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Des (Des)
Username: Des

Registered: 06-2008
Posted From: 81.155.107.1
Posted on Friday, October 23, 2009 - 12:15 pm:   

I am very pleased to report that it is planned that the ultimate all-encompassing last-bow DFL fiction collection will be published during 2010 by Ex Occidente.
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Zed (Gary_mc)
Username: Gary_mc

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 213.219.8.243
Posted on Friday, October 23, 2009 - 12:20 pm:   

Brilliant news, Des. I'll certainly be buying a copy.
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Karim Ghahwagi (Karim)
Username: Karim

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 217.10.20.129
Posted on Friday, October 23, 2009 - 12:42 pm:   

Excellent news.
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Allybird (Allybird)
Username: Allybird

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 80.47.23.139
Posted on Friday, October 23, 2009 - 01:14 pm:   

Congratulations Des!
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Joel (Joel)
Username: Joel

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 217.37.199.45
Posted on Friday, October 23, 2009 - 01:14 pm:   

Great news, Des!

When you say all-encompassing, do you mean all-inclusive (i.e,. a huge book or set of books) or just spanning the whole range of your writing career?

If it's a selection, please please please don't leave out 'Entries' this time.
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Carolinec (Carolinec)
Username: Carolinec

Registered: 06-2009
Posted From: 82.38.75.85
Posted on Friday, October 23, 2009 - 01:15 pm:   

That's fantastic news, Des. I look forward to it.

But let's hope it's not the last, eh? You've got plenty more great stuff just crying out to be published.
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Steve Jensen (Stevej)
Username: Stevej

Registered: 07-2009
Posted From: 82.0.77.233
Posted on Friday, October 23, 2009 - 01:19 pm:   

Excellent news, Des. Congratulations! :-)
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Mark_lynch (Mark_lynch)
Username: Mark_lynch

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 217.171.129.68
Posted on Friday, October 23, 2009 - 01:24 pm:   

Very good news, Des! Make some room on the book shelves for it.
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Des (Des)
Username: Des

Registered: 06-2008
Posted From: 81.155.107.1
Posted on Friday, October 23, 2009 - 01:25 pm:   

Thanks, all. I'm not sure what's going to be in it yet. Novels, novellas, series, stories?? Won't be all-inclusive, I'm sure. :-)
And I am determined it will be the last print publication of DFL fiction, even if I last another 30 years from now! (I'll be too busy with Nemonymous and real-time reviewing).
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Ramsey Campbell (Ramsey)
Username: Ramsey

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 195.93.21.74
Posted on Friday, October 23, 2009 - 02:36 pm:   

Hurrah! (To the book but certainly not to the end of your fiction, whose demise I hope you're reporting prematurely.)
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Des (Des)
Username: Des

Registered: 06-2008
Posted From: 81.155.107.1
Posted on Friday, October 23, 2009 - 03:42 pm:   

Thanks, Ramsey and others. :-)
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Huw (Huw)
Username: Huw

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 218.168.183.167
Posted on Friday, October 23, 2009 - 06:54 pm:   

Congratulations, Des! Ex Occidente are publishing some excellent books.
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Simon Bestwick (Simon_b)
Username: Simon_b

Registered: 10-2008
Posted From: 194.75.171.106
Posted on Friday, October 23, 2009 - 06:56 pm:   

Congratulations, Des! Very well deserved.
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Hubert (Hubert)
Username: Hubert

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 78.21.22.157
Posted on Friday, October 23, 2009 - 09:24 pm:   

Congratulations, indeed. Just out of curiosity, Des, is he paying you anything? No need to give figures if you don't want to, just would like to know.
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Steve Bacon (Stevebacon)
Username: Stevebacon

Registered: 09-2008
Posted From: 90.209.108.225
Posted on Friday, October 23, 2009 - 10:24 pm:   

Great news, Des. Congratulations.
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Michael_kelly (Michael_kelly)
Username: Michael_kelly

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 74.14.15.122
Posted on Saturday, October 24, 2009 - 01:53 am:   

Des, congratulations!
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Richard_gavin (Richard_gavin)
Username: Richard_gavin

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 69.157.31.195
Posted on Saturday, October 24, 2009 - 07:56 pm:   

The best news I've read today. Congratulations, Des! As you know, I consider you to be one of the most innovative and interesting horror writers of our time. I can't wait for this one.

Any hints as to its title?
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Des (Des)
Username: Des

Registered: 06-2008
Posted From: 81.155.107.1
Posted on Saturday, October 24, 2009 - 08:23 pm:   

Thanks, Richard, suggestions wouldn't go amiss. :-)
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Des (Des)
Username: Des

Registered: 06-2008
Posted From: 81.155.107.1
Posted on Sunday, October 25, 2009 - 07:41 pm:   

Just thought of one: "The Last Balcony." :-)
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Des (Des)
Username: Des

Registered: 06-2008
Posted From: 81.155.107.1
Posted on Sunday, October 25, 2009 - 07:55 pm:   

Hey, I just wrote that off the cuff. It strikes me as a good working title. Please don't pinch it or tell anyone else about it.
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Richard_gavin (Richard_gavin)
Username: Richard_gavin

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 65.110.174.71
Posted on Monday, October 26, 2009 - 10:37 am:   

Your secret's safe with me, Des.
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Steve Bacon (Stevebacon)
Username: Stevebacon

Registered: 09-2008
Posted From: 90.209.108.225
Posted on Monday, October 26, 2009 - 11:32 pm:   

I prefer 'The Penultimate Balcony.'

Just in case you wanted to do a follow-up...
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Des (Des)
Username: Des

Registered: 06-2008
Posted From: 81.155.107.1
Posted on Tuesday, October 27, 2009 - 08:59 pm:   

Good idea, Steve. :-)

Meanwhile, I have just written a short-short entitled THE LAST BALCONY that can be read here: http://www.ligotti.net/showthread.php?t=3552
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Des (Des)
Username: Des

Registered: 06-2008
Posted From: 81.155.107.64
Posted on Thursday, December 17, 2009 - 08:23 pm:   

It has, today, suddenly occurred to me, out of nowhere, that the proposed title of my fiction collection to be published by Ex Occidente Press (Romania), may have been strangely pre-determined in some unpredictable or retro-causal way.

At apparent face value, then, I have long been intrigued (without a true understanding of its historical context) by the TV pictures of Ceausescu's last appearance on a balcony, amid boos and jeers from the crowds below that shocked him into the state of a dysfunctional puppet. He was, I recall, hustled away, never to be seen in public again.

The scene is mentioned here in a Google book (involving the expression 'last balcony'): http://tinyurl.com/yc2dhkh

When the title ('The Last Balcony') genuinely came to my mind for the first time in October in this discussion forum: http://www.knibbworld.com/campbell-cgi/discus/show.cgi?tpc=1&post=39324#POST3932 4 it is true to say that the long-held memory of Ceausescu on his last balcony was the furthest thing from my conscious mind.
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Tom_alaerts (Tom_alaerts)
Username: Tom_alaerts

Registered: 03-2008
Posted From: 81.247.162.64
Posted on Friday, December 18, 2009 - 12:27 am:   

well done, Des !
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Des (Des)
Username: Des

Registered: 06-2008
Posted From: 86.169.219.237
Posted on Friday, March 12, 2010 - 04:46 pm:   

Just written a short sonata of reality and fantasy upon 'real-time reviewing' concerning this future book entitled 'The Last Balcony':
http://weirdmonger.blog-city.com/the_last_balcony_1.htm

Still very excited about the prospect. And I believe there will be a PDF extract on the Ex O site very shortly.
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Des (Des)
Username: Des

Registered: 06-2008
Posted From: 86.169.217.52
Posted on Saturday, March 13, 2010 - 09:03 pm:   

Oh, by the way, I've also got a story in The Master in Café Morphine: A Homage to Mikhail Bulgakov as well as having my own collection. :-)
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Des (Des)
Username: Des

Registered: 09-2010
Posted From: 86.140.213.21
Posted on Wednesday, August 29, 2012 - 05:53 pm:   

Posted on Sunday, October 25, 2009 - 07:41 pm:   
Just thought of one: "The Last Balcony."
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Above was when I named THE LAST BALCONY.
Thanks RCMB -

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