from Gina Ranalli. She is a bad ass Bizarro author, and one of the contributers to The Vault. You can check the interview out in our Media or Family section, for she is both Media and Family. October 10th, 2007 It is really important to tell you that we have updated The Cause section for The Vault of Punk Horror. Please take a few to go over there and read about the very serious need that Alaska’s women face, and a group that is doing something about it. October 6th, 2007 Just a few quick things...first just wanted to show you a quick teaser of The Vault of Punk Horror’s cover. We are working on getting the final art in (hence the big questin mark) but we thought you might want to see what the rest will look like...
We’re thinking it is looking pretty cool. We have an interview with Vault author Gina Ranalli coming out this weekend, so if you want to be one of the first to read it, then be sure to sign up for the mailing list. It doesn’t take but two seconds, and the only spam we send out is our own. Then Finally we have a new project going on the site, The Online Short Story Review. Basically it is a section of reviews for shortstories that you can find online. There is a lot of good stuff out there that probably isn’t getting read because no one knows about it. Go and check out the reviews, it is a small selection so far but it is growing almost daily. October 1st, 2007 Just a few things that we want to let you know about. First! Only 31 days until the release of The Vault of Punk Horror! This project has been in the works for almost four years now and it is going to be amazing. With fiction from John Shirley, Lisa Morton, Jeremy Robert Johnson and way more this book is looking to be pretty fantastic. And don’t forget the introduction from Dee Snyder! To “celebrate” we are pumping out some interviews with the authors, but first of, and interview withthe Editors, with questions asked by Paul Stuart and Cody Goodfellow! So go check that out. Second, we have added a new feature to the PH website. We are starting to do short reviews of short fiction that is avaliable online. So go and check it out, and if you have some short fiction you would like reviewed check out our Submission Guidelines. Finally, we will have some big announcements about future projects, including the revamped Gutter Limits and Screams, as well as what we hope are some really amazing chapbooks. So stay tuned to the PH website, and join the mailing list ASAP! September 25th, 2007 New author read fiction from Punk Horror Press Co Founder Gabriel LLanas, in the media section. Coming very soon, preorders for The Vault, a revamped version of The Gutter Limits, an interview with the editors of the The Vault, and new project announcements. So keep your ear to the ground, or sign up for the mailing list now. August 15th, 2007 Normally we wait a week or so before we post the interview that was sent to the mailing list on the site. But since it has been quite a while since we have done an update, we wanted to get this next interview to you right away. So go check out the awesome interview with Bizarro author Jeremy Robert Johnson. Up now! August 14th, 2007 Just wanted to take a few minutes to talk about Punk Horror Press and specifically about the Vault of Punk Horror Anthology. Another delay, we are having to delay the release of the book until Halloween. The project has attracted many fantastic horror authors many of which also have long standing careers in punk rock and hardcore. A few Bram Stoker award winners and several nominees, they have all volunteered their fiction and we have volunteered countless hours to finish this project because it is a benefit for victims of domestic violence in Alaska the state with the worst problems of DV in the U.S.
The computer problems harmed the output of the podcast as well, so if you are a fan of those, rest assured that we will have that all up and running again shortly. New episodes of Author Read Fiction and The Punk and The Pastor are coming soon, as well as some bonus material that you will hopefully really enjoy. On top of that we are working on bringing you some more of all the other free crap that hopefully you are coming to expect from PH.
Punk Horror Press.
June 15th 2007: Just a quick update. 1st, if you are in the Colorado vicinity tonight is the night to get in on the first ever Punk Horror Podcasts show. It is going to be a good one so don’t miss out if you are close enough to come. 2nd the Cody Goodfellow interview is now up on the site so be sure to check that out. And we have also added some videos to Ryan C. Thomas’ interview, of his band The Buzzboms. Good Times all around. Until next time. JUne 4th 2007 Heavy metal icon writes the introduction to the Vault of Punk Horror! Twisted Sister front man Dee Snyder to write the introduction to a new groundbreaking Horror Fiction charity anthology Who: Punk Horror Press When: Release Date August 31st For more information: www.punkhorror.com After four years in the making Punk Horror Press is set to release its ground breaking horror fiction anthology The Vault of Punk Horror on August 31, 2007. The trade paperback edition will feature an introduction by heavy metal icon Dee Synder as well as fifteen stories by several award winning and nominated authors with proceeds benefiting the Alaskan Women’s Network. The AWN supports a variety of causes that center around women’s rights in one of the most dangerous places for women to live in the United States. “Dee was excited by the cause and the line-up of fantastic authors. Underground favorites like newcomers Ryan C. Thomas and Cody Goodfellow turned in high quality stories along with Bram Stoker award wining short story authors Lisa Morton (Short Story “Test” – 2006) and John Shirley (Collection Black Butterflies – 1998) we are proud of the quality of this collection which cover to cover will create a unique experience.” Said Co-Editor David Agranoff. When editors David Agranoff and Gabriel LLanas first started this project four years ago the concept was simple tales of horror fiction by punk authors set in the punk scene or featuring punk characters. “We wanted to break some stereotypes and give back to both the punk and horror scenes which have been positive outlet for both of our lives. We wanted stories of high literary quality at the same time. So unlike some anthologies that receive five hundred or more submissions we had to seek out authors and work with them to develop stories within the theme. In the end we had to pinch ourselves when we read the book first time, all the way through, it turned out fantastic,” said Gabriel LLanas Readers interested in getting taste for what is to come in the Vault of Punk Horror need only to visit the Punk horror website. “We have a variety of podcasts, interviews and various works by authors who will be appearing in The Vault. Our E-newsletter also contains news about the various authors and until August will feature interviews with the authors. The interviews with Vault contributers are turning out great. We have lots of musicians, screenwriters and activists in the book that reflect the diversity of the writers. We love that we have the author who practically invented the cyberpunk genre as well as first time authors.” The Vault of Punk Horror will hit the streets August 31st Other Punk Horror News Cari Beltane To Release Chapbook Anthology With Punk Horror Press! Cari Beltane, member of the Booger Murphy collective and original member of the Punk Horror Press Crew is set to release an chapbook anthology of her dark poetry and experimental fiction entitled Tissue Culture. Set to be released in late 2007 Cari has promised us a freaky and mind boggling experience in reading. It is something to really look forward to. Gabriel LLanas To Release Novella With Wild Child Publishing! Wild Child Publishing (www.wildchildpublishing.com) has picked up Gabriel Llanas’ first novella, Oh, Ragnarok for publication. A tale of serial killers, psychics and the Norse apocalypse Gabriel is very excited about the work which is slated for release in mid to late June. New John Shirley Book Now Available From Cemetery Dance! The highly anticipated novel The Other End by John Shirley is now available from Cemetery Dance Publications. This alternative to the Left Behind series is exactly what the doctor ordered in a world of right wing nut jobs trying to convince you that war is a gift from god. You can pick it up from the Cemetery Dance website: http://www.cemeterydance.com/page/CDP/PROD/shirley03 April 29th, 2007 We have a lot of stuff in the works, the most important of which is The Vault of Punk Horror, and do we have some huge news for you on that front. We have procured the services of Dee Snyder from Twisted Sister to write the introduction to the book. We have been excited about the project from the start but this is just icing on the cake for us. So keep looking out for more information on The Vault. We also have a new interview up with Duncan Barlow. Check out the Family section for that. It is a great interview with a ton of other content including video of Duncan’s old bands. Totally worth checking out. And finally a new Punk and the Pastor. Fun for all. March 25th, 2007: Thanks to everyone that came out to the events. We will send out a repot on how they went to the mailing list sometime this week, so if you want to know about all the fun things that happened at Denver Zine Fest, and David’s Book signing in Canada sign up today! March 14th, 2007: A few bits of news. First David Agranoff has made it home from his short but very cool book tour in support of his latest chapbook Screams From a Dying World. The reading at Boxcar Books was recorded for a literature series on WFHBCommunity Radio in Bloomington, Indiana. Sounds like it will be a pretty great show, and we are hoping to get a copy of it for you on Punk Horror Podcasts. We’ll be sure to let you know if that happens. Second there is another event coming up where you can meet some of the Punk Horror Crew. We have been invited to the Second Annual Denver Zine Fest. It will be taking place on March 24th. For more information vist their site by clicking the poster below. Hope to see some of you there. Finally we have some news about The Vault of Punk Horror. In the next couple of weeks we will be posting the final author line up in the Family section, and makeing a huge announcement about who has offered to write the introduction to the book. This is a big deal and if you want to be the first to know about it be sure to sign up for our mailing list. Signing up has gotten way easier so do it today. Also there is some great news about a few of The Vault authors. First Lisa Morton was just nominated for a Bram Stoker Award for Short Fiction, a huge acomplishment for any author. Stepehn Wilson who we will have an interview for, and a great story on the Author Read Fiction Podcast, has been nominated for the Campbell Award,. you can learn more about him at his Writertopia profile. And Vault author John Shirley recently contributed to a documentary about Northwest Punk, find out more here, and look out for his new collection of short fiction Living Shadows, and his new novel, The Other End.
January 2007 January 30th, 2007 Screams From A Dying World Three Day International Book Tour Punk Horror author David Agranoff is about to hit the road on a three day international book tour in support of his new chapbook Screams From a Dying World. Screams From a Dying World is a collection of six imaginative tales from author and political activist, David Agranoff. The stories range in character from bleak post-apocalyptic cautionary tales, to highly personal and poignant ghost stories set in rural Indiana, to a hilarious send-up of AM radio conspiracy culture. Though the tone may vary, all have a strong undercurrent of social commentary. For more information click on the links below: March 10th 7PM - Chicago, IL, USA - Quimby’s March 11th 6PM - Bloomington, IN, USA - Boxcar Books March 25th TBA - Victoria, BC, CAN - Dark Horse Books If you are in the area be sure to stop by and pick up a book, and chat with David. January 16th, 2007 Just a couple of quick notes. First we have set up a advertising plan on our website. If you are a band, an author, or another independent press check out our advertising packages. For the traffic I think you will find they are a good deal. Finally, David Agranoff is working on a small book tour for Screams From a Dying World. All of the information isn’t finalized but I thought you would all want to know. January 9th, 2007: Happy New Year from us at Punk Horror to you! It has been a while since we posted an update so here we go... First up we have a new podcast from Punk Horror author David Agranoff be sure to check that out in our Media section. It will quash all New Years hope you may have left over after a week of 2007. When you are done listening be sure to pick up a copy of David’s book Screams From a Dying World. In the Family section be sure to check out a new interview with Lisa Morton. If you were signed up on the Mailing List you would have already had a chance to read that. Be sure to check out the interview it is great.! Finally, work continues on The Vault of Punk Horror. We are hoping to have it out sometime this spring, and we will keep you up to date on this project as it develops. To learn a little bit more be sure to check out out News section. As always to keep up with all things Punk Horror sign up for the Mailing List, the Message Boards, or the Podcast November 2006 November 21st, 2006 October was a big month for us. We released David Agranoff’s new books Screams From a Dying World and though there were delays in the shipping they are all on their way to everyone who ordered them. On top of that we released the first episodes of our podcast. One The Punk and The Pastor is a movie review show featuring Gabriel LLanas and Stacey Campbell and it is a lot of fun. The other is a show of author read fiction, since David just released his book, we decided to run one of his stories first. Which brings us to some news. First we are begening to work in earnest on The Vault of Punk Horror. We would still like to get a Spring 2007 release on it and we are pusing to get all of the stories in. So far we have amazing work from John Shirley, Cody Goodfellow, Lisa Morton, Eric Turowski, Ryan C. Thomas, Gabriel Llanas, David Agranoff, and Paul Stuart. We have stories in the works from several other authors so it looks like it is going to be a great anthology. Second, we would love to have some of your author read fiction. Unlike The Vault of Punk Horror we are looking for great horror or punk fiction, it doesn’t have to be both (that should make it a little easier on you authors out there) be sure to check out our submission guidelines in the Media section. Keep an eye out every other Tuesday for a new episode of Punk Horror Podcasts October 2006 October 24th, 2006 With Halloween and the release of David Agranoff’s book Screams From a Dying World just around the corner, we here at Punk Horror are getting pretty excited! We just want to remind you that you can preorder Screams in the Shop section, and for a little sneak peek, here is the cover art from our very own Rick Clarke.
Be sure to pick up your copy, and feel free to sign up for the message boards, the podcast, or to just shoot us an e-mail. October 14th, 2006 Animal Rights Activist, Turns Horror Author For more than 13 years horror author David Agranoff has promoted Veganism, and animal rights. Now, with a short story collection, Screams From a Dying World, Agranoff hopes he can reach a whole new audience. "To me there is no social justice fight that comes close to animal liberation, it's the production of meat, dairy and eggs that does more damage to the planet than any other industry.” For this reason the benefits of his new release from Punk Horror Press will benefit Animal Acres, a farmed animal sanctuary. Animal Acres works to promote compassionate living through its farmed animal rescue, refuge efforts, public education, outreach, and advocacy projects to prevent cruelty to farmed animals. Punk Horror will be giving a portion of the sales of Screams From a Dying World to the organization. When asked how his activist beliefs affected his writing David said, "All six stories are horror fiction but the theme of environmental destruction and the horror it causes run through the book. For vegans living in this world is like a daily horror show, we have to live with family and co-workers who eat flesh around us and talk about it tasting good. Here is collection of horror from an author that understands the real horror of our world." Screams is available for preorder now and will be released on Halloween of 2006. For more information on Animal Acres Visit: Also, this weekend we are releasing our first ever podcast. “The Punk and the Pastor” is a horror movie review show, featuring Gabriel LLanas co-owner of Punk Horror and book reviewer for Dred Tales, and Stacy Campbell pastor at Christ Community Church in Greeley, CO. Be sure to subscribe to the show. And as always don’t forget about our message boards and mailing list. They are the best way to stay connected with Punk Horror and what we are doing. October 9th, 2006 First things first Paul Stuart will be attending a great event. If you are in the San Diego Area be sure to check this out.
Beyond King And Koontz: San Diego Horror Writers’ Guide to Halloween Hits. Thursday Oct. 26th 2006 7pm Frankenstein and Dracula, Salem’s Lot and Watchers…You know the essentials of horror fiction, but this Halloween find out what local horror writers really love to read to scare themselves witless! Featuring: At For more information call: 619.295.2201 Also Screams From a Dying World is avaliable for preorder in our shop. If you secure your order now you will receive a copy Signed by David Agranoff and Numbered. Order now. Besure to also sign up for the mailing list to receive exclusive Boogers, and Interviews from the authors of The Vault of Punk Horror. Finally keep an eye out for the Punk Horror Pod cast to debut this month. I don’t want to give to much away but the content is going to be great September 2006 September 18th, 2006 So it is going well on our latest project Screams From a Dying World so well in fact that you can pre-order it in the shop right now. For only $6 dollars you to can own the collection of ecocentric, politically mindied horror fiction, that you would expect from animal rights activist turned horror writer David Agranoff. That’s not all though. Over on the left you will notice a new link, called Archives. Therein lies the glory that is the past Booger Murphy shorts from the e-mails we send out to our list. Read them laugh and see what you are missing by not being signed up. As if that weren’t enough in the Family section you will find a link to our first author interview for The Vault of Punk Horror. An interview with none other than Bram Stoker and International Horror Guild award-winning author John Shirley. There is more exciting content coming soon including a podcast, more Boogers, and more author interviews, so sign up for the mailing list so you don’t miss a thing, and be sure to drop by our message boards to harass us August 2006 August 24th, 2006 Tonight David is on Free Radio San Diego. Takling about Punk Horror, his up coming book Screams From a Dying World, The Vault of Punk Horror, animal rights, and on top of that he read one of his Booger’s “Smells Like McDonalds Teen Spirit.” We will have it up on the site for you to download! August 21, 2006 If you aren’t on the mailing list you just missed the latest Booger story and an exclusive interview from John Shirley, author of Cellars, Demons, and his up coming novel The Other End. It will be up on the website soon, but if you would have been on the mailing list you would be reading it right now! Also got a great review from Apex Digest, where The Gutter Limits gets three and a half out of four alien heads. You can read that on their web site and it is highly recomended that you pick up their fine publication. And last, but not least. Gabriel LLanas (the Colorado portion of the Punk Horror Family) had a write up in his local paper, The Greeley Tribune, in the business section. They say all press is good press. Sign up for the mailing list so you don’t miss the next interview or fantastic Booger Murphy story, and in the mean time give us a shout on the Message Boards. August 16, 2006 Totally behind on getting this up on the front page but we have an exciting event coming up this weekend. Saturday August 19th Bluestocking Books will be hosting a “San Diego Horror” event. This will not only feature David, Cari and Paul from the Punk Horror Family, it will also feature Cody Goodfellow (author of Radiant Dawn), and Ryan C. Thomas (author of The Sumer I Died). Once again if you are in the SD area make sure that you find your way over to the event.
More news! We will have a John Shirly interview coming very soon. If you want to read it before anyone else be sure to join our mailing list. On top of that if you aren’t on the list you just missed a great Booger Murphy story, don’t miss another one, (we will be archiving the Booger’s that went out previously soon so keep an eye out for them). Finally we just got the rough drafts of David Agranoff’s Screams From a Dying World and the stories are fantastic. This collection of shorts from David will be coming out on Halloween and we should have a preorder option avaliable in the Shop section soon. This Thursday at 7:30 PM David Agranoff will also be interviewed on Fee Radio San Diego He will be talking about his fiction, Punk Horror press, his activism, and the community the San Diego horror writers are building. Should be fun, Those of you not in San Diego can listen online at http://pirate969.org/ You might even be able to call in. If you want to let us know something drop us an e-mail or go to our message boards July 2006 July 7, 2006 Just itching to meet some of the Punk Horror crew, come out to the Punk Rock Craft Fair in sunny San Diego, CA on July 30th. It is at the Che Cafe, 9500 Gillman Dr.
July 4, 2006: Well I have awesome news on all fronts. First Screams From a Dying World is on track and will be released in October of this year (just in time for Halloween). This will be another chapbook featuring the short fiction of David Agranoff. This will be fantastic stuff! In an effort to continue being socially active, Screams will also be a benifit chapbook. This time is will be benifiting Animal Acres. Click the link to find out more. The Gutter Limits is now available at Blue Stocking Books in San Diego. If you are there besure to pick up your copy or at the very least tell them how much you love Booger. There will also be a signing and reading even there later this summer so keep an eye out for that. In the same vein Shocklines has sold out our first shipment of The Gutter Limits, so thanks if you picked on up. Since they want signed copies we will only be able to sell them one more shipment, so if you want a signed one you are going to have to pick it up from them. The Vault of Punk Horror has decided exactly who we would like to support and we are finalizing stories from all of the authors. We have decided on helping is the Maniilaq Family Crisis Shelter. This shelter is an amazing place that reaches out to women that most times of the year don’t even have access to the aid of local law enforcement. This will be a great group to help out. There will be more information soon in The Cause section. Also be keeping an eye out for interviews with authors from the Vault. We should have the first one up in the next couple of weeks. Thanks to you Punk Horror is really starting to take off. Be sure to stop by the message boards to say hi, and to sign up for the mailing list to find out this information before anyone else.
June 2006 June 20, 2006 Man there is a lot that has been going on. First off a quick update on the two new projects. “Screams from a Dying World.” David Agranoff’s chapbook of short fiction is still holding with a release date of October. He is currently deciding which stories he offically wants in the book, then he is going to edit and then we will be putting it all together. This one will be cool as hell. May 2006 May 25th, 2006 After taking a bit to catch out breath from the successful release of The Gutter Limits, as well as the birth of Gabriel’s newest child, we here at Punk Horror are getting back into the swing of things. Not content to rest on our laurels while the pieces for The Vault of Punk Horror work themselves into place, we are charging ahead with two new projects. First is Are You Going To Eat That? from the emminent Booger Murphy Collective. A collection of Vegan recepies and the kind of fiction that you have come to expect from Booger. Next is Screams From a Dying World a collection of short fiction from Punk Horror author and co-founder David Agranoff. Both have tentative October release dates but we are working on it as we go, as usual. Keep up to date by signing up for the Punk Horror mailing list. We will be sending out some more free Boogers soon, as well as posting all the latest news on The Vault of Punk Horror. Stay tuned. APRIL 2006 The Gutter Limits Was Released on April 29th 2006
April 3, 2006 The Winners AnnouncedThe first Punk Horror contest is over and the winners, drawn from the mailing list are: Ilona Des and Gori Suture. Congrats to all three! Keep an eye out for more giveaways from Punk Horror. Now is the time to preorder the Gutter Limits.. Another Author Joins the VaultLooks like Tim Waggoner the award winning author of ‘Like Death’ is on for writing a short story for The Vault! This is exciting in the last year he published a fan favorite Nightmare on Elm St. novel and ‘Like Death’ has been received rave reviews from fans and critics alike. This guy has gotten 6 honor mentions in the years best fantasy and horror so we are damn excited to have him! Please visit is site and support the authors who support punk horror. What You MissedIf you aren’t signed up for the mailing list you missed four stories from Booger. Besure to sign up for the mailing list, so that you don’t miss out on the next batch
March 2006 March 7, 2006 HUGE NEWS FROM PUNK HORROR! Big news for Punk Horror small press! Find out some of the authors in the Vault of Punk Horror! Gutter Limits chapbook Unleashed April 28! Sign-up for Punk Horror mailing list and get Booger Murphy flash fiction monthly! Big news at Punk Horror the brand spanking new small press founded by writers Gabriel Llanas and David Agranoff, Only a few short months after deciding that a press was the route they wanted to take the duo has lined up some horror heavyweights with punk rock histories to write for there flagship project, The Vault of Punk Horror charity Anthology. The depiction of punk rockers in fiction tends to be one dimensional. Now, the editors of a ground breaking new anthology intend to bring authentic punk rock fiction to the genre they most love, traditional horror, Both editors consider horror fiction and punk rock the things they discovered in there childhood that led them on a positive path in there lives. This anthology will give us a chance to combine that love with giving something back not only to punk and horror but the world at large. We have been able to sign on a number of award winning and acclaimed authors! John Shirley (Bram Stoker and International Horror Guild award winning author of Demons and screenwriter of The Crow), playwright and acclaimed short story author Lisa Morton, the critically acclaimed author of Radiant Dawn Cody Goodfellow, Christa Faust(author of popular Nightmare on Elm Street novel Dreamspawn), Jeremy Robert Johnson acclaimed flag bearer of the new Bizarro sub genre of horror fiction, these are just some of the very talented writers who have stepped up to support the important cause of fighting domestic violence in Alaska, the Vault is a charity project and Punk Horror hopes fans will support. Especially with the work of such fantastic authors who are donating their efforts. While still more stories and authors are coming on board Punk Horror is excited to finally let you know some of the good news. We will have more in the coming months as the Vault becomes our No.1 priority. We are also Re-opening submissions on March 7th until June 1st. So if you have a horror tale that involves punks or a punk rock setting please drop us a line. While we gear up for the Vault we are putting a chapbook called “The Gutter Limits” by underground punk rock legend Booger Murphy. While most of Murphy’s work has been confined photocoped zines this doesn’t diminish the quality of the work. The Gutter limits is 40 pages (with full color cover) of 23 ultra short flash style fiction tales which range from straight-horror, Bizarro to the blackest of humor, all with a dark tongue in cheek comic bent. Stay tuned for details about “The Gutter Limits” release party to be held the last weekend of April in San Diego CA! Readings, signings and guest appreances by “Booger” and other Southern California authors an 100% free evening of entertainment and horror community. It will be held at Kung Food express San Diego’s only organic vegetarian restaurant on April 29th from 7:30- 10:30 pm. members of the horror community contact us you would like promote your own work at this event! Stay posted for flyers and articles for the event! There is also a Colorado based event in the works so stay tuned! Starting in April the Punk Horror e-mail list will include original Booger Murphy flash fiction pieces. And through the first of April everyone that signs up on the list will be entered for a chance to win a signed copy of the Gutter Limits! Guaranteed to amuse, disgust and entertain you have nothing to lose but the minute it takes to sign up. February 2006 February 27, 2006 Well it has been a bit since I updated the site. There are a few announcements to make. First I’m pleased to announce the opening of the first Punk Horror Contest. It is pretty simple: You sign up for the mailing list you are entered to win a free signed copy of the Gutter Limits by Booger Murphy! As an added bonus starting next Monday people on the mailing list will get special never before publish “Super Short Stories” from Booger himself. Second I have added a new flyer and my latest Design option in the Design section. Punk Horror can now produce inserts for your band’s CD. Finally the Shop is now a part of the Punk Horror site. We will have preorders avaliable for the Gutter Limits soon. As well as having all of our design options there too. -Gabriel February 16, 2006 Have a new flyer up in the Design section, and I did some more rearanging to the links section. Let me know if you want to trade banners or even just links with us. Check both sections up, and be sure to sign up for the mailing list, so you never miss something new on Punk Horror. -Gabriel February 13, 2006 The Gutter Limits is really pulling itself together. Go and check out the page for it to leatn a bit about Booger. Some of his history, and how I got to know him. I’m really excited about GL being the first Punk Horror project. Be sure to sign up for the mailing list to keep in the loop with everything going on at Punk Horror. -Gabriel February 8, 2006 I’ve been saying it for a few days but we will have some big news about the Vault of Punk Horror and the Gutter Limits soon. Compiling the work of Booger Murphy is a pretty formidable task but I assure you this is one chapbook you don’t want to miss. Be sure to sign up for our mailing list so you never miss another Punk Horror announcement again. -Gabriel February 2, 2006 Well I was very excited about having this set up on frames only to discover that is messed up the counter so that I had no clue where you guys were coming from. Back to the old fassioned no frames site it is. Also you will see that there is a new section called News. I will archive the news every month so that this page doesn’t get to clutterd. Until then keep a look out for new stuff from Punk Horror. Soon there will be news on The Vault of Punk Horror, The Gutter Limits, and Punk Horror Mechandise and Design options. -Gabriel January 2006 January 30, 2006 Added some links and banner exchanges to the link section. If you want to help get the word out about Punk Horror visit the links section. That alone will start spreading some of the banners. Thanks in advance. -Gabriel January 28, 2006 Man have we got some big news coming up. You will be excited, I can promise you that. Be sure to go to the contacts section and sign up for the mailing list that way you don’t miss out on anything. -Gabriel January 23, 2006 Another update for you guys out there coming to look at the site. The Store is up and running. It only had Design stuff in it right now, but there will be more in there soon enough. -Gabriel January 21, 2006 Booger Murphy is on the prowl, and The Gutter Limits is just around the corner. We are compiling Booger’s works as we speak and the chap book of his “Super Short Fiction should be out sometime in the spring. I’ll let you know now that this guy is hard to work with, and since this is the first Punk Horror project, there may be delays. Be sure to sign up for the mailing list in the Contacts section to keep in the loop with Punk Horror and all of our exploits. Click on the link to The Gutter Limits to learn more. And finally be sure to check out the new Design section for a new service we will be providing. -Gabriel January 17, 2006 Well another update is in order to tell you that on top of the links, we now have a miling list. So please sign up to keep in the loop about new Punk Horror projects and the status of the current ones. Hope to see you on the list soon. There is also a forum that will be running better soon. But you can go look at it now if you like. Both new things are in the “Contact” section. Check it out. -Gabriel January 16, 2006 If you are looking for the Vault of Punk Horror you have come to the right place. As you can see to the right you can click right through to find out more. Also updated is the links section be sure to click through some of the people that are kind enough to link back to us. -Gabriel January 10, 2006: After much trial and tribulation the Punk Horror web site is in the process of being revamped. Its about time you all say. Well I agree. Very soon we will be announcing the reopening of submissions for The Vault of Punk Horror, as well as having some news about our new project The Gutter Limits. Let us know what you think of the site and we’ll see you around soon. -Gabriel
First Press Release. Summer 2005. Vault of Punk Horror: Charity Anthology Horror fiction for punks by punks! Edited by Gabriel LLanas & David Agranoff The depiction of punk rockers in fiction tends to one dimensional. Now, the editors of a ground breaking new anthology intend to bring authentic punk rock fiction to the genre they most love, traditional horror. David Agranoff the co-creator/editor of the project explains: "Both Gabriel and I consider horror fiction and punk rock the things we discovered in our childhood that led us on a positive path in our lives. This anthology will give us a chance to combine that love and to give something back not only to punk and horror but to do some good in the world at large." "There is intense depth, power, and diversity behind both punk and horror that people outside of the two genres rarely see," Said Gabriel LLanas, "We are hoping that this anthology will give the general public the chance to see that depth within the two genres we love most." With the goal of putting together a collection of horror tales focused on the punk and hardcore scenes the editing duo have a few goals in mind: first to be authentic. To someone involved in punk, a story written by someone who is not involved may be a good story, but the lack of punk knowledge can make the story feel corny. We want stories that really feel like a part of the punk scene. We may miss out on some great stories as a consequence, but we want to stay true to our roots. Second, to stay true to horror. None of those “I Know What You Did Last Summer" cookie cutter narratives. Punks and the punk scene offer a dizzying variety of challenges each of which can be embraced to work into the flow of a fantastic horror tale. No one wants to read a rehash, but with punks, that won’t happen! Lastly, we want to give something to help people around us. Funds derived from the sale of the anthology will be donated to Anchorage Alaska's Take Back the Night 2006 -- Hold Anchorage Accountable! Committee. “Traditionally, allies and survivors gather to march, chanting slogans such as ‘Yes means yes, no means no, whatever we wear, wherever we go,’ showing a force against violence against womyn,” said Maggie Nettle, one of the organizers. “We dreamed, and now are implementing plans, for a day when we can walk through our streets without the constant threat of rape, battering, and stalking” Alaska’s rate of rape is 2.4 times higher than the national average; Alaska has six times the national average of reported child sexual abuse. “A public health crisis worldwide, Alaska’s violence against womyn has reached the acute epidemic stage.” The editors are hard at work pulling together stories from famous writers in the horror genre who have a punk past and famous punks who like to write on the darkside of prose. "We are working to find some names that will help sell some books because the quintessence of this anthology is the fund raising aspect of it.” Submissions will be open as of August 1. If you have a story you think will fit in this anthology, check back in July for our open submission guidelines" said Agranoff. “We will be looking for a record label or publishers to team on this project but we are committed to making this happen in the next year”.
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