tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100315677024369132011-12-30T11:05:41.093+10:30About the fictional work of horror writer Laird Barron.Blue Tysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090584083476832111noreply@blogger.comBlogger10611100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-710031567702436913.post-3421654196668537842011-12-20T14:31:00.000+10:302011-12-20T14:32:40.133+10:30

In relation to the Book of Cthulhu.3.5 out of 5http://www.blogtalkradio.com/sheneverslept/2011/12/19/she-never-slept-interviews-author-laird-barron.mp3

Blue Tysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090584083476832111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-710031567702436913.post-85146824679524610552011-11-04T11:42:00.000+10:302011-11-04T11:44:03.566+10:30

"Welcome back for Episode 28 of Speculate! The Podcast for Writers, Readers and Fans. In this episode we continue our sequence of shows on Night Shade Books‘ anthology The Book of Cthulhu with an interview of two contributors to the volume, Laird Barron and John Hornor Jacobs. Like our interview with editor Ross Lockhart, this was a fun and entertaining discussion which covered a lot of ground…

Blue Tysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090584083476832111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-710031567702436913.post-30473914551736779462011-09-15T15:50:00.003+09:302011-09-15T16:08:21.023+09:30

The Blood and Other Cravings anthology this is in has been released. However, another Datlow Macmillan ebook, so there'll be a version to buy here never.

Blue Tysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090584083476832111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-710031567702436913.post-42107215417018921952011-09-09T10:18:00.000+09:302011-09-09T10:19:42.560+09:30

The author's twitter account.5 out of 5http://twitter.com/#!/lairdbarron

Blue Tysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090584083476832111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-710031567702436913.post-54766827151614750452011-09-09T10:16:00.001+09:302011-09-09T10:18:24.377+09:30

The Author's Google+ account.5 out of 5https://plus.google.com/114036430512093044436/posts

Blue Tysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090584083476832111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-710031567702436913.post-68611227893040329832011-08-12T10:13:00.001+09:302011-08-12T10:14:38.938+09:30

"Several oil paintings lay under canvas, propped against an easel, and largely unfinished; the labors of an unknown artist. The pieces were disquieting. Impressionist work; the subjects were deformed humanoids dwarfed by unwholesome man-beast figures and indistinct objects of unremittingly baroque dimensions. These latter struck him as tribal renderings of anthropomorphic gods and the cyclopean

Blue Tysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090584083476832111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-710031567702436913.post-45451740524028600262011-07-24T14:28:00.000+09:302011-07-24T14:29:53.782+09:30

4 out of 5

Blue Tysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090584083476832111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-710031567702436913.post-6801199376960371742011-07-21T12:26:00.001+09:302011-07-21T12:27:47.445+09:30

"This is JD's conception of the broken ring symbol on the cover of The Black Guide from Mysterium Tremendum. The BG appears in an upcoming John Langan story, but mums the word, else the Children of Old Leech will be on my case. I can say, unsafely, that the broken ring and The Black Guide might possibly feature in The Croning."3.5 out of 5

Blue Tysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090584083476832111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-710031567702436913.post-7449551316874156732011-07-18T11:45:00.002+09:302011-07-18T11:50:08.249+09:30

2010 Shirley Jackson Award winner for Single-Author Collection.5 out of 5

Blue Tysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090584083476832111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-710031567702436913.post-77784361448759836072011-07-12T12:27:00.000+09:302011-07-12T12:28:37.259+09:30

"Hi, Charles. Can’t say whether I’ve evolved, but I hope I’ve learned a few things along the way. I worked different notes in Occultation; where The Imago Sequence dealt with horror through a hyper- masculine, noir lens, the new collection features, on the whole, a broader spectrum of protagonists, most of them quite ordinary. The focus is much more on relationships than gunfights. People dealing

Blue Tysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090584083476832111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-710031567702436913.post-15811827437474176702011-07-09T13:04:00.001+09:302011-07-09T13:07:03.560+09:30

"This is Johnny Cope, enforcer for the Arden family of c. 1920s Olympia, WA.This is Johnny at work:"4 out of 5http://imago1.livejournal.com/103337.html

Blue Tysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090584083476832111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-710031567702436913.post-15914998035561554392011-04-17T13:03:00.001+09:302011-04-17T13:04:39.201+09:30

"2011 looks like this at the moment:Originals:The Light is the Darkness Bloodletting Press"Blackwood's Baby" Ghosts by Gaslight"The Siphon" Blood and Other Cravings"The Carrion Gods in Their Heaven" Supernatural Noir"The Hard and the Soft Kiss, in the Dark Room" mystery antho"Blood & Stardust," mystery antho""Two other stories, "Gula de Saturnus" and "The Men from Porlock" have either found homes

Blue Tysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090584083476832111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-710031567702436913.post-52693940629699160902011-04-17T13:01:00.001+09:302011-04-17T13:02:28.890+09:30

"Let be be finale of seem.Had the last glass of Maker's Mark and it rained the whole time and now it's dark. I spent the last hour hugging my poor bewildered dogs and telling them how damned sorry I am. You'd think a man would run out of tears. It is a hell of a thing. My dear friends, colleagues, and readers--thank you. I’ll see you all up the trail."3.5 out of 5http://imago1.livejournal.com/

Blue Tysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090584083476832111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-710031567702436913.post-82677938137530096462011-04-17T12:41:00.001+09:302011-04-17T12:43:58.478+09:30

"Paula Guran took "Old Virginia" for her Prime Books reprint anthology, due November 2011: New Cthulhu--The Recent Weird. Tales from 2000-2010. So I've a reprint here and an original in Lockhart's Night Shade The Book of Cthulhu. Looking forward to that lineup."The Crevasse, Dale Bailey & Nathan BallingrudOld Virginia, Laird BarronShoggoths in Bloom, Elizabeth BearMongoose, Elizabeth Bear & Sarah

Blue Tysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090584083476832111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-710031567702436913.post-45973306589799620682011-04-11T10:45:00.001+09:302011-04-11T10:47:34.594+09:30

"The next collection is basically finished--more a matter of deciding what to leave out, although there will be an original novella that'll I'll put together after the novel is done. The latest collection is entitled The Beautiful Thing that Awaits Us All--a gift from my dear friend John Langan. It's a hybrid of Imago and Occultation. I'mexcited about it.Contents for now--Blackwood’s BabyThe

Blue Tysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090584083476832111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-710031567702436913.post-25902742291751830522011-04-10T15:42:00.001+09:302011-04-10T15:44:36.427+09:30

""The Men from Porlock" has been accepted by Ross Lockhart for inclusion in The Book of Cthulhu. Night Shade is publishing that this fall.It's a 16k novelette; kind of a prequel to Mysterium Tremendum, The Broadsword" and my novel in progress The Croning."http://imago1.livejournal.com/92866.html

Blue Tysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090584083476832111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-710031567702436913.post-58947862519128438712011-03-31T20:00:00.000+10:302011-03-31T20:02:09.161+10:30

"The Black Forest of Cosmic Night, from Laird Barron's amazing short story, The Broadsword."3.5 out of 5

Blue Tysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090584083476832111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-710031567702436913.post-35533020558709296702011-03-31T10:06:00.000+10:302011-03-31T10:07:08.350+10:30

"One of the greatest things about living with a bunch of huskies was leading them in a howl. "4 out of 5http://imago1.livejournal.com/89833.html

Blue Tysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090584083476832111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-710031567702436913.post-79279564058636011722011-03-31T10:03:00.001+10:302011-03-31T10:03:34.160+10:30

"I just returned from supper with ST Joshi, Wilum Pugmire, and their friends Mary and John. The rain let up and the sun came out while we walked through downtown Olympia."4 out of 5http://imago1.livejournal.com/90131.html

Blue Tysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090584083476832111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-710031567702436913.post-9697301052964140232011-03-31T09:51:00.000+10:302011-03-31T10:10:34.016+10:30

Blueeyed Boy & trusty steed - Buffalo Bill Cody.3.5 out of 5

Blue Tysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090584083476832111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-710031567702436913.post-60364517118755946322011-03-30T20:53:00.001+10:302011-03-31T10:10:34.018+10:30

"With Erin's encouragement, I began writing again that winter and penned a 280k fantasy novel in about ten months. What a train wreck that book turned out to be, but it got me going again after a long hiatus to race sled dogs and all the other things that befell me throughout the '90s. "4 out of 5http://imago1.livejournal.com/90990.html

Blue Tysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090584083476832111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-710031567702436913.post-72874955703124275782011-03-25T16:50:00.001+10:302011-03-31T10:10:34.021+10:30

"In this business people talk about your work. They say harsh things, nice things, they damn you with faint praise, or just damn you outright."4 out of 5http://imago1.livejournal.com/89277.html

Blue Tysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090584083476832111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-710031567702436913.post-75687756291825855822011-03-24T14:05:00.001+10:302011-03-31T10:10:34.024+10:30

"God never frightened me as much as He should've when I was a kid. Too cold, too remote, too inscrutable. Plus He's hung up His mankilling guns and promised to never ever drown us again, every rainbow said so."4.5 out of 5http://imago1.livejournal.com/88828.html

Blue Tysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090584083476832111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-710031567702436913.post-7596233316639200922011-03-23T15:31:00.003+10:302011-03-31T10:10:34.027+10:30

"Roger Zelazny got me and my brothers through many a dark day."3.5 out of 5http://imago1.livejournal.com/88458.html

Blue Tysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090584083476832111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-710031567702436913.post-62669974537941430292011-03-23T15:27:00.000+10:302011-03-31T10:10:34.030+10:30

"I've lived with a lot of dogs over the years, but Athena was my first pet. I loved our huskies that worked so hard and the Doberman and German Shepherd who guarded us from harm. However, of them all, Athena is special."5 out of 5http://imago1.livejournal.com/88184.html

Blue Tysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090584083476832111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-710031567702436913.post-30001209200521351722011-03-21T16:57:00.001+10:302011-03-31T10:10:34.032+10:30

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSjWUcQD-1Mhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YH8QICzCO8gBand of Horses - LaredoBand Of Horses - I Go To The Barn Because I Like The3 out of 5

Blue Tysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090584083476832111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-710031567702436913.post-64521785338223878382011-03-21T01:58:00.001+10:302011-03-31T10:10:34.035+10:30

"The supermoon will float over the horizon in a few hours."4 out of 5http://imago1.livejournal.com/87332.html

Blue Tysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090584083476832111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-710031567702436913.post-3009175327936775932011-03-19T10:03:00.001+10:302011-03-31T10:10:34.038+10:30

"Thank you to my friends and colleagues for revealing my secret lives the last couple of days."3 out of 5http://imago1.livejournal.com/87050.html

Blue Tysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090584083476832111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-710031567702436913.post-7043269523139476462011-03-18T12:35:00.003+10:302011-03-23T16:25:51.401+10:30

Centipede motels, pizza and maybe the supermax will hold him.3 out of 5http://thisyellowmadness.blogspot.com/2011/03/how-i-survived-cowboy-movie-or-when.html

Blue Tysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090584083476832111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-710031567702436913.post-29028645719731516292011-03-18T12:07:00.001+10:302011-03-18T12:08:33.298+10:30

Zombie therapy.3.5 out of 5http://parttimedriver.livejournal.com/

Blue Tysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090584083476832111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-710031567702436913.post-64570135355631834482011-03-18T11:43:00.001+10:302011-03-18T11:47:25.195+10:30

Just a little homonculus.3.5 out of 5http://will-ludwigsen.livejournal.com/267902.html

Blue Tysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090584083476832111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-710031567702436913.post-30608835067122033082011-03-18T11:07:00.001+10:302011-03-18T11:08:52.681+10:30

Air and sea monsters.3.5 out of 5http://nathanballingrud.wordpress.com/2011/03/16/the-secret-dream-of-laird-barron/

Blue Tysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090584083476832111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-710031567702436913.post-59428020207105548142011-03-18T01:14:00.001+10:302011-03-18T01:16:17.768+10:30

Volcanic half a couple hot time.4 out of 5http://mssrcrankypants.livejournal.com/124355.html

Blue Tysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090584083476832111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-710031567702436913.post-26494389286421395272011-03-18T01:02:00.001+10:302011-03-18T01:04:02.821+10:30

Of dismemberment and scary outfits.3.5 out of 5http://michaelcisco.blogspot.com/2011/03/11.html

Blue Tysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090584083476832111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-710031567702436913.post-91493590905511707282011-03-18T00:09:00.001+10:302011-03-18T00:12:13.119+10:30

Beirut used to rock.3 out of 5http://nihilistic-kid.livejournal.com/1609420.html

Blue Tysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090584083476832111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-710031567702436913.post-91430036332472852212011-03-18T00:07:00.000+10:302011-03-18T00:08:13.774+10:30

Ape Women From Venus part, indeed.3.5 out of 5http://orringrey.com/2011/03/16/an-entry-from-the-secret-life-of-laird-barron/

Blue Tysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090584083476832111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-710031567702436913.post-31660365347527196972011-03-17T23:53:00.002+10:302011-03-17T23:55:31.579+10:30

Just facing down another monsters.3.5 out of 5http://www.demontheory.net/?p=661.

Blue Tysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090584083476832111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-710031567702436913.post-25490585647497135992011-03-17T23:49:00.001+10:302011-03-17T23:51:06.779+10:30

Struck-out rant.3 out of 5http://thelittlesleep.wordpress.com/2011/03/16/excerpt-from-the-secret-life-of-laird-barron/

Blue Tysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090584083476832111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-710031567702436913.post-41205154807095462782011-03-17T23:44:00.001+10:302011-03-17T23:45:49.797+10:30

Poetry of scares and frozen whiskers.3 out of 5http://lokilokust.livejournal.com/307840.html

Blue Tysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090584083476832111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-710031567702436913.post-75505088124327948172011-03-17T23:35:00.001+10:302011-03-17T23:37:07.365+10:30

Nasty mess.2 out of 5http://jeffford2010.livejournal.com/37156.html

Blue Tysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090584083476832111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-710031567702436913.post-44288052187503201782011-03-17T23:22:00.001+10:302011-03-17T23:23:50.718+10:30

Hairy scary colour.3.5 out of 5http://nick-kaufmann.livejournal.com/648571.html

Blue Tysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090584083476832111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-710031567702436913.post-7646245114698634802011-03-17T23:16:00.001+10:302011-03-17T23:18:19.893+10:30

Sledding through Mountie secret prison loads. With swooning.3.5 out of 5http://onemoreshadow.livejournal.com/100114.html#cutid1

Blue Tysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090584083476832111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-710031567702436913.post-65792801525896104552011-03-17T22:57:00.000+10:302011-03-17T22:58:05.548+10:30

Hiking is rocky.3.5 out of 5http://handful-ofdust.livejournal.com/385153.html

Blue Tysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090584083476832111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-710031567702436913.post-33498933217315479582011-03-17T22:30:00.001+10:302011-03-17T22:32:09.637+10:30

Scary insect science.3.5 out of 5http://www.openaudreysdoor.com/2011/03/the-secret-life-of-laird-barron-day/

Blue Tysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090584083476832111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-710031567702436913.post-51151747216221424372011-03-17T22:13:00.002+10:302011-03-17T22:14:29.085+10:30

Drinking and talking -- and pirouetting?3 out of 5http://leethomas.livejournal.com/187352.html

Blue Tysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090584083476832111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-710031567702436913.post-55444227238452817652011-03-17T19:46:00.001+10:302011-03-17T19:48:47.205+10:30

"Through skillful hacker-y on my part (Jules, baby, never use your birthday for a password!) I have gained access to the “Insurance” file and will now share with you the first handful of documents. Needless to say, the results are shocking (shocking, I say!), shedding light on the man we’ve all mistakenly come to know as “Laird Barron”."5 out of 5http://kurtdinan.wordpress.com/2011/03/12/

Blue Tysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090584083476832111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-710031567702436913.post-84171092539775696732011-03-17T18:50:00.001+10:302011-03-31T10:10:34.041+10:30

"I am a horror writer. "4 out of 5http://imago1.livejournal.com/86816.html

Blue Tysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090584083476832111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-710031567702436913.post-77753298078841921582011-03-17T17:24:00.002+10:302011-03-17T19:46:46.337+10:30

A snowy, Thumping one.3 out of 5http://lonesome-crow.livejournal.com/317577.html

Blue Tysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090584083476832111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-710031567702436913.post-18748245914956943452011-03-17T17:18:00.002+10:302011-03-17T17:19:34.149+10:30

A bare-knuckled disease puncher.3.5 out of 5http://www.natesouthard.com/2011/03/16/the-secret-life-of-laird-barron/

Blue Tysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090584083476832111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-710031567702436913.post-71881842664171396482011-03-17T16:57:00.001+10:302011-03-17T16:59:12.756+10:30

Just some bear fighting.3 out of 5http://www.strantzas.com/2011/03/secret-life-of-laird-barron.html

Blue Tysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090584083476832111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-710031567702436913.post-2915253645949496042011-03-17T16:17:00.002+10:302011-03-17T16:27:39.864+10:30

There were two, what happened to the spindly one?3.5 out of 5http://www.richardgavin.net/2011/03/secret-life-and-death-of-laird-barron.html

Blue Tysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090584083476832111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-710031567702436913.post-25181650389304356312011-03-17T15:52:00.001+10:302011-03-17T15:54:03.599+10:30

Wherein running away from and sex with Wendigos is performed.4 out of 5http://www.briankeene.com/?p=6016

Blue Tysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090584083476832111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-710031567702436913.post-62543089350796453112011-03-17T15:02:00.001+10:302011-03-17T15:03:06.465+10:30

Patch crazy man, and pie.3.5 out of 5http://americanfrankenstein.blogspot.com/2011/03/man-with-barbed-wire-eye-patch.html

Blue Tysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090584083476832111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-710031567702436913.post-16820840724436864542011-03-17T14:23:00.001+10:302011-03-17T14:25:45.704+10:30

Lessons in transport.3.5 out of 5http://jplangan.livejournal.com/70195.html

Blue Tysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090584083476832111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-710031567702436913.post-80825888725268313822011-03-17T12:01:00.000+10:302011-03-31T10:10:34.044+10:30

"Those of you who know Laird Barron know that his life before he started publishing his stories is a series of blank spots. Although I consider him one of my closest friends, I realized the other week that, while he knows a great deal about my life, I know next to nothing about his. Yes, every now and again, if he's had enough single-malt, he'll spin some tale about racing the Iditarod. Those

Blue Tysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090584083476832111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-710031567702436913.post-47851138149049037122011-03-17T11:16:00.001+10:302011-03-31T10:10:34.047+10:30

"in spite of everythingwhich breathes and moves, since Doom"4 out of 5http://imago1.livejournal.com/86459.html

Blue Tysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090584083476832111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-710031567702436913.post-46521970964866339532011-03-17T11:09:00.001+10:302011-03-31T10:10:34.049+10:30

"I was about two years old when my brother Jason was born. "4 out of 5http://imago1.livejournal.com/86065.html

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"A little story that includes a bit about four time and reigning Iditarod champ Lance Mackey"4 out of 5http://imago1.livejournal.com/85827.html

Blue Tysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090584083476832111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-710031567702436913.post-69687016515158581742011-03-17T10:57:00.000+10:302011-03-31T10:10:34.054+10:30

"The light show known as Aurora Borealis is fairly common in Alaska during the winter."4 out of 5http://imago1.livejournal.com/85648.html

Blue Tysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090584083476832111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-710031567702436913.post-48266000655940033372011-03-17T10:53:00.001+10:302011-03-31T10:10:34.057+10:30

"Paula Guran has taken "The Broadsword" for her The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror 2011 anthology."4 out of 5http://imago1.livejournal.com/85329.html

Blue Tysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090584083476832111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-710031567702436913.post-15244733772635182122011-03-17T10:48:00.000+10:302011-03-31T10:10:34.061+10:30

"The collection that I have wanted to see for some time now is Nathan Ballingrud's debut."4 out of 5http://imago1.livejournal.com/85065.html

Blue Tysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090584083476832111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-710031567702436913.post-49767051694891013932011-03-17T10:43:00.001+10:302011-03-31T10:10:34.064+10:30

"People, usually children, ask why I wear an eyepatch. I lost my right eye to cancer at age eighteen months or so. We think Dad got dosed with Agent Orange, but no one knows for certain. "4 out of 5http://imago1.livejournal.com/84877.html

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"Over the years I have been rendered abruptly unconscious six times. This from blows to the head, a sleeper hold, near crushing on a fishing boat, and near drowning."4 out of 5http://imago1.livejournal.com/84677.html

Blue Tysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090584083476832111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-710031567702436913.post-41538500728003555922011-03-17T10:32:00.002+10:302011-03-31T10:10:34.070+10:30

"A student brought Horatio into the high school where Erin and I worked. It was such a chance intersection--we'd taken lunch late and the girl was rushing the puppy back to her car after unsuccessfully trying to give him away to other students and faculty."4 out of 5http://imago1.livejournal.com/84254.html

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"I did some landscaping work for a lady who'd recently lost her husband."And later A poem:3 out of 5http://imago1.livejournal.com/74450.html

Blue Tysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090584083476832111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-710031567702436913.post-22399851146723806462011-03-16T23:49:00.001+10:302011-03-31T10:10:34.073+10:30

"During my rookie Iditarod, me and the dogs got caught in a ground storm while crossing Norton Sound."4 out of 5http://imago1.livejournal.com/78016.html

Blue Tysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090584083476832111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-710031567702436913.post-91452506313348421612011-03-16T23:37:00.003+10:302011-03-31T10:10:34.075+10:30

He has done the introduction.Unseen. Ebook at Smashwords.http://imago1.livejournal.com/76091.html

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"I don't speak with my dad anymore, but I've dreamt of him a lot recently. I suspect I know why the dreams are here now, but more on that some other time, perhaps."4 out of 5http://imago1.livejournal.com/81580.html

Blue Tysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090584083476832111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-710031567702436913.post-24341890068090722682011-03-16T23:24:00.001+10:302011-03-31T10:10:34.081+10:30

"Man, if I could go back and do it over, I wouldn't play the right pony, or marry the right girl this time, or write down the perfect story. I'd give all my old dogs one more pat on the head."4 out of 5http://imago1.livejournal.com/80825.html

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"When I was young, I lived near the Denali National Park for a time. A lot of climbers disappeared and died up there on Denali. It is one of the most formidable pieces of rock on the planet."4 out of 5http://imago1.livejournal.com/79728.html

Blue Tysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090584083476832111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-710031567702436913.post-86726669149192166622011-03-16T23:15:00.000+10:302011-03-16T23:16:59.093+10:30

4 out of 5

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"One of the great classics is an old book by William Dale Jennings called The Ronin. The Ronin is a bastard of the first water, raping, murdering, and pillaging across the land. "4 out of 5http://imago1.livejournal.com/84152.html

Blue Tysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090584083476832111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-710031567702436913.post-35561162872603110952011-03-16T23:01:00.000+10:302011-03-31T10:10:34.088+10:30

"The Iditarod is underway. I always return to the ancient wilderness in my dreams this time of year. This year moreso."4 out of 5http://imago1.livejournal.com/83805.html

Blue Tysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090584083476832111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-710031567702436913.post-91650671353287215062011-03-16T22:52:00.000+10:302011-03-31T10:10:34.090+10:30

"Continuing on the subject of authors I admire, I encourage those of you who relish Lovecraft, Poe, CA Smith, Chambers,and the decadents, to seek out and read Wilum Pugmire."4 out of 5http://imago1.livejournal.com/83524.html

Blue Tysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090584083476832111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-710031567702436913.post-1416001271253064042011-03-16T22:48:00.003+10:302011-03-31T10:10:34.093+10:30

Recently wrote an afterword to this, apparently from Centipede Press.Forthcoming.No-one understands what the hell the Wagner estate is doing except them, clearly.http://imago1.livejournal.com/83376.html?thread=1#t973232

Blue Tysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090584083476832111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-710031567702436913.post-15839565391238561052011-03-16T22:33:00.001+10:302011-03-31T10:10:34.096+10:30

"About some writers I admire:Readers probably haven't heard of Scott Nicolay, but that will change. He's got a novella coming out later this year in Aklonomicon. Influenced by the pulps and classical ghost stories, poets like Jack Spicer and actors such as Warren Oates, Scott has amazing talent. I rate him on the order of Gary McMahon, Richard Gavin, Livia Llewellyn, and other similar

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"Let the record show: I admire Thomas Ligotti's fiction. although I do not claim him as an influence. I have little use for his philosophy. "4 out of 5http://imago1.livejournal.com/83089.html

Blue Tysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090584083476832111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-710031567702436913.post-69775191171139479222011-03-16T22:11:00.001+10:302011-03-31T10:10:34.101+10:30

"I began packing up my stuff today. My youngest dog has been lying against my foot, flattened like a fur rug. Saddest goddamned thing I've seen in a while."4 out of 5http://imago1.livejournal.com/82927.html

Blue Tysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090584083476832111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-710031567702436913.post-83735708884676756552011-03-16T22:03:00.001+10:302011-03-31T10:10:34.104+10:30

"Recently I was waiting for a plane at a little airport in New York state. The plane was late and the afternoon light on the ice and snow reminded me of something; a cold shadow moved across my vision, then I lost it."4 out of 5http://imago1.livejournal.com/82673.html

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In the Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror 2011.4 out of 5

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2010 Bram Stoker award nomination for best collection.5 out of 5

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Or, smile for the camera, or I'll scare the crap out of you.4 out of 5

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""--30--" in The Best Horror of the Year 3."http://imago1.livejournal.com/79451.html

Blue Tysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090584083476832111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-710031567702436913.post-46282097641562860982011-01-20T12:37:00.002+10:302011-01-20T12:40:09.490+10:30

https://www.horror-mall.com/images/D/Barron-LL.gifA new limited book - that is, not for us normal mortals, unfortunately. "Conrad Navarro is a champion of the Pageant, a gruesome modern day gladiatorial exhibition held in secret arenas across the globe. Indentured by a cabal of ultra-rich patrons, his world is one of blood and mayhem, an existence where savagery reigns supreme while mercy leads

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About an old fashioned Pict smashing bloke.3.5 out of 5http://imago1.livejournal.com/77466.html

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"LT: And it has become increasingly difficult to know who you can believe when it comes to recommendations. When I first dove into horror publishing about nine years ago, I had no idea there was such a thriving small press. I'd visit message boards and read glowing recommendations for books and authors I hadn't heard of. If the threads on those boards were to be believed - and I believed them -

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Short StoryNumber of words : 1100Percent of complex words : 11.3Average syllables per word : 1.5Average words per sentence : 11.0READABILITY INDICESFog : 8.9Flesch : 66.9Flesch-Kincaid : 6.7PEOPLEJack HaringaWorks for Section.Mr BartonHis partner.PlankA dead entomologist. Or undead.CONCEPTEntomologistStudier of

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The gun that made Plank dead.4 out of 5

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Has dodgy substrata.3 out of 5

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A truck stop on the highway near Chelan County.4 out of 5

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In Washington State, USA.3.5 out of 5

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A law enforcement deparment.3.5 out of 5

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Fancy spiv shoes.3 out of 5

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Studier of insects.3.5 out of 5

Blue Tysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090584083476832111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-710031567702436913.post-77155436395131236602010-11-28T13:11:00.001+10:302010-11-28T13:11:51.490+10:30

A dead entomologist. Or undead.3.5 out of 5

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His partner.3.5 out of 5

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Works for Section.4 out of 5

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Online story.3.5 out of 5http://imago1.livejournal.com/2008/03/06/

Blue Tysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090584083476832111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-710031567702436913.post-49745495207537445802010-11-25T12:22:00.001+10:302010-11-25T12:24:13.538+10:30

"I sold a story a year or so back to Nick Gevers and Jack Dann. It's loosely related to "Catch Hell." Should be appearing next year. It's about a group of big game hunters who've gathered at a remote 1930s estate to hunt the Devil's stag. Here's a scene where the protagonist explains why he got out of the ivory trade." :-"“Are you saying you quit the safaris because your mother might disapprove

Blue Tysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01090584083476832111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-710031567702436913.post-49911474279186590532010-11-22T21:41:00.000+10:302011-03-31T10:10:34.114+10:30

"Well, it's been a while, but I've been graduating and traveling and getting into trouble. I apologize for the delay, but here's a great interview with Laird Barron I recorded several months back. The author of The Imago Sequence and Occultation talks about Lovecraft, horror writing, and the racing sled dogs, among other chilling topics. "5 out of 5http://www.thecthulhucult.com/storage/

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