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July 20, 2012
The Farmhouse - Two previously unknown publications in Italy
Dave Sutton is reprinting one of my earliest short stories, The Farmhouse later this year in the retitled New Writings in Horror & the Supernatural, Horror! Under the Tombstone. What I didn't know till today is that this story was translated into Italian and published there in two anthologies in 1989 and 1994 as La fattoria.
Horror Story 2
Horror Story 16
Horror Story 2
Horror Story 16
July 16, 2012
The Screaming Book of Horror - first review
The forthcoming horror anthology, edited by Johnny Mains, The Screaming Book of Horror (due from Screaming Dreams Press) has had its first review. Thankfully, it's favourable!
Halifax Ghost Story Festival November 17th-18th 2012
It looks as if there will be another Halifax Ghost Story Festival this year, the third in succession, which is great news after just how good the earlier ones were.
Not much news yet about actual events at the Festival, but I shall try to keep anyone looking here posted on developments. Alternatively, you can check out with this facebook link: Halifax Ghost Story Festival.
July 10, 2012
Illustration for Fish Eye
The Lovecraft eZine have made available a Youtube video of the creation of the illustration for my story Fish Eye.
July 2, 2012
Lovecraft eZine
Just found out that my long story Fish Eye will be in the July issue of
Lovecraft eZine
, which is to be a special Deep Ones issue.
This will be the first story I've ever had published which will also have an audio version.
This will be the first story I've ever had published which will also have an audio version.
June 27, 2012
Poorly Printed Small Press Book
I'm not going to name the author, title or publisher, but I recently received a small press short story collection through the post and, quite honestly, if I had been the publisher I would have sent it straight back to the printer with an angry message.
It must be one of the worst printed books I have ever come across. The pages have been gummed in a most peculiar way, both too tight, so that the book is difficult to open, and unevenly, so that the parts of the pages nearest the spine have wrinkled. It is not a pleasant book to read, not because of anything the author has written, but because it is difficult to hold open and creaks in protest when you leaf through it. On top of this a small number of the pages near the middle jut out along the outermost edge like a blunt knife blade.
No printer's name included in the book, but definitely someone to avoid.
Which is a real shame, both on the small press that is trying to get itself established and on the author who, if their copy is as bad as mine, can hardly feel satisfied with what they have got.
As I say, the publisher really should not have been willing to accept such sloppy work from the printer and should have had the guts to send any copies like this back to them. I just hope mine is an aberration, though I doubt it.
It must be one of the worst printed books I have ever come across. The pages have been gummed in a most peculiar way, both too tight, so that the book is difficult to open, and unevenly, so that the parts of the pages nearest the spine have wrinkled. It is not a pleasant book to read, not because of anything the author has written, but because it is difficult to hold open and creaks in protest when you leaf through it. On top of this a small number of the pages near the middle jut out along the outermost edge like a blunt knife blade.
No printer's name included in the book, but definitely someone to avoid.
Which is a real shame, both on the small press that is trying to get itself established and on the author who, if their copy is as bad as mine, can hardly feel satisfied with what they have got.
As I say, the publisher really should not have been willing to accept such sloppy work from the printer and should have had the guts to send any copies like this back to them. I just hope mine is an aberration, though I doubt it.
June 26, 2012
Horror! Under the Tombstone edited by David A. Sutton
Here are some more details of this reprint of Dave Sutton's 1971 anthology for Sphere Books, New Writings in Horror & the Supernatural, now retitled
Horror! Under the Tombstone
and to be published by Shadow Publishing.This includes my story The Farmhouse.
June 20, 2012
June 19, 2012
The Return
Just signed and returned the contract for the publication in the States of my Lovecraftian horror novel, The Return which, hopefully, will be out next year. I'll post more news about this as and when I have it.
Basil Rathbone Sherlock Holmes Films
Just ordered a set of all eight Basil Rathbone Sherlock Holmes films, digitally remastered. Looking forward to a Holmesian marathon in the near future.Although he's not my favourite Holmes (that would be Jeremy Brett, of course), he's still up there alongside Peter Cushing, if only for the atmosphere, which is a strong element in these films.
