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Post by cauldronbrewer on Mar 24, 2012 18:44:12 GMT
For a while now, I've been playing around with a self-imposed challenge inspired by reading too many anthology introductions: namely, coming up with the contents for a hypothetical horror anthology using only stories that have never appeared in a previous anthology. Here's one take:
William Hope Hodgson – The Call in the Dawn (1920)
A ship investigates a mysterious voice emanating from the Sargasso Sea.
Greye La Spina – The Devil’s Pool (1932)
“A thrilling novel of an evil pool in an abandoned quarry—an eery werewolf story.”
Henry Kuttner – The Frog (1939)
“Thus horror came to Monk’s Hollow.”
Robert Bloch – A Sorcerer Runs for Sheriff (1941)
Witchcraft and politics make for a bad mix.
Fritz Leiber – Diary in the Snow (1947)
Cosmic terror comes wrapped in a blizzard.
Theodore Sturgeon – Die, Maestro, Die! (1949)
Fluke tries and tries to kill the music, but it can’t be done.
Manly Wade Wellman – The Pineys (1950)
Who is the King of the Pineys, the hidden race of the Appalachians?
Shirley Jackson- The Missing Girl (1957)
A girl scout vanishes more comprehensively than one would have thought possible.
Cornell Woolrich – My Lips Destroy (1959)
Its other title is more literal, if less evocative: “Vampire’s Honeymoon.”
David Grubb – Busby’s Rat (1964)
Busby is a bitter old river worker; don’t cross him, or his rodents will pay a visit.
Basil Copper – The Great Vore (1967)
The ritual has begun . . . sacrifice is going on tonight.
Sterling Lanier- His Only Safari (1970)
The most dangerous game is not man, after all.
If any of these stories has, in fact, appeared in an anthology, please let me know!
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Post by Shrink Proof on Mar 24, 2012 19:11:02 GMT
It looks like an intriguing selection. Maybe you could interest a publisher...
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Post by noose on Mar 24, 2012 20:15:11 GMT
good selection - be a pricey one to get rights though?
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Post by dem bones on Mar 24, 2012 21:10:59 GMT
seriously, that selection is worthy of the mighty Weinberg/ Dziemainowicz/ Greenberg triumvirate - and, sadly, they've a vacancy to fill. Just saying ....  |
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Post by cauldronbrewer on Mar 24, 2012 22:52:11 GMT
Thanks, all!
Since you mentioned the late, great Martin H. Greenberg: I used to teach in the same university system where he had his day job (the University of Wisconsin system--he taught at the Green Bay campus, while I was at the Milwaukee campus). He'd retired before I got there, however, and I never had the chance to meet him.
Unlike Greenberg, I have zero knowledge of the (non-academic) publishing world, so my anthology ideas are strictly for fun. I suspect that Johnny is right about the rights (especially the Jackson story?), so maybe next time around I'll try Never Anthologized II: Out of Copyright. That would be a challenge . . .
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Post by noose on Mar 24, 2012 23:00:40 GMT
well Cauldron - if anyone could do it, I'm sure it's you! I'm still working on an anthology called ANON HORROR - where every horror story is written by...well, you guessed it, Mr or Mrs Anon...
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Post by cauldronbrewer on Mar 24, 2012 23:26:40 GMT
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