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Sept 25, 2015 17:32:14 GMT
Post by dem bones on Sept 25, 2015 17:32:14 GMT
Regardless of whether or not there is substance to Lord Ashcroft's allegation that our PM once committed an indiscretion with a dead pig's head, there can be little doubt that this, frankly, unsavoury chapter has further soured human - pig relations. So, to calm choppy waters, a Vault tribute to heroic piggies in horror & supernatural fiction. Alan Temperley - Love On The Farm (Herbert Van Thal [ed.], 24th Pan Book Of Horror Stories, 1983). Barry Pain - The Tower (Hugh Lamb [ed.], Stories In The Dark, 1989). Roald Dahl - Pig (Edmund Crispen [ed.], Best Tales Of Terror, 1962) James Stanger - Bernard Bought The Farm (Charles Black [ed.], Black Book Of Horror, 2010). Thana Niveau - Pigs ( From Hell To Eternity, 2012). William Hope Hodgson - The Hog ( Carnacki, the Ghost-Finder , 1947). Edward Lucas White - The Pig-Skin Belt ( Lukundoo and Other Stories, 1927: Hugh Lamb [ed.], Gaslit Nightmares II, 1991). J. D. Beresford - Cut-throat Farm ( The Westminster Gazette, August 14, 1909. Christine Barnard [ed.], 3rd Fontana Book Of Great Horror Stories, 1968). Matthew Lynge - Feast Day ( Shock! #1, May, 1960). R. Chetwynd-Hayes - The Head Of The Firm ( The Unbidden, 1971) Ray Askey – Red Recipe (Herbert Van Thal [ed.], 27th Pan Book Of Horror Stories, 1986) * Signed, slip-cased, limited, numbered edition includes three-story 'Bestiality bonus.' Graham Masterton - Eric The Pie ( Frighteners #1, 1991). Richard Davis - The Inmate (Herbert Van Thal [ed.], Sixth Pan Book Of Horror Stories, 1965) Karl E. Wagner - More Sinned Against ( Why Not You And I?, 1987) NovelsPeter Brennan - Razorback, (Fontana, 1982) Richard Haigh - The Farm, (Grafton, 1984) Richard Haigh - The City, (Grafton, 1986) Thomas Harris - Hannibal, (Arrow, 2000) Graham Masterton - Flesh And Blood, (Arrow, 2002) Jay Anson - The Amityville Horror, (Pan 1978)
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Sept 25, 2015 17:51:01 GMT
Post by Deleted on Sept 25, 2015 17:51:01 GMT
William Hope Hodgson must surely be the most regular purveyor of porcine evil. There's nary a case for Carnacki where he doesn't encounter some kind of ham-ish horror, and the narrator of The House on the Borderland is beset with pork great and small throughout. I've always wondered just exactly what he had against pigs.
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Sept 25, 2015 18:23:48 GMT
Post by Deleted on Sept 25, 2015 18:23:48 GMT
Oh, and:
Clive Barker - Pig Blood Blues (The Books of Blood, 1984)
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Sept 25, 2015 18:53:21 GMT
Post by dem bones on Sept 25, 2015 18:53:21 GMT
Much obliged, Mr. Scratch! Come to think of it, Pig Blood Blues should be promoted to imaginary anthology proper - which, incidentally, still NEEDS A CATCHY TITLE - in place of Feast Day (good story, but the pigs don't do much). House On The Borderland is a veteran of my To read pile which somehow never seems to advance upward. Must do something about that. Oh, and there's a rasher of bacon in Paul Ernst's The Thing In The Pond ( Astounding Stories, June 1934: Mark Ronson [ed.], The Beaver Book Of Horror, 1981. The big game hunter uses it as bait to lure the monster to the surface).
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Sept 26, 2015 14:01:16 GMT
Post by dem bones on Sept 26, 2015 14:01:16 GMT
William Hope Hodgson must surely be the most regular purveyor of porcine evil. There's nary a case for Carnacki where he doesn't encounter some kind of ham-ish horror, and the narrator of The House on the Borderland is beset with pork great and small throughout. I've always wondered just exactly what he had against pigs. Best I can do by way of a House Of The Borderland scan right now (Manor, 1977), though I'm assured help is on it's way! Some hardcore porkography for benefit of our (allegedly) pig molesting PM. Aftermath of the attack on the pigsty in Stephen King's Cycle Of The Werewolf (1985).
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Sept 26, 2015 14:52:35 GMT
Post by Dr Strange on Sept 26, 2015 14:52:35 GMT
Aaargh - corn on the cob. Terrifying.
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Sept 26, 2015 15:28:30 GMT
Post by Deleted on Sept 26, 2015 15:28:30 GMT
I am not a man who scans, which is a shame as I have a very nice comic adaptation of The House on the Borderland by Richard Corben, chock-full of man-on-pig violence (and vice versa).
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Sept 26, 2015 17:52:18 GMT
Post by dem bones on Sept 26, 2015 17:52:18 GMT
This is a bit more like it. Many thanks to Justin (again)! Terry Oakes artwork for Sphere 1980 edition of The House On The Borderland, and same artist's illustration as used on cover of Carnacki The Ghost-Finder (Sphere, 1981)
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Sept 26, 2015 19:35:34 GMT
Post by Shrink Proof on Sept 26, 2015 19:35:34 GMT
On seeing the thread title I thought this was going to be a thread about evils, horrors and associated nastiness in the constabulary.
Maybe a theme for another "DIY Anthologies" thread....
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Sept 29, 2015 16:28:51 GMT
Post by Dr Terror on Sept 29, 2015 16:28:51 GMT
Here's a variant on the Pig theme...
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Post by ohthehorror on Sept 29, 2015 18:51:10 GMT
Well she looks like a game girl.
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Sept 30, 2015 1:12:41 GMT
Post by bobby on Sept 30, 2015 1:12:41 GMT
Margaret St. Clair-Mrs. Hawk (Weird Tales, July 1950)
(I haven't read this story, but I have watched the Boris Karloff's Thriller adaptation of it, "The Remarkable Mrs. Hawk". The title character is the Greek sorceress Circe, but the story is set in present-day times. She turns men into pigs, then sells them to a slaughterhouse.)
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Sept 30, 2015 7:19:11 GMT
Post by dem bones on Sept 30, 2015 7:19:11 GMT
Margaret St. Clair-Mrs. Hawk ( Weird Tales, July 1950) (I haven't read this story, but I have watched the Boris Karloff's Thriller adaptation of it, "The Remarkable Mrs. Hawk". The title character is the Greek sorceress Circe, but the story is set in present-day times. She turns men into pigs, then sells them to a slaughterhouse.) Thanks for that, Bobby. Been searching for that story for days, but could remember neither author or title. Thought I'd struck gold yesterday with John Collier's The Lady On The Grey, but in that instance it's the beautiful Miss Murrough transforming errant men into hounds. Mrs. Hawk was reprinted in Leo Margulies The UnexpectedFar and away the best yet! Who will save our bacon?
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Oct 10, 2015 13:42:18 GMT
Post by dem bones on Oct 10, 2015 13:42:18 GMT
A big thank you to Justin for the cover scans!
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Oct 10, 2015 21:24:54 GMT
Post by jamesdoig on Oct 10, 2015 21:24:54 GMT
More Razerback:
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