Hounding from the Depths of Perdition
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Looks nice, but I'm not entirely sure what they're asking for. Lovecraftian themes, to be sure, but sans people?
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Also, anyone know of any good water-horror ezines or things? I've decided I'm giving up on the one place I wrote a story to, given that it's now been over 2/3rds of a year and they haven't responded to my last inquiry. It's hard to find a different venue though when you've written towards a specific submission call though.
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Well, according to the Submission Grinder, they haven't sent out any rejections or acceptances since February. Or people haven't updated their submissions.
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Just realized the publication date for the anthology I was waiting on is next Monday. Guess it's safe to assume I wasn't picked, will check the book anyway IF it comes out just to make sure I didn't get scammed out of my story though.
Now if I can only figure out why the fuck I agreed to get up at 4 am to go and bag peanuts...
Now if I can only figure out why the fuck I agreed to get up at 4 am to go and bag peanuts...
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Well, another week, another submission.
Good grief it's dead in here...
On a sadder note, my local B&N removed their Horror section and stuck all those books in with the generic Fiction and Literature.
Made me sad. And homicidal.
Good grief it's dead in here...
On a sadder note, my local B&N removed their Horror section and stuck all those books in with the generic Fiction and Literature.
Made me sad. And homicidal.
Yeah, it's been very quiet in here. I post calls for subs when they come up.
B&N has been eliminating their horror section, which really sucks. I hope they figure out it's a bad idea and go back to the way it was.
B&N has been eliminating their horror section, which really sucks. I hope they figure out it's a bad idea and go back to the way it was.
Still better than the random way in which my local library seems to classify books... even ones by the same author.
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Kinda fitting for the genre though
Yeah, noticed that a while ago in the local bookstores here, horror collection is shrinking and being absorbed into the "SF&F" shelving. But let's face it, there haven't been a lot of intriguing horror books lately and I don't think that filling the shelves with mid-range quality and repetitiveness will do any good for the genre.
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Kinda fitting for the genre though
Yeah, noticed that a while ago in the local bookstores here, horror collection is shrinking and being absorbed into the "SF&F" shelving. But let's face it, there haven't been a lot of intriguing horror books lately and I don't think that filling the shelves with mid-range quality and repetitiveness will do any good for the genre.
I disagree. I think the real problem is people confuse mass-appeal stories like Stephen King with horror. I believe we are currently living in the Golden Age of horror. There is some incredible work being done right now. Stunning work, even. But people don't read it because it's horror. Stephen King is a storyteller and people got confused between the two.
I'll go back to my old argument that you who have been here a while
are probably tired of hearing. People don't read horror simply because they don't know what horror is. They think it's cut and slash and stab and special effects and blood and guts. I blame it on movies. Movies for twelve year olds. That's not what horror is at all. But you all know that.
Haggis, you're right. What a lot of folks don't realize is horror is really a variety of things we're uncomfortable with. Things like looking at ourselves with complete honesty, or dealing with past demons.
Horror is often called such because the genre looks very candidly at difficult topics. It doesn't have to be supernatural. Sadly, the best horror is often what one human does to another.
Horror is often called such because the genre looks very candidly at difficult topics. It doesn't have to be supernatural. Sadly, the best horror is often what one human does to another.
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I think that's part of the problem too. There's some great Horror coming out these days, as you said, and the best (worst?) Horror isn't supernatural or even necessarily blood and guts, but what people will do to each other.
Sadly, that means we have to compete with the nightly news these days, as there seem to be fewer and fewer filters on what or how they'll report things.
So, who would you guys classify as some of the great horror writers, in your opinion? Or even just your favorites right now?
*pen poised*
*plans to add to her summer reading list*
*pen poised*
*plans to add to her summer reading list*
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Personally, I'm a HUGE Joe Hill fan. Just started his new one yesterday. And Chuck Wendig's Miriam Black series, if that's considered horror. Which, I think it would be.
Jack Ketchum for sure, and Joe Lansdale. I'm also real fond of Robert McCammon's earlier stuff.
Horror is someone, or something, sneaking up behind you. It's the anticipation of blood and guts that's horrific. We don't need the special effect. If anything, they kill the moment.