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Post by marksamuels on May 9, 2008 15:43:52 GMT
He got old. Mark S.
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Post by marksamuels on May 9, 2008 11:04:05 GMT
I have a story called "A Gentleman from Mexico" in this one.
From what I've heard on the grapevine there are also stories from
Gary McMahon Simon Strantzas
From the front cover I can just about make out the names
Ramsey Campbell Neil Gaiman Joel Lane Joe Lansdale Glen Hirshberg Christopher Golden Michael Marshall Smith Joe Hill
Also, from the Constable blurb, we have Brian Keene, Elizabeth Massie, Peter Atkins and Tanith Lee.
Mark S.
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Post by marksamuels on May 9, 2008 10:36:52 GMT
I think sex in horror works where horror in sex is the central concern of the story. For example, I believe that Lovecraft's "The Thing on the Doorstep" plays on this theme, and so too does Machen's "The Great God Pan". It has to be integral to the story rather than used willy-nilly simply as titillation (oooer missus!) Mark S.
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Post by marksamuels on Apr 27, 2008 22:01:05 GMT
You're all way behind me !!! I was first singing Reggie's praises five years ago when his first collection of ghost stories was issued, and was I listened to then? No, no, no. Was I listened to after his second book when I compared him to Robert Aickman? No, no, no Seriously, the man's one of the all-time greats. His three books have pride of place in my collection. John--I wish someone had filmed your evening with Reggie. It would have been a treat to see the two of you hanging out, drinking port and chatting about ghost stories together. The only time I met Reggie (at a BFS bash in 2006 I think) I was wearing shorts and had to apologise for my bare knees. Mark S.
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Post by marksamuels on Apr 23, 2008 11:43:00 GMT
Mention of Clark Ashton-Smith reminds me that I first read his tale "The Vaults of Yoh-Vombis" over twenty years ago whilst going through a tunnel in a narrowboat. And the captain of the vessel was Redbrain.
Seriously.
Mark S.
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Post by marksamuels on Apr 23, 2008 11:30:52 GMT
Damn! I wish I'd have seen this; it sounds great. But I don't have digital (in fact colour TV is quite an advance for me).
And it's not on the BBC iplayer either.
Que fuerte! Mark S.
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Post by marksamuels on Apr 22, 2008 11:26:01 GMT
Mention of the rather sweet Angela Pleasance reminds me. Has anyone seen this 1974 film SYMPTOMS? It looks like it could be a real corker, but it seems quite obscure. I'm desperate to obtain a copy! www.horrorexpress.com/moviereview/symptomsMark S.
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Post by marksamuels on Apr 18, 2008 17:21:25 GMT
How very kind ! Dem, that figure creeping up on me in the background is probably the Barclaycard debt collector... I'm trying to summon up the energy to do another video on You-Tube; this time based on my story "A Gentleman from Mexico", which will appear in The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror #19. Luckily for all concerned, I won't be making a personal appearance in the video this time. It'll just be images that I shot whilst over in Mexico, with a voice-over reading. I hope that you enjoy the rest of The White Hands and Other Weird Tales, David. Cheers! Mark S.
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Post by marksamuels on Apr 17, 2008 16:34:14 GMT
I like to think of myself as a horror writer, and that's what I am, although I accept that there are authors out there who feel that the "label" horror now leads the average reader to think of the real-life counterparts of Garth Marenghi. I'm not bothered by gore per se, nor any other form of extreme subject-matter in horror fiction. But I am bothered by crappy authors who are practically illiterate and haven't even mastered the basics of good writing, such as grammar. A love of horror for its own sake is important if you're going to write the stuff too. My impression of some of the authors from the horror boom of the 70s and 80s, and some recent authors in their mould, is that they're only in it for the money and to be author-celebrities. When they boast about reading only their own horror books, and nothing else in the field, my alarm bells go off. Charles Birkin's stuff may have been "nasty", but his style was very fine. Book of the Dead by Skipp and Spector is "nasty", but 90% of the stories therein are, again, finely written. Still, I'll stick with the field, if it'll have me. I'm a horror writer Mark S.
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Post by marksamuels on Apr 13, 2008 18:34:35 GMT
I've not been to an alt.fiction, but have been to quite a few Fantasycons. Apart from failing to win awards the three times I've been shortlisted , I've always had a wonderful time. Edd, you should come along. Mark S.
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Post by marksamuels on Feb 22, 2008 14:41:56 GMT
I've got a complete run of AKLOs, so I'll have to dig them out and prepare for this endeavour. I've also got an AKLO badge! Mark S.
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Post by marksamuels on Dec 17, 2007 15:41:10 GMT
Crikey! I'd not seen the cover of issue two before. I often wondered what Pam's artwork was like. Hideously deranged. I like it. Oh no, now Dem's mentioned AKLO and we're all doomed. (I made it into the very last issue, when it mutated from staples into a superswank Tartarus Press hardback containing my essay about Arthur Machen, Oscar Wilde and Bosie Douglas. A bizarre menage-a-trois indeed!) I loved AKLO. Mark S.
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Post by marksamuels on Dec 17, 2007 15:13:57 GMT
There was going to be a second issue of this--ahem--"renowned" magazine; Steve even drew the cover (which I think I still have in a box somewhere, or maybe he does). I remember typing out the text on a battered manual typewriter in the garden shed, usually late at night, by the glow of a paraffin lamp. It took me weeks. And then I had to tippex... Ah, far-off happy days. Mark S.
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Post by marksamuels on Feb 14, 2008 16:38:06 GMT
Cool.
I spotted this in the booklet and was thrown off course by the mistaken "J", thinking it was someone else.
I'll amend my copy with pencil and insert the appropriate "F" !
Mark S.
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Post by marksamuels on Oct 25, 2007 16:11:48 GMT
Blimey, those Sarban Sphere covers are truly ace!
Mark S.
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