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More Horror World message boards 258 Mon July 02 2001 - 01:43:53 Fullname: Brian Keene Email: Comments: Thought all you John Pelan fans might like to know that there's a BRAND NEW story by John, "Lord of the Jungle", available now at Horrorfind. Just go to www.horrorfind.com, then click on "Fiction" at the top of the page, and you can read "Lord of the Jungle" for free. And don't miss John's story in the BEST OF HORRORFIND anthology, on sale now! 259 Fri June 29 2001 - 05:57:03 Fullname: Riley Email: Comments: Whoops - forgot about THE DARK RETURNERS; thanks for the reminder. Well, good luck with the Brennan project, John, whichever way it ends up. Either way, you've got my vote of support...and my money. 260 Thu June 28 2001 - 21:09:41 Fullname: John Pelan Email: jpelan@cnw.com Comments: Riley: Assuming you have ALL the Brennan, including SCREAM AT MIDNIGHT and THE DARK RETURNERS, you would still be amazed at what you DON'T have, (at least in a volume under Brennan's byline). He was fairly prolific the last few years of his life, placing nearly two-dozen stories in anthologies that remain uncollected. Then there's also the Weird-Menace/Lost Race/Western that Stefan discovered. Not a great piece of literature, but lots of fun and certainly not easy to come by. My preference would be to do a comprehensive set of Brennan (like the Wellman volumes), but failing that, a volume of just uncollected or difficult stories would be a substantial book. Cheers, John 261 Sun June 24 2001 - 20:55:36 Fullname: Riley Email: Comments: John, not to ask you to give away any secrets but to follow-up on the Brennan question: should these omnibus collections come to light, would they contain any unpublished stories? I have all his individual collections (sans much of his poetry), so am wondering if these would contain any stories I don't already have. 262 Tue June 05 2001 - 13:02:12 Fullname: John Pelan Email: jpelan@cnw.com Comments: Riley: Brennan's Estate is currently in negotiations with two prominent editors one of whom has several "z's" in his name and one of whom has a messaage board on Horror World... More than that I can't say, other than to speculate that a Brennan omnibus sans Lucius Leffing stories would run to three fair-sized volumes... Cheers, John 263 Tue June 05 2001 - 05:17:41 Fullname: Riley Email: Comments: John, another question for you (and thanks for the view on Quinn -- I'll give that 3-vol. set some serious consideration now): in the latest Cemetery Dance mag, your listing of Top 100 authors/works mentions Joseph Payne Brennan with the words "Watch For News". Care to shed some light on that exciting teaser for this Brennan fan? Is something new in the works? 264 Sun June 03 2001 - 03:37:17 Fullname: John Pelan Email: jpelan@cnw.com Comments: Hi All: Matt: Great seeing you at the con and I'm certainly looking forward to seeing your collection! Riley: Quinn is most definitely not what I'd call flowery! In fact, his fast-paced de Grandin tales would usually serve as a counterpoint to Smith & Lovecraft. I don't think there are any of his stories on-line, but "The Phantom Farmhouse" has been anthologized a bunch and shhould be easy to locate. DARK SANCTUARY by H.B. Gregory is at the printer and should by out mid-June. THE SCARECROW is being laid-out right now with our next two books THE RETURN OF THE SOUL by Robert Hichens and BEASTS OF BRAHM by Mark Hansom pretty close to ready to go to the designer. I need artwork for the Hansom and then we're off! John 265 Sat June 02 2001 - 22:48:21 Fullname: James Email: Comments: Hi John, can you give a heads up on this board when the Gregory book is available to be shipped? 266 Sat June 02 2001 - 03:33:29 Fullname: Riley Email: Comments: Hey John, the three-volume set of Seabury Quinn's stuff sounds very interesting. One little concern that I have is that I've always kinda lumped Quinn in -- for no real reason, really, since truth be told I'm not that familiar with his work -- with writers like Clark Ashton Smith and Lovecraft, with their flowery, effusive prose, than with the more (to me) easily accessible authors like Hugh Cave and Manly Wade Wellman. Can you give me your feedback on Quinn and, specifically, where you feel he might fit on the "flowery scale"? Also, do you know of any stories by him that are available to read on-line? 267 Fri June 01 2001 - 01:14:22 Fullname: Matt Cardin Email: mgcardin@fidnet.com Comments: Greetings, John. I haven't posted to this board yet, so I thought to myself, "What better excuse than to offer yet another thanks for a great World Horror Convention?" The whole event was very well planned, in my humble opinion, and it was also a truckload of fun, as I had been led to expect from reports by past attendees. I had been feeling somewhat exhausted for several months -- mentally, physically, emotionally -- what with preparing to relocate with my family (which we did about three weeks ago), looking for a new job, finishing my student teaching, etc., but I came back from the con reinvigorated. Not surprisingly, I've got a shelf's worth of new books to read, including THE BLACK GONDOLIER, which is among the ones I'm most looking forward to. It was a real treat to meet you and talk with you and Cathy. I only wish we'd had more time to hang out. Good luck planning next year's con; I look forward to seeing you there. Best wishes, Matt 268 Sat May 19 2001 - 22:49:47 Fullname: mark samuels Email: Comments: John--Hope you like my little tribute below to Fritz Leiber, and also to commemorate the publication of THE BLACK GONDOLIER!! Hurrah! 269 Sat May 19 2001 - 22:44:02 Fullname: mark samuels Email: Comments: 270 Fri May 11 2001 - 19:42:32 Fullname: John Pelan Email: Comments: Damn it... Why do my posts always do this weird indent thing? Techno-illiterate John << 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
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