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Axel Howerton is a former entertainment journalist, and the author of the Arthur Ellis Award nominated detective caper "Hot Sinatra", the modern gothic fairytale "Furr", and the forthcoming "Wolf & Devil" urban fantasy series. His work, including short stories, columns, poetry and essays, have appeared the world over, in no fewer than five languages. Axel is the Prairies director of the Crime Writers of Canada, and a member of the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association, the Calgary Crime Writers, and the Kintsugi Poets. He is also the editor of the books "Death by Drive-In", "AB Negative", and "Tall Tales of the Weird West", and is the organizer behind one of Canada's first recurring "Noir At The Bar" events, #NoirBarYYC. Visit Axel online at www.axelhow.com to sign up for the GotHow? email list and receive free exclusive ebook collections, sneak peeks, and more.#AxelHow #GotHow
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“There’s Nothing Out There” Returns to DVD September 28!

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“We don’t know anything about that creature except it, like everyone else, hates a mouth full of shaving cream!”

 

Our old pal Rolfe Kanefsky, writer director of THE HAZING, NIGHTMARE MAN and the upcoming ONE IN THE GUN, recently hipped us to the rerelease of his hilarious 80’s horror throwback THERE’S NOTHING OUT THERE.

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Asides, Writing

Who could it be now?

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I write like
William Gibson

I Write Like by Mémoires, Mac journal software. Analyze your writing!

Apparently. I ran umpteen selections from Hot Sinatra, a whole raft of short stories and a few articles and reviews through this magic box of theirs… Gibson and Cory Doctorow came up over and over and over, although a few Pahlaniuks, Joyces and Vonneguts littered the results. I also ended up with one result each for Agatha Christie, Rudyard Kipling and Robert Louis Stevenson. Go figure.

I’m just not sure whether that puts me in good company, or suggests rampant Multiple Personality Disorder.