reported by Julie Miller, FictionFanatic.com

Author Robert Clark Weller recounts a Dickensian tale of orphanhood, mischief and the mean streets of early 20th- century New York City in two volumes with his new books "An Abundance of Devils: Just West of the Terminal Moraine" and "Just East of Eden" (now available through AuthorHouse).

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reported by Robyn Jacobsma, FictionFanatic.com

Tens of thousands of authors, publishers and book industry professionals gathered this October at the annual Frankfurt Book Fair, the largest and most important event for the international publishing industry. Many of the publishers' stands featured the books of hundreds of authors. Unique among them is New Era Publications, which publishes the work of only one author, L. Ron Hubbard.

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reported by Jordan Frantz, FictionFanatic.com

Thriller author Jon F. Merz will pen a free serialized novella The Courier on his MySpace.com page through October with a climax on Halloween. Merz, the author of the critically-acclaimed Lawson Vampire series of novels, will write a special "mini-mission" - an approximately 40,000-word supernatural hard-boiled noir adventure.

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reported by Susan F. Monroe, FictionFanatic.com

Star Trek: Of Gods and Men, an all-new three-part mini-series webisode featuring many Trek alumni, wrapped production October 1 in Los Angeles. A 40th anniversary gift to Star Trek?s loyal fans, Star Trek: Of Gods and Men will be released exclusively on the Internet as downloads, each 30 minutes in length.

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reported by Robyn Jacobsma, FictionFanatic.com

Turkish author Orhan Pamuk, the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, is a worthy selection because of his literary ability to represent different cultures and his increasing political prominence, says a Duke University assistant professor who translated one of Pamuk's novels into English.

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reported by Seth B. Stevenson, FictionFanatic.com

Internationally acclaimed science fiction writer Spider Robinson has been appointed the first Writer-in-Residence at the H.R. MacMillan Space Centre. His appointment runs from September through June 2007 and is generously sponsored by the Canada Council.

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reported by Libby Jordan, FictionFanatic.com

The Volo Auto Museum has up dug three of the most nightmarish cars to ever hit theaters. All are for auction, including the most terrifying car of all time, the immortal Christine.

The museum risked life and lug nuts to unearth these terrors from the auto graveyard and list them on eBay from Oct. 1 to 10, 2006. For The Plymouth Fury from Christine, the Texas Chainsaw Massacre Dodge van, and the Devil's Rejects' Cadillac Eldorado are for sale for the first time and ready to prowl the streets for their next victims.

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reported by Sandy Williams, FictionFanatic.com

Garry Trudeau, creator of the long-running daily comic strip Doonesbury, has announced the launch of a new military weblog on his website, Doonesbury.com. The Sandbox, a "milblog" featuring entries emailed in by service members stationed in Iraq and Afghanistan, will be officially introduced in the color Doonesbury comic strip that appears this weekend in newspapers nationwide.

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reported by Stephen C. Johnson, FictionFanatic.com

Ever wondered what goes on inside the mind of a horror writer? Now?s your chance to find out. Dark fiction writer Mark Leslie is the second subject of The Writing Show?s new podcast-based reality show, ?Getting Published,? which debuted with novelist Jean Tennant on September 11th. Leslie?s series, which begins on October 9th, will follow the Ontario, Canada resident?s struggles as he attempts to complete and find an agent for his unpublished novel A Canadian Werewolf in New York.

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reported by William A. Davis, FictionFanatic.com

Beginning on October 13, Tri-C will offer a course called B'Ware!: Bad Film Directors from the 50's and Beyond at Tri-C's Unified Technologies Center Theatre, located at 2415 Woodland Ave. in Cleveland. The course, which examines science fiction, horror and fantasy films by three legendary directors, will meet over eight Friday nights, from 7:30 to 10 p.m.

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