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One of the guys I've been reading lately is Laird Barron, he started out as a horror guy then moved to crime fiction because it pays better. Never let anyone tell you that crime does not pay. Anyhow he writes magnificent short horror stories that remind me of Clive Barker, with some influence from the surreal 80s horror masters like Steve Rasnic Tem and Dennis Etchison, plus some Lovecraftian elder gods world-building. Maybe a touch of Ramsey Campbell too. Highly recommended if you like that kinda thing. See linky in my profile for an ePub. Stay home, stay reading, stay safe, have nightmares. |
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recommendation: read The Broadsword first, then Mysterium Tremendum |
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nice, will get on these when i fancy a good scare i'm more of a sci-fi junkie at the mo, just finished greg egan - instantiation and i'm umming and ahhing over starting some vonnegut short stories or peter watts' latest, the freeze frame revolution |
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Interesting, had bought a couple of his (I think an anthology plus something else) horror books for my Kindle recently, hadn't yet had a chance to check them out. |
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Was one of them Occultation? That's the one I linked. Has some of his most famous stories, including -30- which was adapted into a low budget but effective horror movie called They Remain. |
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Thank you for the ePub, I followed your recommendation and read Broadsword first which, I'll confess I liked more for the character and setting than the actual denouement, whereas Mysterium Biggly I preferred the denouement to the pack of homos I got to know far too much about. I'm being silly of course, will read the whole collection and get a print copy when all this blows over, very readable, very satisfying. |
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Yeah it's great stuff. I did warn you about the Clive Barker! They have paperbacks of his stuff at a bookstore downtown which I'll be visiting when it opens. Do you have any recent horror fiction discoveries? It's so rare to find good new stuff. John Langan's novel The Fisherman is excellent, and the ending is a corker. He has some lovely short stories too, like Technicolor which I'm not spoiling by noting that it's a Poe riff. |
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Dude has an eye patch |
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Talking of Horror and Clive Barker specifically, p0g0 still has my Clive Barker Books of Blood Vol. 1. It was mint, owned from new hardback. Not that I'm one to bear a grudge, or cling to a debt for over fifteen years. Tony: Will check out Occultation if it's not one I have already, thanks for the recommendation. Also, what's up with the guy's name, is it some weird Lord Byron referencing nom de plume, or is that his real name? |
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it's supposed to be his real name, but who knows? Pretty wild biography if true! |
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Interesting, opened one of the Kindles I've not used for a while last night and the thing that came up was Occultation. I have it and had already been reading it, but had forgotten. Only about 20 pages of a real book's worth through, but liking the writing style so far. |
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there needs to be a bandcamp for books that sells unencrypted epubs for a reasonable price |
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i read ligotti's grimscribe and although he can write an occasional great story (i loved "the cocoons") i more often find his style insufferable and his themes banal. what should i do? |
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I don't like Ligotti either, found it hard to finish his stories. I tried his Conspiracy Against the Human Race and just rolled my eyes. Barron is better, they're good yarns, and not so pompous and mannered. |
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yeahh, it's a bit of a shame because i love current 93 and his stuff works great in that context, but ugh. i'll still try to read 'my work is not yet done', this one sounds like fun. |
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