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Post by dem bones on Dec 1, 2018 8:36:55 GMT
Alexander Woolcott charts the history of The Vanishing Lady, "a fair specimen of folklore in the making." ( While Rome Burns, Viking Press, 1934). Attachments:THE VANISHING LADY.pdf (110.61 KB)
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Post by Dr Strange on Dec 1, 2018 12:14:02 GMT
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Post by dem bones on Nov 22, 2019 19:56:24 GMT
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Post by dem bones on May 27, 2020 10:16:34 GMT
Ivor Watkins article for the freebie East End Life circa mid-1990's (?). The Phantom Hitcher of the Blackwall Tunnel, the great Columbia Road ghost hunt of the 1920s, and the (sadly fictitious) phantom Vicar of Ratcliffe Cross. Is this the same Ivor Watkins wrote wolves on the rampage masterpiece, The Blood Snarl?
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Post by dem bones on Jun 20, 2020 17:49:08 GMT
Jean Brien - The Girl in the Rose-colored Shawl: (Janet Lunn [ed], The Unseen: Scary Tales, Lester Publishing, 1994). Three pages of ghost passenger "action." Concerned that it will soon be dark, Elsie and Willis offer a lift home to a little girl collecting flowers on the hill. Following her directions, they arrive at a derelict ruin. "This can't be your house, Annie" says Willis, addressing an empty back seat ...
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Post by dem bones on Jul 11, 2020 18:57:47 GMT
Kurt Kuersteiner - 113 Tales of Terror: Illustrated Urban Legends & Short Shock Stories (Monsterwax, 2017) Acknowledgements
Urban Legends
The Desperate Mother A Carpet Laying Lesson The Hippy Babysitter The Forever Place A Sight for Sore Eyes Maniac on the Road The Dark Pond The Last Drive Home Lick Us for Luck The Hook Letter from Vietnam Alone with the Bones The Look of Guilt The Reunion Pictures from Vacation Walking the Dog The Nut and the Car Nuts Something to Wine About Date with the Wrong Date The Funeral Dress The Golden Toe The Subway Watcher The Curse of Kilaueu A Whirlwind Romance The Bloody Benders The Blind Man's Message The Microwave Pet Baby's Late Lunch The Creepy Clown A Call from Beyond Goes with the Territory The Blind Man Cometh Don't Look Back The Ghostly Mother The Trapper's Dog The Beach Baby A Message in Blood The Unknown Caller The Bloody Boo-Hag A Million Dollar Miracle The Headless Brakeman Anniversary of a Murder The Earwig The Underhanded Undertaker The Fender Bender Threading The Needle The Grave Yard Shift The Choking Doberman The Razor Rapist He Did It! The Mexican Pet The Rent-Free Roommate A Date With the Doctor
Shock Stories
The Foretelling No News is Good News Long, Long Distance The Bottom Line Sticky Fingers The Seer An Old Score The Brain Suckers of Saturn Living Hell Working Benefits The Grave Mound The Red Giant A Pound of Flesh The Lunatic Eyeball Eater Bloodbath By the Light of the Moon Debbie's Little Secret Envy the Dead Not Hide Nor Hair The Old Man and the Furnace Food Chain A Torch for Teresa Deep is my Sleep Free Willies A Lot at Stake The Curse of Cannibalism The Reluctant Divorce A Crying Shame Mr. Fix-It The Deadlier of the Species The Biological Barrier Tongue of a Tyrant Dare You to Do It The Dreamers Til Death Do Us Part Sweet Justice Squirrels in the Attic He Lost His Head Seeing is Believing Don't Read This Story The Diggers Just Plain Insane The Only Way Out The Dead Sleep Lightly It Crawled Forth In the Driver's Seat I Told You So The Moss Monster The Screaming Box The Forgotten Witness The Trembling Curtain Horror Hoax Casting the Runes An Experiment in Blood Treasure Hunter The Trap Door The Haunted Grave End of the Rope Stone Dead A Voice in The Dark
A Special ThanksBlurb: Gather ‘round the campfire kiddies for twisted tales that will raise the hair on the back of your necks! 113 Tales of Terror is a collection of classic urban legends and original shock stories from the darkest depths of Kurt Kuersteiner’s twisted brain. You’ll hear “true” accounts of The Hook, the dreaded Man Upstairs, and The Creepy Clown. Plus, you’ll also enjoy new tales of monsters, murderers, and maniacs, including The Lunatic Eyeball Eater, The Brainsuckers of Saturn, and The Curse of Cannibalism. If the stories don’t keep you wide awake, the haunting images will. You’ll be tantalized by the gorgeous (and sometimes gory) art of “Scary Terry” Beatty, plus special guest artists Larry Jacubecz, Byron Glickfeld, Sherman Whited, and Chris Terri. You’ll be amazed how much horror can be squeezed into a terse little terror tale — 113 times in a row!Terry Beatty, The Last Drive Home Great fun. The first half, bar a few non-bloody exceptions ( The Blind Man's Message, Goes With The Territory and excruciating fancy dress foul up, Date with the Wrong Date) concentrates on the more gruesome urban legends, at least some of which may have their origins in horror and/ or supernatural fiction. For example, the germ of Oscar Cook's Boomerang lived on in condensed form as The Earwig. The Beach Baby is John Gawsworth & Edgar Jepson's The Shifting Growth taken to its ridiculously revolting extreme. Substitute a coat for the sweater and rename the heroine Teresa and The Last Drive Home is essentially Dicky Lee's timeless death disc Laurie (Strange Things Happen) once again. Among other familiar fiends, The Hook is still out dogging on Lovers Lane. Tina, The Hippy Babysitter does what strung-out hippy babysitters are renowned for. A Whirlwind Romance is a "welcome to the AIDs club" entry, and The Underhanded Undertaker recalls Alvin Schwartz's The Brown Suit. Terry Beatty, The Hippy Baby Sitter Have not yet dipped into the Shock Stories, but a flick through confirms that each story runs to approximately half a page, and all are fetchingly illustrated.
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Post by Shrink Proof on Jul 12, 2020 7:51:53 GMT
This sounds great. Any book containing tales with titles like "The Lunatic Eyeball Eater" and, even better, "The Brain Suckers of Saturn" will be utterly loathed by every university creative writing tutor in Britain. Making it a must-buy.
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Post by dem bones on Jul 12, 2020 18:01:23 GMT
This sounds great. Any book containing tales with titles like "The Lunatic Eyeball Eater" and, even better, "The Brain Suckers of Saturn" will be utterly loathed by every university creative writing tutor in Britain. Making it a must-buy. It really is very entertaining. I've found the 'Urban Legends' stronger that those 'Shock Stories' sampled thus far, but another reader may see things the other way around. Terry Beatty, Date with The Wrong Date Date with the Wrong Date: Do you think that you could make it with Frankenstein? Eve's love test for Merv does not go to plan. The Reunion: Ollie and Beth honeymoon in Paris. She slips into a boutique to try on dresses - and that's the last he sees of her .... until two years of drifting around Europe later when Ollie visits an Istanbul Freak Show, star attraction: 'The Duck Woman.' A toned-down take on Charles Birkin's spiteful The Harlem Horror. The Golden Toe: Karl Herm, star player on the "football" team, is diagnosed with bone cancer of the thigh. Faces stark choice. Amputation or death? The Subway Watcher: Creepy bastard opposite won't quit staring at me. Pictures from Vacation: The holiday couple who complained about a raucous motorcycle gang, and photographic evidence of what happened to their unattended toothbrushes. Fender Bender: Ian, who insists on driving home drunk at night, finally comes unstuck. Pity the can't same can't be said for his victim. A Date With The Doctor: My wild night with sexy New York organ thief. No News is good News: Safe at home, doors locked, windows bolted, but Sarah can't relax knowing there's a rapist loose. It doesn't help that his exploits are splashed across every newspaper. Maybe she should she burn them in the fireplace ...
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Post by Jojo Lapin X on Jul 12, 2020 18:57:53 GMT
I've found the 'Urban Legends' stronger that those 'Shock Stories' sampled thus far, but another reader may see things the other way around. A wise observation! We all have our different perspectives. Some are right; others are wrong.
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Post by cauldronbrewer on Jul 13, 2020 12:16:25 GMT
This sounds great. Any book containing tales with titles like "The Lunatic Eyeball Eater" and, even better, "The Brain Suckers of Saturn" will be utterly loathed by every university creative writing tutor in Britain. Making it a must-buy. It really is very entertaining. I've found the 'Urban Legends' stronger that those 'Shock Stories' sampled thus far, but another reader may see things the other way around. I just ordered myself a copy!
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Post by dem bones on Jul 13, 2020 16:36:13 GMT
It really is very entertaining. I've found the 'Urban Legends' stronger that those 'Shock Stories' sampled thus far, but another reader may see things the other way around. I just ordered myself a copy! I so hope you're not disappointed. at least the Am*z*n look inside feature makes clear what you're getting. Maybe best you give the rest of this post a miss. A Crying Shame: Hanky panky. Hill spike's despised wife's cocaine with a little something extra - lung lice! He Did It!: A woman is stalked to an uncanny degree by the fiend who raped her. Husband vows to kill him. Shares similarities with one of the nastier Thriller episodes, Screamer. The Mexican Pet: Returning from holiday, Diana smuggles the cuddly stray doggie she's adopted through customs. At least, she thinks it's a doggie .... The Reluctant Divorcee: Having murdered his wife, Zack ties concrete weights to her ankles, throws her overboard and sails off on holiday. Two weeks later, half a rotting corpse washes up in the Bahamas, which, by uncanny coincidence .... Til Death Do Us Part: Dr. Benson, a surgeon of genius, is diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. With but a few weeks to live, Benson believes he has one last great medical accomplishment left in him. Bad news for cheating wife and her boyfriend. Something to Wine About: A successful businessman and wife retire to France and buy a castle, it's owner having died suddenly. The late aristocrat has left a mountain of debt .... and a cask of claret in the cellar. It has a good body. Marrayat's Adventure of the Greek Slave in miniature. Casting The Runes: We'll come to it.
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Post by Dr Strange on Jul 13, 2020 21:56:35 GMT
Casting The Runes: We'll come to it. Surely it will come to us...
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Post by cauldronbrewer on Jul 14, 2020 19:37:32 GMT
Terry Beatty, The Last Drive Home My copy arrived today, though so far all I can report is that I'm entertained by how the illustrations blend EC Comics-style content with Rex Morgan MD-style artwork.
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Post by dem bones on Jul 15, 2020 7:03:34 GMT
These mostly from second half of the book. Generic horrors bailed out by E.C.-inspired artwork, some of it a little too close to the originals. A Torch for Teresa: A Mortuary beautician gets the hots for the most gorgeous corpse ever to fall into his hands ... A lot at Stake: Jack believes he's identified the village vampire - but what if he's wrong? Dare he risk impaling an innocent woman? Free Willies: It's the largest specimen of pop-eyed sea goblin in captivity. Proud owner Jack, an oceanographer, married with inquisitive young son, keeps it in a tank above the porch. "With its expanding stomach, it could easily swallow a fish twice its size ..." By the Light of the Moon: Fearful that he's turned werewolf, Victor implores best pal to chain him up in the basement on the night of the full moon. Max humours him. It only makes matters worse. The Curse of Cannibalism: Wedding night to remember for Hank and his blushing bride, Betty, the archaeology student who upset a shaman. The Old Man and the Furnace: When Alan buys the property, he ensures the basement is locked at all times on account of a rumour that the previous owner butchered his family and disposed of their body parts in the coal furnace. Casting The Runes: We'll come to it. Surely it will come to us... One thing's certain. Just as the Devil-cultist Karswell threatened, it - or rather they - came for Professor John Harrington! {Spoiler}{Spoiler}MRJ with Hellhounds!
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Post by dem bones on Jul 15, 2020 7:05:32 GMT
My copy arrived today, though so far all I can report is that I'm entertained by how the illustrations blend EC Comics-style content with Rex Morgan MD-style artwork. Posted the above before I read this. Hope you get a kick from your book, CB!
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