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Post by Swampirella on Dec 7, 2019 20:10:26 GMT
Just right for the Vault Advent Calendar, with memorable artwork to go along!
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Post by andydecker on Dec 7, 2019 20:55:27 GMT
Wonderful artwork.
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Post by vaultadventcalendar on Dec 8, 2019 6:54:27 GMT
Day EightOne of the downsides of compiling these calendars is revisiting fondly remembered stories only to realise that they've lost their appeal over intervening years. No such problem with Black Thing at Midnight. The janitor at Seabreeze Manor comes under attack from a something from out of the sea in what is perhaps Joseph Payne Brennan's most Tales from the Crypt seven pages. The two Chrissie illo's we've run to date are oldies - they just seemed to suit the stories in question. The one accompanying The Graveyard was first published in an issue of The Velvet Vampyre - I think the design used for The Three D's may have been, too. Will likely include a few Bride of Dem originals before this year's work is done.
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Post by Shrink Proof on Dec 8, 2019 8:59:51 GMT
Day EightWill likely include a few Bride of Dem originals before this year's work is done. Gets my vote. She has a real talent. |
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Post by andydecker on Dec 8, 2019 11:10:33 GMT
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Post by ripper on Dec 8, 2019 19:54:14 GMT
Another good tale. I'm a sucker for nasties returning from the grave--or sea in this instance--for revenge.
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Post by Swampirella on Dec 8, 2019 20:48:18 GMT
Another treat, thank you!
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Post by vaultadventcalendar on Dec 9, 2019 7:33:58 GMT
Day Nine
I love the mid-sixties Corgi approach to compiling a horror anthology. Select four public domain fail-safes by Poe, Stevenson, le Fanu and the James that isn't M.R. Inform the four staff writers you want an original macabre short from each of them by tomorrow morning. Publish! We learn via the Visual Guide to Corgi in Paperback Fanatic #33 that such was the case with the anonymously edited The Premature Burial & Other Tales of Horror, featuring the following inspired traditional terror tale courtesy of something called ' Frederick H. Christian.' |
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Post by andydecker on Dec 9, 2019 8:55:40 GMT
At least a nice idea, even if it was a bit like Bloch light. It reminded me a bit of the work in magazines like Unknown.
But they didn't were cheap on the cover of "Burial". A good one. I looked it up at ISFDb, and it was a nice surprise to see that the Vault is credited on identifying the artist.
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Post by ripper on Dec 9, 2019 11:44:53 GMT
If this is the same Frederick H. Christian--and I think it is--this was a pseudonym of prolific author Fred Nolan. Under his Frederick H. Christian monicker, he is well known for his series of 'Sudden' westerns in the mid-60s. He also wrote the 'Angel' series of westerns under another name, and I believe he is considered a member of the Piccadilly Cowboys group of writers.
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Post by dem on Dec 9, 2019 12:07:59 GMT
But they didn't were cheap on the cover of "Burial". A good one. I looked it up at ISFDb, and it was a nice surprise to see that the Vault is credited on identifying the artist.
To be honest I'm pretty sure the credit should rightfully be attributed to Justin & Paperback Fanatic. If this is the same Frederick H. Christian--and I think it is--this was a pseudonym of prolific author Fred Nolan. Under his Frederick H. Christian monicker, he is well known for his series of 'Sudden' westerns in the mid-60s. He also wrote the 'Angel' series of westerns under another name, and I believe he is considered a member of the Piccadilly Cowboys group of writers. Yes, spot on, Rip! |
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Post by Swampirella on Dec 9, 2019 15:21:30 GMT
Sombody's gotta say this - a fang-tastic story!  |
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Post by cauldronbrewer on Dec 9, 2019 21:07:40 GMT
At least a nice idea, even if it was a bit like Bloch light. It reminded me a bit of the work in magazines like Unknown. Same here. I enjoyed reading "The Graveyard" and "I'll Kiss You Goodnight," and rereading "Black Thing at Midnight," but the illustrations by Chrissie and the photos by Dr. Proof are definitely the highlights so far for me. |
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Post by Craig Herbertson on Dec 9, 2019 21:48:10 GMT
It is one of those memorable stories, thinking about which you are involuntary shivering. Great story and one that hangs in my mind even now after 50 years. |
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Post by dem on Dec 10, 2019 6:06:01 GMT
I enjoyed reading "The Graveyard" and "I'll Kiss You Goodnight," and rereading "Black Thing at Midnight," but the illustrations by Chrissie and the photos by Dr. Proof are definitely the highlights so far for me. Another of Dr. Proof's glorious photos.  Shrinkproof "I was enjoying a cold beer in the summer sunshine at a pavement bar in Gouda in the Netherlands in 2016, looked up and this was looking back from an upper storey window."I thought of a story to accompany this one, but couldn't find enough spare hours to type it. Clue: Van Thal revived it for an early volume of the Pan Horrors .... |
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