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From the shadowed realms of the paranormal comes 16 chilling tales that dwell in the South and South West.  Resurrected in your very hands are stories that will make you laugh, ponder, and shiver as the reader is introduced to spirits that are humorous, saddened, and vengeful.

Ever since I was published in the steampunk anthology Dreams of Steam 2. I have fallen in love with steampunk. Therefore I have decided to organize an event in Vicksburg, MS called The River City Steampunk Fair. Click the following URL to follow this event on Facebook.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/River-City-Steampunk-Fair/309022945806311

About The River City Steampunk Fair:This event is located at The Vicksburg Hotel at 801 Clay Street in the Coral Room in Vicksburg, MS. From 11 a.m. to 8:30 p.m., come and enjoy panel discussions and the opportunity to step back into the Victorian era. The Coral Room inside The Vicksburg Hotel will be filled with vendors regarding literature, art, jewelry and fashion. For those unfamiliar to what steampunk is imagine Victorian Sci-Fi. Great examples of this genre are, "The Time Machine" and "Around the World in 80 Days". This is also a cosplay event, meaning that all guests are welcome to come in Victorian attire. This is a family friendly event with the goal to raise money for The Westside Theater Foundation.

Learn More about Dreams of Steam 2 by visiting http://www.kerlak.com/

Best Wishes,
Alexander S. Brown
http://www.traumatizedalexandersbrown.webs.com/

All raffle purchases will be donated to the Child Abuse Prevention Center of Vicksburg, MS.

This will be the first year for “The Things that Go Bump Celebration” an event to help fund the child abuse prevention center of Vicksburg, MS. Donations will be accepted to improve the lives of children who are in need.

Professor Alan Brown (Non Fiction Paranormal Author)

Alexander S. Brown (Horror Author)

Patrick Burns (Judge on Paranormal Challenge on the Travel Channel and Haunting Evidence on True TV)

Angela L. Burke (Paranormal Poet)

Linda De Leon (Vampire Author)

Ghost Tales Investigations and GPN Network (Paranormal Investigators)

Marley Gibson (Best Selling Author of Young Adult Ghost Investigations)

Roman Merry (Ghost Artist)

J. L. Mulvihill (Young Adult Fantasy Author)

Mississippi Paranormal Society (Paranormal Investigators)

Mississippi Society of Paranormal Investigators (Paranormal Investigators)

Ben Shi (Psychological Horror Author)

Glen Stripling (Sci-fi Author)

TruthSeekers Paranormal Research and Investigators (Paranormal Investigators)

Courtney Vice (Artist)

Best Wishes,

Alexander S. Brown

http://www.traumatizedalexandersbrown.webs.com/

COSTUME PARTY AT JAVA INK ON FRIDAY THE 13TH & PARANORMAL CELEBRATION ON SATURDAY THE 14TH 2011!

Friday’s Costume Party will begin at 7PM and will go late into the Midnight hour on May 13, 2011.

Saturday’s Paranormal Celebration will take place at 9:30AM and end at 8PM.

Both events will be at the following address located off of Highway 80 East behind Trustmark Bank:

Java Ink
420 Roberts Street
Pearl, MS 39208
601-397-6291

The Paranormal Celebration will feature:

Alexander S. Brown (Horror Author/Photographer) http://www.traumatizedalexandersbrown.webs.com/

Andy Childress and Shane Sullivan (Graphic Novelist) http://www.bubbaworldcomix.com/

Chuck Jett (Artist) www.facebook.com/pages/Java-Ink/166211846751518?sk=info

Mississippi Ghostbusters www.facebook.com/people/Mississippi-Ghostbusters/100001154623168#!/profile.php?id=100001707888887

Mississippi Society of Paranormal Investigators http://www.mississippi-spi.com/

Natchez Paranormal Society http://www.natchezparanormal.com/

James Powell (Artist) www.facebook.com/artistjp?ref=ts

Ben Shi (Author) www.facebook.com/artistjp?ref=ts#!/profile.php?id=836580205

T.D. Roebuck AKA Tiny (Artist) www.facebook.com/artistjp?ref=ts#!/profile.php?id=904140647

Chelsea Sekanic (Artist) www.facebook.com/artistjp?ref=ts#!/profile.php?id=1442463727

Oliver Twisted (Artist) www.facebook.com/#!/highlandlad13

Twisted Toybox (Costume Artist) http://www.twistedtoybox.net/

Shannon Valentine (Creepy Doll Maker)

Greg Weir (Haunted House Demonstrator)

March 27, 2011
M.R. Davis Public Library
8554 Northwest Drive
Southaven, MS 38671-2411
662-342-0102

Horror author, Alexander S. Brown will sign copies of his book, Traumatized, at this event from 2PM-5:00PM. Fee for signed paperbacks are $20.00 ea. This will be a multi-author event, featuring authors Allan Wildmon and Greg Overman.

Editors/Authors J. L. Mulvihill and Alexander S. Brown are accepting short story submissions for the horror anthology, “Southern Haunts: Spirits of the South That Walk Among Us”.

I just love Halloween, as it is always one of the busiest nights in the ER. Perfect time for harvesting all those organs I discreetly sell on the black market, too. And this past Halloween was no different.

There I was, just minding my own business, taking in a little reading in the staff lounge. I was really getting into a particularly nasty little tale, the last one of the fifteen in the book, actually, when they paged me.

"Nurse Polly! You're wanted in emergency! Nurse Polly! Please report to emergency!" the female voice squelched amidst the sporadic feedback coming through the hospital intercom system.

Upon hearing this voice, anyone in near vicinity to one of the hundreds of speakers strategically situated throughout the hospital, usually cringes at what sounds much like someone slowly raking their nails across a chalkboard.

Generally, it never bothers me, but since I was immersed in my book, it startled me and made me flinch. Dammit! Not now! I'm in the middle of a really good story, for chrissake! And I want to know what happens! I think to myself, just as the voice begins to crackle over the PA system once more.

"Attention! Nurse Polly! Get your ass to the emergency ward, STAT! Dr. Hardwood has a special case for you! Yoo-hoo! Polly Rigormortis, where are you? Do I have to send the dogs out after you... again?"

"Oh no! Not the dogs!" I muttered aloud, followed with a hearty little chuckle.

With an audible sigh, I marked my place in the book, setting it on the coffee table, then reluctantly rose up from the leather sofa. I straightened the plain white standard issue uniform I am forced to wear, as I made my way to the lavatory and the mirror above the sink inside. I fixed my hair, making sure every long lock of blondeness was just right, then slipped a hand into my hip pocket and pulled out my trademark red lipstick, applying a liberal amount to my lips. "Ah! Perfection!" I said, blowing a kiss at my own reflection.

As I made to exit the lounge, I glanced over at the coffee table one more time, disappointed that I could not finish reading the last twisted tale within. I think, Well, at least it will be waiting for me when I get back, then headed down to the ER and whatever trauma case awaited. I let out a little laugh, seeing as the title of said book was actually called, Traumatized, written by a little known horror hack by the name of Alexander S. Brown.

Seeing as I was in no hurry to get down to the ER and save another pathetic dying soul, I nonchalantly strolled down the hall toward the elevator. My mind wandered back to the fourteen stories I had already finished, as well as the one I had yet to get all the way through.

I found each one of the macabre little tales to be quite enjoyable, even a little creepy. Chock full of monsters, ghosts, and even voodoo dolls, the stories reminded me of some of my favorite authors, such as Stephen King and H.P. Lovecraft. Some of them even had that Rod Serling's Twilight Zone feel to them. All good tales, indeed. And all from the same author.

This book was no anthology full of various unknowns, either, which usually only hold a few stand out stories at best. This was a real page turner, and very hard to put down, once you get started. And the stories are the kind that cling to you, much like the smell of death does, no matter how hard you try to get rid of it.

Pretty soon I found myself scrubbing up and about to enter the ER operating room, when Dr. Hardwood came out. I could tell by the way he walked hunched over and all quiet like, that things had not gone well. He was completely splattered with blood and gore, as well as were the others who had been on Dr. Hardwood's emergency surgical team.

Each of those men and women had a strange look in their eyes, as if they had seen something the likes of which none had ever seen before. No doubt, that whatever had happened in there had scared the whole lot of them.

"Another casualty, doctor?" I asked, grinning from ear to ear behind my surgical mask.

Dr. Hardwood looked at me with faraway eyes, then pulled his mask off. "Yes, Nurse Polly! Would you mind cleaning things up for me? None of us seem to be feeling very well at the moment, it seems."

"Sure, Dr. Harwood!" I said, then headed into the surgery room, leaving the doctor and his staff to their thoughts, as they made to remove their soiled and contaminated surgical gowns to begin the laborous task of scrubbing down.

I entered the surgery room unprepared for what awaited me. Now I'm not one to get freaked out by anything, and I mean anything. But this was unlike any post-surgery mis-hap I had ever seen in all my days as a nurse. There was quite literally a mass of blood and gore everywhere.

As I walked toward the body on the gurney, prepared to begin the removal of its vital organs, I almost vomited from the smell that assaulted my senses. It seemed to permeate the air and somehow managed to seep through the mask covering my mouth and nose. It reeked worse than an outhouse full of urine and excrement on a hot summer day.

I approached the body anyways, intent on getting my organs before hauling the remains of the corpse off to the morgue. The chest cavity was wide open, making my job a little easier than usual, and so I stuck my hands inside and began to feel around. As I felt for the heart, my hand came across something that should not be in there.

I extracted the foreign object that was all covered in slimy red goo. I held it up and was surprised to see that it was the book I had been reading in the lounge. In fact, it even had my bookmark, suggesting that it was indeed the very same book.


Astonished, I watched as the gooey gore began to crystalize and fall away, leaving in my hands a pristine and untainted book.

The letters of the title, Traumatized, began to glow and I almost dropped it and ran. But instead, I opened the book to where I had marked it and began to read.

By the time I had finished the last story, which I had begun a little earlier that evening, I had forgotten all about harvesting the organs from the cadaver upon the table. And since my shift was almost over, I slipped the book into the hip pocket of my apron and began cleaning up the emergency OR.

When I arrived home later that night, I took the book out and examined it. It showed no signs of ever having been submerged within the innards of a dead corpse, and it no longer glowed. Shrugging it off, I tossed it on the kitchen counter and went to bed.

I had some serious nightmares that woke me up. I believe that I even screamed. When I switched on the light, I almost screamed again, because there on the pillow next to me was the book, the title on the cover glowing once again.

It was at that moment that I knew I would never be able to stop reading the stories contained within, over and over and over again. I highly recommend this book. And I gaurantee that you will not be able to stop reading it. In fact, I doubt you will ever be able to get rid of it, just as I cannot seem to be able to. I have tried, and it just keeps coming back to haunt me.

*Polly Rigormortis gives this book her highest rating of two (count 'em).. two "in-your-face" fist-pumping middle fingers (oh yeah... it's a good thing).

Review found on: http://eve-l-dewer.angelfire.com/read001.html

Buy Traumatized at: www.traumatizedsouls.com

I don’t know about you, but over here at anythinghorror.com I’ve made a few New Year’s resolutions. I’m not shooting for the moon and making unrealistic goals for myself, but there are definitely some things I need to work on in 2011. For one, I need to get my ass back in the gym and get back into shape … I’m no Harry Knowles over here, but I’m also not a Spring chicken!! My other main realistic resolution is that I have a stack of (hopefully) kick ass books that I’ve accumulated in 2010 and I wanna get through them all and post more horror book reviews on the website. Well I’m off to a great start with Alexander S. Brown’s TRAUMATIZED.

Personally I’ve always found short story collection difficult to get into. Just when you start getting into the characters and the plot BAM … the story ends and you need to start all over again with new characters and a different plot. I don’t know if Brown intentionally tried to overcome this problem but he does by not giving us too much useless info in the beginning of each story. For the majority of his stories he dives right into the story and doesn’t waste a lot of time “setting the stage” with unimportant details.

As the back cover of the book explains, TRAUMATIZED (a collection of 15 stories)exposes the depths of human depravity and the dank realms of [the] macabre.” With each story Brown intends to essentially “traumatize” his readers through examining various horrors in the world and the pure depravity some human’s can sink too. This is an ambitious goal and whereas the majority of Brown’s stories are captivating I don’t know if any of them actually left me traumatized (but then again I am pretty desensitized to violence and gore). Brown’s stories run the gamut. His stories include vicious creatures of the night, serial killers, voodoo curses, haunted houses, and religious freaks. Without detailing each story (there’s 15 of them) I can say that overall Brown presents excellent characterizations and plots that move along at a fast pace.

There are times, though, when Brown gets a little wordy and too descriptive. The first story, “Bloodlines,” is actually my least favorite in the collection. Its the story of people gathered together at an old Southern mansion in order to find the hidden treasure buried within it’s walls. In “Bloodlines” I felt Brown drags down the pace of the story with too much description and I found it very difficult to get into the story. This is also the longest in the collection (clocking in at 48 pages) which would have benefited from some editing to tighten up the narrative and speed along the action.

But my concerns after reading “Bloodlines” quickly vanished after reading the other stories. The next two entrees “April” and “The God Complex” were tight, fast-paced stories that grabbed my right from the opening lines. “April” gives us a nice, dark twist about a girl who is experiencing black-outs every night and it seems the black-outs are becoming more and more dangerous to both herself and others. “The God Complex” is a really chilling story about how religious belief can cross into the realm of blind fanaticism. Both were very well written and “The God Complex” ends with us questioning everything that we just read in the story.

I enjoyed the majority of Brown’s stories in the collection and only found a few instances where his style felt amateurish, but I attributed this to him being, most likely, a new writer who was still finding his voice. There’s no info in TRAUMATIZED about when each story was written, but I would guess that the stories that weren’t my favorite were probably his earlier efforts. Some of my favorites are “The Acquired Taste,” which delves into the dangers of eating sushi; “Live Through This,” which puts a very creepy and disturbing twist on the story of a man obsessed with another person; “Two Miles,” the story of a mob boss who finds himself alone in a desert reliving parts of his life (Brown gives us an extraordinary characterization here); “Althea’s Last Dance,” in which a modern-day Jack the Ripper comes face to face with the supernatural; “Bliss Hill,” the best of his vicious creature stories; and “Zoe’s Swan Song,” about a rising Hollywood starlet whose external beauty ends up matching her inner beauty. This last story has, without a doubt, the best and deepest characterization with Zoe, and it’s also the goriest in the collection. We really get a sense of where she came from, who she is presently, and where she wants to be. Brown does a fantastic job with Zoe’s character.

If you’re looking for a solid collection of stories that are well written (let’s face it, statistically you’re gonna get a few in a collection of 15 that’ll leave you feeling “meh”), then pick up a copy of TRAUMATIZED. I’m not sure if Alexander S. Brown has published anything since, but I for one would love to read some of his newer writings to see how he has matured. Check this one out … you won’t be disappointed.

My Summary:
Author: Alexandre S. Brown
Plot: 4 out of 5 stars (for the overall collection)
Gore: 5 out of 10 skulls (for the overall collection; 7 out of 10 for the story “Zoe’s Swan Song”)
Reviewed by Scott Shoyer

Reviewed by:

Buy Traumatized:

Best Wishes,

Alexander S. Brown

http://www.traumatizedalexandersbrown.webs.com/

Horror author, Alexander S. Brown will speak and sign copies of his book, Traumatized at this event from 10AM-4:30PM. Fee for signed paperbacks are $20.00 ea. Information regarding signing is as follows.

April 2, 2011
The Willie Morris Library
4912 Old Canton Road
Jackson, MS 39211
601-987-8181



Best Wishes,
Alexander S. Brown
http://www.traumatizedsouls.com/

Shortly following the February Fright Fest on Feb11-12th at the Eudora Welty Commons in Jackson, MS Alexander S. Brown will sign at the Beverly J. Brown Library.

February 26, 2011

Beverly J Brown Library
7395 Siwell Road
Byram/Jackson, MS 39212
601-372-0954

Copies of Alexander S. Brown's Traumatized will be for sale at this event from 10AM-1:30PM. Fee for signed paperbacks are $20.00 ea.

Best Wishes,

Alexander S. Brown

Special appearances by The Mississippi Society of Paranormal Investigation and The Natchez Paranormal Society, featuring a skilled speaker on the subject of demonology.

Also, this will be the first venue where Alexander S. Brown has displayed and sold his photography.

Link to Dr. Allen Brown

Link to Missihippi:

Link to Alexander S. Brown

Natchez Paranormal Society:

Link to Andy Childress:

Link to Imagicopter:

Best Wishes,

Alexander S. Brown

http://www.traumatizedalexandersbrown.webs.com/

Best Wishes,

Alexander S. Brown

Yuletide Souls Festival 2010

When: Saturday, December 18, 2010 – From 10AM-3:30PM

Where: Vicksburg Public Library, 700 Veto Street, Vicksburg, MS 39180 - 601-636-6411

Description: For the first year of the Yuletide Souls Festival, 9 Southern Authors and 1 Artist from Imagicopter will sell, sign, and speak about their inspirations, work, and the joys of writing and art. At this event, the public is welcome to donate to "The Exchange Club of Vicksburg Abuse Prevention Center", so that children who have suffered abusive situations can have a Merry Christmas. Everyone is welcome to partake in the festivities of Literature, Art, and Giving.

Authors and Artist Attending are Listed Alphabetically:

H. David Blalock (Fantasy Author)

Alexander S. Brown (Horror Author)

Andy Childress and Shane Sullivan (Graphic Novelists)

A. Christopher Drown (Fantasy Author)

Charles Walter Jett (Artist)

Roland Mann (Sci-fi Author and Former Marvel Comics Editor)

Jennifer Mulvihill (Fantasy Author)

Herika Raymer (Fantasy Author)

Kimberly Richardson (Steampunk Author and Poet)

J. Moffett Walker (Inspirational Author and Poet)

Visit http://www.imagicopter.com/ to learn more of each author and artist.

For Child Abuse Prevention and Donation Contact:
Erma Driver, M.S.M. - Vicksburg CAP Center, Inc. (601-634-0557)

On October 16, 2010 Alexander S. Brown and eight other Imagicopter authors will attend the Zombie Dance in Hot Springs, AR. Copies of Traumatized will be sold at this location.

The Art Church
301 Whittington Avenue
Hot Springs, AR
From 5:00PM to 9:00PM
Other authors, who are attending, are listed aphabetically:

H. David Blalock

A. Christopher Drown

Elizabeth Donald

William Eakin

Jimmy Gillentine

Robert Krog

Jennifer Mulvihill

M. R. Williamson

Zombie attire is encouraged! I hope to see everyone there. Please visit http://www.imagicopter.com/ to learn more about each author.

Best Wishes,
Alexander S. Brown
http://www.traumatizedsouls.com/

Winston County Library

301 West Park Street

Louisville, MS 39339

662-773-3212

Event will be from 9AM until.

http://www.bubbaworldcomix.com/

Best Wishes,
Alexander S. Brown

Horror author, Alexander S. Brown will be signing copies of Traumatized at:

The Cabot Lodge-Millsaps

2375 N. State Street

Jackson, MS 39157

601-957-0757

This convention will last 2 days. On Saturday, June 26th and Sunday June 27th from 10AM to 7PM. Alexander S. Brown will sign copies of Traumatized throughout the day, just look for the Imagicopter table. Copies of Traumatized remain as $20 each.

This event will also feature other artist and dealers, there will be a costume contest and a performance by the belly dancing group, Missihippi. This is a great family friendly multi-media event.

For further info please visit:

http://www.imagicopter.com/

This Pulp Con is for those who are interested in the genres of horror, sci-fi, fantasy, and mystery. I will be there from open to close, signing editions of Traumatized. Fee remains at $20.00 per signed book. However, I will not be the only one at this convention as there will be other authors and artist that will greet and speak throughout the day. This event is being sponsored by Imagicon, which also hosts the Heroes and Dreamers Con. Here is a link to Imagicon:
http://www.imagicon.org/

Also, finding North Congress Street can be tricky. If you come from I-20 go I-55 N, take Fortification St, you will pass by the Walgreens on the corner. After passing Walgreens, North Congress Street is the 2nd street to your left. Near the end of North Congress Street, on your right is The Commons at Eudora Welty’s Birthplace, this is next door to The Two Sisters Kitchen. Here is a link to The Commons:
http://www.weltycommons.com/

If you have any problems please call 601-352-3399. This will be a great event for any lover of fiction and fantasy art.

The Commons at Eudora Welty's Birthplace

719 North Congress Street

Jackson, MS 39202

Event will be held on June 12, 2010 from 10AM-6PM

Best Wishes,

Alexander S. Brown

http://www.traumatizedalexandersbrown.webs.com/