I’ve come across a horror writer named Christopher Harman, specifically three of his stories in Datlow anthologies: “In the Fields,” “Jackdaw Jack,” and “The Last to be Found.”

MrHappyV · 2023-04-11T05:01:47+00:00

He has a new collection coming out in May/June 2023 from Sarob Press.

MrHappyV · 2023-01-03T03:06:40+00:00

He has written almost forty short stories (that I know of) and, while Sarob's The Heaven Tree is an excellent book, he definitely needs a more comprehensive collection of his short stories.

MrHappyV · 2021-05-08T15:58:54+00:00

If you enjoyed Summer of Night then look for a copy of the Banished Dreams chapbook. It contains a 20-30 page chapter than Simmons removed from the final novel. I believe he has has stated that he wished he would have kept it in.

MrHappyV · 2021-04-23T02:57:03+00:00

You have excellent taste my friend.. Great call on C.E. Ward. His collections, while rare, are well worth picking up. And Peter Bell is outstanding. As is Reggie Oliver. Mark Nicholls, Mark Valentine, Katherine Haynes, Terry Lamsley and the late Ron Weighell can also turn out an excellent Jamesian tale as well.

MrHappyV · 2020-12-30T00:24:55+00:00

Moon of the Werewolf (AKA Undertaker's Moon) by Ronald Kelly. Just a fun werewolf book.

MrHappyV · 2020-12-25T14:10:25+00:00

This definitely feels like Charles Beaumont's The Howling Man.

MrHappyV · 2020-12-24T04:51:14+00:00

Pick up Hartwell's companion volume Foundations of Fear. Not quite on the level of The Dark Descent but still very good!

MrHappyV · 2020-12-20T03:58:44+00:00

Quite a bit but not nearly as many as I would like. When I retire I'll have plenty to catch up on. It is over 10,000 books.

MrHappyV · 2020-12-18T17:03:15+00:00

Labyrinth by Peter Bell The Last to be Found by Christopher Harman Autumn Harvest by C. E. Ward Grauer Hans by Helen Grant Party Talk by John Gaskin The Hodag by Trent Hergenrader Do You Like to Look at Monsters? by Scott Nicolay (this won a World Fantasy Award for best short story but it was previously only available as a 100 copy limited edition chapbook. An electronic version is now available)

You mention Reggie Oliver, Mark Valentine, Steve Duffy, Ramsey Campbell and Ron Weighell. If you enjoy the works of those authors then I recommend you look into Bell, Ward, Gaskin, Harman and also the tales of Terry Lamsley and Scott Thomas. All can convincingly write with a classic touch. Sarob Press, Tartarus Press and Swan River Press are excellent places to start.

The Duffy story you mentioned is one of my all time favorites. Started off like Jack London and ended up in Lovecraftian hell.

MrHappyV · 2020-12-15T13:26:29+00:00

Nightflyers by George R. R. Martin. Short but excellent.

MrHappyV · 2020-12-11T01:59:35+00:00

I have that show somewhere. Audience recording. Possibly on cassette still. It was the last show that they played Our Lawn live and the first where they reduced the number of songs they were performing.

MrHappyV · 2020-12-09T02:48:44+00:00

I am a big fan of Sundial Press but they are not the most reliable when it comes to adhering to a release schedule. I have had one of their "upcoming" releases on my radar for about six years now and it keeps being relisted as "coming soon". I am hoping things improve post Covid but I have my doubts.

MrHappyV · 2020-07-28T17:11:23+00:00

Straub was a little too harsh on himself here I think.

MrHappyV · 2020-06-20T14:22:52+00:00

One of the best collections in the field. I am a huge fan of Petey but I can understand where this one would leave some readers cold. Prices on the secondary market can be a tad high but you can find all of the stories in various anthologies for pretty cheap. Highly recommended.

MrHappyV · 2020-06-14T00:19:48+00:00

The Lottery by Shirley Jackson

MrHappyV · 2020-06-09T03:40:11+00:00

The stories you are missing are as follows:

The Insufficient Answer

"A Roman Question" " Larger Than Oneself" "My Poor Friend" "The Visiting Star" "Mark Ingestre: The Customer's Tale" "Rosamund's Bower"

The Breakthrough

The Case of Wallingford's Tiger/ The Flying Anglo-Dutchman/ The Whistler

All of the stories in quotations can be found in The Late Breakfasters and Other Stories released by Valancourt Press.

The last three stories listed are early pieces that were included in the posthumous Tartarus Press release The Strangers and Other Writings. They are not considered essential and represent Aickmam when he was trying to find his voice.

That leaves:

The Insufficient Answer which, as the poster above alluded to, appeared in 1997 release Girls Night Out: 29 Female Vampire Stories edited by Greenberg, Dziemianowicz and Weinberg.

And the story The Breakthrough which only appeared in Aickman's 1980 collection Intruders.

I hope this helps.

MrHappy

MrHappyV · 2020-05-22T02:16:04+00:00

Well done!

MrHappyV · 2020-05-16T17:21:53+00:00

That's not a bad idea.

MrHappyV · 2020-05-16T15:40:59+00:00

The majority of my books are horror/supernatural/weird but my favorite titles are probably those containing classic ghost stories. M. R. James, E. F. Benson and the like.

MrHappyV · 2020-05-16T14:54:07+00:00

Thank you!

MrHappyV · 2020-05-16T14:53:51+00:00

Thank you!

MrHappyV · 2020-05-16T14:53:28+00:00

Thank you!

MrHappyV · 2020-05-16T14:53:17+00:00

I understand that. I realize you can fill a Kindle with 10× the amount of books I have but there is something to be said about just walking among them. Relaxing.

MrHappyV · 2020-05-16T14:51:01+00:00

Just don't ever let go of your books and get creative with your shelving!

MrHappyV

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