| Author | Message | ||
     John_l_probert (John_l_probert) Username: John_l_probert Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 90.203.130.146 |
This has to be one of the best covers for a horror anthology in ages:  And the contents isn't bad either, with contributions from more than a couple of members of this board http://www.freewebs.com/mortburypress/ is the place to go. Go on, support Mr Black! | ||
| Huw (Huw) Username: Huw Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 218.168.181.195 |
That is one fine-looking she-goat.  | ||
| Mick Curtis (Mick) Username: Mick Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.159.83.68 |
Already in my tbr pile... | ||
| Zed (Gary_mc) Username: Gary_mc Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 81.96.242.126 |
Lord probert's tale is absolutely brilliant. | ||
| John_l_probert (John_l_probert) Username: John_l_probert Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 90.203.130.233 |
And I have to say Mr McMahon's is splendid - a story after my own heart. Haven't read any of the others yet. | ||
| Karim Ghahwagi (Karim) Username: Karim Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 83.92.216.182 |
Do you think John, that you could possibly pass on that She- Goats phone number to me?... | ||
| Joel (Joel) Username: Joel Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 91.110.222.101 |
Don't worry Karim, she already knows where you live. | ||
| Des (Des) Username: Des Registered: 06-2008 Posted From: 86.163.170.232 |
The reviews of The Black Book and the Second Black Book in latest Prism are a bit prissy, don't you think? | ||
| John Llewellyn Probert (John_l_probert) Username: John_l_probert Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 194.176.105.47 |
Very very prissy, and sadly quite inaccurate, with the kind of uninformed comments one might expect from a non-genre critic who hates genre material. It's very disappointing because it may well turn off people who would enjoy these anthologies. | ||
| Mick Curtis (Mick) Username: Mick Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.168.57.173 |
There's also a review of another book in the current issue that I feel misses the point entirely. | ||
| Gary Fry (Gary_fry) Username: Gary_fry Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 82.3.65.135 |
Who reviewed them? | ||
| Des (Des) Username: Des Registered: 06-2008 Posted From: 86.163.170.232 |
The Black Book ones are by Adam J Shardlow. | ||
| Gary Fry (Gary_fry) Username: Gary_fry Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 82.3.65.135 |
Never heard of him. | ||
| Weber_gregston (Weber_gregston) Username: Weber_gregston Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 83.98.9.4 |
There's a few websites say he's a successful writer of dark Fiction... Maybe he's just a knob. | ||
| Des (Des) Username: Des Registered: 06-2008 Posted From: 86.163.170.232 |
According to his blog, he writes for the BBC (Call My Bluff) and the Guardian. | ||
| Gary Fry (Gary_fry) Username: Gary_fry Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 82.3.65.135 |
He's looking for "an ambitious agent". Like someone looks for a crooked solicitor. | ||
| Zed (Gary_mc) Username: Gary_mc Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 81.96.242.126 |
What's the thrust of these reviews? Ooh-er. | ||
| John Llewellyn Probert (John_l_probert) Username: John_l_probert Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 90.199.0.156 |
Limp. Ooo now stop messing about Mr Probert. OK here's a snippet about BB2: "A couple of the stories are little more than nihilistic, sexist machismo." Oh and apparently some of the stories dwell on the 'fetishism of the female body' and include plenty of 'violence blood and mutilation'. I wonder if he means mine? I do hope so. And from BB1: "Those stories that don't work so well rely on the debasement of the human body and pulp schlock." I hope that's me and my big willy story - some people tend to miss the point of that one. (On previewing that last sentence I find it even more hilarious than I had intended. Me & my big willy indeed) Ooh, now, yes, missus! | ||
| Zed (Gary_mc) Username: Gary_mc Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 81.96.242.126 |
I wonder if the reviewer has ever read the Pan Books of Horror, to which these current books seek to pay homage? From the above, I'd guess not. 'fetishism of the female body' and include plenty of 'violence blood and mutilation'. Blimey, he's going to absolutely hate my story from the Third Black Book... :-) | ||
| Richard_gavin (Richard_gavin) Username: Richard_gavin Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 65.92.49.163 |
These anthologies look great. At the risk of appearing gauche, are the story contributions to THE BLACK BOOKS OF HORROR by invite only? Best, Richard | ||
| Zed (Gary_mc) Username: Gary_mc Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 213.219.8.243 |
Not too sure, Richard - mine were by invite, but I don't know about the rest. | ||
| Zed (Gary_mc) Username: Gary_mc Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 213.219.8.243 |
gauche...I love that word. :-) | ||
| John Llewellyn Probert (John_l_probert) Username: John_l_probert Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 90.203.130.145 |
Mine were by invite too. | ||
| Richard_gavin (Richard_gavin) Username: Richard_gavin Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 65.110.174.71 |
Thanks, Gary and John. I'm thinking they are invite-only. I might just have to crash that party one of these days! - THE BLACK BOOKS have a really great vibe to them; just enough echoes of the Pan and DARK VOICES anthologies to make me wistful for my misspent youth, but with writers like yourselves in the ToC to make them very contemporary. Best, Richard |