The build-up for the long awaited US release of LOVE LIES DYING is growing stronger day after day. The final manuscript is in. The proofing has been done. The layout is in place. All is set for the New Year's release of LOVE LIES DYING. As soon as we get the artwork, we'll upload it here. Hang on for a terrific 2006! Order LOVE LIES DYING from www.bloodlettingbooks.com and Shocklines.com now!

Steve's online author chat in the famous Red Light District chat rooms on November 20 was a huge success. Steve chatted for over an hour with readers and other writers and answered a whole gamut of questions. For those who couldn't take part in the live chat, the online transcript can be found here: http://p103.ezboard.com/fhorrorgasmsfrm11.showMessage?topicID=32.topic So enjoy the read!

Right now at Amazon.com you have a chance to secure two never-before-published Gerlach stories as part of the Amazon Shorts program. For just 49 cents each, these tales come from Steve's time working for Australia's leading newspaper, the Herald Sun. The links for both pieces are here:

Cloning Around and A Killer Stalks The Outback.

These are digital files which are dowloaded straight to your desktop. Both are topical, especially the A Killer Stalks The Outback piece, as the trial is currently underway in Australia.

As a special extra for stevegerlach.com visitors, anyone who purchases both Shorts at Amazon and sends us proof of purchase (such as the Amazon invoice) will be sent a THIRD Short for free. Now that sounds like a bargain to us! Simply email us using the feedback link on our splash page, and we'll forward you the third story within 24 hours.

Steve will be having an online author chat in the famous Red Light District chat rooms on November 20 at 9pm USA EST (10am, Monday 21st Australian EST).

So come along and ask all those questions you've been dying to ask. Steve looks forward to seeing you there and discussing his work and the writing process.

Hopefully, we'll be able to secure a transcript of the chat, and we'll include it here for those who miss it live.

The Shocklines Bestseller list for September 1 is online. The screen grab below says it all! Excellent news. Thanks to everyone for their support!

Yes, LAKE MOUNTAIN is now shipping, with copies heading across the world. Raven has been spotted in the US and also Down Under in Australia. We expect her to appear in the UK within days. Readers wishing to write reviews are invited to send them to us here and we will upload them to the LAKE MOUNTAIN page.

Here's the latest press release from Bloodletting Press covering RAGE, LAKE MOUNTAIN and the just-announced release of LOVE LIES DYING. The next few months will be very exciting indeed.



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Bloodletting Press - Latest News

LOVE LIES DYING by Steve Gerlach
http://www.bloodlettingbooks.com/lolidybystge.html

Format: Only 300 signed limited edition hardbacks will be published.

Introduction by Brian Keene and an afterword by Steve Gerlach and a very special guest.

Publication date is Winter 2005.

Publisher: Bloodletting Press

Publisher's Description:

She was on his sofa, reading a book. She was a complete stranger.

And she was naked…

Her name was Zoe, and she had survived a horrific ordeal.

Fleeing from trouble and the threat of death, Zoe turned to her best friend, Helen. Driving for three days straight, she arrived cold and hungry on Helen's doorstep.

But Helen was at work. Leaving Helen's husband, John, and Zoe together…all alone.

Having escaped from a life of terror and violence, Zoe was sure she could hide with them for a while. Just long enough to get back on her feet and her life in order again.

John's only mistake was to agree she could stay with them…

Because Zoe's past was fast catching up with her.

And that past would draw them all into a game of life and death.

By letting her stay, John had no idea of the horror that would be visited on them all…

For someone had a game to finish – a game that could turn very deadly indeed.

LOVE LIES DYING

You always love,
The ones you hurt...

(STAY TUNED FOR MORE INFO ON THE LETTERED EDITION
OF LOVE LIES DYING)

Also:

LAKE MOUNTAIN by Steve Gerlach has shipped to us from the printers and we are expecting it next week. We will begin shipping these out as soon as they arrive. is Only 400 signed and numbered copies are being published. This one is signed by the author and Elizabeth Massie who
does the introduction. http://www.bloodlettingbooks.com/lamobystgesl.html

Don't forget that everyone who orders a copy of LAKE MOUNTAIN from us will be in the running for the original manuscript! Click here for more details: http://www.bloodlettingbooks.com/lamobystgepm.html

And, as a reminder, we have only 20 copies of RAGE by Steve Gerlach left in stock. If you
haven't got your hands on this uncut version by one of the new masters of horror pick one up soon before they are all gone. http://store.yahoo.com/bloodletting-books/rabystgel.html

For more information, head over to www.bloodlettingbooks.com.

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In a recent Bloddletting Press update, we found the following gem:

"LOVE LIES DYING by Steve Gerlach is being proofed right now and we'll start laying out the book in the next few weeks."

Excellent news! Look for this extra special edition in early 2006. It would appear that this will be crammed with extras! More news when we have it!

Here's living proof that LAKE MOUNTAIN is almost here!

The ARCs (Advance Readers Copies) have been produced and are now hitting media organisations world-wide. Bloodletting Press take delivery of the limited edition hardbacks on the 5th of August and will begin shipping them the day after. So, LAKE MOUNTAIN is as good as released! If you can, pre-order before August 5 to go into the draw for the manuscript version of the first draft of the novel. See May 4 update below for more details on the competition.

Rumour also has it that there are a couple of exciting announcements to be made by Bloodletting Press as soon as LAKE MOUNTAIN is released. The novel is currently at the printers and is due to ship mid-July, so look for an announcement concerning some exciting Gerlach news (both fiction and non-fiction!) soon afterwards. We'll report it here as soon as we hear it too!

Circle June 15 in your diaries, people! That was the day Steve started work on his next novel. No real news to report as of yet, however it appears Steve will be working hard through July to get the basic outline of this next novel down on paper. If we hear any reports, we'll post them here.

Just a quick announcement that a new horror community message board has been uploaded at: http://www.onealdevzone.com/forum. Here you'll also find a dedicated Gerlach message board, which compliments the official Gerlach message board which can be found at
HorrorWorld: http://horrorworld.org/v-web/bulletin/bb/viewforum.php?f=38.

Steve visits both...so should you. :)

With Lake Mountain now at the printers, we're proud to be able to bring you the exclusive first look at the final cover for the Bloodletting Press hardback editions:



We love the cover, and we're sure you will too. If you haven't already ordered, hurry as pre-orders are about to close and you'll miss your chance of winning the 1st draft manuscript of the novel (see the May 4 update for more details...). This competition is only open to those who PRE-ORDER LAKE MOUNTAIN through http://www.bloodlettingbooks.com. Orders can also be placed through Shocklines.com.

German Publisher, Eloy Edictions, has announced another Gerlach novel for the German market, to accompany the 2006 German release of RAGE and the 2008 German release of THE NOCTURNE (see May 4 and April 18 updates below...).

2009 will see the release of a previously unannounced novel, simply called AMANDA LEE. There are no more details about this novel at this time, but we hope to provide you with some teasers about the novel sometime soon...

For more information on these novels, keep visiting the homepage of the publisher at: http://www.eloyed.com/ and, of course, we'll keep you up to date as more news breaks...

German special edition publisher, Eloy Edictions, has confirmed they will be releasing a second Gerlach novel in Germany. This one is scheduled for a 2008 release and will be a German language version of The Nocturne, retitled "Nachtszene".

This is excellent news, especially as it comes with Eloy announcing a release of a German version of "RAGE" next year! Cover artists and editors are still to be assigned, so we'll bring you all the news on both German releases when there is news to report. More soon.
Until then, check out the publisher's website at: http://www.eloyed.com/.

Here's your chance to win a signed (and thumb-printed) 1st draft manuscript of LAKE MOUNTAIN:

"Books are living documents. The characters live and breathe within the pages, the settings exist and the plot is ever-changing, right up to the final line.

As a book grows and the story evolves, characters change, scenes are added and removed. In fact, some sections of the tale can end up somewhere completely different from where they started. Characters are written in and out, whole plot lines are strengthened or deleted. Final outcomes can change with just the tweaking of a sentence or two.

LAKE MOUNTAIN is no different. It grew and evolved from the first draft. As the drafts were revised and edited, some ideas were added and some let go. As the 'special few' read an advance draft, they contribute different ideas and suggestions as well, making for a more coherent final story. This is how a novel evolves.

First drafts are usually deleted, burned or hidden away, never to see the light of day again. They hold the secret story, the 'director's cut' if you like, or 'writer's first cut' of a novel, laid bare in all its harsh reality - the errors, the bad grammar, the spelling mistakes, the removed sub-plots, the character and plot flaws...

Usually, no one except the inner circle get to see these early drafts, sometimes, only the author himself. But on LAKE MOUNTAIN, anything is possible.

With LAKE MOUNTAIN, you now get the chance to see how it would have all originally turned out. One very special reader out there is going to get to see inside the author's mind, to see the 'writer's rough cut' of LAKE MOUNTAIN.

You have the chance to venture where no one else is allowed. Feel game?" -- Steve Gerlach, April 2005

Bloodletting Press is giving you the chance to win the 1st Draft of LAKE MOUNTAIN, in its original manuscript form, complete with Steve Gerlach's bloody thumb print! It's too cool for words! And the original photograph of the model as she sat for the cover art portrait of LAKE MOUNTAIN. There is only one of these!

But time is running out. This competition is only open to those who PRE-ORDER LAKE MOUNTAIN through http://www.bloodlettingbooks.com.

Everyone who pre-orders this 1st Edition Gerlach release goes into the draw. Each pre-order gives you another chance to win. So order for your father, your friends, your sister or neighbors today! Each pre-ordered edition will be specially packed before delivery. One lucky copy will have an original photo of the cover model posing for the painting of the cover. The customer who receives that copy wins the competition and will receive the specially inscribed 1st draft manuscript of LAKE MOUNTAIN, direct from the author himself and an original photograph of the model as she sat for the cover art of Lake Mountain.

All Bloodletting Press lifetime members will automatically be entered into this drawing. Everyone who's already pre-ordered this book from the publisher will also be entered.

Enter now! The competition closes soon! Pre-order today at Bloodletting Press.

At the end of March, Steve hosted the first ever Gerlach Tour, an all-day event taking place in and around Melbourne, Victoria. The tour took the participants to scenes and settings found in RAGE, Love Lies Dying and the soon-to-be-released Lake Mountain.

Photos of the day will be uploaded soon. The feedback from the first tour has been so positive that we expect more tours to happen in the near future. Anyone interested in taking part in a future tour who either lives in Melbourne or will be visiting the city, should drop us a line and register your interest.

Keith Minnion informs us that the additional "cemetery" artwork from the extra limited edition of HUNTING ZOE will be entered into this year's WHC (World Horror Convention) 2005 art exhibition. We eagerly await news of what transpired... Anyone who was at WHC and saw the artwork should drop us a line and let us know what they thought of it "in the flesh."

Steve has an extensive interview in the latest edition of Cemetery Dance Magazine (#51), in which he talks about all his novels, the writing process and also the legacy that one girl has left on all his work. Interesting reading indeed! Available now from Cemetery Dance.

German special edition publisher, Eloy Edictions, has confirmed that they will be releasing a German language version of RAGE, retitled "ZORN" for the German Market in mid-2006. ("ZORN" means "in a rage" in German.)

More details on this project when the news comes in, but look for "ZORN" in the middle of next year. Cover artists and editors have already been assigned, so we'll bring you all the cover artwork and layout designs when we receive them. More on this edition soon.
Until then, check out the publisher's website at: http://www.eloyed.com/.

Work is almost complete on LAKE MOUNTAIN and it will appear in the US in hardback later this month.

The cover art is designed, the signature pages are signed, and we hope to see it being delivered later this month or early May.

If you haven't already, make sure you shoot over to the Bloodletting Press website and order your copy before it's too late! Shocklines.com is also taking orders, so you could place an order there too.

You can check out the cover blurb and reader feedback on the Lake Mountain page.

Just a quick note that the author message boards at HorrorWorld have had an upgrade, so Steve's new message board can be found at: http://horrorworld.org/v-web/bulletin/bb/viewforum.php?f=38

The final edits are in, and the publisher has the final draft of LAKE MOUNTAIN. We'll keep you informed every step of the way, so you know exactly what is happening and when the novel is due. Very very soon now, LAKE MOUNTAIN will be unleashed on the world!

Batten down the hatches, lock up your daughters, and check your bookmarks!

The official Steve Gerlach website integrates with its stable-mate, RLK!, with a new design (which may look familiar) and a HUGE update!

In case you got here by other means, the official site address is: http://www.stevegerlach.com. Check out the news items below, as we've "back-filled" some items of interest that didn't make it to the old website. There might be some gems of information here you didn't know about!

Send us an email and let us know what you think! Also drop by the message board, hosted by Horror World, and leave a message! -- Steve