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Post by Johnlprobert on Jun 27, 2010 17:41:11 GMT
I thought it was about time I made up a completely nonsensical anthology so how about:
Eat Them Again and Again edited by John L Probert
Let's Pretend Publications 2012 (or more likely never to be honest)
Ever wondered how the great horror authors of our time might have tackled the plot, characters and situations of Pierce Nace's seminal 1977 classic 'Eat Them Alive'? Well wonder no longer as some of today's brightest young authors pay tribute to that very worst writer of yesteryear by emulating the styles of some of the best!
So that's the remit - which classic authors do you think would have got the most mileage out of a short story version of that dreadful novel, and who out of today's writers would be best equipped to do them justice?
Examples to help explain what I'm going on about might include:
Dennis Wheatley's "Eat Them Alive" by John L Probert
Arthur Machen's "Eat Them Alive" by Mark Samuels
Shirley Jackson's "Eat Them Alive" by Thana Niveau / Lady P (she can't wait!)
H P Lovecraft's "Eat Them Alive" by Ramsey Campbell
Robert Aickman's "Eat Them Alive" by Thomas Ligotti
MR James' "Eat Them Alive" by Paul Finch
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Post by dem bones on Jun 27, 2010 21:13:03 GMT
Timothy Lea's Confessions From A Mantis Sex Colony (AKA Eat Me Alive) by Franklin Marsh
Laurence James's Eat The F***ing C**ts Alive, You C**t! by Noah Brown
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Post by dem bones on Jun 28, 2010 9:12:45 GMT
Other than Pierce Nace's milestone work and E. M. Stambaugh's Mantis, i'm struggling to think of legit Preying Mantis stories. Bernard Taylor's ghoulish comedy My Very Good Friend from Mary Danby's Frighteners is a must: Teachers Pet, an early episode of Buffy featuring Ms. Natalie French the were-mantis biology teacher.... there must be more?
a couple more suggestions for your terrible antho!
H. P. Lovecraft's The Statement Of Dyke Mellis: found among the papers of the late Brian McConnell
Russell Gray's Fresh Fiances For Satan's Pet! by whichever Vault member is most at home handling "heaving globes", "swelling fleshy mounds", etc.
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Post by Johnlprobert on Jun 28, 2010 12:49:09 GMT
There's a Kolchak episode called 'Mantis in Lace' I think.
Oh goodness me Mr D'arcy!
How about:
Oh Whistle & My Mantises Will Tear Your Legs Off (M R James)
The Willows Have Got Bloody Great Mantises Hiding In Them (Blackwood)
The Beckoning Giant Mantis (Oliver Onions)
How A Giant Mantis Came to Professor Guildea And Ate Him (Hitchens)
SS Experiment Camp Attacked by Giant Mantises (No-one but God I'd love to read that)
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Post by Jojo Lapin X on Jun 28, 2010 16:06:30 GMT
How A Giant Mantis Came to Professor Guildea And Ate Him (Hitchens) This one sounds potentially more sophisticated in its symbolism than the original. |
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Post by dem bones on Jun 28, 2010 17:11:03 GMT
The Willows Have Got Bloody Great Mantises Hiding In Them (Blackwood) I knew there was something missing from that one. |
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Post by Johnlprobert on Jun 28, 2010 17:21:42 GMT
How A Giant Mantis Came to Professor Guildea And Ate Him (Hitchens) This one sounds potentially more sophisticated in its symbolism than the original.  |
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Post by Johnlprobert on Jun 28, 2010 19:21:25 GMT
From Lady P:
"Mr Mintis, Mantis Maker" by Neil Gaiman
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Post by H_P_Saucecraft on Jun 28, 2010 22:59:42 GMT
Shaun Hutson's Slugs 3: Slugs vs Mantises - By Johnny Mains
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Post by andydecker on Jun 29, 2010 9:48:20 GMT
Mantis X : The final rip off - Novelisation of the Major Movie by Max Allen Collins
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Post by Johnlprobert on Jun 29, 2010 9:53:59 GMT
Henry James - The Unbearable Touch of Something, Possibly
Jeffrey Archer - It Wasn't Me It Was The Mantises
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Post by David A. Riley on Jun 29, 2010 10:08:23 GMT
Or the Peckinpah movie version: Bring Me the Head of el greedo Mantis.
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Post by noose on Jun 29, 2010 11:32:10 GMT
Lets not forget the editors... The Mammoth Book of Mantises ed by Stephen Jones Victorian Mantises ed by Hugh Lamb The Pan Book of Mantis Storis ed by Herbert van Thal Kurt Singer's Second Mantis Omnibus ed By Kurt Singer The Midnight Mantis ed By Peter Haining The Mask of Mantis ed by August Derleth  |
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Post by H_P_Saucecraft on Jun 29, 2010 13:15:37 GMT
On the serious side (boring ;D ), as for other mantis novels, K.W. Jeter did write one called Mantis. I have it, if I get round to reading it any time soon, I'll report back.
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Post by dem bones on Jun 29, 2010 20:37:28 GMT
On the serious side (boring ;D ), as for other mantis novels, K.W. Jeter did write one called Mantis. I have it, if I get round to reading it any time soon, I'll report back. i don't have a copy but from my understanding it's a psychological thriller of sorts - the protagonist, on the prowl for women who get off on being beaten, raped, murdered, etc., eventually teams up with even deadlier female equivalent of himself (i'm doubtless doing the storyline a huge injustice here). Sounds interesting - i've heard good things about his Soul Eater, too - but out-sized preying mantis versus human race action is unlikely to feature heavily. |
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