What do you do when neither cross nor crescent can bar the door? There are such things as come by day or by night, and those that can bear the bright sun may be far more dangerous. So today’s piece is an early moment in a series of tales vaguely called Revenance, which concerns a threat which is not easily stopped, contained or thwarted. No traditional vampires, no siring, romance or classic vulnerabilities. Just those who have been Returned…
Monthly Archives: September 2016
So You Want to Submit a Story – Again?
In a tragic moment of weakness, more musings drawn from writing and editing, in case they might be of use or interest, especially to people just getting into the Dreadful Game (ie. writing). Last time we discussed the Covering Letter and the general form of the Submission. This time we ponder three different aspects of The Writing itself, which is bound to be more contentious. So I’ll stop there… no, it’s too late.
What To Do When You’re Fifty Eight
Are you young and ambitious? Then take heed. I had to ponder this week, and work out if anything I’d done in the last year was a Good Idea. Mainly because it’s been an entirely different year from the one before, when I wrote not a word. The garden is an utter disaster, the pond is a strange colour, and I still haven’t mended the toaster. And writing is to blame. Lots of writing, endless writing, and then the reading in between to find out what other people were writing, or to be able to interview them, have conversations which sounded even vaguely informed, and so on.
Tag Team Horror: Matthew M Bartlett and Tom Breen Exposed!
A sense of place is a wonderful thing when it comes to weird fiction and folk horror. A sense of plaice, on the other hand, is an underlying fear that flat-fish have developed an obsession with you. We’ll go with the first one today. Two contemporary authors who have done much to burrow into strange places are Matthew M Bartlett and Tom Breen, with their tales of Leeds, Massachusetts and Orford Parish respectively.
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