I'm delighted to announce that Fear Zone has added a slew of new columnists to its roster of talented scribes: T.M. Wright, Philip Nutman, Angeline Hawkes, and Michael R. Colangelo.

J.G. Faherty interviewed T.M. Wright, author of such acclaimed novels as Strange Seed, A Manhattan Ghost Story, and Eyes of the Carp, for Fear Zone last month. I'm stoked to have one of my favorite authors contributing to this site.

Rick Hipson profiled Phil Nutman, author of the novel Wet Work and co-screenwriter of JACK KETCHUM'S THE GIRL NEXT DOOR, in the epic 4-part Fear Fone profile, The Nutman Chronicles. Now Phil is writing for the Zone! Look for a series of "Fireside Chats" conducted by him in the near future. "One of us! One of us! One of us!"

I've known prolific writer Angeline Hawkes as an on-line personality for several years, and I loved Then Comes the Child, the novella she co-wrote with her husband, Christopher Fullbright. Angeline's column, "The Cauldron," debuts next week.

Michael R. Colangelo, a veteran of the Borderlands Boot Camp for writers, will be our primary comic book reviewer; look for his first piece next week.

Some of you have already noticed that Michael Louis Calvillo has been writing some terrific video game reviews for us. Rest assured he will continue to do so.

Welcome aboard, everyone!

As a side note, I've created a separate category for Cinema Knife Fight, the dueling critics column by L.L. Soares and Michael Aruda. Now you can find all of their humorous dialogues in one place.