Monthly Archives: November 2013

Song for a Saturday – Losing My Religion

Posted on November 30, 2013 by petertennant

I lost mine a long, long time ago.

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Joel Lane – In Memory

Posted on November 28, 2013 by petertennant

For those who haven’t heard, writer Joel Lane passed away in his sleep Monday night. He was fifty years old. I’m not going to write a tribute. I never met Joel, and didn’t correspond with him very much, so to … Continue reading →

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Trailer Trash – 300: Rise of an Empire

Posted on November 27, 2013 by petertennant

Well it certainly looks the part:-   And for a rebuttal, we turn to the inestimable Robert Graves and his poem The Persian Version.

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Thoughts for a Tuesday #7

Posted on November 26, 2013 by petertennant

ITEM: So, if a friend sends me two birthday cards and posts them separately is this because:- a) she took pity on someone who has few friends and receives sod all cards, as she maintains b) she sent one and … Continue reading →

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Filler content with Gray Friar Press

Posted on November 25, 2013 by petertennant

This fearsome foursome appeared in Black Static #32:- GRAY FRIAR PRESS Gray Friar Press tags itself as “the true home of British horror” and there’s plenty of justification for that claim. While most other UK small presses have diversified, Gray … Continue reading →

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Song for a Saturday – Anxiety

Posted on November 23, 2013 by petertennant

This one is for DC5, who shares my musical memories. Not her best song, but damn, I like the video.   Is that Angus Scrimm reading Creepy?

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Filler content with a silent land

Posted on November 22, 2013 by petertennant

A review that appeared in Interzone #237:- THE SILENT LAND Graham Joyce Gollancz, 256pp, £7.99 pb Jake and Zoe are holidaying at the ski resort of Saint-Bernard-en-Haut in the French Alps, and decide to start their day with an early … Continue reading →

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Trailer Trash – Carrie

Posted on November 20, 2013 by petertennant

Bold reinterpretation or just another needless remake:- You decide, and be sure to let me know.

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Filler content with anthologies

Posted on November 18, 2013 by petertennant

These reviews appeared in Black Static #33:- ANTHOLOGIES Just as editor Ellen Datlow gets round to revealing her picks for 2012, with a fashionable lateness I get round to reviewing her 2011 choices in THE BEST HORROR OF THE YEAR … Continue reading →

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Horror – US vs RoW Round Six

Posted on November 17, 2013 by petertennant

At the end of Round Five of this epic fight for horror film supremacy, the RoW managed to pull ahead of the US (mainly owing to the really crap contender for the US). Will the RoW be able to extend that … Continue reading →

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