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     Rhysaurus (Rhysaurus) Username: Rhysaurus Registered: 01-2010 Posted From: 212.219.233.223 |
I've over-plugged this book on this forum already, so this will be the last you'll hear about it from me. I did feel obliged to make an effort to promote it, for the sake of my publisher (as well as myself, of course!)  I received my copies yesterday. I think it's my best collection to date. But what would I know? Authors are generally not the best judges of their own work. Nonetheless, that's what I truly believe. Twenty tales of sexual and spiritual tension (21 tales if you buy the hardback)... Includes some of my finest stories (in my opinion), such as 'The Quims of Itapetinga', 'The Sickness of Satan', 'The Indigo Casbah', etc. It also includes the story I submitted to Exotic Gothic a couple of years ago: editor Danel Olsen claimed it was "one of the best stories he'd ever read"; the publisher, Christopher Roden, claimed it was "poorly written and silly"... Clearly there's a huge difference of opinion on the merits of my work. Why not make up your own mind by buying the book and reading it, etc... It's available from Gray Fiar Press here: http://www.grayfriarpress.com/catalogue/brothel.html Righto! I've fulfilled the terms of my contract by plugging it again. Now I'll leave you in peace. Thanks for listening! Bye! | ||
| Rhysaurus (Rhysaurus) Username: Rhysaurus Registered: 01-2010 Posted From: 212.219.233.223 |
Oops! Sorry for the size of that image! I did try to make it small, but my computer skills aren't brilliant! If anyone can make it smaller, I'd be grateful... | ||
| Gary Fry (Gary_fry) Username: Gary_fry Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 82.26.213.180 |
>>>If anyone can make it smaller, I'd be grateful... In my case, too. But can we stick to talking about your book? It's a beauty, isn't it? | ||
| Rhysaurus (Rhysaurus) Username: Rhysaurus Registered: 01-2010 Posted From: 212.219.233.223 |
Heh heh! Oh yes, thanks for sending me those free copies, Gary! | ||
| Carolinec (Carolinec) Username: Carolinec Registered: 06-2009 Posted From: 92.232.199.129 |
Mine's already on order, Rhys, and I'm looking forward to it!  | ||
| Joel (Joel) Username: Joel Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 217.37.199.45 |
My, but that does look good. Also pleased to see Howard's Solomon Kane further down the pile. I think it must be the US 1970s volume, one of three that covered the whole awesome story-cycle. "Death! Death! There are skulls in the stars!" | ||
| Rhysaurus (Rhysaurus) Username: Rhysaurus Registered: 01-2010 Posted From: 62.121.31.177 |
Well spotted, Joel! Yes, it's the last of the three, probably the weakest volume of the lot, but then again the character of Kane is so remarkable that he even carries the weak stories... Directly below it is The Dice Man by Luke Rheinhart, one of those books which might be brilliant or might be utter crap. I just can't decide! Ditto the book directly below that, which is Lawrenece Durrell's Monsieur. | ||
| Des (Des) Username: Des Registered: 09-2010 Posted From: 86.169.43.224 |
Lawrence Durrell's MONSIEUR. Wow! The Avignon Quincunx - the world knows no greater literature. | ||
| Des (Des) Username: Des Registered: 09-2010 Posted From: 86.140.213.21 |
I have started a real-time review of Rhys Hughes' Horror Stories in THE BROTHEL CREEPER (Gray Friar Press): http://weirdmonger.livejournal.com/2012/09/14/ | ||
| Des (Des) Username: Des Registered: 09-2010 Posted From: 86.140.213.156 |
So far, I really think this collection is *the* Rhys Hughes collection. I'm surprised it hasn't had more publicity and reviews. | ||
| Gary Fry (Gary_fry) Username: Gary_fry Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 129.11.77.198 |
Well, I published this and other books when I was working 10-hour days and many evenings and some weekends. Not a great excuse, I know, but that's the truth of it, alas.  | ||
| Rhysaurus (Rhysaurus) Username: Rhysaurus Registered: 01-2010 Posted From: 212.219.233.223 |
It didn't have any publicity because it was written by me. It didn't have reviews because it was written by me. That's the real truth, I think. | ||
| Des (Des) Username: Des Registered: 09-2010 Posted From: 86.140.213.156 |
Following on from that, I found myself reviewing 'God in a Basement Flat'! | ||
| Des (Des) Username: Des Registered: 09-2010 Posted From: 86.140.213.156 |
i.e. reading it for the first time - in the natural course of my real-time review. | ||
| Des (Des) Username: Des Registered: 09-2010 Posted From: 86.140.213.156 |
And, Gary, it's a great book, well packaged etc, but I don't think the overall title does it any favours, at least with some potential readers of it. Just a thought. Des | ||
| Des (Des) Username: Des Registered: 09-2010 Posted From: 86.140.213.156 |
I've finished my real-time review of this unique book: follow my audit-trail in it to discover how Rhys has created 'lovecraft'. |