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Post by jamesdoig on Dec 6, 2010 9:48:59 GMT
I liked that - nice dramatic use of the phone - probably quite novel for the time.
TED Klein uses the phone to good effect in "Well Connected," where we assume one of the characters is on the phone every night, but in fact there's no phone at all.
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Post by Craig Herbertson on Dec 6, 2010 10:37:05 GMT
Strangely I thought the Iron Shroud might have one of those lucky cheerful endings as God or one of his happy helpers rescued the innocent. Not so. A classic tale of horror.
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Post by dem bones on Dec 6, 2010 13:17:24 GMT
Strangely I thought the Iron Shroud might have one of those lucky cheerful endings as God or one of his happy helpers rescued the innocent. Not so. A classic tale of horror. No need to worry about any cheerful endings with the master of morbidity at the controls, craig. well done to proboards for making this possible - i'd been trying to think how best to put the very welcome attachment feature to use. G. W. M. Reynolds outrageous variation on The Iron Shroud (guest starring Lucrezia Borgia) from The Eerie Book is a must-read too and thanks to Horrormasters - again - you can. think of it as a one-off bonus story. Attachments:
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Post by dem bones on Dec 7, 2010 9:09:20 GMT
E. M. Winch - à la TartareThis illustration has little or no relevance to the following story, but you know me, sucker for a pretty picture. When I promised festive cheer, I meant festive cheer! Today's tasty treat is a forgotten gem from that golden age of macabre fiction, the nineteen-thirties. Perhaps James can help us with the author as all I've been able to find is this scanty bibliographical note in A Century Of Horror. Mrs Winch was born in Auckland, New Zealand, 1895, but was educated in England. She published her first story at sixteen, and has had eight novels published since. She has visited Canada, America, Jamaica, Germany, France, Italy, Switzerland, Belgium, Newfoundland and most of Africa, including the Congo.For my money, there's a certain Charles Birkin "so you want a horror story? Ok, here's a horror story" feel to à la Tartare. It took me ages to type out so you'd better like this, you beasts! Attachments:
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Post by Craig Herbertson on Dec 7, 2010 9:35:04 GMT
Not bad Dem. The illustration was a bit of a red herring...
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Post by andydecker on Dec 7, 2010 10:37:29 GMT
Nice one. And against all conventions Btw, this truly horrible civil war is such an interesting period. Are there any novels out there with this as a backdrop? Except for Dr. Shivago, of course
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Post by dem bones on Dec 8, 2010 9:32:43 GMT
It's likely that most of you will already be familiar with The Devil Of The Marsh but i make no excuses for including it. H. B. "Ethel" Marriott-Watson's eerie masterpiece remains a personal favourite and so affected me when i first read it (in Hugh Lamb's classic Victorian Nightmares) that i had to sample more macabre fiction, and more macabre fiction, and ... you can see what happened. It's among several neat tales you'll find at R. J. Warren's The Amalgamated Brotherhood Of Spooks, which, if you've not already done so, you really should consult as a matter of some urgency! The story was also recently exhumed by James Doig for his Australian Ghost Stories (Wordsworth Editions, 2010). And, though he's never seen fit to mention it, James edits and introduces the Marriott-Watson collection, The Devil of the Marsh and Other Stories, (Ash Tree Press, 2004)! Keith Minnion Attachments:
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Post by lemming13 on Dec 8, 2010 10:41:00 GMT
I am so enjoying this advent calendar. Much, much better than chocolate. Eternal thanks!
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Post by jamesdoig on Dec 8, 2010 20:43:35 GMT
Dead right, Dem - Amalgamated Spooks is a great website and Mr Warren (aka Woolrich) is a serious book collector and aficionado, as well as being a good guy. Here's another illusration for The Devil of the Marsh that you'll be familiar with ;D: The story is a great example of that short-lived flowering of purple-prosish English decadence before it all came crashing down when Oscar Wilde ended up in the clink.
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Post by dem bones on Dec 9, 2010 1:01:13 GMT
Dead right, Dem - Amalgamated Spooks is a great website and Mr Warren (aka Woolrich) is a serious book collector and aficionado, as well as being a good guy. i understand from his site that sadly, the excellent Mr. Warren/ Woolrich is not in the best health, so if you are in contact with him James, please send him our fondest wishes. Amalgamated is a terrific site and had i not used The Devil Of The Marsh it would have been one of the stories from Grim 13 or that very obscure Body-snatching effort. chances are, i won't be around today so please 'scuse laziness if i resort to another Vault greatest hit. It's on the lengthy side, but for those who've not been exposed to it before, ladies and gentlemen, with grateful thanks to Nostalgia League, here is Frederick C. Davis's quintessential Horror Stories shudder pulp ... Attachments:
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Post by cw67q on Dec 9, 2010 15:17:35 GMT
I'm currently waiting on the Ash-Tree edition of the Devil of the March. Ordered as part of an ebay funded splurge in the ATP sale. Great bargains still to be had, unfortunately somewhat offset by expensive overseas postage. But I recommend a browse of the ATP site, looking for the sale link, particularaly if you live somewhere in North America (much cheaper postage).
My books should arrive sometime in the New year I expect, assuming we've thawed out by then, surface mail.
- Chris
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Post by dem bones on Dec 10, 2010 8:28:16 GMT
good on you, chris! i hope you'll let us know what you make of it. Hans Heinz Ewers - Tomato Saucefound the text at the treasure trove that is Magick7's Moonlight Stories where you can also read Blood and The White Maiden. Friend Joe Bandel has translated a phenomenal number of Ewers works - find out more at Anarchist World Attachments:
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Post by Craig Herbertson on Dec 10, 2010 8:48:32 GMT
It's occasionally a little clumsy as a translation but overall gives us Ewer's evil atmosphere. Ewer's character's are entrancing and I have to say I had no idea where this story was going. Grotesque and quite wonderfully horrific.
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Post by cw67q on Dec 10, 2010 9:39:51 GMT
good on you, chris! i hope you'll let us know what you make of it. Will do Dem, and thanks for the advent calendar posts - chris
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Post by dem bones on Dec 11, 2010 14:33:21 GMT
again, its likely most of you will be familiar with this, especially if you're up to date with your Wordsworth editions, but i fancied something to represent the Creeps and have been too busy to type out Vera A. Gadd's The Road just yet. this story appeared in the Birkin edited first book in the series, by which time the author had been dead for a decade. Thanks again to Magick7's Moonlight Stories, here's Mrs. Henrietta D. Everett's The Crimson Blind. Attachments:
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