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     Zed (Gary_mc) Username: Gary_mc Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 81.96.240.106 |
If anyone's interested, there's a reprint of my story JUST UP AHEAD AND OFF THE ROAD here: http://deadlineszine.com/CurrentIssue.aspx I think I wrote this one when I was about twenty-one. It wasn't published until well into my thirties, but I've always rather liked it. Cheers. | ||
| Gary Fry (Gary_fry) Username: Gary_fry Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.10.7.83 |
This is a good tale. Creepy. I remember it well. In Lighthouse 6, wasn't it? Back when we was nippers. | ||
| Zed (Gary_mc) Username: Gary_mc Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 81.96.240.106 |
Aye - a blast from the past. | ||
| Steve Bacon (Stevebacon) Username: Stevebacon Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 90.204.111.196 |
Nice tale, Gary. As ever. Sorry to piggyback your link, but my story 'The Strangled Garden' was in the previous issue. http://deadlineszine.com/Issue1.aspx | ||
| Zed (Gary_mc) Username: Gary_mc Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 81.96.240.106 |
Glad you posted this here; been meaning to read your tale. And, ta!  | ||
| Mark West (Mark_west) Username: Mark_west Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 217.39.177.173 |
Well done both of you, great stories! | ||
| Stephen Walsh (Stephenw) Username: Stephenw Registered: 03-2009 Posted From: 194.32.31.1 |
Gary, a great little existential chiller. The characterisation and accumulation of little incidental details reminded me very much of Stephen King. Short, sharp, sweet and once started you're dragged through to the finish without pause - the gift of a natural storyteller. The first of your's I've read and won't be the last. | ||
| Zed (Gary_mc) Username: Gary_mc Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 213.219.8.243 |
Many thanks, Stephen. Yes, I do see that tale as a sort of homage to King (among others). He was a big influence on me in my twenties. | ||
| Chris_morris (Chris_morris) Username: Chris_morris Registered: 04-2008 Posted From: 98.220.97.79 |
Good stuff, Zed. | ||
| Steve Bacon (Stevebacon) Username: Stevebacon Registered: 09-2008 Posted From: 90.204.111.196 |
Congrats to Steve J, too! | ||
| Stephen Walsh (Stephenw) Username: Stephenw Registered: 03-2009 Posted From: 194.32.31.1 |
Great story, Steve. Highly entertaining and loved all the old-fashioned atmospherics. Could see this easily slotting into one of the old 'Not At Night' books. | ||
| Matthew Fryer (Matthew_fryer) Username: Matthew_fryer Registered: 08-2009 Posted From: 90.202.180.174 |
Both excellent stories, a contemporary and classic slice of atmospheric nightmare respectively. Deadlines is always worth a visit. | ||
| Zed (Gary_mc) Username: Gary_mc Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 81.96.240.106 |
Thanks, folks. | ||
| Mark West (Mark_west) Username: Mark_west Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 217.39.177.173 |
Tagging onto the end of this thread, the latest issue of Deadlines is now live at: http://deadlineszine.com/CurrentIssue.aspx and features my story "A Cottage By The Sea", just in case anyone fancies a read. |