Updated the archive with 5 fics (Forbidden Game, Night World & Vampire Diaries) and 5 pics (Forbidden Game, Night World & Vampire Diaries).

In other fanfiction news, now that the Vampire Diaries TV series is under way, I just want to remind people that while I’m not archiving fanworks for it on Twilight Tales, you are very welcome and encouraged to post them (along with Vampire Diaries fanworks based on the books) in the following places:

Fell’s Church Library
Fell’s Church Gallery
TVD Fic on LiveJournal

And a reminder that the new omnibus reprint of Dark Visions is out now.

Amazon.com is listing Night World: The Ultimate Fan Guide with a release date of October 27, 2009 (just in time for Halloween). They’re listing October for a UK release also, though no specific date is set. There’s not much more information about it, but L.J. Smith tweeted a while ago to say that she was checking through it, so hopefully that’s a sign it’ll be accurate.

In related news, it looks like Night World audio books are on the way. Secret Vampire, Daughters of Darkness and Spellbinder are being slated for a November 1st, 2009 release, with Amazon stating November for the UK as well. No clue yet what the CD covers will look like, or who will be narrating them. I’ll let you know when I find out.

Amazon.com are now listing the publication date for book 10 of the Night World series, Strange Fate, as 6th April, 2010. Most of us in the fandom are probably prepared for this date to be shifted at any given moment, but this time we do have a cover to keep us going as we wait. You can view a larger version by clicking on the image.

I don’t know about anyone else, but when I zoom in on the image on the Amazon page, the girl on the cover seems to be sporting a rather Hannah-like birthmark smudge on her face. Though everyone seems to be going with the ‘bad blush in photoshop’ theory, so I’ll go with the masses on that. ;)

UPDATE: Strange Fate now set for publication in April, 2011. Sorry, guys.

UPDATE 2: More bad news that Strange Fate is delayed again. We don’t have a publication date. More info here.

Just a little post to let you know that L.J. Smith is now on twitter as @drujienna. Go ahead and follow her and give her a warm welcome. :)

On that note, a reminder that you can get TT updates via twitter by following @twilighttales.

I’ll update the archive when I get a couple more submissions. Why, yes, that’s a hint. ;)

While I’m not planning on making this a regular habit (this is an L.J. Smith fanfiction site, after all), so many things have happened over the past couple of days that I’m going to make a post here summing up the Vampire Diaries TV series news and giving you some links to more information and a few goodies.

First of all, there’s now a video clip available with a few scenes from the TV series for you to get a taster of what the show will be like. Then there are quite a few images from the TV series cropping up, including what looks like to be the title card.

In scheduling news, it’s replacing Smallville in the 8pm Thursday slot (SV is moving to 8pm Friday), pairing it up with Supernatural. There’s also a new synopsis of the series up.

And last, but most certainly not least, Whitmore is out, and the boys are now Stefan and Damon Salvatore, as they should be! Vee over on Vampire-Diaries.net had a twitter conversation with producer, Julie Plec, to confirm this, so it’s all legit. :)

So, lots happening, and there’s no sign of an end to the excitement yet. Keep an eye out on the Vampire-Diaries.net for more news and information.