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Post by šrincess šµuvstarr on May 11, 2021 17:54:42 GMT
Are there many writers out there?
I've read Claimed by Francis Stevens. Also Angela Carter, but don't know if that counts.
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Post by dem on May 11, 2021 18:08:51 GMT
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Post by šrincess šµuvstarr on May 11, 2021 18:12:03 GMT
Ooh, I've read some of those names. Maybe I have a weird view of what weird is. Ha. |
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Post by helrunar on May 11, 2021 18:32:46 GMT
Don't miss Flavia Richardson, in real life known as Christine Campbell Thomson. Horror anthologist and extraordinarily talented magician (in the occult sense of being a magician)--there's a thread here about her.
She wrote only a few tales but they're unusually grim and gruesome narratives. She did not shirk portraying the very depths of human depravity and malice in bloodspattered prose that was startlingly direct. Again, there are a couple of her stories available here on the wonderful series of Vault Advent Calendars.
cheers, Hel
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Post by šrincess šµuvstarr on May 11, 2021 18:35:40 GMT
Don't miss Flavia Richardson, in real life known as Christine Campbell Thomson. Horror anthologist and extraordinarily talented magician (in the occult sense of being a magician)--there's a thread here about her. She wrote only a few tales but they're unusually grim and gruesome narratives. She did not shirk portraying the very depths of human depravity and malice in bloodspattered prose that was startlingly direct. Again, there are a couple of her stories available here on the wonderful series of Vault Advent Calendars. cheers, Hel Thank you! |
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Post by šrincess šµuvstarr on May 11, 2021 19:09:02 GMT
Don't miss Flavia Richardson, in real life known as Christine Campbell Thomson. Horror anthologist and extraordinarily talented magician (in the occult sense of being a magician)--there's a thread here about her. She wrote only a few tales but they're unusually grim and gruesome narratives. She did not shirk portraying the very depths of human depravity and malice in bloodspattered prose that was startlingly direct. Again, there are a couple of her stories available here on the wonderful series of Vault Advent Calendars. cheers, Hel Ah she was linked to Dion Fortune. Very interesting. |
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Post by Swampirella on May 11, 2021 19:09:22 GMT
Although it's horror rather than weird, I really like the stories of late British actress and author Dulcie Gray, found in several of the Pan Book of Horror Stories collection. I'm sure I can come up with a few more authors to recommend if I put my mind to it....
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Post by šrincess šµuvstarr on May 11, 2021 19:10:51 GMT
Although it's horror rather than weird, I like the stories of late British actress and author Dulcie Gray, found in several of the Pan Book of Horror Stories collection. I'm sure I can come up with a few more authors to recommend if I put my mind to it.... Thank you. |
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Post by helrunar on May 11, 2021 20:16:34 GMT
Yes--if you happen to be interested in this sort of thing, Alan Richardson's book DANCERS TO THE GODS, also published under the title 20TH CENTURY MAGICIANS, is worth tracking down. He collected the magical working records of CCT and her working partner, Colonel Seymour, an interesting pioneer in the revival of Goddess-focused Paganism in 1930s England.
More good women authors as I think of them:
Elizabeth Hand, especially Wylding Hall
Dorothy K. Haynes (have only read some short stories, but they're good)
Rosemary Timperley
E. Nesbit
Elizabeth Walter
Vernon Lee (I thought "Dionea" was superb if you like tales about ancient Goddesses suddenly reappearing in Victorian times)
Tanith Lee--hard to find a lot of her work, but worth the trouble
cheers, Hel
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Post by Swampirella on May 11, 2021 20:52:37 GMT
Yes--if you happen to be interested in this sort of thing, Alan Richardson's book DANCERS TO THE GODS, also published under the title 20TH CENTURY MAGICIANS, is worth tracking down. He collected the magical working records of CCT and her working partner, Colonel Seymour, an interesting pioneer in the revival of Goddess-focused Paganism in 1930s England. More good women authors as I think of them: Elizabeth Hand, especially Wylding HallDorothy K. Haynes (have only read some short stories, but they're good) Rosemary Timperley E. Nesbit Elizabeth Walter Vernon Lee (I thought "Dionea" was superb if you like tales about ancient Goddesses suddenly reappearing in Victorian times) Tanith Lee--hard to find a lot of her work, but worth the trouble cheers, Hel has some works by Tanith Lee, if you don't mind pdfs. Also, many many other authors that may be of interest. |
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Post by Shrink Proof on May 12, 2021 7:14:39 GMT
Muriel Gray could be added to the list too.
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Post by Dr Strange on May 12, 2021 11:00:22 GMT
Maybe I have a weird view of what weird is. I'd put E. Nesbit at the very top of any list - just read all her short stories. |
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Post by šrincess šµuvstarr on May 12, 2021 11:55:18 GMT
Some of the surrealist writers are interesting.
The Hearing Trumpet by Leonora Carrington.
Goose of Hermogenes by Ithell Colquhoun.
Both were painters.
Colquhoun was an occultist. And Alchemy forms the underlying theme of this short novel.
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Post by Dr Strange on May 12, 2021 12:11:10 GMT
I like surrealism in visual art, but not so much in writing. Language is inherently logical (I think).
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Post by šrincess šµuvstarr on May 12, 2021 13:26:32 GMT
I like surrealism in visual art, but not so much in writing. Language is inherently logical (I think). I don't know if it is. But that depends on what you mean by logical. It's obviously not random, and relies on certain consistencies, but it seems very interpretive. But you probably know much more than me, after all you are Master of the Mystic Arts. Maybe I'm associating logic too much with mathematics. |
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