elricc
Devils Coach Horse
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Post by elricc on Nov 3, 2018 13:34:11 GMT
If you are a fan of the quiet, suggestive style of supernatural fiction, you may be a fan of John Gaskin, he's had 3 books of short stories published, 2 by Tartarus, in the forward to the last on he said that he was not going to write any more, but he has just posted a new short story on you tube read by himself.. well worth a listen www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eygkwunGkY&t=4s
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Post by Shrink Proof on Nov 3, 2018 19:52:46 GMT
His three books of short stories - "The Dark Companion", "The Long Retreating Day" & "The Master of the House" - are all worth reading. If you like stuff by the James Gang I'd go as far as saying they're essential.
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elricc
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Post by elricc on Nov 3, 2018 21:11:01 GMT
There is also a mystery one called "The Doubt of Death" which I have never been able to track down. I agree if you are a James fan, his work is wonderful. I'm hoping that he may publish some more of his tales
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Post by mrhappy on Nov 4, 2018 1:24:57 GMT
His three books of short stories - "The Dark Companion", "The Long Retreating Day" & "The Master of the House" - are all worth reading. If you like stuff by the James Gang I'd go as far as saying they're essential. Tartarus has recently re-released The Long Retreating Day and The Master of the House in affordable paperback editions. Mr Happy
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Post by Shrink Proof on Nov 7, 2018 22:55:50 GMT
By a timely coincidence I've happened across recordings of John Gaskin reading two of his stories, "The Mere House Derogation" and "Blindburn". New ones I think, and certainly not contained in any of the three volumes listed above. You can listen to them both via this link to SoundCloud."The Mere House Derogation" is set in the present, somewhere in that vast nowhere in particular that you see from the East Coast Main Line when on a train between Kings Cross and South Yorkshire - the price you pay for the fact that the scenery on the line from Durham all the way up to Aberdeen is great is that the southern section of the route is wretched. Indeed, the story starts with a peculiar building being seen from the speeding train and exciting the curiosity of the protagonist... "Blindburn" again features terrain being reached from the railway, but in this case the stretch of line between Perth and Aviemore that threads its way through the Cairngorms. In this tale we're in the 1950s and that weird time between Christmas and New Year, when that can feel like a train ride across the Arctic. Blindburn is a Youth Hostel about 6 miles hike from the nearest (tiny) station. As someone who lives near to the Badenoch area and frequently hikes in that bleak wilderness, it's impressive how Gaskin catches the feel of the place. He admits to being a walker and it's clear that he's tramped some of those remote and eerie Scottish glens. Both are well worth a listen and a good way of getting a feel for his "21st century Jamesian" style.
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Post by Shrink Proof on Jul 27, 2019 8:08:42 GMT
Tartarus Press has just published John Gaskin's fourth collection of tales, this one titled "The New Inn Hall Deception", as both a signed hardback and an ebook (either epub or mobi). Also, a three CD set of recordings of five of his unsettling tales is now available; four are read by the man himself, the other by Michael Hordern, which seems appropriate, given that Gaskin is very Jamesian and Hordern played the protagonist in Jonathan Miller's excellent BBC film of "Oh, Whistle & I'll Come to You". Details of all of the above on this web page.
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