Thana Niveau
Devils Coach Horse
We who walk here walk alone.
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Post by Thana Niveau on Apr 15, 2011 6:58:06 GMT
I love being killed. Although in this case it's almost as though I'm buried alive in the others' dead heads.
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Post by corpsecandle on Apr 22, 2011 17:38:24 GMT
Fantastic stuff I look forward to this
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Post by Dr Terror on Jul 4, 2011 11:31:12 GMT
This is the complete ToC: QUIETA NON MOVERE - Reggie Oliver THE LAST COACH TRIP - David A. Riley HOME BY THE SEA - Stephen Bacon BOYS WILL BE BOYS - David Williamson BEHIND THE SCREEN - Gary Fry THE OTHER TENANT - Mark Samuels TOK - Paul Finch LITTLE PIG - Anna Taborska CASUALTIES OF THE SYSTEM - Tina & Tony Rath HOW THE OTHER HALF DIES - John Llewellyn Probert MUSIC IN THE BONE - Marion Pitman THE COAL-MAN - Thana Niveau MEA CULPA - Kate Farrell
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Post by dem bones on Jul 4, 2011 12:32:19 GMT
very much looking forward to this, Dr. T! have you set a date for publication? volumes one to seven flew out of shunned, legend shrouded Mortbury at such a fast and furious rate it feels you've been starving us. congrats to all those who made the cut! (the final line up isn't quite the same as those depicted in the cover artwork though - or is it?)
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Post by David A. Riley on Jul 4, 2011 13:00:00 GMT
Really please to be included amongst such a splendid lineup.
It's interesting to see how the number of women writers has increased. Five are included in this volume out of fourteen.
And two of the titles are in Latin! I feel oddly left out here. I'll have to write one with a Latin title myself sometime. Though, when you think of it, not many horror stories have them. There's, of course, E. F. Benson's brilliant Negotium Perambulans. I can't, offhand, think of any others (excepting, perhaps, a few of Reggie Oliver's).
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Post by Dr Terror on Jul 4, 2011 13:13:55 GMT
All being well, it should be this month, Dem. The heads from the top: RO KF AT GF DW DR TinaR MS SB TN MP(sans glasses) JLP TonyR PF
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Post by Dr Terror on Jul 4, 2011 13:20:33 GMT
Funnily enough there's a ‘Quieta Non Movere’ by Sally Franklin in PBoH15. I've no recollection what it's about though.
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Post by Johnlprobert on Jul 4, 2011 15:24:16 GMT
And two of the titles are in Latin! I feel oddly left out here. I'll have to write one with a Latin title myself sometime. Though, when you think of it, not many horror stories have them. There's, of course, E. F. Benson's brilliant Negotium Perambulans. I can't, offhand, think of any others (excepting, perhaps, a few of Reggie Oliver's). Well seeing as you mentioned it David I've been doing my best to do my bit for everyone's classical education with: Maleficarum from Coffin NailsMors Gratia Artis from Catacombs of FearDe Vermis Infestis from Black Book 5 / Wicked Delights
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Post by justincase on Jul 4, 2011 15:29:16 GMT
This is the complete ToC: QUIETA NON MOVERE - Reggie Oliver THE LAST COACH TRIP - David A. Riley HOME BY THE SEA - Stephen Bacon BOYS WILL BE BOYS - David Williamson BEHIND THE SCREEN - Gary Fry THE OTHER TENANT - Mark Samuels TOK - Paul Finch LITTLE PIG - Anna Taborska CASUALTIES OF THE SYSTEM - Tina & Tony Rath HOW THE OTHER HALF DIES - John Llewellyn Probert MUSIC IN THE BONE - Marion Pitman THE COAL-MAN - Thana Niveau MEA CULPA - Kate Farrell That really is an amazing line up. Congrats to all!
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Post by dem bones on Aug 2, 2011 17:25:07 GMT
Charles Black (ed.) - The Eighth Black Book Of Horror (Mortbury Press, July 2011) Paul Mudie Reggie Oliver - Quieta Non Movere David A. Riley - The Last Coach Trip Stephen Bacon - Home By The Sea David Williamson - Boys Will Be Boys Gary Fry - Behind The Screen Mark Samuels - The Other Tenant Paul Finch - Tok Anna Taborska - Little Pig Tina & Tony Rath - Casualties Of The System John Llewellyn Probert - How The Other Half Dies Marion Pitman - Music In The Bone Thana Niveau - The Coal Man Kate Farrell - Mea Culpawill comment on the individual stories when next i'm capable but for the time being some notes on the latest Mortbury monsterpiece; received this toward the end of last week and read it through in two days flat which is not so much unusual for me as unheard of. as has been the case from the debut, the emphasis is on macabre fiction in the Pan Book of Horror tradition, but there are enough departures from the Van Thal school to keep it interesting. a case in point is Reggie Oliver's Quieta Non Movere, an instant Jamesian classic though i'm not sure the provost would have approved the grisly demise of poor Dean Coombe. Another stormer, Paul Finch's Tok concerns the terrifying Miriam Presswick, a vindictive widow who unleashes her murderous fetish doll versus any resident of a new housing estate she deems 'undesirable'. A number of stories take crime and punishment as their theme: in How The Other Half Dies, a moral crusader and his sadistic other half dispense 'justice' middle england style on a teenage burglar, while in Home By The Sea, for all his meticulous planning, another persistent criminal picks the wrong night to break into MP Oliver Pendlebury's place: he finds the old boy engaged in a heated exchange with several rotting children, dead before they could become disgruntled constituents. Casualties Of The System, and yet more unhinged Daily Mail types use witchcraft to visit merciless retribution on young offenders. Anna Taborska, surely among the grimmest contemporary horror authors (i mean that as a compliment) scores again with Little Pig; a young woman who has just witnessed the Russian's torture her husband to death is forced into an unthinkable sacrifice. finally for this turgid post at least, two stories tackle sibling rivalry. Boys Will Be Boys is perhaps the most Pan Horror story in the collection; child prodigy Morris doesn't fancy sharing his parents' affections with a baby so he consults a few helpful sites on the laptop his dad will soon wish he'd never bought him, and The Coal Man - squabbling sisters tease each other about a monster in the cellar - drags supernatural revenge into the equation to provide one of the most effective stories in a consistently entertaining selection. very well done, the lot of yers!
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Post by The Lurker In The Shadows on Aug 3, 2011 17:29:43 GMT
Ooh, I didn't realise it was out yet. I see there are a couple of copies on Amazon, but it's not on the Mortbury Press site yet.
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Post by dem bones on Aug 3, 2011 18:27:55 GMT
now that you mention it, lurks, i'm surprised it's not been mentioned on here before now. i hope i've not done another wrong one just for a change ...
to make a start while it's all still fresh in my mind; Warning: may contain spoilers so don't read (ever)
Reggie Oliver – Quieta Non Movere: St. Anselms, Morchester. Dean Coombe commits that fatal error common to antiquarian clergymen who've not read their M. R. James when he disturbs a particularly hideous monument in the cathedral, this one erected to the memory of Canon Jeremiah Stavely (d. 1595). Soon the centuries-dead bad boy is up and about, his twig-like fingers intent on doing the Dean a terrible mischief. MRJ may have allowed the Dean to escape with an awful fright, but will Reggie Oliver be so benevolent? i've only read a handful of Mr. Oliver's short stories but can understand why he's lauded as one of the greatest talents to emerge from the genre in donkeys. Minos Or Rhadamanthus (7th Black Book Of Horror) has been justly acclaimed as a series highlight and Quieta Non Movere gets the current volume off to the best possible start.
David A. Riley – The Last Coach Trip: It's the Hemer Street Working Mens Club's final day out to the Ripton races and veteran Eddie is taking it as a bereavement. Harold does his best to cheer up his old friend, but it's no use. Eddie arrives late looking like death, skips the traditional fry up and - to the incredulity of all - hardly touches a drop all day. Any other year, and they'd have to carry him back and forth from the coach. It's only as they're returning home to Edgebottom that Eddie perks up and Harold realises to his horror that these boozy excursions won't be coming to an end after all.
Stephen Bacon – Home By The Sea: Scarborough. career criminal Dwayne Simmons has meticulously planned his burglary of local MP Oliver Pendlebury's mansion to cover any eventuality - or so he thinks. Unknown to him, Pendlebury once ran a children's home in the West Midlands and some of his former charges have chosen tonight to rise from their graves and pay the highly regarded pillar of society a surprise visit.
David Williamson – Boys Will Be Boys: By the age of five Morris is better read and far brighter than the vast majority of adults although he's also something of an emotional vacuum. His father isn't the greatest help, keeping his distance from the 'monkey boy' he still blames for his wife's death (she died giving birth to him). But now, having found happiness in the arms of Jayne, Morris's charming young tutor, Dad is finally showing his son some affection. The boy is delighted, even more so when Dad informs him that Jayne is going to be his mummy. What could possibly go wrong just so long as Dad doesn't blurt out that Jayne's expecting a baby?
Mark Samuels – The Other Tenant: Robert Zachary, failed author, failed human, failed everything , is driven to distraction by the never seen occupant of the flat next door who keeps a tv set permanently tuned to what appears to be an obscure 24 hour horror channel. When the estate agents assure him that the room has long been vacant and there are no squatters in evidence, Robert investigates for himself with inevitable appalling consequences. Very similar in (mock?) self-loathing tone to Keeping Your Mouth Shut in number 7. When Mark isn't being Richard Stains his writing is as pitch dark as Anna Taborska's!
TBC
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Post by Dr Terror on Aug 4, 2011 10:29:18 GMT
Dem got the proof copy (or rather the second - the faces were far too red on the cover on the first). I hope to get the contributor copies out this week; some will be coming from me, and some from Lightning Source for those who have extra copies. I'll probably update the website at the weekend.
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Post by dem bones on Aug 4, 2011 10:47:15 GMT
Dem got the proof copy (or rather the second - the faces were far too red on the cover on the first). none redder than mine at the moment, i assure you. sorry Dr. T! do you want me to hold fire until the contributors have received theirs? i can delete the above spoiler fest and concentrate on writing up the rest of 2nd Black Book if you prefer? one thing i will say though: i'm envious of those of you have yet to sample the delights on offer. been struggling for concentration recently, started several books i've not been able to see through to the end. The Eighth Black Book has given me back my mojo!
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Post by Dr Terror on Aug 4, 2011 10:56:24 GMT
No, no problem at all, Dem, carry on with your write up. You'd paid some time ago, so thought I might as well let you have that one rather than keep it for myself. And it's good to get a bit of publicity in advance. I offered PDFs to a few reviewers, although there wasn't much uptake, but reviews are expected to appear on the Page Horrific, and Ginger Nuts of Horror blogs, and in the Estronomicon ezine.
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