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David_m (David_m) Username: David_m
Registered: 07-2011 Posted From: 95.147.193.75
| Posted on Monday, October 03, 2011 - 03:59 pm: | |
Hello all, We have lots of content planned in support of our Halloween House of Fear event, which will run from 6-8pm on Friday 28th October at Waterstone's Liverpool One (tickets are £2- redeemable against any horror fiction bought on the night) and feature readings by Adam Nevill, Lisa Tuttle and Nicholas Royle. Full details of the event can be found here: http://twistedtalesevents.blogspot.com/2011/09/new-event-house-of-fear.html The Facebook event page is: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=197721936966272 Here's an interview with Adam Nevill: http://twistedtalesevents.blogspot.com/2011/10/adam-nevill-interviewed-by-david. html Here's a preview of Simon Kurt Unsworth's new haunted house portmanteau collection, Quiet Houses: http://twistedtalesevents.blogspot.com/2011/09/quiet-houses-by-simon-kurt-unswor th.html To avoid spamming the message board, I'll post new House of Fear content in this thread. Best, David |
David_m (David_m) Username: David_m
Registered: 07-2011 Posted From: 95.147.193.75
| Posted on Wednesday, October 05, 2011 - 10:29 am: | |
Today's content is an interview with Solaris's Jonathan Oliver, editor of House of Fear: http://twistedtalesevents.blogspot.com/2011/10/jonathan-oliver-interviewed-by-da vid.html What do you think of the list of his favourite haunted house stories? How would your list differ? |
Gary Fry (Gary_fry)
Username: Gary_fry
Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 82.26.114.108
| Posted on Wednesday, October 05, 2011 - 11:42 am: | |
Just bought House of Fear. Looking forward to it. |
David_m (David_m) Username: David_m
Registered: 07-2011 Posted From: 95.147.193.75
| Posted on Thursday, October 06, 2011 - 10:44 am: | |
Gary, I hope that you enjoy the anthology. We have just announced a competition to win one of five copies of House of Fear, signed by the Editor, Jonathan Oliver: http://twistedtalesevents.blogspot.com/2011/10/competition-win-copy-of-house-of- fear.html Best, David |
David_m (David_m) Username: David_m
Registered: 07-2011 Posted From: 95.147.193.86
| Posted on Thursday, October 13, 2011 - 11:06 am: | |
This week's content is 'Lisa Tuttle interviewed by Allyson Bird': http://twistedtalesevents.blogspot.com/2011/10/lisa-tuttle-interviewed-by-allyso n-bird.html Best, David |
Gary Fry (Gary_fry)
Username: Gary_fry
Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 82.26.114.108
| Posted on Thursday, October 13, 2011 - 12:22 pm: | |
She gives a good interview, with some insightful responses. I particularly agree with her favourite four tales: ‘My Death’ ‘My Pathology’ ‘The Wound’ ‘Replacements’ One thing: that question about why write in the genre rather than a realist paradigm. I sometimes wish an author would just say, "Because it's cool" and leave it at that*. * Actually, I think China Mieville did come close to this, as did Jonathan Carroll. |
Gary Fry (Gary_fry)
Username: Gary_fry
Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 82.26.114.108
| Posted on Thursday, October 13, 2011 - 12:24 pm: | |
PS I'd really like to ask a realist novelist why s/he writes in that paradigm and not in a genre one. I want the assumption inherent in the question - that somehow genre writers have to defend the decision not to work in a realist paradigm - switched around. |
David_m (David_m) Username: David_m
Registered: 07-2011 Posted From: 95.147.193.86
| Posted on Monday, October 24, 2011 - 08:01 pm: | |
Today's haunted house-related content is a review of 1408 by Laura Bettney: http://twistedtalesevents.blogspot.com/2011/10/1408-reviewed-by-laura-bettney.ht ml It's a personal favourite of mine, due to some stunning performances and the mix of high production values and high concept, something I would like to see more often in contemporary horror films. What are your thoughts about the film and/or the review? Also, tickets are still available for Friday's House of Fear event. Hope to see some of you there. |