{"id":5132,"date":"2018-06-13T23:39:02","date_gmt":"2018-06-13T23:39:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/?p=5132"},"modified":"2018-06-13T23:39:02","modified_gmt":"2018-06-13T23:39:02","slug":"bright-newly-published","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/greydogtales.com\/blog\/bright-newly-published\/","title":{"rendered":"BRIGHT THEY WERE, AND NEWLY PUBLISHED"},"content":{"rendered":"

Time for another quick round-up of strange books, which are, we cannot deny, the cornerstone of what we do here when we\u2019re not out with the dogs. A word from author and designer Matt Bright<\/strong><\/span>, news of recent publications from Amanda DeWees<\/span><\/strong> and others, and all that salamagundi (a hodgepodge of everything you can find, if you needed to know). Yep, it\u2019s signpost time for many different tastes\u2026<\/p>\n

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We read a lot. The Editor-in-Chief reads books by the kilo, old greydog<\/em> does his best, and our contributors do their share. Even Chilli<\/strong> chews on some of the larger hardbacks. Django<\/strong>, we admit, is not very bookish. At the moment, the recent John Connolly<\/strong> has been marked as a jolly good read, but not going as far as it might. E-in-C thought it could have been even better with a clearer direction. Nadia Bulkin\u2019s<\/strong> She Said Destroy<\/em> collection seems to be excellent, and Enid Blyton\u2019s<\/strong> Magic Faraway Tree<\/em> series is as bonkers as we remember it. But here are a few examples of new and forthcoming stuff.<\/p>\n

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First of all, Occult Detective Quarterly #4<\/em> is on the shelves, with a most magnificent cover by Argentinian artist Sebastian Cabrol<\/strong>. Within you will find ten stories from lots of great folk, and this issue is spearheaded by a folk-horror novelette by British writer Simon Avery<\/strong>, \u2018Songs for Dwindled Gods\u2019. As ever the tales range across time and space, from Roman centurions in ancient Alexandria to a druidic detective in contemporary America.<\/p>\n

You can also read an interview with Simon Avery, who reveals that his excellent folk horror novelette in ODQ #4 is part of a planned loosely-connected series. http:\/\/www.angelaslatter.com\/the-teardrop-method-simon-avery\/<\/a><\/p>\n

The full fiction line-up:<\/p>\n