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Post by dem on Jan 7, 2009 10:01:15 GMT
Something nasty is lurking below the offices of Gray Friar Press ..... John Llewellyn Probert - The Catacombs of Fear (Gray Friar, 2009) Introduction
Prologue
The Neighbourhood Watch
Catacombs Interlude No. 1
At First Sight
Catacombs Interlude No.2
The Markovski Quartet
Catacombs Interlude No.3
Mors Gratia Artis
Catacombs Interlude No.4
A Dance to the Music of Insanity
Finale
Strolling Shadowy Corridors: A Guided Tour of The Catacombs of FearBlurb: House of God or House of Horrors?
The dinner party gate-crashed by the undead…
The beautiful girl whose looks are maintained by acts of violence…
The crippled ballerina desperate for new legs…
The television producer who discovers that murder improves his ratings…
The hideous deaths in an old country house that lead to something far worse…
The Reverend Patrick Clements arrives at Chilminster Cathedral to take up his new post, only to find his introductory tour taking rather longer than anticipated. As the sun sets and the evening draws on Patrick meets staff and parishioners, and learns far more of the macabre history of the community he is destined to become a part of than any mortal man should hear. But these stories are only the beginning of what has been planned for him.
John Llewellyn Probert’s follow up to his award-winning The Faculty of Terror provides five macabre tales bound together by a framework story, the climax of which will take its readers into the very depths of hell.
And back again.
Perhaps. Ha! I recognise those catacombs!  Perhaps John would be kind enough to supply further details (release date, price, cover artist, etc.) as and when? |
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Post by carolinec on Jan 7, 2009 11:10:44 GMT
Wow, this looks good! Having enjoyed The Faculty of Terror I'm looking forward to this. Tell us more please, John ....
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Post by allthingshorror on Jan 7, 2009 13:29:10 GMT
House of God or House of Horrors?
The dinner party gate-crashed by the undead…
The beautiful girl whose looks are maintained by acts of violence…
The crippled ballerina desperate for new legs…
The television producer who discovers that murder improves his ratings…
The hideous deaths in an old country house that lead to something far worse…
The Reverend Patrick Clements arrives at Chilminster Cathedral to take up his new post, only to find his introductory tour taking rather longer than anticipated. As the sun sets and the evening draws on Patrick meets staff and parishioners, and learns far more of the macabre history of the community he is destined to become a part of than any mortal man should hear. But these stories are only the beginning of what has been planned for him.
John Llewellyn Probert’s follow up to his award-winning The Faculty of Terror provides five macabre tales bound together by a framework story, the climax of which will take its readers into the very depths of hell.
And back again.
Perhaps. Makes me really bloody excited to be reading single author colelctions again.....well done John - will be the first to review it, no doubt!! |
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Post by Johnlprobert on Jan 7, 2009 13:53:46 GMT
Oh hooray there are people who want to read this!
Like all my covers I suggested what should go on it. This time it was photoshopped by gary Fry, then I made about 1000000000 suggestions so it was refined and refined and refined. I really like it now. And of course on the back there's another picture of me - this time taken round the back of Bristol Cathedral (ooer).
It should be out mid-February, and it will be a paperback. I don;t know the price yet.
I must warn potential readers that this volume, far more than the last, contains scenes of explicit violence, nudity and sex that would not be out of place in a late 70s British horror film.
Warn, yes, that's the word.
I'm absolutely bloody delighted with it, so much so that it's lifted me out of my rut & now I'm thinking about the next one.
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Post by Craig Herbertson on Jan 7, 2009 17:39:45 GMT
Looks bloody good John. Being taken to 'the very depths of hell' sounds very worthwhile. I'll have to count up the pennies.
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Post by stephenbacon on Jan 7, 2009 22:32:24 GMT
Looking forward to this, John.
Your 'warning' has done nothing more than whet my appetite even more.
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Post by benedictjjones on Jan 12, 2009 14:40:30 GMT
by 'warn' i took it you mean 'hook'!!
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Post by garyfry on Mar 12, 2009 10:59:48 GMT
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Post by garyfry on Mar 12, 2009 11:01:08 GMT
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Post by David A. Riley on Mar 12, 2009 11:16:15 GMT
Having thoroughly enjoyed John's previous collection from GFP, I can't miss out on this one, now it's available, which is why I have just ordered it online.
Anyone who hasn't tried JLP's work already, should give him a go. You won't be disappointed.
And that cover's a cracker.
David
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Post by Craig Herbertson on Mar 12, 2009 12:17:23 GMT
It's devastating. I would give my right arm for this collection but unfortunately I don't even have 20p never mind a right arm at the moment. I have a nebulous plan to buy a copy at the whc 2010. Hope you still have some then...
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Post by garyfry on Mar 12, 2009 12:40:53 GMT
Hi Craig,
Yes, I'll have copies there, no problem.
Gary
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Post by garyfry on Mar 12, 2009 14:12:25 GMT
>>>Like all my covers I suggested what should go on it. This time it was photoshopped by gary Fry, then I made about 1000000000
Actually, it was 999999999 suggestions.
John's a great writer, but he can't add up at all.
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Post by allthingshorror on Mar 21, 2009 14:44:05 GMT
INTRODUCTION: I never bother with them...  PROLOGUE:Rev Patrick Clements arrives at Chilminster Cathedral to start a post and as he approaches the tall building, he is struck by the heebie jeebies as the ancient house of god is the exact same one that he had in a nightmare! Shaking it off and blaming an overhead cloud for putting the cathedral in an ill light, Patrick has a mooch about and visits the in-church shop where he finds amongst illuminating books with such titles as 'Know Your Church Organs' a small leather book with no inscriptions on the boards and nothing inside on the pages. A blank journal if you will. After a small tete-a-tete with the many whiskered female steward who says that the book isn't one of theirs , Patrick pockets it and finds Ursula Waterson, a rather attractive 'Cathedral Welcomer' (we all know that this is bullshit - these people are mustachioed grumpy males who were all high school history teachers who had been sacked for drinking on the job)
Telling Ursula that he is waiting to see the Bishop, she says that he is presiding over a funeral and he has another look around the cathedral and spots a strange sculpture in an alcove which brings on something that leads into...THE NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH.
The true definition of a dinner party from hell. New to the area, Phil and Jayne Campbell are caught as Davina who want's to do more than find out about how big Phil's mortgage is. Mike, Davina's husband, Alan and Karen - other neighbours realise that Phil and Jayne's walk to the party was not without incident, they report shadowy figures that they think could be part of a neighbourhood patrol. Events then unfold at hellish speed, and it looks like revenge is a dish best served...crispy...Will Phil and Jayne survive?
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Post by carolinec on Mar 21, 2009 16:06:34 GMT
Ooops, I'd better avoid this thread until I get round to reading it!  My copy arrived a couple of days ago, so I'll try to hurry it to the top of my "to be read" pile! ;D |
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My copy arrived a couple of days ago, so I'll try to hurry it to the top of my "to be read" pile! ;D