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     Matthew_fell (Matthew_fell) Username: Matthew_fell Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 216.232.189.45 |
SHADES OF DARKNESS is the forthcoming new anthology from Ash-Tree, to be published in time for the Calgary World Fantasy Convention. There will be twenty-six new stories from the following authors: Peter Bell Simon Bestwick Lawrence C. Connolly Michael Cox Steve Duffy Paul Finch Helen Grant Christopher Harman Glen Hirshberg Joel Lane Eric Michael Lewis Mark Patrick Lynch Keris McDonald Gary McMahon Frances Oliver Reggie Oliver Marion Pitman Guenther Primig David A. Riley Barbara Roden Ian Rogers Mark Samuels Simon Strantzas Harvey Peter Sucksmith Melanie Tem Simon Kurt Unsworth I'm confident you'll find the anthology something to which to look forward. Christopher | ||
| Zed (Gary_mc) Username: Gary_mc Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 81.96.242.126 |
Wow, what a line-up. I can't wait. | ||
| Joel (Joel) Username: Joel Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 91.108.59.149 |
A new story from Frances Oliver – like wow. And Mark Samuels making his ATP debut (I think). This looks fantastic. | ||
| Matthew_fell (Matthew_fell) Username: Matthew_fell Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 216.232.189.45 |
There's a new novel from Frances Oliver coming soon, too, Joel. Good stuff. Shades of Picnic at Hanging Rock. Christopher | ||
| Albie (Albie) Username: Albie Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 195.195.236.131 |
As my contribution to this notable thread I would like to point out the name Sucksmith, in the hope of illiciting a humourous response. I believe it is customary to add one of these...  | ||
| Mark_lynch (Mark_lynch) Username: Mark_lynch Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 212.74.96.200 |
What? Michael Cox as in THE MEANING OF NIGHT Michael Cox?! Have to say, I'm especially pleased to be included because I didn't think my piece would fit and was possibly a little too fantasy. I am very happy. | ||
| Matthew_fell (Matthew_fell) Username: Matthew_fell Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 216.232.189.45 |
Yes, Michael Cox as in THE MEANING OF NIGHT, THE OXFORD BOOK OF ENGLISH GHOST STORIES, THE OXFORD BOOK OF VICTORIAN GHOST STORIES, M.R. JAMES AND INFORMAL PORTRAIT, former commissioning editor at OUP, and the 'brain' behind the old Equation Thriller series. He told us that he'd always wanted to write a story as a homage to M. R. J., and his contribution to SHADES OF DARKNESS, titled 'In Vitro' is the result. Christopher | ||
| Mark_lynch (Mark_lynch) Username: Mark_lynch Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 212.74.96.200 |
That's excellent. | ||
| Gary Fry (Gary_fry) Username: Gary_fry Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 82.3.65.135 |
Congrats, all! | ||
| Joel (Joel) Username: Joel Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 91.110.169.254 |
Albie, for years I assumed the H.P. Sucksmith collection that was published in the 1990s was a volume of Lovecraft parodies. But that's because I'm a bad person. Very, very bad indeed. | ||
| John Llewellyn Probert (John_l_probert) Username: John_l_probert Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 90.203.130.52 |
Yes, congratulations to all. That looks like a stellar lineup. | ||
| Allybird (Allybird) Username: Allybird Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 79.70.13.138 |
Great line up! I see my Canadian mate Ian Rogers is in there too - he was my date for the Stokers last year. | ||
| Barbara Roden (Nebuly) Username: Nebuly Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 216.232.189.45 |
Ian seems like a lovely bloke; I've enjoyed corresponding with him over the last year or so, and have really liked the stories of his I've read thus far. In one message he said how much he'd enjoyed my story 'Northwest Passage', and was pleased to see the quote from the Stan Rogers song of the same name I used in it; turns out Stan, a great Canadian singer who died tragically young in an airplane fire, is a first cousin (I think it is) of Ian's dad. Small world. . . . | ||
| Matthew_fell (Matthew_fell) Username: Matthew_fell Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 216.232.189.45 |
Here's the final contents listing for the new anthology: The Oram County Whoosit - Steve Duffy Cold Reading - Simon Bestwick Smugglers - Guenther Primig The Old Traditions Are the Best - Paul Finch The Devil's Funeral - Reggie Oliver Leaves Brown - Ian Rogers In Old Oaks - Keris McDonald Thyxxolqu - Mark Samuels Flames - Larry Connolly Soft Little Fingers - David A. Riley The King of Majorca - Frances Oliver Monster - Melanie Tem The Children - Christopher Harman Cargo - Eric Michael Lewis A Bit of a Giggle - Harvey Peter Sucksmith Archangel - Peter Bell Brokenback Isle - Gary McMahon Old Man's Pantry - Simon Kurt Unsworth A Mouth to Feed - Joel Lane In Vitro - Michael Cox Out of Season - Marion Pitman Under the Overpass - Simon Strantzas The Apartment of Bryony Hartwood - Mark Patrick Lynch Grauer Hans - Helen Grant Back Roads - Barbara Roden Esmerelda - Glen Hirshberg Christopher | ||
| Des (Des) Username: Des Registered: 06-2008 Posted From: 86.146.253.112 |
Congratulations to all authors included. Promises to be one of those *great* anthologies. des | ||
| Allybird (Allybird) Username: Allybird Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 79.70.72.53 |
Ah - so the artwork will be in keeping with the cover of At Ease with the Dead. Will look good on my shelf. | ||
| Hubert (Hubert) Username: Hubert Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 78.22.228.243 |
I must say some of the titles sound promising -"A Mouth to Feed", "The Apartment of Bryony Hartwood", "Soft Little Fingers", "Under the Overpass" . . . | ||
| Joel (Joel) Username: Joel Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 91.108.61.103 |
Mark still having keyboard problems, I see.  | ||
| Joel (Joel) Username: Joel Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 91.110.167.64 |
'Archangel' is another promising title. There's a great early Scott Walker song with that title. | ||
| Mick Curtis (Mick) Username: Mick Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 86.157.91.38 |
...and a pretty good Robert Harris novel too. | ||
| Craig (Craig) Username: Craig Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 75.4.234.204 |
Those were both jokes, right? You Brits... I never can tell.... | ||
| Albie (Albie) Username: Albie Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 212.50.191.46 |
Lynchy got in? How did he swing that? | ||
| Hubert (Hubert) Username: Hubert Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 78.21.234.202 |
Hey, John Wetton's second solo album is called ARCHANGEL, too  | ||
| Joel (Joel) Username: Joel Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 91.108.53.187 |
That means there are four Archangels. Which we knew already. | ||
| Hubert (Hubert) Username: Hubert Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 78.21.234.202 |
And let's not forget Nicholas Royle's "Archway". | ||
| Barbara Roden (Nebuly) Username: Nebuly Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 216.232.189.45 |
Don't forget Conan Doyle's short story 'The Man From Archangel'. | ||
| Des (Des) Username: Des Registered: 06-2008 Posted From: 86.146.253.112 |
Well, if someone can offer 'Archway', this is a story called 'The Arch' that the Writer's Group where I live wrote together in the last few weeks: http://weirdmonger.blog-city.com/clacton_collaboration_4.htm | ||
| Mark_lynch (Mark_lynch) Username: Mark_lynch Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 212.74.96.200 |
>>Lynchy got in? How did he swing that? Easy peasy, Albs. I simply removed the cussing and gave the parrot a silver claw. All made sense after that. Oh hang on, that's a different story . . . | ||
| Albie (Albie) Username: Albie Registered: 03-2008 Posted From: 195.195.236.131 |
So you didn't steal my Captain Cake idea? Phew! |