Beggars In Off the Street
The original idea behind White Noise was to publicise the activities of horror writers in general and those of Black Static contributors in particular.
However, despite regular requests for news on both the Interaction forums and in the pages of Black Static itself, very few of our contributors ever send me any information about their doings. Either we publish under achievers or they all have gazillion dollar publicity spends and so can afford to pass up a free mention in the pages, or on the website, of one of the world's leading horror magazines.
And so, Plan B - when the invited guests don't turn up for the feast, you drag in any old beggars off the street and sit them down at the table.
Today's beggars are Rhys Hughes and Steve Redwood, who both have books out from Dog Horn Publishing.
Rhys' Mister Gum is the tale of the adventures of the world's most notorious creative writing tutor and his friends, and the Welsh writer considers it the most obscene thing he has ever written. I have a review copy and one of the characters is a Peter the Tenant, whose penis is slightly younger than the rest of him. Hmm...
Steve Redwood's short story collection Broken Symmetries contains work that has appeared in such places as Darkness Rising, Midnight Street and Whispers of Wickedness. Steve tells me he's not a horror writer, but I think he is in denial. Certainly there are parts of his work that should appeal to those who enjoy a shudder or two, but don't take my word for it - check out an early review by downloading the absolutely free Theaker's Quarterly Fiction #30 which I've linked to below.
You get a discount if you buy both books, and frankly you probably deserve it.
And coming from Dog Horn at the end of the month is The Bride Stripped Bare, a collection of short stories by Rachel Kendall. I wrote the Introduction for that one. I wonder if they used it.
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