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Post by dem bones on Dec 16, 2015 22:29:31 GMT
Here you go Dr Proof. 6th post down by Belmont Rattler: 60 years agoThe Stones fans' tribute to the Rattler also includes reference to the tragedy. Roy Couch R.I.P.
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Post by Shrink Proof on Dec 17, 2015 9:06:17 GMT
Thanks. Tough stuff.
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Post by dem bones on Mar 30, 2016 10:01:05 GMT
My Guardian Angel. Anonymous soft-core supernatural fiction from girls' story paper, Spellbound #23 (26 Feb. 1977). Runs to just the one page in its original format. Attachments:MY GUARDIAN ANGEL.pdf (153.68 KB)
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Post by dem bones on Apr 22, 2016 22:38:37 GMT
Rosemary Timperley - The Tunnel. In Peter Haining's Tales Of Unknown Horror, 1978. Originally broadcast on Capital Radio in 1973. Steve Lockley & Paul Lewis 'City Of Woes' and 'Never Go Back' from the excellent The Winter Hunt & Other Stories. "Keep telling yourself it's only a ride." Malcolm Rose - The Ultimate Assassin. For my money, the outstanding story in A. Finnis's Point Horror: 13 Again. Borderline case, as only first half is set on platform/ aboard train.
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Post by Shrink Proof on May 13, 2016 8:15:12 GMT
Sorry for not checking the thread in detail, but has anyone mentioned Bryn Fortey's Shrewhampton North-East? Finally got to read this (as part of David A Sutton's excellent anthology "Horror! Under the Tombstone") and thoroughly enjoyed it. Having it narrated by a young boy was a neat trick. Written in the days when the only food available at railway stations was British Rail sandwiches. Well, almost the only food...
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Post by dem bones on Jun 18, 2016 22:42:18 GMT
Don't think we've had this one yet. Mark Twain - Cannibalism In The Cars: A gaga former congressman recalls his macabre adventure aboard a snowbound train during the winter of 1853. A week stranded on the line somewhere between St. Louis and Chicago, the starving passengers form a committee to debate which of them should be eaten. A strange choice for Louise Welsh's Ghosts: 100 Stories, in that it lacks a ghost.
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Post by dem bones on Nov 30, 2018 17:13:55 GMT
There's no damn respite. Mike Ashley [ed.] - The Platform Edge: Uncanny Tales Of The Railways (British Library, Jan. 2019) Blurb: Howling down the tunnels comes a new collection showcasing the greatest stories of strange happenings on the tracks, many of which are republished here for the first time since their original departure.
Waiting beyond the barrier are ghostly travelling companions bent on disturbing the commutes of the living, a subway car disappearing into a different dimension without a trace, and a man's greatest fears realized on the ghost train of a carnival.
An express ticket to unforgettable journeys into the supernatural, from the open railways of Europe and America to the pressing dark of the tube.No idea of the TOC, but that "many of which are republished here for the first time since their original departure" sounds promising. Mike's usually very discerning as to which "forgotten" stories are actually worth reviving and which got that way for good reason.
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Post by Shrink Proof on Nov 30, 2018 19:08:20 GMT
Pretty much all of the recent British Library series of "lost fiction" looks worth checking out. Amongst all the dreck there must surely be some lost gems in their vast, vast collection - they estimate they hold 150-200 million items, of which around 14 million are books; you can forgive them for losing count... But this one should definitely be worth a punt. Looks as though it doesn't arrive until January.
Though if they want to stay true to the railway theme it should arrive late.
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Post by dem bones on May 22, 2019 13:33:06 GMT
Pretty much all of the recent British Library series of "lost fiction" looks worth checking out. Amongst all the dreck there must surely be some lost gems in their vast, vast collection - they estimate they hold 150-200 million items, of which around 14 million are books; you can forgive them for losing count... But this one should definitely be worth a punt. Looks as though it doesn't arrive until January. Though if they want to stay true to the railway theme it should arrive late. Mike Ashley [ed.] - The Platform Edge: Uncanny Tales of the Railways (British Library, 2019) Enrique Bernardou Mike Ashley - Introduction
Departures in the Light:
Victor L. Whitechurch - The Strange Story of Engine Number 651 Zoe Dana Underhill - The Conductor's Story Anonymous - A Desperate Run W. G. Kelly - A Smoking Ghost L. G. Moberby - A Strange Night Huan Mee - The Tragedy in the Train Mary Louisa Molesworth - The Man with the Cough Percival Landon - Railhead Edgar Wallace - The Barford Snake Dinah Castle - A Ghost on the Train
Approaches in the Dark:
Rosemary Timperley - The Underground People T. G. Jackson - A Romance of the Piccadilly Tube E. F. Benson - In The Tube A. J. Deutsch - A Subway Named Möbius Michael Vincent - The Last Train R. Chetwynd-Hayes - The Underground
Return to the Light?
F. Scott Fitzgerald - A Short Trip Home Ramsey Campbell - The CompanionBlurb: The Platform Edge is a collection of the greatest stories of strange happenings on the tracks. In this express service into the unknown, passengers join the jostling of the daily commute, a subway car disappears into another dimension without a trace, while a tragic derailment on a lonely hillside in the Alps torments the locals with its nightly repetition. From the open railways of Europe and America to the pressing dark of the London Underground, The Platform Edge is the perfect travelling companion for unforgettable journeys into the supernatural.
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Post by Shrink Proof on Oct 1, 2019 11:48:13 GMT
A. Erskine Ellis - Compartment 1313A was first published in 1976, but the action is set in the 1920s, an era which the author calls "40 to 50 years ago, in the golden age of railways, before nationalisation and diesel-electric locomotives". I dread to think what Ellis would've made of the chaos that privatisation has unleashed...
But I digress. The narrator describes boarding a very full train from London to the West Country and walking the length of it in search of a seat. He's very put out to find a compartment locked and out of use, its six seats therefore being unavailable. The train guard fobs him off with some excuse as to why that particular compartment is out of service and eventually locates him a seat in another compartment. Once there, the narrator complains to his fellow passengers, one of whom is able to describe why that compartment is locked up, as he has himself travelled in it some time before.
At that time the carriage wasn't being used on West Country trains, rather it was in a train that shuttled between London and South Wales. It was part of the boat train connecting with the ferry from Wales to Ireland and the passenger used it regularly for Irish business trips. Because of weird goings on, it was transferred to the West Country route. He says he travelled in compartment 1313A on the boat train and fell asleep. Waking somewhere in Wales he found another passenger had entered the compartment while he was snoozing. This man was immobile and unresponsive, and then passed through coma to death. Understandably freaked out, the passenger fled the compartment, returning with the guard and another passenger, a doctor. The body then developed rigor mortis and decay, ultimately becoming naught but a skeleton in a suit, and all in a matter of minutes. The compartment was locked and the blinds pulled down and a police officer was summoned immediately the train reached its destination, the Harbour station. The constable was distinctly unimpressed to find the compartment completely empty with the far door to the outside world swinging open.
The same scenario is re-enacted on further journeys and so, after discussion with a senior railway manager, the narrator, the doctor, a psychic researcher and a Scotland Yard detective make a journey in compartment 1313A to find out what's really happening....
Very much a classic, old-school ghost story, in a classic, old-school setting.
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Post by helrunar on Oct 1, 2019 15:20:52 GMT
Marvelous story, Dr Shrink Proof!
Clearly, trains are horror.
I'm hearing the strident shrieking of the spectre of a hatchet-faced woman with orange hair and a terrifying array of suits and brooches screaming to a nation of people "Privatisation IS the WAY TO GO!" I shudder and darkness falls.
Cheers? H.
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Post by humgoo on Oct 2, 2019 8:21:30 GMT
Very much a classic, old-school ghost story, in a classic, old-school setting. This one reminds me of The Upper Berth. Just love the Thing in it. A really active and lively one (like the one in If Thy Right Hand Offends Thee...). Mr. Ellis must have had great fun writing it. According to Richard Dalby and Hugh Lamb (if I remember correctly), Mr. Ellis was intimately connected to the railway industry, as both his grandfathers were involved in it.
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Post by Dr Strange on Oct 2, 2019 9:12:04 GMT
According to Richard Dalby and Hugh Lamb (if I remember correctly), Mr. Ellis was intimately connected to the railway industry, as both his grandfathers were involved in it. An interest in unpleasant and slow moving things must have run in the family - according to wikipedia A.E. Ellis was a biologist and an expert on British land snails. It also says he had just five ghost stories published; these seem to be them (from another website) - The Haunted Haven. The Eighth Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories, edited by Robert Aickman, 1972. The Chapel Men. The Tenth Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories, edited by R. Chetwynd-Hayes, 1974. If thy right hand offend three... Frighteners, edited by Mary Danby. 1974. The Life-Buoy. The Thrill of Horror, edited by Hugh Lamb. 1975 Compartment 1313A. The Second Star Book of Horror, edited by Hugh Lamb. 1976.
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Post by humgoo on Oct 2, 2019 11:07:13 GMT
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Post by Michael Connolly on Oct 2, 2019 11:40:56 GMT
According to Richard Dalby and Hugh Lamb (if I remember correctly), Mr. Ellis was intimately connected to the railway industry, as both his grandfathers were involved in it. An interest in unpleasant and slow moving things must have run in the family - according to wikipedia A.E. Ellis was a biologist and an expert on British land snails. It also says he had just five ghost stories published; these seem to be them (from another website) - The Haunted Haven. The Eighth Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories, edited by Robert Aickman, 1972. The Chapel Men. The Tenth Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories, edited by R. Chetwynd-Hayes, 1974. If thy right hand offend three... Frighteners, edited by Mary Danby. 1974. The Life-Buoy. The Thrill of Horror, edited by Hugh Lamb. 1975 Compartment 1313A. The Second Star Book of Horror, edited by Hugh Lamb. 1976. All of which (and Dead Man's Barn. The Seventeenth Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories, edited by R. Chetwynd-Hayes, 1981) are collected in The Haunted Haven & Other Ghost Stories, Phantasm Press 2016. From Richard Dalby's Library: richarddalbyslibrary.com/products/a-erskine-ellis-a-haunted-haven-other-ghost-stories-phantasmpress-2016-limited
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