tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5604033530537822263.post5456095546221100087..comments2023-10-08T03:29:16.941-05:00Comments on Aaron Polson: Reading for the Bradbury Year #write1sub1Aaron Polsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15173267932358617304noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5604033530537822263.post-4047590298762580122010-12-22T10:49:47.092-06:002010-12-22T10:49:47.092-06:00Have you read Vonnegut's collection Welcome to...Have you read Vonnegut's collection <i>Welcome to the Monkey House</i>? God, it's good.Kateyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05727622678452936037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5604033530537822263.post-25113601275695921792010-12-22T10:35:04.672-06:002010-12-22T10:35:04.672-06:00Man...awesome suggestions. I'm going to have ...Man...awesome suggestions. I'm going to have to get the Ketchum book. I've read much of 20th Century Ghosts already...might want to revisit.Aaron Polsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15173267932358617304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5604033530537822263.post-26059542866273523472010-12-22T00:12:48.153-06:002010-12-22T00:12:48.153-06:00Oh, and I second the recommendation of Ketchum'...Oh, and I second the recommendation of Ketchum's <i>Peaceable Kingdom</i> and Hill's <i>20th Century Ghosts</i>. Both are fantastic. <br /><br />Hill's stuff still pops into my head from time to time, very subtle but powerful. And Ketchum...well, the range of his work is amazing. He can be so brutal, yet so touching, you know. Great stuff.K. Allen Woodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11813966197308498056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5604033530537822263.post-64769482301755765142010-12-22T00:09:51.543-06:002010-12-22T00:09:51.543-06:00Aaron, do yourself a favor and pick up Jennifer Pe...Aaron, do yourself a favor and pick up Jennifer Pelland's <i>Unwelcome Bodies</i>. That collection is brilliant.K. Allen Woodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11813966197308498056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5604033530537822263.post-85963502809862952842010-12-21T22:31:24.242-06:002010-12-21T22:31:24.242-06:00I always like to revisit Shirley Jackson for great...I always like to revisit Shirley Jackson for great inspiration.Danielle Birchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11796467053451208102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5604033530537822263.post-33509325922480788312010-12-21T22:31:21.905-06:002010-12-21T22:31:21.905-06:00I always like to revisit Shirley Jackson for great...I always like to revisit Shirley Jackson for great inspiration.Danielle Birchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11796467053451208102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5604033530537822263.post-26981495890016916182010-12-21T14:35:14.579-06:002010-12-21T14:35:14.579-06:00Great idea Aaron. And some marvellous suggestions ...Great idea Aaron. And some marvellous suggestions there. I'm tempted to do something similar along with Write1Sub1. Just got one of those "Year's best Fantasy" collections that will do as a start ...Simon Kewinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11537163555998763769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5604033530537822263.post-62698638611374426672010-12-21T13:09:10.153-06:002010-12-21T13:09:10.153-06:00I always see praise for Laird Barron's Occulta...I always see praise for Laird Barron's <i>Occultation</i>.<br /><br />I've got Joe Hill's <i>20th Century Ghosts</i> and Bentley Little's <i>The Collection</i> sitting on my TBR pile.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15675220785164388203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5604033530537822263.post-38693111594526605482010-12-21T11:01:26.880-06:002010-12-21T11:01:26.880-06:00Man, that's such a great challenge. I'm ju...Man, that's such a great challenge. I'm just going to try for the one-a-month challenge. I like shorts but longer work is taking up more time (and I get more satisfaction from it.) <br /><br />Haunted Legends (edited by Ellen Datlow) is a great antho. <br /><br />Inferno (edited by Ellen Datlow) another great one. <br /><br />You've already enjoyed Cate's collection. Maybe re-read it? <br /><br />Joe Hill's 20th Century Ghosts...<br /><br />Tom Piccirilli's Deep into that Darkness Peering...<br /><br />Anything by Steve Rasnic Tem...<br /><br />Sam W. Anderson's Postcards from Purgatory...<br /><br />I could probably list a lot more if I wasn't so lazy and went over to my bookshelf. :DLee Thompson/Thomas Morgan/James Logan/Julian Vaughnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08961562523377985551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5604033530537822263.post-79438536155130908602010-12-21T09:27:30.979-06:002010-12-21T09:27:30.979-06:00Great suggestions, Brady. I've been needing to...Great suggestions, Brady. I've been needing to read some Ketchum. <br /><br />Cate - This universe or an alternate?Aaron Polsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15173267932358617304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5604033530537822263.post-43315669541013778322010-12-21T09:10:13.655-06:002010-12-21T09:10:13.655-06:00And thus balance in the universe is restored.And thus balance in the universe is restored.Cate Gardnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634397106201021055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5604033530537822263.post-56867682431993729972010-12-21T09:08:06.945-06:002010-12-21T09:08:06.945-06:00Jack Ketchum's Peaceable Kingdom is one of my ...Jack Ketchum's <i>Peaceable Kingdom</i> is one of my favorite collections. <br /><br />I read Tim Lebbon's <i>Last Exit for the Lost</i> recently, and although it's maybe over-long, it has some really incredible pieces in it. <br /><br />Best non-horror (but nonetheless horrific) collection I've read in ages is <i>Among the Missing</i> by Dan Chaon.<br /><br />Good luck with this. It sounds like a hell of an undertaking.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5604033530537822263.post-78232520176724357442010-12-21T09:05:04.063-06:002010-12-21T09:05:04.063-06:00I know, Barry. Mostly Novellas. But King inspire...I know, Barry. Mostly Novellas. But King inspires me, and I can read one, put it down, move on...<br /><br />Cate - I plan on it (sort of). Don't tell anyone, but I will work in a flurry, turning out 52 stories in the first month, then focus on writing ten bestselling novels in the rest of the year. Should be easy. ;)Aaron Polsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15173267932358617304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5604033530537822263.post-74873002841898942682010-12-21T08:38:28.008-06:002010-12-21T08:38:28.008-06:00I guess in a way you're resurrecting your own ...I guess in a way you're resurrecting your own version of 52 Stitches. <br /><br />Will you be workng on longer stuff too?Cate Gardnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634397106201021055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5604033530537822263.post-33549608471355054132010-12-21T07:59:59.389-06:002010-12-21T07:59:59.389-06:00Keep in mind that the stories within Full Dark No ...Keep in mind that the stories within Full Dark No Stars aren't exactly short...<br /><br />A few suggestions...<br /><br />While it isn't classified as a collection, it reads like one: Chuck Palahniuk's "Haunted"<br /><br />Rick Moody's "Demonology" - not horror, but some dark themesBarry Napierhttp://www.barrynapierwriting.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com