Street: Empathy Now Available!
By Flames | April 17, 2008
In the future, telepathy is no longer a fantasy; it’s a job.
Gina- just Gina- is a woman with no future, trying to make her living along the Street of Eyes, where people go to hire the desperate and the suicidal for their unique services. She is one of the sellers, the new underclass, who use “third eye” or “Spice”- a powerful drug that gives them the ability to read minds- as their way of making ends meet. The drug has only one downside- it drives the user insane.
Street: Empathy is the first volume of the acclaimed online series by Ryan A. Span. Buy it now from Amazon.com.
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Fantasist Enterprises Special Sale
By Flames | March 24, 2008
Do you believe in magic?
Fantasist Enterprises is having a special sale for a limited time on some select titles. There are some great dark fantasy titles up for grabs, so don’t miss out.
Cloaked in Shadow: Dark Tales of Elves
Elves aren’t always creatures of the light. Some elves thrive in the darkness, stalking their unwary victims for their own twisted pleasure.
Modern Magic: Tales of Fantasy and Horror
Magic surrounds us. It is the stuff of creation. The Enlightenment did not kill it with science. . .
For a Limited Time, get both titles for $24.75
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Reviews Wanted!
By Matt-M-McElroy | February 26, 2008
The new Review Guidelines have been posted on the Flames Rising website. We are currently seeking a few good reviewers to help us expand our collection of horror and dark fantasy reviews. RPGs, fiction, movies, video games and more are all welcome on the site…
What do you get out of it?
Beyond helping out fellow Flames Rising readers by letting them know what you think of these products, we’re giving away some pretty cool stuff. Regular Reviewers can earn free products to review, which is their to keep after the review is submitted to the site.
Be sure to check out John Walsh’s “How to Write Reviews of Role Playing Games Books” and Monica Valentinelli’s “On Reviewing Fiction” Essays for some helpful advice on writing Reviews for the Flames Rising website.
Use the Contact Page to submit reviews or let us know if you have any questions.
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Flames Rising Favorite Horror Game Contest!
By Flames | February 14, 2008
We’re proud to announce the first Flames Rising Fan Appreciation contest. Some of you may remember that Flames Rising hasn’t always been a horror and dark fantasy webzine; it started out as a Live Action Role-Playing Site devoted to those dark and brooding vampire clans from White Wolf’s Mind’s Eye Theatre system. Through a love for gaming and other things that go bump in the night, Flames has evolved to its current incarnation, a horror webzine that shines the spotlight on up-and-coming authors, horror artists, game designers, and more!
To celebrate the new site launch, we want to show our appreciation to the fans who make Flames Rising possible by returning to our dice pool and pencils. Prizes include a variety of products from Abstract Nova, Apophis Consortium, Bob Goat Press, Cubicle 7 Entertainment, Eden Studios, Evil Hat Productions, Monolith Graphics, Neoplastic Press, Rogue Games, Snarling Badger Games, Talisman Studios and 12 to Midnight.
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Del Toro & Gaiman…Strange
By Matt-M-McElroy | February 11, 2008
The animated Doctor Strange movie was a lot of fun and I’m hoping Marvel makes more of the same kind of feature. The live-action films based on Marvel characters have been pretty hit-or-miss over the last several years…
However, according to IGN, Del Toro Eyes Doctor Strange
Hellboy helmer wants Gaiman to script.
The buzz about Guillermo del Toro right now may be all about whether or not he’s directing The Hobbit (and its follow-up), but the filmmaker is also reportedly looking to give a certain Marvel Comics character the big screen treatment.
This could be a very cool movie, especially with Gaiman writing the script. The character has a lot of potential for twisted plots, clever characters and intense visuals. I’m thinking Hellboy mixed with Mirrormask.
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Flames Rising Shopping Updates
By Flames | February 6, 2008
Lots of updates to the Flames Rising Amazon Store today. Horror & Dark Fantasy fiction, games, movies and more. Included in these updates is the option to pre-order:
Ventrue: Lords Over the Damned (Vampire the Requiem)
Battlestar Galactica (Season 3)
Small Favor (Dresden Files)
Purge the Unclean (Dark Heresy)
Over at FlamesRising.RPGNow.com you can check out a ton of new eBooks like Thousand Suns from Rogue Games and Daemornia RPG: 2nd Edition from Better Mousetrap Games.
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Flames Rising News Feeds & Updates
By Matt-M-McElroy | February 3, 2008
Visit the RSS Page to check out the available Flames Rising news feeds. Stay up-to-date on the latest Flames Rising Horror & Dark Fantasy product Reviews, author and artist Interviews and more!
You can also find Flames Rising on MySpace.com:
http://www.myspace.com/flamesrising
Other updates include new books and games at the Flames Rising Amazon Shop and tons of new eBooks at the Flames Rising RPGNow Store.
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Horror Webcomics: Call for Suggestions to Review
By Monica Valentinelli | January 28, 2008
Do you enjoy fright in your InBox every morning? Do you jump with glee when blood splatters all over your web page?
Well, new to Flames this year will be reviews of the good, the bad, and the horrific in new media formats that we haven’t covered before. We couldn’t think of a better place to start than with online horror webcomics, but we found that we couldn’t scare up enough links to places that were not only blogworthy — but that were current.
If you have a suggestion for a horror webcomic you would like included in an upcoming article, please post the link in the comments on this post. Or, if you’d rather haunt us instead, visit our contact us page and send us a message.
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New Reviews at Flames Rising!
By Matt-M-McElroy | January 21, 2008
We are still working on a few of the details behind-the scenes on the new site. However, here are a bunch of new Reviews to dig into!
Neil Gaiman’s “Two Plays for Voices” Audiobook
Doctor Strange Animated Movie
Changeling: the Lost RPG
In the Serpent’s Coils Novel
30 Days of Night Movie
Kitty and the Midnight Hour Novel
Dresden Files Season One
Serenity Novel
Ironside Novel
AEternal Legends RPG
There are several more Reviews on the way, including Dread: the First book of Pandemonium, Blood of Angels, Vampire Academy, Small Favor and more! If you are interested in submitting Horror and Dark Fantasy Reviews, e-mail flamesrising01@yahoo.com
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Welcome to the New Flames Rising!
By Matt-M-McElroy | January 17, 2008
Welcome to the redesign of Flames Rising! The last, few months has been an exciting time for us and we hope you’ll stick around.
Over the next, few days we will be working behind-the-scenes to ensure all technical issues are resolved from transferring to this new site. So please, pardon our soot.
We’re happy to announce that all interviews, reviews and fiction were successfully transferred from the old site and we’ve added a ton of new reviews for your reading pleasure. We invite you to sign up for our RSS feed, for those of you enjoy your Flames in your Inbox.
Stay tuned for more fiery updates as we push to bring you the content you want to read.
E-Mail flamesrising01@yahoo.com with questions/feedback or leave a comment.
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Flames Rising eBook Shop Updates
By Flames | December 2, 2007
You can now search by publisher at the Flames Rising eBook Shop.
This includes lots of fiction and comics (in addition to all of the RPGs). Basically all of the publishers from the various OneBookShelf sites are now listed in one handy spot.
For example, all of David Moody’s Autumn tales from Infected Books and Simon Green’s Nightside novels from Ace Fantasy or even Laurell K. Hamilton’s Anita Blake books from Berkley. The Deadworld and H.P. Lovecraft tales from Caliber Comics are only $0.99 each.
It looks like they are still working out all of the details, but it is a good start. Takes a little bit of exploring, the list of publishers is extensive. As always sales on the Flames Rising eBook Shop are appreciated and help keep Flames Rising going.
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