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Post by Calenture on May 24, 2010 10:05:45 GMT
Morning Musings might or might not be a dreadful name for a thread, but I thought of it Saturday when I woke before six and decided to start drawing. I thought of the thread as a place for updates mainly. The drawing for Des Lewis's The Fat Shrike, surprisingly took only 2 days (not 2 months for once  ). The reason? Probably because I used a harder pencil so that the page didn't turn into something resembling black cats fighting in a charcoal factory. I read the prologue of David A Riley's novel-in-progress, Sendings, at his blog: hereDavid has now taken Sendings down, but you can still read chapters of Goblin Mire there. D F Lewis's Weirdtongue, a novella, will be published by InkerMen Press in October. Rather than start a premature thread for the novel, I decided to plug both it and the publisher hereSimilar postings made at Thomas Ligotti Online and British Horror Novels - excellent boards, both of them. I'm on holiday for a week starting Friday, so I hope that I can finish FC 6 then, so hopefully full details can be posted and the print date can be brought forward. |
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Post by Calenture on May 26, 2010 22:06:43 GMT
Although I was playing things pretty quite about the line-up for FC, you'll have seen most of the illustrations and will know some authors names and story-titles from them.
These past two evenings I've been doing quart into pint pot experiments with the desk top publisher, working around the last few entries in the magazine.
So far you'll have worked out from the illustrations that stories in the magazine include:
Stephen Bacon's A Solace of Winter Rain
D F Lewis's Rage and The Fat Shrike
Penni McClaren Walker's Easy Money
And an illustration not seen yet will be for James Stanger's Crocodile Tears (aka Prescription). James, we have two titles for this one, so let me know which one you want to go with. (I have my own preference...)
The above listing is of course not a complete one. I need to exchange another email yet.
(And true to form and with its usual impeccable timing the net connection's on the blink again.)
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Post by Calenture on May 27, 2010 13:02:57 GMT
Last night I was working with the desk top publisher, trying two figure out if it would be possible to run to serialised novels at once in FC. The problem is partly one of arithmetic, partly... aesthetics, working out how each novel can be broken up into episodes that are satisfying and do justice to both the authors' works and the reader, while leaving sufficient space for other writers short stories. The novels are both horror novels but otherwise very different. I want to run both if at all possible. Obviously I need to think ahead to space required in FC 7 when we get to it, so the equation gets that much more complicated and is causing a spot of brain-ache and gnashing of teeth here. Yet I have to say it's a delicious problem for all that. * Further, In addition to the accepted short stories listed above, Colin Leslie's Bad Manners will be in the magazine. Not listed above because Colin's story pretty much defies illustrating. Whether I'll have a story in FC 6 depends on a number of factors, but if time and space edge me out, I won't worry too much as there are the illustrations. |
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Post by Calenture on May 29, 2010 17:50:57 GMT
I've got some days holiday due to me, so I decided to tack them on to the Bank Holiday. The spare time will be useful as there's no end of things to do. I think I can safely go ahead with the two serialisations in FC. Let's face it, publications don't develop without pushing borders a little. I think the novels will both be well worth serialising. One of the novels is David A Riley's Sendings. Of course David has put the novel online, but I think there are very few readers who have the stamina to read very long from a screen - and FC came about partly as a reaction to the ebooks. I've been reading and enjoying David's stories for years (I'd thought The Satyr's Head in 1975 was the first time I'd seen his name, but later realised I'd have read Lurkers in the Abyss in Pan Horror 11, years before). The other novel is Craig Herbertson's The Death Tableaux. Craig's another author known from the Pan Horror series and his The Heaven Maker in PBoH 29 was one of the better entries to appear in the later volumes. He's also had work previously in FC. Originally I'd intended to run just a chapter of Death Tableaux as a one-off showcase item, but I found I wanted to know more of the story. At first I wondered if Craig's psychological horror and David's mix of Lovecraft and Wheatley influences would 'jar' in the same magazine. But Coral said it sounded 'perfect'. And I think she's right. Craig is on tour at the moment, back home on Monday. Work's continuing here at the drawing board. * Online this morning I've added this page to the FC and TTMC site: D F Lewis's Weirdmonger |
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Post by Craig Herbertson on May 31, 2010 9:10:14 GMT
I'm absolutely delighted with this on two counts at least. Firstly, to appear in a serialization with David is a tremendous honour. Secondly, at the risk of boring everyone by repetition, this novel has been fourteen years at least in the making and I thought it would never get published.
When you suggested this Rog I thought it was a bad idea. Two novels, one magazine? The more I think about now it the more I like it. I wonder if its been done before?
Thanks
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Post by Craig Herbertson on May 31, 2010 9:14:55 GMT
I should also add that the underlying theme of The Death Tableau leans far more towards the dark occult than the opening suggests and strangely enough is set largely in Northern England so maybe there's a bit of synchronicity going on
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Post by Calenture on May 31, 2010 10:24:07 GMT
When you suggested this Rog I thought it was a bad idea. Two novels, one magazine? The more I think about now it the more I like it. I wonder if its been done before? Not sure, but just possibly the older SF magazines ran two serials at once; either that or one serial and a 'novella' - these tended to be of wildly differing word lengths. I don't think 'novella' or 'novelette' are words that have ever been clearly defined. I found those chapters of The Death Tableaux very absorbing. At first I was having qualms about fitting two serials into the magazine, but after Coral's remark that it seemed 'perfect', I suddenly started wondering what I was worrying about. Maybe the magazine might occasionally have to run for another 5 or 10 pages, but with pro' printing that shouldn't really be a problem. |
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Post by Calenture on Jun 3, 2010 8:08:24 GMT
Time for a quick post, I think, as I just remembered I have an appointment about a wisdom tooth extraction today. Yesterday I received the full MS for Craig Herbertson's The Death Tableaux and figured out the cut-off point for the first instalment. I'm now seven chapters into D F Lewis's novella Agra Aska, and enjoying it. Reading Lewis is a bit like exploring an undiscovered country. There's no map and the terrain can be difficult at times. Then you reach the top of a hill and the view's fantastic, or you explore a cave and find gold. I also finished revising and adding to a short story of my own, Walk to the Sea. It's one of those stories that lie in a drawer for years, then suddenly it becomes obvious where it needs changing. Even after adding a few pages, it's still pretty short at 3000 words. Edit: Most odd. I've just discovered that this smiley  becomes a quite different one, depending whether I'm logged in or out. I think I know why... |
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Post by Dr Terror on Jun 3, 2010 8:34:18 GMT
I also finished revising and adding to a short story of my own, Walk to the Sea. It's one of those stories that lie in a drawer for years, then suddenly it becomes obvious where it needs changing. Even after adding a few pages, it's still pretty short at 3000 words. Can I see it, Rog? |
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Post by Calenture on Jun 3, 2010 12:26:25 GMT
I also finished revising and adding to a short story of my own, Walk to the Sea. It's one of those stories that lie in a drawer for years, then suddenly it becomes obvious where it needs changing. Even after adding a few pages, it's still pretty short at 3000 words. Can I see it, Rog? I'll send it directly, and thanks for asking. I've actually been working on three stories, two of them revisions. And I have a third one to get back to - a collaboration which you might know about. Other stuff: Before the week is out I hope to be able to run off a proof of FC 6. I've also been downloading a lot of stories from the old workshop at the Vault, and one or two other sites. I've begun the DTP work for FC 7 (yes, working on it before 6 is out). And some printing to do this afternoon as I've one or two one-off FCs to send out. |
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Post by Calenture on Jun 12, 2010 9:03:23 GMT
Just a quick post to say... Last night I did considerable work on the cover and should be able to post it by the end of the day. It's...different.  Yesterday and this morning also saw a number of emails going to and fro' as last details get sorted. Still more points to pick up on the Self Publishing thread, but better if I sort out these other details for the moment. |
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Post by Calenture on Jun 12, 2010 13:44:46 GMT
Did minor revisions/corrections to two stories, another story tried for size (and it fits the remaining space - no room for those adverts in this issue, I think). Did I say that both serials' episodes now run for a few chapters? I'm happier that way; it gives time for them both to get established. Now just keep working and don't jinx it.  |
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Post by Calenture on Jul 16, 2010 23:09:52 GMT
If 'Late Night Stuff' is the best I can come up with for a name change for this thread, then it must be getting late. Link to the promo thread at the Vault (which you've seen) Vault, as will need to copy it to other boards. Shocklines thread begun here: shocklinesforum.yuku.com/topic/15605British Horror Novels thread started here: britishhorrornovels.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=mechandise&thread=715&page=1 (But if you're not logged into that board, you won't see it). The AgraAska thread started at Thomas Ligotti Online has been added to (and that thread of course also exists here and at British Horror Novels. Found a couple of possible new entries for FC 7 over the past few days. Other books being read or to be read: Null Immortalis: Nemonymous 10. I'm several stories into this one, and so far it's very good. Strange Mistresses by James Dorr"With reprints from the pages of Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, Tomorrow SF, Aboriginal SF, Short Story Digest, and other leading publications, along with original fiction and poetry," this one comes from Dark Regions Press. Bully by A J Kirby "After Gary Bull's miraculous survival from an explosion in Afghanistan, he returns to the place where he grew up and finds himself forced to face the horror of what he did when he was young." I've been reading and writing-up Peter Tennant's chapbook collection, The Cold Blue Collection (from 2003) and will do a post on that soon. I also have his novella A Halloween Story here. Think that's all for the moment. |
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). The reason? Probably because I used a harder pencil so that the page didn't turn into something resembling black cats fighting in a charcoal factory.
becomes a quite different one, depending whether I'm logged in or out. I think I know why... 
