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Very nice Review of THE MONGOL OBJECTIVE

http://www.thenovelblog.com/tnbReviews.aspx?id=1466

BLINDSPOTS is out (paperback and ebook), a harrowing supernatural thriller...

...and a great review here: www.thenovelblog.com

My story, 'Prometheus Found' (a Frankenstein sequel) is in the very cool new anthology When the Villain Comes Home.

Spanish translation of the Pharos Objective is out (along with the Italian version)

THE SHIVA OBJECTIVE (short story prequel to PHAROS) - is out now. Free to amazon prime members, only .99 for the rest!

Blood Lite 3 on sale now! Featuring a story by yours truly!

Foreign rights sold for The Pharos Objective (Italy and Spain now!)

The cover for book 3 is out (novel to be released in the summer):

Check out the Belhurst Castle's new ONLINE GIFT SHOP where you can buy, among lots of cool things like wine and chocolates, my book...

Really thrilled to have my short story, 'Five-Star Review' accepted for publication in a Lois Gresh edited, deluxe signed hardcover anthology: DARK FUSIONS: WHERE MONSTERS LURK. http://loisgresh.blogspot.com/2012/02/dark-fusions-where-monsters-lurk.html, coming out in 2013.

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 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...

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.

(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!

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.

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):

SFREVU

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