eBay & reprints

My wife and I are trying to make some more room in our crowded house, so we've been putting some things up for sale on eBay. This week we have a few different lots of books that someone might be interested in:

Lot of 3 John Grisham books:

- A Time to Kill
- The Broker
- A Painted House

Lot of 3 Dan Brown books:

- The Da Vinci Code
- Angels & Demons
- Deception Point

Lot of 4 Far Side books:

- The PreHistory of The Far Side: A 10th Anniversary Exhibit
- Wiener Dog Art: A Far Side Collection
- The Curse of Madame "C"
- Valley of the Far Side

All three lots have low starting prices, no reserves, and reasonable shipping costs. All of the books are in good or better condition.

And now for some reprint markets...

These magazines will buy one-time rights for your previously published horror/speculative poems:

- Illumen: pays 2¢/word for unpublished poems ($3 minimum, except scifaiku and other short forms, which get $1), 1¢/word for reprints.
- Niteblade: pays $3/poems plus a PDF copy of the issue.
- Tales of the Talisman: pays $4/poem plus a contributor's copy.
- Ghostlight: pays $4/poem (reprints not eligible for Editor's Choice).

random stuff and eBay

If you find yourself with some free time (and really, in this age of prosperity, who doesn't have that?) hop on over to Zombie Fiction. The site will fill all your zombie needs. You can find reviews of zombie fiction, zombie-related news, and plenty of other cool stuff, like the original Night of the Living Dead movie.

I've been looking around eBay for good bargains, and there are a lot of books selling for not a lot of money. If you've been wanting to pick up a copy of Essential Haiku, edited by Robert Hass, you can snag a used copy in good condition for just $3.14 plus $3.99 shipping. (Auction ends Sept 7th.)

And if you've never read Jack Ketchum's gory but masterfully-written novel Off Season, you can find a few cheap copies of that as well. This brand new copy hasn't even been bid on yet, so it's currently at $3 (only a dollar for shipping). There's also this copy, in very good condition, which you can buy now for $4 (free shipping). Or you can get a copy of the first paperback edition (in very good condition) which is currently at $2.99 ($3 shipping). The auction for that one ends in six hours, though (August 19th) so you better hurry. I believe -- but I could be mistaken -- that the first edition version has a different ending.

For a little speculative haiku humor, check out Aurelio Rico Lopez III's poem up now at Every Day Poets. Rank it and leave a comment if you like.