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     R.B. Russell (Tartarusrussell) Username: Tartarusrussell Registered: 02-2010 Posted From: 86.136.234.168 |
Next week sees the Tartarus Press publication of Black Horse and Other Strange Stories by Jason A. Wyckoff: http://tartaruspress.com/blackhorse.htm Jason is a new American author, writing in the tradition of the spooky/strange story, although his work is very contemporary. This is his first ever venture into print, and (of course) I can recommend it! | ||
| Mick Curtis (Mick) Username: Mick Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.180.123.7 |
I had a read through the blurb and thought 'this sounds interesting', so I went to buy it but the PayPal button didn't seem to do anything. I tried a different book and in that instance the PayPal website opened ok... | ||
| R.B. Russell (Tartarusrussell) Username: Tartarusrussell Registered: 02-2010 Posted From: 86.136.234.168 |
Hi Mick, That's very odd, and rather annoying. I've had a number of paypal orders come through fine, but you're the second person to mention that it wouldn't work for them... I'll see what I can find out. | ||
| Mick Curtis (Mick) Username: Mick Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.180.123.7 |
Cheers Ray... | ||
| Mick Curtis (Mick) Username: Mick Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.180.123.7 |
Ah, that's better. Tried again and all's well. | ||
| Mick Curtis (Mick) Username: Mick Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.180.123.7 |
...and I was so excited that I ordered two other books too! | ||
| Gary Fry (Gary_fry) Username: Gary_fry Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.9.232.89 |
Mick singlehandedly keeps the UK independent presses alive. God bless him. We should have him stuffed. The BFS Awards should be modelled after him. Real tall statues. | ||
| Des (Des) Username: Des Registered: 09-2010 Posted From: 86.158.58.16 |
I do my best with purchasing books for RTRs. | ||
| Gary Fry (Gary_fry) Username: Gary_fry Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.9.232.89 |
Only 9 copies of the Limited Edition of my forthcoming new Spectral Press novella left, Des . . .  | ||
| R.B. Russell (Tartarusrussell) Username: Tartarusrussell Registered: 02-2010 Posted From: 86.136.234.168 |
Thanks Mick! And thanks to Des, too! | ||
| Des (Des) Username: Des Registered: 09-2010 Posted From: 81.153.249.1 |
Just received my purchased copy of 'BLACK HORSE and Other Strange Stories' by Jason A. Wyckoff - it looks wonderful. {Re 'Black Horse': I've banked with Lloyds since I was a teenager in the early 60s} | ||
| Gary Fry (Gary_fry) Username: Gary_fry Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.9.232.89 |
Did you panic in 2008, Des? | ||
| Des (Des) Username: Des Registered: 09-2010 Posted From: 81.153.249.1 |
I was in Norway at the time. | ||
| Mick Curtis (Mick) Username: Mick Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.180.123.7 |
So that's a 'yes' then! My copy turned up this morning too - hurrah. That brings my Tartarus tally to twelve books. | ||
| Mick Curtis (Mick) Username: Mick Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.180.123.7 |
...and in case anyone's dithering over this collection, one story is available in .PDF format from the page linked to in the first message in the thread. | ||
| Des (Des) Username: Des Registered: 09-2010 Posted From: 81.153.249.1 |
In my current review of BLACK HORSE, I accidentally mentioneed Tartarus in the same sentence as Homer's ILIAD. Amazingly, when I wrote that sentence I had no idea that Tartarus is actually mentioned in in the Iliad. Wikipedia: "In The Iliad (c. 700), Zeus asserts that "Tartarus is "as far beneath Hades as heaven is high above the earth."" | ||
| Des (Des) Username: Des Registered: 09-2010 Posted From: 81.153.249.1 |
BTW, I already feel confident that Jason A. Wyckoff is a stunning new writer with whose work all horror and weird fiction lovers should become acquainted. | ||
| Des (Des) Username: Des Registered: 09-2010 Posted From: 81.153.249.1 |
I already feel confident that Jason A. Wyckoff is a stunning new writer with whose work all horror and weird fiction lovers should become acquainted. ----------------------- That's before I read 'A Civil Complaint': add Absurdist Fiction readers to that! |