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Post by benedictjjones on Jun 10, 2009 12:27:43 GMT
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Post by David Kartos on Jun 20, 2009 16:51:06 GMT
How's about a summary of what's in, Craig old chap , popular sites do so lower the working capacities of my Materio-Optikon 2000 , and besides, your own words would be the best description I could possibly desire .
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Post by Craig Herbertson on Jun 20, 2009 20:44:30 GMT
I don't know Lob.
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Post by David Kartos on Jun 21, 2009 17:52:53 GMT
Sigh . I get you both mixed up all the time . You seem almost identical to me , are you sure youre not the same person ?
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Post by carolinec on Jun 21, 2009 19:59:08 GMT
Sigh . I get you both mixed up all the time . You seem almost identical to me , are you sure youre not the same person ? Actually, they're really both Coral, Lobo!  |
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Post by David Kartos on Jun 21, 2009 22:17:53 GMT
By god, now it all suddenly makes sense !
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Post by benedictjjones on Jul 8, 2009 13:02:16 GMT
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Post by Stephen Bacon on Jul 30, 2009 20:41:32 GMT
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Post by The Lurker In The Shadows on Feb 9, 2010 21:07:05 GMT
Finally caught up with this one (thanks, Ben), and I'm rather glad I did. The presentation might be low-tech, but it's the stories that count, and Benedict J. Jones and V.C. Jones have gathered together an impressive collection that honours the spirit of tales told before a blazing fire while the cigar smoke drifts and the brandy swirls, without limiting everything to a clubroom setting.
I thoroughly enjoyed all of the tales - but, then, these kinds of story have always been my cup of tea (or glass of port?) - from Stephen Graham's "Strangled Garden" (whose horticultural horrors put me in mind of "The Ash Tree") through avenging revenants ("Room Three" - Matthew Crossman), mechanical monstrosities ("The Iron Ape" - Mark Harding), buried secrets ("The Decent Thing" - V.C. Jones), mysterious rituals ("Parlour Games" - Mike Chinn), and grave-robbed ghouls ("Serendipity" - Trudi Topham), to Craig Herbertson's "A Game of Billiards", in which I was delighted to once again encounter the horror-writing narrator and his old school chum Mulholland from "Synchronicity" and "Liebniz's Last Puzzle", two of my favourite "Black Book of Horror" entries (Craig, a collection featuring these two would be welcomed by this reader at the very least).
Having read Ben's fiction in "One Eye Grey" and his Victorian nasty "Malarky's Conveyance", I'm surprised there wasn't a contribution from him. And I also regret that I wasn't able to offer something myself at the time Ben was looking for submissions, as I think Dr. Lawrence would have been in very good company here.
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Post by Craig Herbertson on Feb 9, 2010 21:36:53 GMT
I still haven't read this and it's just my cup of tea. My brother's got both my copies and knowing him he'll lose them. In fact. I think I'll just order another if they're still online.
Funny you should say that about Mulholland, Lurker. Sort of in a flash I began to write stories about him and for the first time in my life just wanted to write more about a character. I fully intend to carry on his adventures. in fact most days I moon about thinking about what he did in the past, at school, on his archeological digs. I have indeed lost the plot socially and don't get out enough. But that's all to the good if you like the stories - a great compliment.
I'd love to get a collection together of Mulholland tales so if you know anyone who wants a stab at loss making ventures give me a shout. I'm going to write them anyway regardless of any interest.
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Post by Craig Herbertson on Feb 9, 2010 21:42:32 GMT
Damn, no longer online - any chance of a reprint Benedict?
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Post by The Lurker In The Shadows on Feb 9, 2010 21:49:41 GMT
Funny you should say that about Mulholland, Lurker. Sort of in a flash I began to write stories about him and for the first time in my life just wanted to write more about a character. I fully intend to carry on his adventures. That's pretty much what happened with Dr. Lawrence. Initially he was there as an antiquarian chap who would find himself in situations where the type of people who meet antiquaries would tell him their ghost stories. But the more I wrote him, and the fonder I got of him, the more I found myself putting in hints to his own experiences, until I realised I had to bring him centre stage for "And Still Those Screams Resound" - and even then, when I'd finished the first draft, he turned round and revealed something about himself that I wasn't expecting in the slightest (he'd always seemed such an amiable chap until then). So I'm in the position of enjoying finding out more about him, and seeing what's to come next. Just as I'll enjoy seeing what's to come next from your one-eyed story spinner. |
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Post by Craig Herbertson on Feb 9, 2010 22:15:43 GMT
Remarkable. That describes more or less exactly my own thoughts. I think I'll just have another look at "And Still Those Screams Resound" for a night cap. Great tale.
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