| Author | Message | ||
     Des (Des) Username: Des Registered: 06-2008 Posted From: 81.155.107.1 |
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. | ||
| Zed (Gary_mc) Username: Gary_mc Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 213.219.8.243 |
Brilliant news, Des. I'll certainly be buying a copy. | ||
| Karim Ghahwagi (Karim) Username: Karim Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 217.10.20.129 |
Excellent news. | ||
| Allybird (Allybird) Username: Allybird Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 80.47.23.139 |
Congratulations Des! | ||
| Joel (Joel) Username: Joel Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 217.37.199.45 |
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. | ||
| Carolinec (Carolinec) Username: Carolinec Registered: 06-2009 Posted From: 82.38.75.85 |
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.  | ||
| Steve Jensen (Stevej) Username: Stevej Registered: 07-2009 Posted From: 82.0.77.233 |
Excellent news, Des. Congratulations! | ||
| Mark_lynch (Mark_lynch) Username: Mark_lynch Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 217.171.129.68 |
Very good news, Des! Make some room on the book shelves for it. | ||
| Des (Des) Username: Des Registered: 06-2008 Posted From: 81.155.107.1 |
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). | ||
| Ramsey Campbell (Ramsey) Username: Ramsey Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 195.93.21.74 |
Hurrah! (To the book but certainly not to the end of your fiction, whose demise I hope you're reporting prematurely.) | ||
| Des (Des) Username: Des Registered: 06-2008 Posted From: 81.155.107.1 |
Thanks, Ramsey and others. | ||
| Huw (Huw) Username: Huw Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 218.168.183.167 |
Congratulations, Des! Ex Occidente are publishing some excellent books. | ||
| Simon Bestwick (Simon_b) Username: Simon_b Registered: 10-2008 Posted From: 194.75.171.106 |
Congratulations, Des! Very well deserved. | ||
| Hubert (Hubert) Username: Hubert Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 78.21.22.157 |
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. | ||
| Steve Bacon (Stevebacon) Username: Stevebacon Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 90.209.108.225 |
Great news, Des. Congratulations. | ||
| Michael_kelly (Michael_kelly) Username: Michael_kelly Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 74.14.15.122 |
Des, congratulations! | ||
| Richard_gavin (Richard_gavin) Username: Richard_gavin Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 69.157.31.195 |
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? | ||
| Des (Des) Username: Des Registered: 06-2008 Posted From: 81.155.107.1 |
Thanks, Richard, suggestions wouldn't go amiss. | ||
| Des (Des) Username: Des Registered: 06-2008 Posted From: 81.155.107.1 |
Just thought of one: "The Last Balcony." | ||
| Des (Des) Username: Des Registered: 06-2008 Posted From: 81.155.107.1 |
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.  | ||
| Richard_gavin (Richard_gavin) Username: Richard_gavin Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 65.110.174.71 |
Your secret's safe with me, Des. | ||
| Steve Bacon (Stevebacon) Username: Stevebacon Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 90.209.108.225 |
I prefer 'The Penultimate Balcony.' Just in case you wanted to do a follow-up... | ||
| Des (Des) Username: Des Registered: 06-2008 Posted From: 81.155.107.1 |
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 | ||
| Des (Des) Username: Des Registered: 06-2008 Posted From: 81.155.107.64 |
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. | ||
| Tom_alaerts (Tom_alaerts) Username: Tom_alaerts Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 81.247.162.64 |
well done, Des ! | ||
| Des (Des) Username: Des Registered: 06-2008 Posted From: 86.169.219.237 |
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. | ||
| Des (Des) Username: Des Registered: 06-2008 Posted From: 86.169.217.52 |
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. | ||
| Des (Des) Username: Des Registered: 09-2010 Posted From: 86.140.213.21 |
Posted on Sunday, October 25, 2009 - 07:41 pm: Just thought of one: "The Last Balcony." ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Above was when I named THE LAST BALCONY. Thanks RCMB - |