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THE BELHURST STORY is now out in ebook form (this is a nonfiction ghost-hunter type of book researching a fascinating local landmark).
Just released: THE LAZARUS INITIATIVE, book one in a new series of short novellas about Near Death Experiences and a man's quest for the truth.
The cover for BLINDSPOTS is done (the book to come out early 2012!) - a supernatural thriller.
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THE MONGOL OBJECTIVE now available! (Book 2 in the Morpheus Initiative series)
Begun work adapting best-selling novelist David L. Golemon's newest novel, THE SUPERNATURALS into a screenplay.
Sold my first screenplay! NIGHTWATCHERS - a supernatural fright fest set in a trailer park - to David Stever of Cinder Path Productions. Hoping to film it next year!! More news to come...
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THE GAME is out (an anthology based on 'The Most Dangerous Game', featuring a Pharos Objective spinoff story).
THE MONGOL OBJECTIVE comes out in september!
Ebooks are now on Kindlegraph.com, which lets you send me a personal request for a signed cover page.
Newly designed covers for Second Coming ebook and The Pharos Objective (UK only):
(5/11) THE PHAROS OBJECTIVE is at #4 in Kindle/Horror and #10 in SF/Adventure! Thanks to all those who have checked it out!
Review of Pharos out in TheNovelBlog
(4/11) The new cover is out for THE MONGOL OBJECTIVE (summer 2011). And don't miss the FREE digital short story, THE SMITHSONIAN OBJECTIVE (just click on the link below).
(3/11) Price drops for the ebook versions of both Pharos Objective and Crescent Lake (now only $2.99!)
(1/11) "Roadside Assistance" made it onto the Preliminary Ballot for the Stoker Award for Superior Achivement in Short Fiction.
(1/11) Just got my acceptance for a story I submitted to the upcoming anthology, BLOOD LITE 3 (edited by Kevin J. Anderson).
(1/11) My new horror novel, CRESCENT LAKE, is out in EBook and AudioBook from Crossroad Press!
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I'm collaborating with a great screenwriter (and a fine actor as well) from Down Under, Brian M. Logan, working on a devilishly thrilling piece called THE WELL.
Finally - my own Wiki page! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Sakmyster
My article about the Hauntings at the Belhurst Castle is in the latest issue of Suspense Magazine!
8/25 - today I'm a featured guest author at Kent Holloway's Online Blog. Check it out...
"The Lazarus Group" was a Runner-Up at Scriptapalooza! http://www.scriptapalooza.com/Winners.html
I have new kindle/ebook formats available for Silver and Gold and Second Coming
I have an online interview with the Eerie Digest, in their August 1 issue...
See my Q&A at MJ Rose's Reincarnation Blog: http://www.reincarnationist.org/?p=2040
Just back from 4 days at Thrillerfest. Great experience!
A great interview with me about THE PHAROS OBJECTIVE at The Big Thrill newsletter. http://www.thrillerwriters.org/2010/06/the-pharos-objective-by-david-sakmyster.html
6/26: Watch the Video Trailer for THE PHAROS OBJECTIVE here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smiHvvuIjU0
4/24: Heading to Buffalo for EerieCon!
3/16: Silver and Gold has been named a finalist in Foreword Reviews' Book of the Year Awards! And a Finalist and 3rd Place finisher in the Next Generation Indie Book Awards.
2/21: Action Comics #1 (superman's first appearance) sells for $1M (followed days later by Detective Comics (Batman's first appearance) selling for $1.075M... I had a recent story about a couple that finds vintage Action Comics in their basement - and what happens when they try to sell them, but even I understimated the value... If interested, read the story here... The Wrong Basement.
***2/17: I've posted 4 'Lost Chapters' from Silver and Gold - early adventures of Joshua, more gold-rush fun and an epic journey. Read it here:
2/1: My short story, "Roadside Assistance", has been sold to HorrorWorld.com.
1/25: I'm excited to have signed with Los Angeles Screenwriting Manager, AWS Management.
12/26: The Script for Roadside Assistance was a Finalist in the Slamdance Horror Screenplay Competition (top 5!)
Nice review in for 'The Wrong Basement' published by Abyss and Apex (Read it Here):
10/18: Just returned from the Screenplay Expo in Los Angeles, and pitching my scripts to production companies and directors. Great experience! And hopefully generated some interest...
10/15: My screenplay "Roadside Assistance" has won a Genre Award (and placed in the top 10) in Creative Screenwriting's 2009 Expo Screenplay Contest. Also earned an Honorable Mention (top 10 out of 700) in a separate Horror Screenplay Contest.
10/10: Variance Publishing has started the publicity for The Morpheus Initiative...
9/3: I've got a guest blogger spot here, at Gabrielle Harbowy's editorial blog, discussing elements of research.
8/22: My online Interview with Michael Plested about Silver and Gold, getting published and other fun stuff, is at Irreverent Muse.com
8/10: My short story, "Casualty Notification Officer" is available to read at Dark Recesses Magazine
8/1/09: Roadside Assistance is into the semi-final round of the Page International Screenwriting Contest
7/15/09: Silver and Gold hits the stands!
7/9/09: Off to NYC to attend the THRILLERFEST Conevention '09 (July9-11)
7/5/09: Talebones #38 is out, with my short story "Blackout Man".
I'm now officially represented by Foundry Literary Agency in NYC
7/1/09: Fate Magazine has published my non-fiction article on the haunting of the Belhurst Castle (in the May-Jun 2009 issue)
6/15/09: My short story, 'Casualty Notification Officer', will be in the next issue of Dark Recesses. (That makes two coming out in the next few months - with 'Blackout Man' in the next issue of Talebones).
SILVER AND GOLD can now be pre-ordered through amazon.com
5/09: The Spanish Translation of Twilight of the Fifth Sun is out from ViaMagna.
11/08: "Bait" appears in issue #7 of Black Static.
5/08: "Isolation" made it into the Quarterfinal Round at the 2008 Nicholl Fellowship for Screenwriting.
The Red Envelope was a finalist (top 20 out of 400) in The Horror Screenplay Contest
"Isolation", took home a Silver REMI award from the Worldfest Film Festival
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