I've turned the comments off here. Got tired of coming in every few days to delete page after page of comment spam. If you want to contact me, surf on over to The Sonnet Project or Defined By Negatives and leave a comment on the latest post. Or try sstandridge AT gmail DOT com.

I'm going to do something with this domain, but it probably won't involve Drupal. I'm sure there are better ways to use it than I have been, but I haven't had the time or inclination to figure them out. Anyhoo, if anybody's still watching...well, keep watching.

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After what seems like years--wait a sec, it HAS been years! ;) --the zombie anthologies that accepted a couple of my stories are finally out from Permuted Press, marking the first time I have appeared in an honest to god, ISDN-numbered BOOK. Two of 'em, even! In case my legion of fans wants to get hold of several boxes to distribute as gifts to loved ones, here they are on Amazon:

UPDATE: The JDRF Walk to Cure Diabetes is TOMORROW!

If you've been waiting till the last minute to sponsor Scott "Sonnet Boy" Standridge in support of this good cause, well, HERE IT IS!

Click Here to Make a Donation Online!

And thanks to the very, very generous folks who've already sponsored me. You rock!

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As most folks who know me know, I've had type-1 diabetes since I was 17 years old. It sucks, a lot, for all kinds of financial, emotional, career and health-oriented reasons. But it's starting to look as though there might be hope--for the first time experts are seriously predicting we'll see an out-and-out cure in our lifetimes.

Anyway, the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation funds an awful lot of research, and every year sponsors the Walk to Cure Diabetes. Most years I participate, as this is obviously a pet cause of mine.

If you can and would like to sponsor me in this walk--$5, $10, whatever you can afford--I'd be eternally grateful. Once I'm cured, I'll buy you a coke. :) You can donate online by following the link below. Please do.

Sponsor Scott in the JDRF Walk to Cure Diabetes!

Thanks.

Anybody still out there? Well, if so, you might be interested to know that my good buddy Nate and I have started our own b-movie essay site, Mad Mad Mad Mad Movies. I'm "The Vicar of VHS" and he's "The Duke of DVD." We've got lots of reviews that we wrote over the last year or so just back and forth to each other in e-mails that we're posting as time allows, and new ones as we watch more mad movies. So anyway, there's that. Check it out.

Also, that anthology I'm in? It's available now. See below for details.

Well, it seems like a loooooooooooong time since I found out I had a couple of stories accepted for inclusion in two zombie-themed horror anthologies, but it looks like the time has finally come for publication. I have one story each in both The Undead: Skin and Bones and The Undead: Flesh Feast, coming out in August and available for pre-order with free shipping right now from Permuted Press.

Click here to reserve your copies!

In the first anthology my story, "Till the Lord Comes," is about a shy young man who deals with his grief over his mother’s death in an unusual way (don’t worry, it’s actually kinda sweet in a decomposing sort of way…). In the second book my story, "If You Believe," is a re-telling of “Twas the Night Before Christmas”…with zombies.

Anyway, if you like this sort of thing, or just want to possess my first anthology appearances for posterity, go pre-order the books to avoid disappointment. And if you do order, I will gladly personally inscribe your copy! How can you pass it up? :)

In fact, I liked the book forums so much, I decided to do one on movies as well, which is likely to be a lot more active. Please feel free to post your thoughts on the movies you've seen, or suggest others in place of the tripe I'm slapping my eyeballs against. Wahey!

This worked out pretty well for me last year, though I didn't fully review everything I read. I hope to do better this time, and to read more...though since most of my reading takes place between 6:00 and 6:30am these days, that may be a pipe dream. Anyway, it's a new year, new books. I'll be posting entries as I complete them. Hey ho, let's go.