Tag Archives: horror
Fragments and signposts
Two notes: 1) A Rag and Bone story’s been picked up by a quarterly anthology out of Ottawa. Watch this space for more. 2) I’ve got something new bouncing through my head. It’s a little bit Orpheus, a little bit Silver … Continue reading
Pitch-a-Week Part 24: Zobop Bebop… plus an added invitation to dance
A note: This is a piece I’m currently working on, and I’m planning to devote the next two months of writing to this and nothing else. Thus, Pitch-A-Week will lie fallow until I’m done, and is open for guest pitchers … Continue reading
Pitch-a-Week Part 22: A Scandal in Sibiu
High Concept: Mannered Central European comedy of horrors in the Era of Revolution Genre: Transylvanian Romance Overview: At the turn of the 19th Century, the fires of revolution are fed on the bodies of the Un-Dead.
Pitch-a-Week Part 20: Three Kings, Both Great and High
An aside: I’ve had a fundamental problem with vampires and vampire fiction for quite some time. There are elements of the genre that appeal greatly to me… I like the feel of the Other, I like the opportunity to add … Continue reading
Pitch-a-Week, Part 17: Rag and Bone
First rule in the rag-and-bone game: No names, no faces.
Second rule: Your work comes home with you. Never go home.
Third rule: Never get caught.
Backmatter Part 10: The Never-Never Covenant
High Concept: “Chronicles of Narnia” meets “New Mutants” if Aslan and the White Queen’s roles were reversed Genre: Kid-lit fantasy/horror Overview: You used to dream about drowning, about ropy tentacles drawing you into black water over and over. Nothing helped… … Continue reading
Backmatter Part 5: Arcadia
Pitch-a-Week, Part the Fifth: Arcadia High Concept: Last Call meets Dawson’s Creek Genre: Modern horror/occult action The casual visitor wouldn’t think of the town of Arcadia, Missouri, as the marshalling ground of the True King of the West. Casual visitors, … Continue reading
Backmatter Part 4: Haven
High Concept: Defending the Saving Remnant at the end of someone else’s world Genre: Urban Horror/Dark Fantasy Overview: To the 350,000 souls still living in Haven, the world has come to an end and they’ve been plunged into a watery … Continue reading
Backmatter, Part 1: Le Terreur
High-concept: Sharpe meets Van Helsing, with a hint of Lovecraft for extra squishiness. Overview: Robespierre never truly had control of the Elder Thing known as Le Terreur. The blood that the Republic spilled by guillotine and his Cult of the … Continue reading
