The Public Domain Review has just made available Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things, by Lafcadio Hearn (1904). That’s my bedtime reading sorted for tonight. Sleep well!
Tag: Fiction
Mother Trees
I’m reworking The Red Spot Murders tonight. It’s a Pourquoi story exploring the haunted house phenomenon, and features a delightful antagonist by the name of Maeve. It was by researching this character that I learned that there are such things as Mother Trees. I had hoped there were. In fact I typed that exact term into my Google search to see what would come up, and was rewarded with this wonderful TED talk with Suzanne Simard, a Canadian ecologist. Damn, the woods have just got a whole load creepier.
Slattery’s Art of Horror Now Takes Submissions and Announcements
If you have a bit of horror flash fiction or poetry you would like to see published on this blog, go to my submissions page for guidelines. I would … Continue reading Slattery’s Art of Horror Now Takes Submissions and Announcements
News Flash
News that my ghost story, Leave The Living Alone, has been accepted for publication by a British magazine specialising in the Gothic genre has made my weekend. Details to follow.
The Anatomy of Writing
The latest submission call I’ve responded to is a little different. It consists of stages. Round one of three: sub the final edit of your story’s first two hundred words. … Continue reading The Anatomy of Writing
The Wyrm of ’Red Fletcher
Another story is brewing with the help of some uninvited guests.
To plot, or not to plot?
“Plot is what stops narrative being just one thing after another.” Interesting article on the history of ‘plotting’ in the Guardian today.
Shout Out
I have been discussing the mechanics of story-writing with Simon Dewar recently. This guy is a true gent in the publishing world, and happens to know what he’s talking about. … Continue reading Shout Out
Is It Really That Good?
I was with the Nameless Writing Group the other night, talking about various submission calls we had, or were thinking about, sending work to. It was when two of us … Continue reading Is It Really That Good?
Euryale 1
Tonight, I was listening to the sound of growling made by dogs and wolves for my current project, Euryale (working title). At first, I wanted to describe the sound, but am now thinking to concentrate on the feeling it unearths within us.
Eric Nash 