Angela Slatter's Blog, page 149
February 15, 2012
The Bloodstained Balcony
Over at This is Horror, Master John Llewellyn Probert, Esq., talks about the perils of poor horror cinema.
Hello. Today The Bloodstained Balcony is taking the form of a public service announcement. Its purpose? To warn horror fans of the perils of truly terrible horror cinema, a subgenre that
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Over at This is Horror …
Art by Rich Sampson
… you will find awesome flash fiction by Lisa L. Hannett.
You should go here and read it.
February 13, 2012
February 10, 2012
Great post/interview over at Brad C Hodson's place
Mr H interviews horror maven and poet Maria Alexander as part of Women in Horror Month – huzzah!
T'is here.
February 8, 2012
Are you giving away your story?
Today, I am in super-crit mode; so far eight stories read and critiqued since 8.30 this morning. I know the crash will come soon.
But while I've been doing this, I've noticed a repeated motif in all the stories I've read, which is to write a perfectly wonderful paragraph,
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In which there are critters …
Over at Shared Worlds, a group of us were give the chance to 'choose our critter' and write a little history for it. I made up Cloud-Bibbles, Lavie Tidhar introduces the world to Zoltar and Neil Gaiman's Shadder is standing right behind you.
There are heaps of
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February 7, 2012
February 5, 2012
Reason no. 4785 to love Angela Carter
It's nice to be able to go back and read something you had to study for your MA and find that you can now re-read it for enjoyment.
At the moment I have several books on the bedside table, three of them by/about Angela Carter … no, wait four.
Susannah
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The Peripatetic Life of the Freelance Editor: in the Lair with Mr Stephen Jones
Today we have kidnapped the much lauded, applauded and awarded Mr Stephen Jones, editor of such tomes as A Book of Horrors, Zombie Apocalypse!, Shadows Over Innsmouth, and the Mammoth Books of Best New Horror, Vampires, Wolf Men and Zombies, as well as recent
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February 4, 2012
How gorgeous is …
… this?
The cover of Mary Robinette Kowal's latest lovely tome, Glamour in Glass.
*sigh* Divine!
