From Dead to Worse, Twilight-ey Things

AUTHORS & BOOKS

Joss Whedon's comic book series, Angel: After the Fall, will have a spin-off featuring Spike. "Issue 6 looks at Spike (featuring art by David Messina), Connor (art by Stephen Mooney) and Lorne (art by industry legend John Byrne)." (Comic Book Resources)

Review of Charlaine Harris's latest Southern Vampire novel, From Dead to Worse. "When a violent Were power struggle erupts as Vegas vampires attempt to take over Louisiana from disgraced queen Sophie-Anne, Sookie dives into the middle of it, determined to help her shape-changing, blood-drinking friends." (Publishers Weekly)

Read a sample chapter of Charlaine Harris's From Dead to Worse. "But what happened in my little corner of northwest Louisiana wasn’t an epic story. The vampire war was more of the nature of a small-country takeover, and the Were war was like a border skirmish." (Charlaine Harris)

Review of Cait London's A Stranger's Touch. "... mystical, dangerous and sizzling with chemistry." (Darque Reviews)

Read an excerpt of Cait London's A Stranger's Touch. "The Blair Institute of Parapsychology. The name rippled cold and ugly within her, a living nightmare from twenty-two years ago spilled over her again." (Cait London)

Here's a chance to win a signed copy of Karen MacInerney's Howling at the Moon. Contest ends April 1. (Karen MacInerney)

Read my interview with Michelle Rowen about her funny and sizzling Immortality Bites series and enter in the contest for her novels, Bitten & Smitten, Fanged & Fabulous, and Lady & the Vamp. Contest ends Friday eve.


MOVIES & DVDS

Casting for Bella's father in "Twilight" announced. "...Billy Burke will be playing him. The actor has popped up in a ton of television shows, but he's also been in flicks like the recent Untraceable." (Cinematical)

Photos from the film shoot of "Twilight." " A slew of spy photos from the set of Catherine Hardwicke's 'Twilight.'" (Shock Til You Drop)

Interview with Ashley Greene, who plays Alice Cullen in "Twilight," about her character. "Well, she can see the future — that's pretty freakin' cool. Everybody wants a superpower, right? I also love the fact that she's such a good-hearted character." (MTV)

And another interview with Ashley Greene about "Twilight" and accessories. "A lot has also been made of Alice Cullen’s heightened sense of fashion, and whether the early shots of Greene are staying true to it." (MTV)

Not really paranormal, but the brilliance that is "Futurama" is coming out with a new movie in June. "In what Fox is calling the most tentacle-packed Futurama epic, space itself rips open, revealing a gateway to another universe." (Slashdot)


TELEVISION

Review of last episode of "Lost" and the character Jin, as played by Daniel Dae Kim. "He's quick to volunteer for the toughest duties (he was on ill-fated raft launched at the end of season one), and he's loyal to a fault." (Variety)

Michelle Trachtenberg, who played Dawn on "Buffy, the Vampire Slayer," will appear in "Gossip Girls." " Trachtenberg will play Georgina Sparks, a character who appears in the novels on which the series is based." (Hollywood Reporter)


GRATUITOUS VIDEO OF THE DAY

From the film "Dead and Loving It," starring Leslie Neilsen. When bad hypnosis happens to good vamps.