Dec 31, 2005
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We’re going to be trying some new, starting today. Every now and then we’ll put out a general call for questions to our readership and have our columnists answer them on a different day later in the month.
If you’ve got a publishing, writing, or horror related question, please post it in the comments to [...]
We're going to be trying some new, starting today. Every now and then we'll put out a general call for questions to our readership and have our columnists answer them on a different day later in the month.If you've got a publishing, writing, or horror related question, please post it in the comments to this entry. I'll compile them all, assign them to several fo our columnists, and answer as many as we realistically can in a week or so.Ready, ... Read More
Dec 27, 2005
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As near as I can tell, every writer has two pivotal moments in their life. The first comes when they read that book (or short story, or play, or dirty limerick that starts with “There was an old man from Nantucket”, or whatever) that somehow crystallizes writing for them, making it real and vibrant and [...]
As near as I can tell, every writer has two pivotal moments in their life. The first comes when they read that book (or short story, or play, or dirty limerick that starts with "There was an old man from Nantucket", or whatever) that somehow crystallizes writing for them, making it real and vibrant and magical. There's that one book that leaps off the page and into their head, lighting the fire that burns and never goes out, that inspires and instructs, ... Read More
Dec 25, 2005
By Janet Berliner
A few weeks ago, I was invited to do a guest blog on M.J. Rose’s Buzz, Balls, and Hype. I thought you might enjoy it here. To the two of you who have read it, Mea Culpa; to all of you, Happy Holidays and a safe and healthy New Year. Also, sorry I’m [...]
A few weeks ago, I was invited to do a guest blog on M.J. Rose's Buzz, Balls, and Hype. I thought you might enjoy it here. To the two of you who have read it, Mea Culpa; to all of you, Happy Holidays and a safe and healthy New Year. Also, sorry I'm posting this early, but Bob my technical maven is going away and I don't have a clue how to do this on my own. --Janet"You gotta have ... Read More
Dec 25, 2005
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Note: If this blog seems out of date by the time it’s posted on the 25th, it’s because I’ll be in Michigan, trapped in a household where the microwave is about as technically sophisticated as it gets. Anyway, I wanted to welcome new writers to the blog, as well as wish everyone a Merry [...]
Note: If this blog seems out of date by the time it’s posted on the 25th, it’s because I’ll be in Michigan, trapped in a household where the microwave is about as technically sophisticated as it gets. Anyway, I wanted to welcome new writers to the blog, as well as wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Here in New York we received an early Christmas present from the Transit Workers Union in the form of a ... Read More
Dec 24, 2005
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by Jeffrey Thomas
Well, you’re probably too busy wrapping presents and sipping spiked eggnog right now to read my Christmas Eve essay here at Storytellers Unplugged, but I’ll plug on nonetheless. In fact, I’m writing this entry ahead of time, on the 20th, because tomorrow night I’m heading off to spend the holidays with my wife’s [...]
by Jeffrey ThomasWell, you're probably too busy wrapping presents and sipping spiked eggnog right now to read my Christmas Eve essay here at Storytellers Unplugged, but I'll plug on nonetheless. In fact, I'm writing this entry ahead of time, on the 20th, because tomorrow night I'm heading off to spend the holidays with my wife's family in Viet Nam. Consequently, I'll be too busy to be visiting the web site myself, except to paste in the following. It's a holiday buffet of ... Read More
Dec 23, 2005
By Brian Knight
I received an unexpected visit tonight from my son, Christopher’s, paternal grandfather, Chuck (for clarity’s sake, I should note that Chris is not my birth son, but since I’ve helped raise him since the age of two, I don’t consider him a “step-son”). Visits from Chris’s Grandpa Chuck are very infrequent, and always interesting. [...]
I received an unexpected visit tonight from my son, Christopher’s, paternal grandfather, Chuck (for clarity’s sake, I should note that Chris is not my birth son, but since I’ve helped raise him since the age of two, I don’t consider him a “step-son”). Visits from Chris’s Grandpa Chuck are very infrequent, and always interesting. Chuck does a lot of moving around, and I have no idea what he’s been up to in the few years since I’ve last seen him. ... Read More
Dec 22, 2005
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By Jeff Mariotte
I don’t know if Charles Dickens originated the Christmastime ghost story with his “A Christmas Carol” or if that subgenre of horror predates him, but by now it’s a grand tradition, familiar to generations of horror writers and readers. It’s common in Britain to read ghost stories around the fireplace during the [...]
By Jeff MariotteI don’t know if Charles Dickens originated the Christmastime ghost story with his “A Christmas Carol” or if that subgenre of horror predates him, but by now it’s a grand tradition, familiar to generations of horror writers and readers. It’s common in Britain to read ghost stories around the fireplace during the holidays, and the BBC once ran an eight-year program adapting some of the Christmas ghost stories of M. R. James. I have a friend who used ... Read More
Dec 21, 2005
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Dec 20, 2005
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by Justine Musk
The first book I ever bought was BLUBBER by Judy Blume. I was six. It cost me two dollars at the chain bookstore in the mall of my small Canadian hometown. My friend, Andrea Jackett, also six, bought the same paperback, and later that day or the next day I went [...]
by Justine MuskThe first book I ever bought was BLUBBER by Judy Blume. I was six. It cost me two dollars at the chain bookstore in the mall of my small Canadian hometown. My friend, Andrea Jackett, also six, bought the same paperback, and later that day or the next day I went over to her house and was surprised she had not finished it yet. It would be years before I realized that not every kid had shelves ... Read More
Dec 19, 2005
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By Weston Ochse
The thought had never crossed my mind. I’d made fun of them in junior high school. I’d stolen girls from them in high school. I was a preppy kid who wore jeans and polo shirts. What the hell did I know from rednecks? Sure, I lived [...]
By Weston Ochse The thought had never crossed my mind. I'd made fun of them in junior high school. I'd stolen girls from them in high school. I was a preppy kid who wore jeans and polo shirts. What the hell did I know from rednecks? Sure, I lived in Tennessee, but I wasn't from Tennessee. So when I was walking across the parking lot of the Drake Hotel in ... Read More
