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Post by mattofthespurs on Dec 24, 2011 10:02:16 GMT
A fine tale to finish off this year's advent calender.
The only downside is now having to wait a whole year until the next one.
Thanks Dem!
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Post by Craig Herbertson on Dec 24, 2011 11:13:48 GMT
Great stuff. It's certainly cheered up my pre xmas blues
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Post by mattofthespurs on Dec 24, 2011 18:10:47 GMT
So this is me signing off until after the Christmas madness.
I hope everyone has a great time over the next day or two. I hope we all get super stuff to read and I hope everyone drinks too much and eats too much and generally enjoys the company of loved ones.
Have a lovely time everyone. Merry Christmas.
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Post by dem bones on Dec 25, 2011 7:48:58 GMT
will still be checking in over the hols and depending on what shape i'm in tomorrow - well, we'll see what we shall see ..... in the meantime, to all who have written for, and read, this board; to those on the outside who've offered kindness, encouragement and support along the way; to too many absent friends; to my fellow skid row goths and all the world's failures!
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Post by dem bones on Dec 27, 2011 9:23:52 GMT
Big Vault Pre-Hogmanay Calendarillustration: bride of dem .... you see, i had some left over and .... mostly vintage, some - like today's - more freely available than others, but i typed out enough to see us through to the new year so it would be a shame to hold them back for a twelve month. So here's Bernard Capes with a short, weird Christmas offering. Richard Dalby revived this one for the very lovely Chillers For Christmas which is where i first read it. Hope you had/ are continuing to have a good one! .....same again. Attachments:
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Post by Craig Herbertson on Dec 27, 2011 11:35:30 GMT
Great story. At times I find the language somewhat bewildering - a bit like Captain Whackamore, the kids book by Michael Mason but overall intriguing.
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Post by mattofthespurs on Dec 27, 2011 12:00:17 GMT
Huzzah!
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Post by dem bones on Dec 28, 2011 7:34:55 GMT
In a bit of a rush today, but couldn't leave before posting this treat, best enjoyed alongside a nice greasy breakfast with lashings of sludge. Apparently the first of Frederick Cowles' horror stories to see publication (in the December 1931 issue of something called Swinton & Pendlebury Public Library Bulletin), The Headless Leper was revived by Birkin for Monsters, (Philip Allen, 1933) which has taken an almighty caning for the purpose of this calendar! Attachments:
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Post by dem bones on Dec 29, 2011 7:57:22 GMT
Dagney Major. Another Not At Night contributor who wasn't one to outstay his welcome. Just the following, somewhat distasteful melodrama and he was away. Tod Robbins' Spurs ( Munsey’s February, 1923) is credited as the inspiration for Tod Browning's classic horror movie, Freaks (1932), but The Children Of Bondage from Gruesome Cargoes bears a greater similarity to the film in terms of plot. Attachments:
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Post by dem bones on Dec 30, 2011 8:38:25 GMT
Bride of Dem Another from the 'no copyright infringement intended'/ it's a tribute' file. The macabre stories of L. A. Lewis (1899-1961) seemingly comprise just the one short volume, Tales Of The Grotesque (Philip Allan, 1934) and the following supernatural S&M short included in Christine Campbell Thomson's Terror By Night in August of the same year. It's since been revived in The Not At Night Omnibus, Richard Dalby's Vampire Stories and a 1994 Ghost Story Press reprint of Tales Of The Grotesque, but with luck there will be one or two of our reader yet to experience the rare treat that is The Author's Tale! Attachments:
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Post by dem bones on Dec 31, 2011 8:41:00 GMT
We've had authors representing the past and present, so how better to round off 2011 than introduce one for the future? Ladies and gents, it is my pleasure and great privilege to present V. Herbertson, not yet into his teens, but already responsible for perhaps the goriest horror story ever to feature on Vault. My thanks and best wishes to V for sharing his work with us! And that really is .... Bride of Dem Attachments:
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Post by Johnlprobert on Dec 31, 2011 9:42:53 GMT
We've had authors representing the past and present, so how better to round off 2011 than introduce one for the future? Ladies and gents, it is my pleasure and great privilege to present V. Herbertson, not yet into his teens, but already responsible for perhaps the goriest horror story ever to feature on Vault. My thanks and best wishes to V for sharing his work with us! And that really is .... bride of dem Hey I liked that! JLP
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bardin
New Face In Hell
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Post by bardin on Jan 1, 2012 23:14:49 GMT
V's dad here - I'm glad you liked it. Funnily enough he has no exposure to horror writing so I think it must be genetic. He submitted it as homework to school and I only realised he had written it when Iwas browsing through his homework - the teacher didn't like it needless to say!
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Post by dem bones on Jan 6, 2012 10:54:18 GMT
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Post by Craig Herbertson on Jan 6, 2012 13:17:36 GMT
Excellent. Now I picked up on missing Lord Probert's fine reincarnation tale. Thoroughly enjoyed it.
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