Buried Tales of Pinebox, Texas; has been out for just over two months now and is starting to get some great reviews. A few highlights include:

Tood Cash at FlamesRising.com

“Diving into these stories felt like a mix between the stories I read in old comic titles like The House of Mystery and The Vault of Horror. A short set-up with a handful of characters, an environment in something Man Knows Isn’t Right, and a twisty, usually gruesome ending makes up the bulk of these short stories. They make for the perfect campfire stories.”

Bill Bodden at Xenagia.net:

“Buried Tales of Pinebox, Texas is a very solid collection of horror tales; Editor Matt McElroy has put together a strong slate of writers to chill our hearts. One doesn’t have to be a gamer to appreciate them or enjoy the shivers they send up the reader’s spine. If you’re like me, what the stories will do is inspire you to learn more about the setting, hoping to discover additional such interesting tidbits to read.”

Jeff LaSala at Examiner.com:

“Each short story offers one disturbing little slice of this fictitious rural town in eastern Texas—the whole of which is reminiscent of the creepiest aspects of The Blair Witch Project and the X-Files, with a dash or two of good ol’ small-town Lovecraftian horror thrown in.”

A special thanks to Tood, Bill and Jeff for those great reviews. Always appreciated. If you are thinking of writing a review, shoot us an e-mail when it gets posted online and we’ll be happy to add it to the Buried Tales website.

Howdy everyone! The voting booth is now open for the 2009 ENnie Awards. We are really excited that Fabled Environments has been nominated for the second year in a row in the category of Best Cartography. Their Victorian-style Mansion is a wonderful map. (I could only dream of living in a house like that!) Please take a couple minutes to head to the voting booth and cast your ballet. Unlike the Origins awards, the ENnie is a fan-driven award. Make your likes and dislikes heard!

Congratulations to our very own Charles and Krista White of Fabled Environments, on their second ENnie Nomination in a row. Their Victorian Style Mansion has made the short list for Best Cartography. Voting doesn’t open until July 24, but in the meantime Fabled Environments deserves a virtual pat on the back. Great job, and congratulations!

1.  Who performed the music Dementia 13?
2.  Who is Editor-in-Chief of Flames Rising?
3.  Who wrote the zombie novels “Monster Island,” “Monster Nation,” and “Monster Planet?”
4.  What did Filamena Young use to keep her ideas in line with the other authors?
5.  How many contestants in the Guitar Hero tournament in the Raven’s Student Center are expected this year?
6.  The town of Blackburn is south of what landform?
7.  What does the town of Pinebox celebrate every Halloween Weekend?
8.  Who is the County Prosecutor in Pinebox, Texas that Louis Rainer has to work with?
9.  What is the name given to the summoned creature in “The One that Got Away?”
10.  Who did Phil blame for killing Carlito and sacrificing several others by use of Blood Magic?
11.  What are two of the signs of some creature that sucks the minerals from a victims body?
12.  What does Mr. Strega attract?
13.  What did Leonard’s father do before becoming a victim of the witch?
14.  Who helped Tim end his torturous existence?
15.  What was the name of Freddie’s distinctive hard drive?
16.  Who was knocked out by the old woman in Mother?
17.  How hungry is Henry at the end of Lovable Creatures?
18.  What had Sarah eaten that gave her a bizarre child?
19.  Where did Mark decide to stop one Christmas Eve night on his long drive to Louisiana?
20.  Who was Big Pine?

Rules:  Scour the websites:
www.12toMidnight.com
buriedtales.12tomidnight.com
www.TheRavensReport.com

Scour the Buried Tales Stories to dig up the answers to earn the treasure.

Answer the questions found at www.12toMidnight.com and look for weekly     clues posted on our website to help you with your search.

Send your answers to Admin@12toMidnight.com by Sept. 1st, 2009.

Up to three entries will be chosen at random to win the prize package of Treasure. The winning entries must have the correct answers to the Treasure Hunt to be placed in the hat for the random drawing.  In other words, if only one entry has all the correct answers, that entry will win by default, so get cracking! One of three will be named the Grand Prize Winner and also receive signed copies of Last Rites of the Black Guard and Skinwalker.

The Treasure:
Every pdf title written or owned by 12 to Midnight for both the Savage Worlds and OGL burned to cd and mailed to your home.
AND…an autographed dead tree copy of Fear Effects.
That’s over $400.00 in value.
So get started on the challenge and win it all! Good luck ya pirates.

What do you win?
Skinwalker: SW, Skinwalker: OGL, Weekend Warriors: SW, Weekend Warriors: OGL, Fear Effects:  SW, Fear Effects: OGL, Brainwashed: SW, Brainwashed: OGL, Green’s Guide to Ghosts: SW, Green’s Guide to Ghosts: OGL, Innana’s Kiss: SW, Innana’s Kiss:OGL, Jerry’s Midnight Tales, Last Rites of the Black Guard: SW, Last Rites of the Black Guard: OGL, The Beast Within:SW, The Beast Within: OGL, Codex Effusio:  The Book of Emotions, Fire in the Hole: SW, Fire in the Hole: OGL, Forsaken Hwellan-Lair of the Plague Priest, Journal of American Paranormal Research Issues 1-4, Marsh of the Wild Things, Mitarra: The Agenda of Itherelle: Centapedes!, Silven Trumpeter (Winter 2006, Autumn 2006, June 2006, March 2006), The Hedge Maze, Phantasmos, Bloodlines: SW, Bloodlines: OGL,  Steamworks Deluxe Edition, Steamworks, Ed’s Midnight Tales, Epublishing Secrets, Secret Societies, IronStorm Mountain, Chickens in the Mist, D20 Minigames: Casino, 50 Ways to Blow Things Up: Evocation, Curses!, Libem Liborium: Complete Guide to Books, Mitarra: Caves of Crystal, Monster of Twilight: Curse Monsters, NPCyclopedia: Psionics, Races of Twilight: The Green, Races of Twilight: The Lutrins, Races of Twilight: The Surkuvans, The Island Laboratory, The Pun is Mightier than the Sword, The Spiders Lair, Modern Dispatches 26, 30, 34, 38, 41, 45, 49, 53, 57, 61, 65, 69, 73, 77, 81, 85, 89, 93, 97, and 106, and a signed dead tree copy of Fear Effects for Savage Worlds.