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Post by Craig Herbertson on Jul 6, 2013 14:06:05 GMT
The Filthy Creations team are looking into it even as you write Dem....
In these emancipated times though I think we need to be thinking along the lines of a male counterpart. I'll be on the blower to our editorial team seeking willing volunteers. We'll be offering zombie, Dracula, werewolf and hungover horror writer as choices.
I must confess that I've always been utterly fascinated by fetishistic behaviour. Without belittling people's sexual preferences (or seeking to find them out) I can't help speculating on the kind of social activities indulged in by the real men who bought these ravishing and unimaginably realistic play-dolls. Did they occasionally meet with their plastic partners or sit in secluded clubs discussing the merits of rubber orifices or particularly synthetic looking wigs. Did they have an end of year dance? I suspect it may have been a solitary affair with one sided conversations.
I tried to look up one of my favourite short cartoons about the inflatable doll who flies away - I didn't find it but it was a fascinating journey nevertheless. I think the Japanese seem to be ahead of the game. In fact...no...I've just checked the bank account and I don't think the wife...
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Post by dem on May 15, 2018 23:40:08 GMT
More original short fiction from the health Knowledge stables. The Executioner and The Vespers Service were originally intended for the proposed Weird Terror Tales #4 (Jan. 1971) before poor sales and distribution problems put paid to the project. Edward D. Hoch - The Maze And The Monster: ( Magazine of Horror #1, Aug 1963). His ship capsized in a storm, Nellis is washed up on the Island of Snails and whisked into prison. Captain Cortez sets him loose in a subterranean maze assuring him that one exit leads to an earthly Paradise, the other into the clutches of a monster. Nellis, battered and bleeding finally chances upon an extravagantly furnished boudoir. A beautiful, raven-haired woman in a garment of gold, welcomes him to bed. Donald A. Wollheim - Babylon: 70m: ( Magazine of Horror #1, Aug 1963). Barry Kane, an authority on the ancient civilisations of Asia Minor, has never been abroad. While polishing an urn recently exhumed from a dig in Baghdad, he overhears his neighbour reading nursery rhymes to her daughter, including, ominously, How many miles to Babylon?. If only it were possible to travel there "by candle-light and back again ...." The urn shows him the way. He soon wishes it hadn't. Ed M. Clinton - A Way With Kids: ( Magazine Of Horror #7 , Jan. 1965). "I have put in one small pill the cure for the worst of childhood ills .... being one." Dr. Waldo Erdley's chemical cosh makes the babysitter obsolete overnight, retarding an entire generation of American children in the process. Dona Tolson - Nice Old House: ( Startling Mystery Stories #7, Summer 1967). Where would you find a house like this today? But to Alisa, the closet was a place of terror. "Of all the sofas I've sat on in my whole life, you are undoubtedly the stupidest ever." Alisa comes under attack from the furniture in her new rented accommodation. Joel doesn't miss having her around. Ted A. Straus - Camera Obscura: ( Magazine of Horror #33, Summer 1970). Marianne Vosque is developing a process by which she will eventually be able to photograph thoughts. Jim Crofter, wealthy art critic, is so impressed with her progress that he agrees to finance the project. As Crofter gets to know his business partner, he grows to despise her for the pitiless, self-serving monster she really is. Guess who he's thinking of when she takes his photo? Told in the form of a letter to be read in the circumstances of his imminent "mysterious" death. Rachel Cosgrove Payes - The Executioner: ( Magazine of Horror #36, April 1971). The President reconsiders the global genocide programme, instructs his top assassin to eliminate Professor Martin. Martin argues that, by unleashing famine on the Third World, he was acting in the long term interests of the human race. William R. Baeur - The Vespers Service: ( Magazine of Horror #36, April 1971). Cthulhu worshippers convene at a derelict church for the annual virgin sacrifice. Concealed in the choir loft, Jim and Mike film the horrific event, knowing that discovery will lead to their deaths. |
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Post by ripper on Jun 17, 2018 9:48:24 GMT
There used to be an outdoor market stall in a town very close to where I live that sold imported US magazines and comics: Creepy, Eerie, true crime etc. I feel sure that I bought one of these Magazine of Horror titles from there anytime between 1969 and 1971. I've looked through the contents of each in Dem's posts, but nothing rings a bell. In my mind, what I bought was not a full size mag...probably A5 or a little bigger, but nowhere near A4.
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Post by jamesdoig on Jun 17, 2018 19:31:29 GMT
In my mind, what I bought was not a full size mag...probably A5 or a little bigger, but nowhere near A4. They are about A5 size - stapled digests. |
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Post by ripper on Jun 18, 2018 16:31:38 GMT
In my mind, what I bought was not a full size mag...probably A5 or a little bigger, but nowhere near A4. They are about A5 size - stapled digests. Thanks, James, it must have been a Magazine of Horror, but I wish I could identify which issue it was. |
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Post by dem on Jun 20, 2018 7:10:35 GMT
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Post by ripper on Jun 20, 2018 10:11:46 GMT
Thank you, Dem. I shall check them out.  |
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