tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post6474645087100594966..comments2024-03-26T23:41:10.319+00:00Comments on Authors Electric: Now for something completely different ... - Karen BushKatherine Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17196712319655603442noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-6200678415388385562016-08-11T12:39:01.680+01:002016-08-11T12:39:01.680+01:00Thank you for the mention, Karen! And Umberto, yo...Thank you for the mention, Karen! And Umberto, your profile photo is very scary - not you, but the spider behind you! :) Looking forward to seeing the anthology too. Thanks for all the hard work, Karen.Ann Evanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09310566139408774783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-27189957316067066222016-08-11T10:06:30.104+01:002016-08-11T10:06:30.104+01:00I stepped outside that box for AE's October gh...I stepped outside that box for AE's October ghost story collection as well and found the haunting most stimulating, and a wee bit daunting to be among such fine writers, in and out of the genre. I'm looking forward to the forthcoming collection!Umberto Tosihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04939504157464234443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-63449361064910162632016-08-10T18:26:48.126+01:002016-08-10T18:26:48.126+01:00Trying something different is good. I think it'...Trying something different is good. I think it's all too easy to get squashed into a creative box, and before you know it someone has slammed the lid on you, locked it and thrown away the key. But there's always a creative way out, such as digging an escape tunnel underneath... looking forward to the ghost collection.Katherine Robertshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17196712319655603442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-4163526805515612162016-08-10T11:16:09.753+01:002016-08-10T11:16:09.753+01:00Yes, ghost stories are marvellous. Of all the thou...Yes, ghost stories are marvellous. Of all the thousands I have read I think there are two which stand out for me and which told me, 'This is a proper genre and not just the febrile entertainment you thought it was.' The first is 'The Man Who Understood Cats'by Adrian Alington, which delighted me because I thought it was so beautifully done and depressed me because I wished I'd written it and now I never could. It took some time to realise that the strength of the genre meant that I COULD Write it - and have, many times! The second was Saki's 'The Open Window', almost the perfect story because it conjures up real terror and then lets us down suddenly - a marvellous practical joke on us. I've never managed that and it's so perfect that I don't think anybody could. Yet it's so simple.Dennis Hamleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08003209263201885118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-84711657600694067212016-08-10T10:38:35.035+01:002016-08-10T10:38:35.035+01:00Oh and some of M R James'... I re-read 'Th...Oh and some of M R James'... I re-read 'The Story of an Appearance and a Disappearance,' the other day. In it there's an account of a dream about a Punch and Judy show which is <i>so</i> chilling and disturbing. How did the man do it? I read through the dream a couple of times and couldn't work it out. He uses plain, simple English, just as the rest of us do, and yet produces this strong effect.Susan Pricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07738737493756183909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-45990271340626215972016-08-10T08:30:02.225+01:002016-08-10T08:30:02.225+01:00There's nothing like a good Ghost story to get...There's nothing like a good Ghost story to get the blood pumping Wendy H. Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04022089775887274043noreply@blogger.com