Quarterly Horror Magazine http://www.somethingwicked.co.za/cms Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:34:42 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.somethingwicked.co.za/cms/images/M_images/rss.png http://www.somethingwicked.co.za/cms Quarterly Horror Magazine http://www.somethingwicked.co.za/cms/latest/final_issue_available_now.html Final Print Issue of Something Wicked Now HereOrder your copy directly from us for an 18% discount and get it delivered straight to your door. (http://www.somethingwicked.co.za/shop/index.php?productID=131) International readers can order directly from here. (http://www.somethingwicked.co.za/shopint/index.php?productID=131) The last three and half years have been a wild ride and we are honoured and privilidged to have had you all tag along with us.Thanks again for everything.Now go buy your magazine! News - Latest Wed, 03 Feb 2010 10:18:11 +0100 http://www.somethingwicked.co.za/cms/latest/the_resident_member_on_radio.html Resident Member hits the airwavesRadio listeners in the Minneapolis-Saint Paul area can tune in to Sound Affects: A Radio Playground on KFAI-FM (http://www.kfai.org/soundaffectsaradioplayground/) on February 28, 2010 at 9:30-10:30pm (Central Standard Time - 5:30am on Monday 1st March for us South Africans) to hear The Resident Member, with a brand new intro on the background on the making of the play by Joe Vaz.The show will be available worldwide via streaming audio.Click Here to Listen (http://www.kfai.org/soundaffectsaradioplayground/) Sonic Soceity (http://sonicsociety.org/?p=798) calls The Resident Member an "instant classic" with a "talented voice cast and a great story". News - Latest Sun, 17 Jan 2010 13:38:09 +0100 http://www.somethingwicked.co.za/cms/latest/happy_new_year.html Happy New Year for 2010Hey guys.Thank you all for your continued support.Apologies for the administrative catastrophe that was 2009 - including the incredibly delayed responses on a bunch of stories the broken phone line and the lack of an Issue 10.I promise you 2010 is going to bring some positive changes to Something Wicked.Once again happy new year for 2010.All the bestJoe News - Latest Mon, 04 Jan 2010 18:19:51 +0100 http://www.somethingwicked.co.za/cms/latest/the_resident_member_radio_play.html Something Wicked Radio PlaySound and Motion Studios (http://www.soundandmotion.co.za) in Cape Town.Poster illustration was done by the one and only Vincent Sammy.Originally Published in Something Wicked Issue 7 (http://www.somethingwicked.co.za/something_wicked_7/issue_7.html) http://www.PaulMarlowe.com (http://www.paulmarlowe.com/)Click here to listen (http://somethingwicked.co.za/podcasts/archive/episode-5-the-resident-member-by-paul-marlowe/) News - Latest Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:42:28 +0100 http://www.somethingwicked.co.za/cms/latest/new_podcasts_available.html New Podcast Site Up RunningWe've updated our podcasts (finally) and to celebrate we've set up a dedicated site for it.Check out the new podcast site at http://www.somethingwicked.co.za/podcasts/ (http://www.somethingwicked.co.za/podcasts/) or click on PODCASTS above.Enjoy.Hopefully we will be adding podcasts a lot more regularly - keep posted for more. News - Latest Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:16:24 +0100 http://www.somethingwicked.co.za/cms/latest/horrorfest_2009.html HORRORFEST 2009 - 29 Oct - 6 Nov 2009Well it's that time of year again and our friends over at www.horrorfest.info have an awesome line-up for fright-tastic movies in store for you guys this year.We'll be there on Halloween from 2pm selling our usual T-Shirts, Mugs and Back-Issues.Don't miss it.We'll be helping to judge the short film entries again and we've added a R1000 cash giveaway to the film with the best screenplay - plus a complete collection of back-issues of Something Wicked for the two runners-up.Most of the movies screened at the festival are making their African big screenpremiere.Below you'll find the final movie line-up screening times:All tickets: R25 / except for the live movie soundtrack performance:... News - Latest Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:25:35 +0100 http://www.somethingwicked.co.za/cms/latest/lounge_of_horror.html The Lounge of Horror - 23 OctoberFeel like a good scare in the week running up to Halloween? This year the South African HorrorFest and Something Wicked brings you even more cold thrills with its literary addition of Bloody Parchment. Join some of South Africa’s best authors gathering in the Lounge Of Horror to share their tales or slices of darkness and the macabre, at The Book Lounge, on Friday, October 23, from 6.30pm until 8pm at 71 Roeland Street (corner of Buitenkant Street).Something Wicked editor Joe Vaz will be MC'ing the event, so, shake out your Halloween costume, bring your jack o’ lanterns and RSVP at booklounge@gmail.com or on 021 462 2425.SEE YOU THERE News - Latest Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:21:28 +0100 http://www.somethingwicked.co.za/cms/latest/temp_submissions_closure.html ALL SUBMISSIONS ARE TEMPORARILY CLOSEDOnce again we've come to that time of the year when we realise we still have dozens of unread submissions on our piles and we're falling behind.So, once again we're closing down all submissions (including postal) probably until about Feb or March next year.ALL SUBMISIONS ARE NOW CLOSED News - Latest Thu, 20 Aug 2009 03:07:16 +0100 http://www.somethingwicked.co.za/cms/latest/district_9_screening.html CAST AND CREW Q A SESSION AT CAPE TOWN SCREENING OF DISTRICT 9That's right - you read that correctly.DISTRICT 9 SCREENING AT LABIA ON FRIDAY 28 AUGUST 8;30PMApologies for late posting but we've been waiting for confirmation from publicity which has just got back to Paul Blom now.So great news for fans in the Cape Town Area.Friday Night 28th August - 8:30pm at the LABIA on Kloof Street there will be a CAST CREW Q A after the film.We still don't have confirmation as to who will be there as publicity is still working it out but it looks good.This is an awesome opportunity to come and watch a great science-fiction movie and throw your questions at the people who... News - Latest Tue, 25 Aug 2009 13:54:46 +0100 http://www.somethingwicked.co.za/cms/something_wicked_10/issue_10_teaser.html Something Wicked SF Horror Magazine #10 - TEASER Something Wicked SF Horror Magazine #10 - TEASERDownload your free copy now - (3.5meg PDF) (http://www.somethingwicked.co.za/emag/SW10_TeaserScreen.pdf)Pierre Smit (artists_index/smit_pierre.html) (Cover Artist)Vincent Samm (artists_index/sammy_vincent.html) Also in this issue, Guest Columnist - John ConnollyOur Very Own Comic Strip... Magazines - Something Wicked #10 Tue, 21 Jul 2009 12:05:46 +0100 http://www.somethingwicked.co.za/cms/latest/something_wicked_is_going_digital.html Something Wicked is Going DigitalDear Loyal ReadersOkay, so I guess it’s time to come clean.I’ve been stalling on this for as long as I could.Forgive the length of this post, there are quite a few things I need to cover and I’ve decided to do them all in one go.Where to start? With the end of course.Publishing Something Wicked has always been a labour of love for me and managing editor, Vianne. Neither one of us has ever been paid for the three years of work we’ve put in to Something Wicked but this has never really been a problem as we both love the product and are immensely proud of it. As unpaid freelancers, however, what that means... News - Latest Thu, 28 May 2009 02:31:44 +0100 http://www.somethingwicked.co.za/cms/latest/icon_2009-_10-12_july_2009.html ICON 2009 - We'll be thereHey guys it's that time of year again.Yep it's ICON Role Playing Game Convention time again.We're thrilled to announce that we will, once again, be attending ICON in Joburg on the weekend of the 10-12 July.Don't miss it!This could be your last chance to get our entire back issue catalogued as well as our last batches of T-Shirts. Our exclusive Issue 10 Teaser will only be available at ICON. This is an extremely Limited-Edition A5 print with a glorius wrap-around cover by Pierre SmitDON'T MISS IT.ICON 200910 - 12 JULYJabula recreation Centre, Athlone Avenue, SandringhamDoors open at 09:00(ish)A registration table will be available outside beforehand!Door entry: R15 per dayR30 for the weekend News - Latest Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:35:27 +0100 http://www.somethingwicked.co.za/cms/latest/c_e_l_l_u_d_r_o_i_d_film_festival.html C E L L U D R O I DSci-Fi / Anime / Fantasy Film Festival 28 - 30 August@ The Labia Theatre, Lifestyle On Kloof Center,Kloof Street, Cape Town, South Africa a Flamedrop Production in association with Shadow Realm, inc.creators of the South African HORRORFEST X FEST Film Festivalswww.CELLUDROID.net Enter CELLUDROID : Continuing its tradition of creating innovative and exciting events never before attempted in South Africa, CELLUDROID is the latest Flamedrop Shadow Realm film festival, setting out to pull together (for the very first time) a range of Science-Fiction, Anime and Fantasy movies. Classic and new movies have been sought and packed into one explosive weekend across 28-30 August.The screening venue is the independent Labia Theatre on Kloof... News - Latest Thu, 20 Aug 2009 17:00:19 +0100 http://www.somethingwicked.co.za/cms/latest/drag_me_to_hell_giveaway.html WE HAVE OUR FIVE WINNERSCONGRATS TO ALL OF YOU WON THE HAMPERSThe answer we were looking for was EVIL DEAD (What's was Sam Raimi's first movie) but apparently we underestimated the knowledge of Sam Raimi fans. A lot of you, in fact almost all of you, gave us titles to Sam's first short films (Wtihin The Woods, The Happy Valley Kid) as well Evil Dead so we decided to accept those answers too. Either way our five winners have been selected and will be notified soon so we can get your postal address - Amazingly not one of you thought to send us your address. Thank you all who entered.We're seriously excited about the fact that, after a long hiatus... News - Latest Mon, 01 Jun 2009 15:13:49 +0100 http://www.somethingwicked.co.za/cms/latest/richard_kunzmann_on_short_stories.html Richard Kunzmann, author of the acclaimed Harry Mason-Jacob Tshabalala thriller series, will be discussing some of his favourite short story writers and why they appeal to him over on his blog at http://richardkunzmann.wordpress.com (http://richardkunzmann.wordpress.com) . As he uploads more reviews and interviews there’ll also be signed giveaways, etc.Get on over to http://richardkunzmann.wordpress.com (http://richardkunzmann.wordpress.com) now.Bloody Harvests shortlisted for the CWA’s J.W Creasy Award for best new novelPick up the latest paperback edition of Dead-End Road, in stores nowRead Bad Company, South Africa’s first crime anthology, published March 2009 “Kunzmann’s debut is an impressive successor to James McClure’s apartheid procedurals.” ---Kirkus ReviewsRead our interview with Richard (interviews/richard_kunzmann.html) News - Latest Sun, 24 May 2009 02:55:30 +0100 http://www.somethingwicked.co.za/cms/latest/sw09_available_on_fictionwise.html Something Wicked Issue 9 eVersion Available on FictionwiseFinally, SW09 is available to download through Fictionwise (http://www.fictionwise.com/eBooks/eBook85371.htm). Buy Your Copy Now (http://www.fictionwise.com/eBooks/eBook85371.htm) News - Latest Wed, 08 Apr 2009 11:51:42 +0100 http://www.somethingwicked.co.za/cms/latest/sw09_the_fix_review.html Something Wicked Issue #9 Review on The FixRead It Here (http://thefix-online.com/reviews/something-wicked-9/) News - Latest Mon, 23 Mar 2009 15:02:50 +0100 http://www.somethingwicked.co.za/cms/latest/issue_9_coming_soon.html Something Wicked Issue 9South Africa (http://www.somethingwicked.co.za/shop/index.php?productID=115) UK/US/RestofWorld (http://www.somethingwicked.co.za/shopint/index.php?productID=115) News - Latest Wed, 28 Jan 2009 05:11:09 +0100 http://www.somethingwicked.co.za/cms/latest/happy_holidays.html R160 (£11.20) Postage Included to Anywhere in the World Having recently discovered that Lulu.com was charging 150% of the price of our calendar on postage we decided to drop them like a stone and print it ourselves. So here it is, a little late, but the Official Something Wicked 2009 Collector's Calendar at the exact price we advertised.R160 (£11.20) Postage Included to anywhere in the world.Put together from some of the best art from all 9 issues of Something Wicked, this exclusive calendar is printed in high-gloss paper, folding out to A3 and ready to mount on your wall.Buy Yours NowVIEW THE CALENDAR News - Latest Mon, 22 Dec 2008 10:24:56 +0100 http://www.somethingwicked.co.za/cms/latest/something_wicked_1_limited_stock.html Something Wicked Issue #1 SOLD OUT That's it! We're officially sold out of Issue 1. News - Latest Wed, 17 Dec 2008 19:49:12 +0100