Hi! Welcome to Day One of EDGE's Countdown to Christmas.
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Just for the fun of it - Countdown to Christmas Author Questions
EDGE: Hi Nancy, thanks for joining us today...and helping us start off the Countdown to Christmas. Our first Countdown to Christmas question is "Are you more of a Santa or a Scrooge?"
Nancy Kilpatrick: I'm a Santa-like Scrooge. I find unusual and intriguing gifts that are not expensive but seem to be so.
EDGE: Since one of the titles of 2010 is Tesseracts Fourteen: Strange Canadian Tales, we would like to know - what is the strangest Christmas gift you have received?
Nancy Kilpatrick: A Count Dracula punching bag.
EDGE: What is your favorite holiday treat?
Nancy Kilpatrick: Favorite treat is pumpkin pie, which I only have at Thanksgiving and Christmas and which is really hard to get in Quebec.
EDGE: In your minds eye, how would one of the characters in EVOLVE celebrate Christmas?
Nancy Kilpatrick: Most of them would have a Christmas tree with black ornaments and a dark star atop. They'd probably try to find a selection of 'vintages' for the holiday meal. As to gifts, I think some might go for the joke, like a vampire staking kit. Others would be offering something more liquid.
Thanks for joining us Nancy for the EDGE Countdown to Christmas!
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Name: Kevin Cockle2010 EDGE title: Evolve: Vampire Stories of the New Undead
EDGE: Are you more of a Santa or Scrooge?
Kevin Cockle: In theory I'm a Santa: I like the nostalgia; I'd enjoy zoo lights; I'd go shopping - like to surprise people with perfect gifts etc. In practice, I'm Scrooge - rarely (if ever) participate in holiday traditions. If I could get organized in July, Christmas would happen, but I inevitably look forward to next year, each year.
EDGE: Do you do anything unique for Christmas?
Kevin Cockle: About the only thing I do is make a point of reading when the TV shows that burning log. Sure, I'd probably read anyway, but the burning log seems to raise the practice to the level of ritual.
EDGE: What is the Strangest gift you have ever received?
Kevin Cockle: A tie with the Hulk on it. I actually liked it, though never had occasion to wear it. BONUS QUESTION: Strangest gift I ever GAVE was this cool - super scary - latex rubber skeleton mask! Chilling - and completely inappropriate as it turned out.
EDGE: What is your favorite holiday treat or toxin?
Kevin Cockle: Favourite Holiday Toxin...I'm fine with the chocolate-family of toxins. All good: will eat any in my line of sight.
EDGE: If one of the characters in your story was celebrating Christmas, how would they do it?
Kevin Cockle:: Character in Sleepless In Calgary celebrating Christmas...As it turns out, the POV character in my story would be working. Christmas is inconveniently scheduled upon the financial year end - causing all kinds of administrative headaches at the last moment. Adding to the time pressure, is the fact that all of your support staff is on holiday, or drunk, or otherwise inefficient, so the holidays are actually pretty stressful for financial industry types. Earlier in his career, my character would have tried to take some time off in November, but since no one else does this, it's not much of a Christmas. By the time of the story of course, Christmas is not even on this character's radar. Cue vampire.
Thanks Kevin for joining us for the EDGE Countdown to Christmas!
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Name: Ronald HoreEDGE Title: "Evolve" my story "Chrysalis"...
EDGE: Are you more of a Santa or Scrooge?
Ronald Hore: Reluctant Santa while I grumble like Scrooge ... my wife never gives me any useful hints and she is difficult to buy for ...
EDGE: Do you do anything unique for Christmas?
Ronald Hore: Have all the family over to the house for the big turkey dinner, with rum pudding and custard, and then we usually watch a terrible movie. Matter of principle to find the worst movie on DVD, and we have seen some real stinkers. I think last year's "Santa Claus vs the Martians" was pretty bad, although the year before "Cannibal the Musical" was hard to beat. Goes down better on a full stomach.
EDGE: What is the Strangest gift you have ever received?
Ronald Hore: My brother and I have a policy of exchanging pretty bad/strange (and usually childish) gifts. Of course I can't think of many right now, although I do have a Tiki-faced Kleenex dispenser and he has a talking beer bottle opener ...
EDGE: What is your favorite holiday treat or toxin?
Ronald Hore: Partial to rum balls, rum and hot chocolate, and a turkey drumstick ...
EDGE: How would your character in Evolve celebrate Christmas?
Ronald Hore: The character is a young teenage girl, Lucy, who is half vampire, and in the story, is just in the process of discovering this. Her father would probably show up at midnight on Christmas Eve in a bad mood, (he works nights for a security division) her mother might be tipsy. Lucy, now that she is realizing her powers, might decide to spend the day with her new boyfriend, although she wouldn't be welcome at his house. I can see them going for a horse-drawn sleigh ride in the woods ...
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Name: Michael SkeetEDGE Title: "Evolve"
EDGE: Are you more of a Santa or Scrooge?
Michael Skeet: I try to pretend to Scrooge-dom, but I am totally and utterly a Santa. I love giving gifts and socializing. I don't even mind shopping, within reason.
EDGE: Do you do anything unique for Christmas?
Michael Skeet: We don't decorate a tree. Instead, we decorate a large (life-size) wooden flamingo. All lit up it's quite impressive. We also start Christmas morning with a breakfast of champagne and caviar. It's essential.
EDGE: What is the Strangest gift you have ever received?
Michael Skeet: I have received a number of flamingos over the years (including a neon flamingo that now graces the liquor stand), but I like flamingos so that isn't strange. The most wonderfully weird gift I ever received was an entire case of vintage port, from my mother-in-law. (My own mother once gave me a farting toilet for Christmas -- to make it fart you had to stick your fingers into it, don't ask -- but I don't want to embarrass her so I won't mention that.)
EDGE: What is your favorite holiday treat or toxin?
Michael Skeet: It's hard to choose between the Christmas morning caviar or the Christmas evening port and Stilton.
EDGE: How would your character in Evolve celebrate Christmas?
Michael Skeet: As for the bonus question, it's hard to imagine vampires as I perceive them celebrating anything save possibly for a successful kill. If he did celebrate Christmas, it would probably be with blood cake and blood pudding...
Thanks everyone for joining us for our first day of Countdown to Christmas!
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“The intriguing Vampires appearing in Evolve all share a common link to the iconic character Dracula”
-- Dacre Stoker
"Vampire fans-this is a must read" -- Parajunkie, Blog with Bite
“With stories from genre veterans Kelley Armstrong and Tanya Huff, as well as a slew of newcomers, EVOLVE: VAMPIRE STORIES OF THE NEW UNDEAD is a worthy anthology for vampire lovers.” — Quill and Quire
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About EVOLVE: Vampire Stories of the New Undead
Vampires have Evolved and They are Here!Kelley Armstrong, Tanya Huff and twenty-two other Canadian dark fantasy and horror writers re-imagine the future of vampires in this new collection of all-original short fiction. One of the most unusual and original vampire anthologies ever compiled.
EVOLVE: Vampire Stories of the New Undead includes works by:
Kelley Armstrong, Tanya Huff, Claude Lalumière. Mary E. Choo, Sandra Kasturi, Bradley Somer, Kevin Cockle, Rebecca Bradley, Heather Clitheroe, Colleen Anderson, Sandra Wickham, Rhea Rose, Ronald Hore, Bev Vincent, Jennifer Greylyn, Steve Vernon, Michael Skeet, Kevin Nunn, Victoria Fisher, Rio Youers, Gemma Files, Natasha Beaulieu, Claude Bolduc, and Jerome Stueart.
Amazon Link
EVOLVE:Vampire Stories of the New Undead
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