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Cones In Art & Literature

Weirdmonger — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 19:52:00 GMT

http://www.ligotti.net/showthread.php?t=1905

Bruised by Boxing

Weirdmonger — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 10:25:00 GMT

BRUISED BY BOXINGwritten today and first published here He won a medal in the very last Olympic Games that were ever held. He had gone there to run in the 100 yards sprint but ended up inadvertently competing in the welter-weight di

Baroque Prose

Weirdmonger — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 13:40:00 GMT

Thanks to gvernon here: http://www.ligotti.net/showpost.php?p=11406&postcount=19 for the following passages: "But this does not mean that this jeweled and coruscated style springs full-armed from Durrell's personal

MEGANTHUS

Weirdmonger — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 16:19:00 GMT

Very pleased to learn yesterday that ZENCORE! (Scriptus Innominatus) - aka Nemonymous Seven - has been nominated for a British Fantasy Award (Best Anthology in 2007).Thanks to those who have voted for it, appeared in it and helped me

Bibliography of the 'Weirdmonger' Book (2003)

Weirdmonger — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 09:34:00 GMT

STORIES IN THE 'WEIRDMONGER' BOOK (2003) BUT NOT INCLUDED AS STORIES AVAILABLE ON-LINE:->The AbacusWhispers From The Dark #14 (1995) >Always in Dim ShadowExuberance #3 (1991)Frisson Vol 1 No 2 (1996)Sackcloth & Ashes #6 (1999)

Cone Zero Author Identification Competition

Weirdmonger — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 17:53:00 GMT

CONE ZERO AUTHOR IDENTIFICATION COMPETITION A prize of £50 (GBP) by PayPal from Nemonymous to the reader who guesses or assesses (by whatever means) the most correct authors of the stories in the CONE ZERO book.. The authors themsel

Purple Patch Of The Day

Weirdmonger — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 17:41:00 GMT

I've started a new thread here: http://www.ligotti.net/showthread.php?p=11025To be continued there.Details below of first post=I define 'Purple Patch' as a positive item of Purple Prose, one that does not stick out like a sore

The Bread Fence Lets The Rations Through

Weirdmonger — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 12:50:00 GMT

Published 'The Asphalt Jungle' 1998 The city was so sprawling and populous that I began to believe - perhaps unaccountably - that coincidences could never exist, a thought which reminded me of Diamante Fillul, one time spaced

Attack on 'Intentional Fallacy' by MFS

Weirdmonger — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 22:05:00 GMT

Nemonymous#49 [-] Posts: 787(07/24/08 23:27:06) Veteran ShocklinerReply Quote Edit More My Recent Posts marksamuels wrote: Nemonymous wrote: marksamuels wrote: Des, I cannot

Clacton Collaboration (5)

Weirdmonger — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 16:00:00 GMT

OUT OF TIMEby Clacton Writers' Group (July 2008) In years to come when, or if, anyone asked, “Who was it who thought of the question?” no one would be able to provide the answer. There was no hint in their conversation that

Clacton Collaboration (4)

Weirdmonger — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 14:45:00 GMT

THE ARCHby Clacton Writers' Group (2008)Sometimes I think of you, the way you were when I last saw you – standing under the laburnum arch, shafts of sun splintering the branches and kissing your hair into spun gold. I always try

Clacton Collaboration (3)

Weirdmonger — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 13:05:00 GMT

THRENODYOriginal versionby Clacton Writer's Group (July 2008) The threnody hung in the still, early morning air like the earlier dawn mist. It crept, wraith-like, out of the dark, green forest to glisten on the clearing, se

Clacton Collaboration (2)

Weirdmonger — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 08:17:00 GMT

FIT, FAT & FORTYby the Clacton Writers' Group (July 2008) Judith was triumphant. She could now open a can of beans without assistance. A small victory but it meant a lot to her. She so wanted to be independent like before the

Clacton Collaboration (1)

Weirdmonger — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 15:46:00 GMT

GOSH, LILLEY, THEY’RE PLAYING OUR TUNE by Clacton Writers' Group (July 2008) “Gosh, Lilley, they’re playing our tune.” The dance hall had been empty until late evening, but now a few people struggled throug

Weirdtongue

Weirdmonger — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:12:00 GMT

WEIRDTONGUEby DF LewisThe Glistenberry RomanceThis novella started as THE NEMOPHILE on Thomas Ligotti OnlineThis novella was written 2006/7EXPLORE THE NARRATIVE HOSPITALThe whole novella is here prior to any publication: http://weirdmonger.mind

Pipe Dream

Weirdmonger — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 10:23:00 GMT

Published 'Ammonite' 1997 One main dreamed that he had been many people - without the aid of reincarnation. And as his greatest love was music, he wondered if it were not that very music which collected and delivered him upon its e

www.weirdmonger.com

Weirdmonger — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 18:48:00 GMT

MAGIC FICTION AND MAGIC REALITY WITHIN THE OMINOUS IMAGINATION© June 2008: DF Lewis - writer and publisher.dflewis48@hotmail.com26 April 2008: HERE: "in the vast (and often vastly misunderstood) realm(s) of speculative fiction, there occasi

www.nemonymous.com

Weirdmonger — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:50:00 GMT

"My first (failed) attempt at finding Cone Zero in 1953."Stop Press (26 April 2008) re 'Zencore' Nemonymous: HERE: "a work that is staggeringly important"NeMoNyMoUs NEMONYMOUS GUIDELINES will be shown here during any readi

Today's Thought

Weirdmonger — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 09:53:00 GMT

Today's thought from: http://shocklinesforum.yuku.com/topic/5461Horror always dies whenever it becomes a Horror to itself.

A Des-like Question

Weirdmonger — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 12:58:00 GMT

Extracts from DFL here: http://www.knibbworld.com/campbelldiscuss/messages/1/521.html?1215960532 It all depends on whether the Author's views are real or inferred. My view is that they always have to be inferred. For me, the idea

Seeds of Haunting in Short Stories

Weirdmonger — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 18:14:00 GMT

For me, a story is the 'length' of its aftertaste, its haunting-ability in the long-term, not the actual length of the story or the length of time one spends reading it or simply receiving its seed-of-haunting.

Grin of the Dark

Weirdmonger — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 15:06:00 GMT

Now and again, throughout life - and I'm 60 - one comes across books that are landmarks in one's reading reality. And 'Grin of the Dark' by Ramsey Campbell is - for me - one such book. This is a fine example of what I call '

NEMONYMOUS REVIEWS (2001 - 2008)

Weirdmonger — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 11:41:00 GMT

ZENCORE: “a work that is staggeringly important” Other Zencore review links: http://weirdmonger.livejournal.com/2007/07/26/ Just a small selection of quotes: "A first class collection." -- INTERZONE 2

Golf Club Conversation about DFL

Weirdmonger — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 09:13:00 GMT

Somebody has been chatting about DF Lewis on a Golf Club discussion forum in America!I've added the quote and link to my collection of DFL Quotes (since the 1980s) here:http://wordonymous.bravehost.com/ All very bizarre - as

t. winter-damon (artwork for 'best of df lewis' 1993)

Weirdmonger — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 07:52:00 GMT

THE BEST OF DF LEWIS (1993) - Tal Publications ARTWORK by t. winter-damon