2015 Reading List Monthly Update Finale: December

Books read in December of 2015:

"Skeleton Costumes: Second Expanded Edition" (Thomas Moore) 12-1-15
"The Magical Revival" (Kenneth Grant) 12-5-15 *
"The Drowning Girl" (Caitlín R. Kiernan) 12-8-15
"H.P. Lovecraft: Against the World, Against Life" (Michel Houellebecq) 12-10-15
"Amphigorey" (Edward Gorey) 12-12-15 *
"Aleister Crowley and the Hidden God" (Kenneth Grant) 12-14-15 *
"All of my Fears are Shared with Strangers" (Thomas Moore) 12-17-15
"Blue on Blue" (Quentin S. Crisp) 12-20-15
"Red Dragon" (Thomas Harris) 12-21-15 *
"Cults of the Shadow" (Kenneth Grant) 12-22-15 *
"The Sandman: Overture" (Neil Gaiman) 12-26-15
"Welcome to the Arms Race" (Justin Isis) 12-30-15
"The Conspiracy Against the Human Race: A Contrivance of Horror" (Thomas Ligotti) 12-30-15 *

2015 Reading List Total:

1. "The New Gods" (E.M. Cioran) 1-4-15
2. "The Great Cat: Poems About Cats" (Edited by Emily Fragos) 1-6-15
3. "Les Misérables" (Victor Hugo) 1-12-15
4. "Enigma" (Peter Milligan) 1-13-15
5. "Murphy" (Samuel Beckett) 1-14-15
6. "Zac's Haunted House" (Dennis Cooper) 1-15-15
7. "Fashion in Impressionist Paris" (Debra N. Mancoff) 1-16-15
8. "Endgame & Act Without Words I" (Samuel Beckett) 1-17-15
9. "Là-Bas: A Journey into the Self" (J.K. Huysmans) 1-20-15 *
10. "Heart of Darkness" (Joseph Conrad) 1-23-15
11. "Dawn: Xenogenesis" (Octavia Butler) 1-24-15
12."Sky Saw" (Blake Butler) 1-28-15
13."Angels" (Denis Johnson) 1-28-15
14."Flutes in the Garden" (Chip Richards) 1-31-15
15. "The Temptation to Exist" (E.M. Cioran) 2-4-15
16. "The Sound and the Fury" (William Faulkner) 2-5-15
17. "Train Dreams" (Denis Johnson) 2-6-15
18. "Ice" (Anna Kavan) 2-9-15
19. "How It Is" (Samuel Beckett) 2-9-15
20. "The Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations Millennium General Assembly" (Denis Johnson) 2-10-15
21. "The Annotated Sandman Volume One" (Neil Gaiman) 2-14-15
22. "Poor Things" (Alasdair Gray) 2-14-15
23. "The Trouble With Being Born" (E.M. Cioran) 2-17-15
24. "I Wonder What Human Flesh Tastes Like" (Justin Isis) 2-19-15
25. "Nobody Move" (Denis Johnson) 2-21-15
26. "Angels in America" (Tony Kushner) 2-26-15
27. "The Goners" (Mark Gluth) 2-26-15
28. "The Annotated Sandman Volume Two" (Neil Gaiman) 2-26-15
29. "Girl in a Band" (Kim Gordon) 3-2-15
30. "The Annotated Sandman Volume 3" (Neil Gaiman) 3-7-15
31. "Concrete Island" (J.G. Ballard) 3-19-15
32. "Tree of Smoke" (Denis Johnson) 3-24-15
33. "Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic" (Alison Bechdel) 3-24-15
34. "Burnt Black Stars: a Collection of Weird Tales" (Simon Strantzas) 3-31-15
35. "The Seven Hearts of Abby Leah" (Andrew Champagne) 4-23-15
36. "The Filth: Deluxe Edition" (Grant Morrison) 4-30-15
37. "Ancient Sorceries and Other Weird Stories" (Algernon Blackwood) 5-5-15
38. "Liber Null & Psychonaut: an Introduction to Chaos Magic" (Peter J. Carroll) 5-6-15 *
39. "Autopsy of an Eldritch City: Ten Tales of Strange and Unproductive Thinking" (James Champagne) 5-8-15
40. "Nihil Unbound: Enlightenment and Extinction" (Ray Brassier) 5-15-15
41. "Selfish" (Kim Kardashian West) 5-16-15
42. "Hospice" (Gregory Howard) 5-20-15
43. "Extreme Metaphors: Selected Interviews With J.G. Ballard, 1967-2008" (J.G. Ballard) 5-25-15
44. "The Imago Sequence and Other Stories" (Laird Barron) 6-3-15
45. "Disagreeable Tales" (Léon Bloy) 6-5-15
46. "Silk" (Caitlín R. Kiernan) 6-17-15
47. "Gyo" (Junji Ito) 6-18-15
48. "Fragments of Horror" (Junji Ito) 6-20-15
49. "Flowers of the Sea: Thirteen Stories and Two Novellas" (Reggie Oliver) 6-22-15
50. "The Void Ratio" (Shane Levane/Karolina Urbaniak) 6-22-15
51. "Joe the Barbarian" (Grant Morrison) 6-25-15
52. "The Batman Adventures Volume 1" (Kelley Puckett/Martin Pasko) 6-26-15 *
53. "Zone" (Mathias Énard) 6-28-15
54. "The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath" (H.P. Lovecraft) 7-1-15
55. "The Laughing Monsters" (Denis Johnson) 7-2-15
56. "The Batman Adventures Volume 2" (Kelley Puckett) 7-7-15
57. "Defeated Dogs" (Quentin S. Crisp) 7-17-15
58. "The Silver Age: Black & White Photographs From Andy Warhol's Factory" (Billy Name) 7-18-15
59. "Running Wild" (J.G. Ballard) 7-24-15
60. "Religion and the Rebel" (Colin Wilson) 7-29-15
61. "Threshold" (Caitlín R. Kiernan) 7-30-15
62. "Mummy Cat" (Marcus Ewert) 7-30-15
63. "Sphinx" (Anne Garréta) 8-6-15
64. "The Unlimited Dream Company" (J.G. Ballard) 8-6-15
65. "The Influence" (Ramsey Campbell) 8-11-15
66. "Annihilator" (Grant Morrison) 8-19-15
67. "Neonomicon" (Alan Moore) 8-19-15
68. "Hello America" (J.G. Ballard) 8-25-15
69. "Outer Dark" (Cormac McCarthy) 9-2-15
70. "The Red Tree" (Caitlín R. Kiernan) 9-5-15
71. "The Name of the World" (Denis Johnson) 9-8-15
72. "Zac's Control Panel" (Dennis Cooper) 9-10-15
73. "The Wind from Nowhere" (J.G. Ballard) 9-13-15
74. "The Glass Cage" (Colin Wilson) 9-19-15
75. "Blood Lad Volume 1" (Yuuki Kodama) 9-20-15
76. "Low Red Moon"  (Caitlín R. Kiernan) 10-1-15
77. "Exquisite Corpse" (Poppy Z. Brite) 10-6-15 *
78. "Childhood" (Michael Salerno) 10-9-15
79. "Songs of a Dead Dreamer and Grimscribe" (Thomas Ligotti) 10-21-15 *
80. "The Case Against Satan" (Ray Russell) 10-22-15
81. "Glyphotech and Other Macabre Processes" (Mark Samuels) 10-28-15
82. "Junji Ito's Cat Diary: Yon & Mu" (Junji Ito) 10-29-15
83. "Daughter of Hounds" (Caitlín R. Kiernan) 11-1-15
84. "The Batman Adventures Vol. 3" (Kelley Puckett/Paul Dini) 11-4-15
85. "The Nectar of Nightmares" (Craig Laurance Gidney) 11-4-15
86. "The Multiversity" (Grant Morrison) 11-5-15
87. "The King's Justice: Two Novellas" (Stephen R. Donaldson) 11-10-15
88. "After the Flood" (Andrew Champagne) 11-22-15
89. "Murder of Angels" (Caitlín R. Kiernan) 11-27-15
90. "Weird Realism: Lovecraft and Philosophy" (Graham Harman) 11-29-15
91. "Skeleton Costumes: Second Expanded Edition" (Thomas Moore) 12-1-15
92. "The Magical Revival" (Kenneth Grant) 12-5-15 *
93. "The Drowning Girl" (Caitlín R. Kiernan) 12-8-15
94. "H.P. Lovecraft: Against the World, Against Life" (Michel Houellebecq) 12-10-15
95. "Amphigorey" (Edward Gorey) 12-12-15 *
96. "Aleister Crowley and the Hidden God" (Kenneth Grant) 12-14-15 *
97. "All of my Fears are Shared with Strangers" (Thomas Moore) 12-17-15
98. "Blue on Blue" (Quentin S. Crisp) 12-20-15
99. "Red Dragon" (Thomas Harris) 12-21-15 *
100. "Cults of the Shadow" (Kenneth Grant) 12-22-15 *
101. "The Sandman: Overture" (Neil Gaiman) 12-26-15
102. "Welcome to the Arms Race" (Justin Isis) 12-30-15
103. "The Conspiracy Against the Human Race: A Contrivance of Horror" (Thomas Ligotti) 12-30-15 *

 *= book I have read at least once in the past

Currently Reading:

"Two Worlds and In Between: The Best of Caitlín R. Kiernan Vol. 1" (Caitlín R. Kiernan)
"Nightside of Eden" (Kenneth Grant)

2015 Reading List Monthly Update: November

Books read in November of 2015:

"Daughter of Hounds" (Caitlín R. Kiernan) 11-1-15
"The Batman Adventures Vol. 3" (Kelley Puckett/Paul Dini) 11-4-15
"The Nectar of Nightmares" (Craig Laurance Gidney) 11-4-15
"The Multiversity" (Grant Morrison) 11-5-15
"The King's Justice: Two Novellas" (Stephen R. Donaldson) 11-10-15
"After the Flood" (Andrew Champagne) 11-22-15
"Murder of Angels" (Caitlín R. Kiernan) 11-27-15
"Weird Realism: Lovecraft and Philosophy" (Graham Harman) 11-29-15

 2015 Reading List Total:

1. "The New Gods" (E.M. Cioran) 1-4-15
2. "The Great Cat: Poems About Cats" (Edited by Emily Fragos) 1-6-15
3. "Les Misérables" (Victor Hugo) 1-12-15
4. "Enigma" (Peter Milligan) 1-13-15
5. "Murphy" (Samuel Beckett) 1-14-15
6. "Zac's Haunted House" (Dennis Cooper) 1-15-15
7. "Fashion in Impressionist Paris" (Debra N. Mancoff) 1-16-15
8. "Endgame & Act Without Words I" (Samuel Beckett) 1-17-15
9. "Là-Bas: A Journey into the Self" (J.K. Huysmans) 1-20-15 *
10. "Heart of Darkness" (Joseph Conrad) 1-23-15
11. "Dawn: Xenogenesis" (Octavia Butler) 1-24-15
12."Sky Saw" (Blake Butler) 1-28-15
13."Angels" (Denis Johnson) 1-28-15
14."Flutes in the Garden" (Chip Richards) 1-31-15
15. "The Temptation to Exist" (E.M. Cioran) 2-4-15
16. "The Sound and the Fury" (William Faulkner) 2-5-15
17. "Train Dreams" (Denis Johnson) 2-6-15
18. "Ice" (Anna Kavan) 2-9-15
19. "How It Is" (Samuel Beckett) 2-9-15
20. "The Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations Millennium General Assembly" (Denis Johnson) 2-10-15
21. "The Annotated Sandman Volume One" (Neil Gaiman) 2-14-15
22. "Poor Things" (Alasdair Gray) 2-14-15
23. "The Trouble With Being Born" (E.M. Cioran) 2-17-15
24. "I Wonder What Human Flesh Tastes Like" (Justin Isis) 2-19-15
25. "Nobody Move" (Denis Johnson) 2-21-15
26. "Angels in America" (Tony Kushner) 2-26-15
27. "The Goners" (Mark Gluth) 2-26-15
28. "The Annotated Sandman Volume Two" (Neil Gaiman) 2-26-15
29. "Girl in a Band" (Kim Gordon) 3-2-15
30. "The Annotated Sandman Volume 3" (Neil Gaiman) 3-7-15
31. "Concrete Island" (J.G. Ballard) 3-19-15
32. "Tree of Smoke" (Denis Johnson) 3-24-15
33. "Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic" (Alison Bechdel) 3-24-15
34. "Burnt Black Stars: a Collection of Weird Tales" (Simon Strantzas) 3-31-15
35. "The Seven Hearts of Abby Leah" (Andrew Champagne) 4-23-15
36. "The Filth: Deluxe Edition" (Grant Morrison) 4-30-15
37. "Ancient Sorceries and Other Weird Stories" (Algernon Blackwood) 5-5-15
38. "Liber Null & Psychonaut: an Introduction to Chaos Magic" (Peter J. Carroll) 5-6-15 *
39. "Autopsy of an Eldritch City: Ten Tales of Strange and Unproductive Thinking" (James Champagne) 5-8-15
40. "Nihil Unbound: Enlightenment and Extinction" (Ray Brassier) 5-15-15
41. "Selfish" (Kim Kardashian West) 5-16-15
42. "Hospice" (Gregory Howard) 5-20-15
43. "Extreme Metaphors: Selected Interviews With J.G. Ballard, 1967-2008" (J.G. Ballard) 5-25-15
44. "The Imago Sequence and Other Stories" (Laird Barron) 6-3-15
45. "Disagreeable Tales" (Léon Bloy) 6-5-15
46. "Silk" (Caitlín R. Kiernan) 6-17-15
47. "Gyo" (Junji Ito) 6-18-15
48. "Fragments of Horror" (Junji Ito) 6-20-15
49. "Flowers of the Sea: Thirteen Stories and Two Novellas" (Reggie Oliver) 6-22-15
50. "The Void Ratio" (Shane Levane/Karolina Urbaniak) 6-22-15
51. "Joe the Barbarian" (Grant Morrison) 6-25-15
52. "The Batman Adventures Volume 1" (Kelley Puckett/Martin Pasko) 6-26-15 *
53. "Zone" (Mathias Énard) 6-28-15
54. "The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath" (H.P. Lovecraft) 7-1-15
55. "The Laughing Monsters" (Denis Johnson) 7-2-15
56. "The Batman Adventures Volume 2" (Kelley Puckett) 7-7-15
57. "Defeated Dogs" (Quentin S. Crisp) 7-17-15
58. "The Silver Age: Black & White Photographs From Andy Warhol's Factory" (Billy Name) 7-18-15
59. "Running Wild" (J.G. Ballard) 7-24-15
60. "Religion and the Rebel" (Colin Wilson) 7-29-15
61. "Threshold" (Caitlín R. Kiernan) 7-30-15
62. "Mummy Cat" (Marcus Ewert) 7-30-15
63. "Sphinx" (Anne Garréta) 8-6-15
64. "The Unlimited Dream Company" (J.G. Ballard) 8-6-15
65. "The Influence" (Ramsey Campbell) 8-11-15
66. "Annihilator" (Grant Morrison) 8-19-15
67. "Neonomicon" (Alan Moore) 8-19-15
68. "Hello America" (J.G. Ballard) 8-25-15
69. "Outer Dark" (Cormac McCarthy) 9-2-15
70. "The Red Tree" (Caitlín R. Kiernan) 9-5-15
71. "The Name of the World" (Denis Johnson) 9-8-15
72. "Zac's Control Panel" (Dennis Cooper) 9-10-15
73. "The Wind from Nowhere" (J.G. Ballard) 9-13-15
74. "The Glass Cage" (Colin Wilson) 9-19-15
75. "Blood Lad Volume 1" (Yuuki Kodama) 9-20-15
76. "Low Red Moon"  (Caitlín R. Kiernan) 10-1-15
77. "Exquisite Corpse" (Poppy Z. Brite) 10-6-15 *
78. "Childhood" (Michael Salerno) 10-9-15
79. "Songs of a Dead Dreamer and Grimscribe" (Thomas Ligotti) 10-21-15 *
80. "The Case Against Satan" (Ray Russell) 10-22-15
81. "Glyphotech and Other Macabre Processes" (Mark Samuels) 10-28-15
82. "Junji Ito's Cat Diary: Yon & Mu" (Junji Ito) 10-29-15
83. "Daughter of Hounds" (Caitlín R. Kiernan) 11-1-15
84. "The Batman Adventures Vol. 3" (Kelley Puckett/Paul Dini) 11-4-15
85. "The Nectar of Nightmares" (Craig Laurance Gidney) 11-4-15
86. "The Multiversity" (Grant Morrison) 11-5-15
87. "The King's Justice: Two Novellas" (Stephen R. Donaldson) 11-10-15
88. "After the Flood" (Andrew Champagne) 11-22-15
89. "Murder of Angels" (Caitlín R. Kiernan) 11-27-15
90. "Weird Realism: Lovecraft and Philosophy" (Graham Harman) 11-29-15

 *= book I have read at least once in the past

Currently Reading:

"The Drowning Girl" (Caitlín R. Kiernan)
"The Magical Revival" (Kenneth Grant)

2015 Reading List Monthly Update: October

Books read in October of 2015:

"Low Red Moon"  (Caitlín R. Kiernan) 10-1-15
"Exquisite Corpse" (Poppy Z. Brite) 10-6-15 *
"Childhood" (Michael Salerno) 10-9-15
"Songs of a Dead Dreamer and Grimscribe" (Thomas Ligotti) 10-21-15 *
"The Case Against Satan" (Ray Russell) 10-22-15
"Glyphotech and Other Macabre Processes" (Mark Samuels) 10-28-15
"Junji Ito's Cat Diary: Yon & Mu" (Junji Ito) 10-29-15

2015 Reading List Total:

1. "The New Gods" (E.M. Cioran) 1-4-15
2. "The Great Cat: Poems About Cats" (Edited by Emily Fragos) 1-6-15
3. "Les Misérables" (Victor Hugo) 1-12-15
4. "Enigma" (Peter Milligan) 1-13-15
5. "Murphy" (Samuel Beckett) 1-14-15
6. "Zac's Haunted House" (Dennis Cooper) 1-15-15
7. "Fashion in Impressionist Paris" (Debra N. Mancoff) 1-16-15
8. "Endgame & Act Without Words I" (Samuel Beckett) 1-17-15
9. "Là-Bas: A Journey into the Self" (J.K. Huysmans) 1-20-15 *
10. "Heart of Darkness" (Joseph Conrad) 1-23-15
11. "Dawn: Xenogenesis" (Octavia Butler) 1-24-15
12."Sky Saw" (Blake Butler) 1-28-15
13."Angels" (Denis Johnson) 1-28-15
14."Flutes in the Garden" (Chip Richards) 1-31-15
15. "The Temptation to Exist" (E.M. Cioran) 2-4-15
16. "The Sound and the Fury" (William Faulkner) 2-5-15
17. "Train Dreams" (Denis Johnson) 2-6-15
18. "Ice" (Anna Kavan) 2-9-15
19. "How It Is" (Samuel Beckett) 2-9-15
20. "The Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations Millennium General Assembly" (Denis Johnson) 2-10-15
21. "The Annotated Sandman Volume One" (Neil Gaiman) 2-14-15
22. "Poor Things" (Alasdair Gray) 2-14-15
23. "The Trouble With Being Born" (E.M. Cioran) 2-17-15
24. "I Wonder What Human Flesh Tastes Like" (Justin Isis) 2-19-15
25. "Nobody Move" (Denis Johnson) 2-21-15
26. "Angels in America" (Tony Kushner) 2-26-15
27. "The Goners" (Mark Gluth) 2-26-15
28. "The Annotated Sandman Volume Two" (Neil Gaiman) 2-26-15
29. "Girl in a Band" (Kim Gordon) 3-2-15
30. "The Annotated Sandman Volume 3" (Neil Gaiman) 3-7-15
31. "Concrete Island" (J.G. Ballard) 3-19-15
32. "Tree of Smoke" (Denis Johnson) 3-24-15
33. "Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic" (Alison Bechdel) 3-24-15
34. "Burnt Black Stars: a Collection of Weird Tales" (Simon Strantzas) 3-31-15
35. "The Seven Hearts of Abby Leah" (Andrew Champagne) 4-23-15
36. "The Filth: Deluxe Edition" (Grant Morrison) 4-30-15
37. "Ancient Sorceries and Other Weird Stories" (Algernon Blackwood) 5-5-15
38. "Liber Null & Psychonaut: an Introduction to Chaos Magic" (Peter J. Carroll) 5-6-15 *
39. "Autopsy of an Eldritch City: Ten Tales of Strange and Unproductive Thinking" (James Champagne) 5-8-15
40. "Nihil Unbound: Enlightenment and Extinction" (Ray Brassier) 5-15-15
41. "Selfish" (Kim Kardashian West) 5-16-15
42. "Hospice" (Gregory Howard) 5-20-15
43. "Extreme Metaphors: Selected Interviews With J.G. Ballard, 1967-2008" (J.G. Ballard) 5-25-15
44. "The Imago Sequence and Other Stories" (Laird Barron) 6-3-15
45. "Disagreeable Tales" (Léon Bloy) 6-5-15
46. "Silk" (Caitlín R. Kiernan) 6-17-15
47. "Gyo" (Junji Ito) 6-18-15
48. "Fragments of Horror" (Junji Ito) 6-20-15
49. "Flowers of the Sea: Thirteen Stories and Two Novellas" (Reggie Oliver) 6-22-15
50. "The Void Ratio" (Shane Levane/Karolina Urbaniak) 6-22-15
51. "Joe the Barbarian" (Grant Morrison) 6-25-15
52. "The Batman Adventures Volume 1" (Kelley Puckett/Martin Pasko) 6-26-15 *
53. "Zone" (Mathias Énard) 6-28-15
54. "The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath" (H.P. Lovecraft) 7-1-15
55. "The Laughing Monsters" (Denis Johnson) 7-2-15
56. "The Batman Adventures Volume 2" (Kelley Puckett) 7-7-15
57. "Defeated Dogs" (Quentin S. Crisp) 7-17-15
58. "The Silver Age: Black & White Photographs From Andy Warhol's Factory" (Billy Name) 7-18-15
59. "Running Wild" (J.G. Ballard) 7-24-15
60. "Religion and the Rebel" (Colin Wilson) 7-29-15
61. "Threshold" (Caitlín R. Kiernan) 7-30-15
62. "Mummy Cat" (Marcus Ewert) 7-30-15
63. "Sphinx" (Anne Garréta) 8-6-15
64. "The Unlimited Dream Company" (J.G. Ballard) 8-6-15
65. "The Influence" (Ramsey Campbell) 8-11-15
66. "Annihilator" (Grant Morrison) 8-19-15
67. "Neonomicon" (Alan Moore) 8-19-15
68. "Hello America" (J.G. Ballard) 8-25-15
69. "Outer Dark" (Cormac McCarthy) 9-2-15
70. "The Red Tree" (Caitlín R. Kiernan) 9-5-15
71. "The Name of the World" (Denis Johnson) 9-8-15
72. "Zac's Control Panel" (Dennis Cooper) 9-10-15
73. "The Wind from Nowhere" (J.G. Ballard) 9-13-15
74. "The Glass Cage" (Colin Wilson) 9-19-15
75. "Blood Lad Volume 1" (Yuuki Kodama) 9-20-15
76. "Low Red Moon"  (Caitlín R. Kiernan) 10-1-15
77. "Exquisite Corpse" (Poppy Z. Brite) 10-6-15 *
78. "Childhood" (Michael Salerno) 10-9-15
79. "Songs of a Dead Dreamer and Grimscribe" (Thomas Ligotti) 10-21-15 *
80. "The Case Against Satan" (Ray Russell) 10-22-15
81. "Glyphotech and Other Macabre Processes" (Mark Samuels) 10-28-15
82. "Junji Ito's Cat Diary: Yon & Mu" (Junji Ito) 10-29-15

 *= book I have read at least once in the past

Currently Reading:

"Daughter of Hounds" (Caitlín R. Kiernan)

Writing projects update

It's been awhile since I updated this page with an update on my writing projects, so here goes.

My long short story/novella "Chaoskampf" will be appearing in Marked to Die, a tribute anthology to the work of Mark Samuels that will most likely be published in the spring of 2016 by Snuggly Books. This book is edited by Justin Isis and features a large roster of very exciting contributors. More information here:

http://www.snugglybooks.co.uk/marked-to-die/

Aside from writing "Chaoskampf" I've been kind of lax in writing short fiction this year. I'm slowly (very slowly) working on another story entitled "Black Noise" that's inspired by the music of Maurizo Bianchi. No idea when it'll be done. I do have ideas for other short story titles (such as "Alien Existence"), it's just a matter of coming up with appropriate ideas for them (I find I often come up with the titles for stories before the actual story idea).

2015 Reading List Monthly Update: September

Books read in September of 2015:

"Outer Dark" (Cormac McCarthy) 9-2-15
"The Red Tree" (Caitlín R. Kiernan) 9-5-15
"The Name of the World" (Denis Johnson) 9-8-15
"Zac's Control Panel" (Dennis Cooper) 9-10-15
"The Wind from Nowhere" (J.G. Ballard) 9-13-15
"The Glass Cage" (Colin Wilson) 9-19-15
"Blood Lad Volume 1" (Yuuki Kodama) 9-20-15

2015 Reading List Total:

1. "The New Gods" (E.M. Cioran) 1-4-15
2. "The Great Cat: Poems About Cats" (Edited by Emily Fragos) 1-6-15
3. "Les Misérables" (Victor Hugo) 1-12-15
4. "Enigma" (Peter Milligan) 1-13-15
5. "Murphy" (Samuel Beckett) 1-14-15
6. "Zac's Haunted House" (Dennis Cooper) 1-15-15
7. "Fashion in Impressionist Paris" (Debra N. Mancoff) 1-16-15
8. "Endgame & Act Without Words I" (Samuel Beckett) 1-17-15
9. "Là-Bas: A Journey into the Self" (J.K. Huysmans) 1-20-15 *
10. "Heart of Darkness" (Joseph Conrad) 1-23-15
11. "Dawn: Xenogenesis" (Octavia Butler) 1-24-15
12."Sky Saw" (Blake Butler) 1-28-15
13."Angels" (Denis Johnson) 1-28-15
14."Flutes in the Garden" (Chip Richards) 1-31-15
15. "The Temptation to Exist" (E.M. Cioran) 2-4-15
16. "The Sound and the Fury" (William Faulkner) 2-5-15
17. "Train Dreams" (Denis Johnson) 2-6-15
18. "Ice" (Anna Kavan) 2-9-15
19. "How It Is" (Samuel Beckett) 2-9-15
20. "The Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations Millennium General Assembly" (Denis Johnson) 2-10-15
21. "The Annotated Sandman Volume One" (Neil Gaiman) 2-14-15
22. "Poor Things" (Alasdair Gray) 2-14-15
23. "The Trouble With Being Born" (E.M. Cioran) 2-17-15
24. "I Wonder What Human Flesh Tastes Like" (Justin Isis) 2-19-15
25. "Nobody Move" (Denis Johnson) 2-21-15
26. "Angels in America" (Tony Kushner) 2-26-15
27. "The Goners" (Mark Gluth) 2-26-15
28. "The Annotated Sandman Volume Two" (Neil Gaiman) 2-26-15
29. "Girl in a Band" (Kim Gordon) 3-2-15
30. "The Annotated Sandman Volume 3" (Neil Gaiman) 3-7-15
31. "Concrete Island" (J.G. Ballard) 3-19-15
32. "Tree of Smoke" (Denis Johnson) 3-24-15
33. "Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic" (Alison Bechdel) 3-24-15
34. "Burnt Black Stars: a Collection of Weird Tales" (Simon Strantzas) 3-31-15
35. "The Seven Hearts of Abby Leah" (Andrew Champagne) 4-23-15
36. "The Filth: Deluxe Edition" (Grant Morrison) 4-30-15
37. "Ancient Sorceries and Other Weird Stories" (Algernon Blackwood) 5-5-15
38. "Liber Null & Psychonaut: an Introduction to Chaos Magic" (Peter J. Carroll) 5-6-15 *
39. "Autopsy of an Eldritch City: Ten Tales of Strange and Unproductive Thinking" (James Champagne) 5-8-15
40. "Nihil Unbound: Enlightenment and Extinction" (Ray Brassier) 5-15-15
41. "Selfish" (Kim Kardashian West) 5-16-15
42. "Hospice" (Gregory Howard) 5-20-15
43. "Extreme Metaphors: Selected Interviews With J.G. Ballard, 1967-2008" (J.G. Ballard) 5-25-15
44. "The Imago Sequence and Other Stories" (Laird Barron) 6-3-15
45. "Disagreeable Tales" (Léon Bloy) 6-5-15
46. "Silk" (Caitlín R. Kiernan) 6-17-15
47. "Gyo" (Junji Ito) 6-18-15
48. "Fragments of Horror" (Junji Ito) 6-20-15
49. "Flowers of the Sea: Thirteen Stories and Two Novellas" (Reggie Oliver) 6-22-15
50. "The Void Ratio" (Shane Levane/Karolina Urbaniak) 6-22-15
51. "Joe the Barbarian" (Grant Morrison) 6-25-15
52. "The Batman Adventures Volume 1" (Kelley Puckett/Martin Pasko) 6-26-15 *
53. "Zone" (Mathias Énard) 6-28-15
54. "The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath" (H.P. Lovecraft) 7-1-15
55. "The Laughing Monsters" (Denis Johnson) 7-2-15
56. "The Batman Adventures Volume 2" (Kelley Puckett) 7-7-15
57. "Defeated Dogs" (Quentin S. Crisp) 7-17-15
58. "The Silver Age: Black & White Photographs From Andy Warhol's Factory" (Billy Name) 7-18-15
59. "Running Wild" (J.G. Ballard) 7-24-15
60. "Religion and the Rebel" (Colin Wilson) 7-29-15
61. "Threshold" (Caitlín R. Kiernan) 7-30-15
62. "Mummy Cat" (Marcus Ewert) 7-30-15
63. "Sphinx" (Anne Garréta) 8-6-15
64. "The Unlimited Dream Company" (J.G. Ballard) 8-6-15
65. "The Influence" (Ramsey Campbell) 8-11-15
66. "Annihilator" (Grant Morrison) 8-19-15
67. "Neonomicon" (Alan Moore) 8-19-15
68. "Hello America" (J.G. Ballard) 8-25-15
69. "Outer Dark" (Cormac McCarthy) 9-2-15
70. "The Red Tree" (Caitlín R. Kiernan) 9-5-15
71. "The Name of the World" (Denis Johnson) 9-8-15
72. "Zac's Control Panel" (Dennis Cooper) 9-10-15
73. "The Wind from Nowhere" (J.G. Ballard) 9-13-15
74. "The Glass Cage" (Colin Wilson) 9-19-15
75. "Blood Lad Volume 1" (Yuuki Kodama) 9-20-15

 *= book I have read at least once in the past

Currently Reading:

"Low Red Moon"  (Caitlín R. Kiernan)
"Visions from Brichester" (Ramsey Campbell)

2015 Reading List Monthly Update: August

Books read in August of 2015:

"Sphinx" (Anne Garréta) 8-6-15
"The Unlimited Dream Company" (J.G. Ballard) 8-6-15
"The Influence" (Ramsey Campbell) 8-11-15
"Annihilator" (Grant Morrison) 8-19-15
"Neonomicon" (Alan Moore) 8-19-15
"Hello America" (J.G. Ballard) 8-25-15

2015 Reading List Total:

1. "The New Gods" (E.M. Cioran) 1-4-15
2. "The Great Cat: Poems About Cats" (Edited by Emily Fragos) 1-6-15
3. "Les Misérables" (Victor Hugo) 1-12-15
4. "Enigma" (Peter Milligan) 1-13-15
5. "Murphy" (Samuel Beckett) 1-14-15
6. "Zac's Haunted House" (Dennis Cooper) 1-15-15
7. "Fashion in Impressionist Paris" (Debra N. Mancoff) 1-16-15
8. "Endgame & Act Without Words I" (Samuel Beckett) 1-17-15
9. "Là-Bas: A Journey into the Self" (J.K. Huysmans) 1-20-15 *
10. "Heart of Darkness" (Joseph Conrad) 1-23-15
11. "Dawn: Xenogenesis" (Octavia Butler) 1-24-15
12."Sky Saw" (Blake Butler) 1-28-15
13."Angels" (Denis Johnson) 1-28-15
14."Flutes in the Garden" (Chip Richards) 1-31-15
15. "The Temptation to Exist" (E.M. Cioran) 2-4-15
16. "The Sound and the Fury" (William Faulkner) 2-5-15
17. "Train Dreams" (Denis Johnson) 2-6-15
18. "Ice" (Anna Kavan) 2-9-15
19. "How It Is" (Samuel Beckett) 2-9-15
20. "The Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations Millennium General Assembly" (Denis Johnson) 2-10-15
21. "The Annotated Sandman Volume One" (Neil Gaiman) 2-14-15
22. "Poor Things" (Alasdair Gray) 2-14-15
23. "The Trouble With Being Born" (E.M. Cioran) 2-17-15
24. "I Wonder What Human Flesh Tastes Like" (Justin Isis) 2-19-15
25. "Nobody Move" (Denis Johnson) 2-21-15
26. "Angels in America" (Tony Kushner) 2-26-15
27. "The Goners" (Mark Gluth) 2-26-15
28. "The Annotated Sandman Volume Two" (Neil Gaiman) 2-26-15
29. "Girl in a Band" (Kim Gordon) 3-2-15
30. "The Annotated Sandman Volume 3" (Neil Gaiman) 3-7-15
31. "Concrete Island" (J.G. Ballard) 3-19-15
32. "Tree of Smoke" (Denis Johnson) 3-24-15
33. "Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic" (Alison Bechdel) 3-24-15
34. "Burnt Black Stars: a Collection of Weird Tales" (Simon Strantzas) 3-31-15
35. "The Seven Hearts of Abby Leah" (Andrew Champagne) 4-23-15
36. "The Filth: Deluxe Edition" (Grant Morrison) 4-30-15
37. "Ancient Sorceries and Other Weird Stories" (Algernon Blackwood) 5-5-15
38. "Liber Null & Psychonaut: an Introduction to Chaos Magic" (Peter J. Carroll) 5-6-15 *
39. "Autopsy of an Eldritch City: Ten Tales of Strange and Unproductive Thinking" (James Champagne) 5-8-15
40. "Nihil Unbound: Enlightenment and Extinction" (Ray Brassier) 5-15-15
41. "Selfish" (Kim Kardashian West) 5-16-15
42. "Hospice" (Gregory Howard) 5-20-15
43. "Extreme Metaphors: Selected Interviews With J.G. Ballard, 1967-2008" (J.G. Ballard) 5-25-15
44. "The Imago Sequence and Other Stories" (Laird Barron) 6-3-15
45. "Disagreeable Tales" (Léon Bloy) 6-5-15
46. "Silk" (Caitlín R. Kiernan) 6-17-15
47. "Gyo" (Junji Ito) 6-18-15
48. "Fragments of Horror" (Junji Ito) 6-20-15
49. "Flowers of the Sea: Thirteen Stories and Two Novellas" (Reggie Oliver) 6-22-15
50. "The Void Ratio" (Shane Levane/Karolina Urbaniak) 6-22-15
51. "Joe the Barbarian" (Grant Morrison) 6-25-15
52. "The Batman Adventures Volume 1" (Kelley Puckett/Martin Pasko) 6-26-15 *
53. "Zone" (Mathias Énard) 6-28-15
54. "The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath" (H.P. Lovecraft) 7-1-15
55. "The Laughing Monsters" (Denis Johnson) 7-2-15
56. "The Batman Adventures Volume 2" (Kelley Puckett) 7-7-15
57. "Defeated Dogs" (Quentin S. Crisp) 7-17-15
58. "The Silver Age: Black & White Photographs From Andy Warhol's Factory" (Billy Name) 7-18-15
59. "Running Wild" (J.G. Ballard) 7-24-15
60. "Religion and the Rebel" (Colin Wilson) 7-29-15
61. "Threshold" (Caitlín R. Kiernan) 7-30-15
62. "Mummy Cat" (Marcus Ewert) 7-30-15
63. "Sphinx" (Anne Garréta) 8-6-15
64. "The Unlimited Dream Company" (J.G. Ballard) 8-6-15
65. "The Influence" (Ramsey Campbell) 8-11-15
66. "Annihilator" (Grant Morrison) 8-19-15
67. "Neonomicon" (Alan Moore) 8-19-15
68. "Hello America" (J.G. Ballard) 8-25-15

*= book I have read at least once in the past

Currently Reading:

"Outer Dark" (Cormac McCarthy)
"The Red Tree" (Caitlín R. Kiernan)
"a, b, c: three short novels" (Samuel R. Delany)

Autopsy of an Eldritch City illustrations

My friend Benedetta De Alessi's illustrations for my book Autopsy of an Eldritch City can now be seen online at this link:

http://www.obdealessi.com/autopsy.htm

2015 Reading List Monthly Update: July

Books read in July of 2015:
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"The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath" (H.P. Lovecraft) 7-1-15
"The Laughing Monsters" (Denis Johnson) 7-2-15
"The Batman Adventures Volume 2" (Kelley Puckett) 7-7-15
"Defeated Dogs" (Quentin S. Crisp) 7-17-15
"The Silver Age: Black & White Photographs From Andy Warhol's Factory" (Billy Name) 7-18-15
"Running Wild" (J.G. Ballard) 7-24-15
"Religion and the Rebel" (Colin Wilson) 7-29-15
"Threshold" (Caitlín R. Kiernan) 7-30-15
"Mummy Cat" (Marcus Ewert) 7-30-15
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2015 Reading List Total:

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1. "The New Gods" (E.M. Cioran) 1-4-15
2. "The Great Cat: Poems About Cats" (Edited by Emily Fragos) 1-6-15
3. "Les Misérables" (Victor Hugo) 1-12-15
4. "Enigma" (Peter Milligan) 1-13-15
5. "Murphy" (Samuel Beckett) 1-14-15
6. "Zac's Haunted House" (Dennis Cooper) 1-15-15
7. "Fashion in Impressionist Paris" (Debra N. Mancoff) 1-16-15
8. "Endgame & Act Without Words I" (Samuel Beckett) 1-17-15
9. "Là-Bas: A Journey into the Self" (J.K. Huysmans) 1-20-15 *
10. "Heart of Darkness" (Joseph Conrad) 1-23-15
11. "Dawn: Xenogenesis" (Octavia Butler) 1-24-15
12."Sky Saw" (Blake Butler) 1-28-15
13."Angels" (Denis Johnson) 1-28-15
14."Flutes in the Garden" (Chip Richards) 1-31-15
15. "The Temptation to Exist" (E.M. Cioran) 2-4-15
16. "The Sound and the Fury" (William Faulkner) 2-5-15
17. "Train Dreams" (Denis Johnson) 2-6-15
18. "Ice" (Anna Kavan) 2-9-15
19. "How It Is" (Samuel Beckett) 2-9-15
20. "The Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations Millennium General Assembly" (Denis Johnson) 2-10-15
21. "The Annotated Sandman Volume One" (Neil Gaiman) 2-14-15
22. "Poor Things" (Alasdair Gray) 2-14-15
23. "The Trouble With Being Born" (E.M. Cioran) 2-17-15
24. "I Wonder What Human Flesh Tastes Like" (Justin Isis) 2-19-15
25. "Nobody Move" (Denis Johnson) 2-21-15
26. "Angels in America" (Tony Kushner) 2-26-15
27. "The Goners" (Mark Gluth) 2-26-15
28. "The Annotated Sandman Volume Two" (Neil Gaiman) 2-26-15
29. "Girl in a Band" (Kim Gordon) 3-2-15
30. "The Annotated Sandman Volume 3" (Neil Gaiman) 3-7-15
31. "Concrete Island" (J.G. Ballard) 3-19-15
32. "Tree of Smoke" (Denis Johnson) 3-24-15
33. "Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic" (Alison Bechdel) 3-24-15
34. "Burnt Black Stars: a Collection of Weird Tales" (Simon Strantzas) 3-31-15
35. "The Seven Hearts of Abby Leah" (Andrew Champagne) 4-23-15
36. "The Filth: Deluxe Edition" (Grant Morrison) 4-30-15
37. "Ancient Sorceries and Other Weird Stories" (Algernon Blackwood) 5-5-15
38. "Liber Null & Psychonaut: an Introduction to Chaos Magic" (Peter J. Carroll) 5-6-15 *
39. "Autopsy of an Eldritch City: Ten Tales of Strange and Unproductive Thinking" (James Champagne) 5-8-15
40. "Nihil Unbound: Enlightenment and Extinction" (Ray Brassier) 5-15-15
41. "Selfish" (Kim Kardashian West) 5-16-15
42. "Hospice" (Gregory Howard) 5-20-15
43. "Extreme Metaphors: Selected Interviews With J.G. Ballard, 1967-2008" (J.G. Ballard) 5-25-15
44. "The Imago Sequence and Other Stories" (Laird Barron) 6-3-15
45. "Disagreeable Tales" (Léon Bloy) 6-5-15
46. "Silk" (Caitlín R. Kiernan) 6-17-15
47. "Gyo" (Junji Ito) 6-18-15
48. "Fragments of Horror" (Junji Ito) 6-20-15
49. "Flowers of the Sea: Thirteen Stories and Two Novellas" (Reggie Oliver) 6-22-15
50. "The Void Ratio" (Shane Levane/Karolina Urbaniak) 6-22-15
51. "Joe the Barbarian" (Grant Morrison) 6-25-15
52. "The Batman Adventures Volume 1" (Kelley Puckett/Martin Pasko) 6-26-15 *
53. "Zone" (Mathias Énard) 6-28-15
54. "The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath" (H.P. Lovecraft) 7-1-15
55. "The Laughing Monsters" (Denis Johnson) 7-2-15
56. "The Batman Adventures Volume 2" (Kelley Puckett) 7-7-15
57. "Defeated Dogs" (Quentin S. Crisp) 7-17-15
58. "The Silver Age: Black & White Photographs From Andy Warhol's Factory" (Billy Name) 7-18-15
59. "Running Wild" (J.G. Ballard) 7-24-15
60. "Religion and the Rebel" (Colin Wilson) 7-29-15
61. "Threshold" (Caitlín R. Kiernan) 7-30-15
62. "Mummy Cat" (Marcus Ewert) 7-30-15
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*= book I have read at least once in the past
-
Currently Reading:
-
"Sphinx" Anne Garréta
"Area X" Jeff VanderMeer

2015 Reading List Monthly Update: June + early July

Books read in June/early July of 2015:

"The Imago Sequence and Other Stories" (Laird Barron) 6-3-15
"Disagreeable Tales" (Léon Bloy) 6-5-15
"Silk" (Caitlín R. Kiernan) 6-17-15
"Gyo" (Junji Ito) 6-18-15
"Fragments of Horror" (Junji Ito) 6-20-15
"Flowers of the Sea: Thirteen Stories and Two Novellas" (Reggie Oliver) 6-22-15
"The Void Ratio" (Shane Levane/Karolina Urbaniak) 6-22-15
"Joe the Barbarian" (Grant Morrison) 6-25-15
"The Batman Adventures Volume 1" (Kelley Puckett/Martin Pasko) 6-26-15 *
"Zone" (Mathias Énard) 6-28-15
"The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath" (H.P. Lovecraft) 7-1-15
"The Laughing Monsters" (Denis Johnson) 7-2-15

2015 Reading List Total:

1. "The New Gods" (E.M. Cioran) 1-4-15
2. "The Great Cat: Poems About Cats" (Edited by Emily Fragos) 1-6-15
3. "Les Misérables" (Victor Hugo) 1-12-15
4. "Enigma" (Peter Milligan) 1-13-15
5. "Murphy" (Samuel Beckett) 1-14-15
6. "Zac's Haunted House" (Dennis Cooper) 1-15-15
7. "Fashion in Impressionist Paris" (Debra N. Mancoff) 1-16-15
8. "Endgame & Act Without Words I" (Samuel Beckett) 1-17-15
9. "Là-Bas: A Journey into the Self" (J.K. Huysmans) 1-20-15 *
10. "Heart of Darkness" (Joseph Conrad) 1-23-15
11. "Dawn: Xenogenesis" (Octavia Butler) 1-24-15
12."Sky Saw" (Blake Butler) 1-28-15
13."Angels" (Denis Johnson) 1-28-15
14."Flutes in the Garden" (Chip Richards) 1-31-15
15. "The Temptation to Exist" (E.M. Cioran) 2-4-15
16. "The Sound and the Fury" (William Faulkner) 2-5-15
17. "Train Dreams" (Denis Johnson) 2-6-15
18. "Ice" (Anna Kavan) 2-9-15
19. "How It Is" (Samuel Beckett) 2-9-15
20. "The Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations Millennium General Assembly" (Denis Johnson) 2-10-15
21. "The Annotated Sandman Volume One" (Neil Gaiman) 2-14-15
22. "Poor Things" (Alasdair Gray) 2-14-15
23. "The Trouble With Being Born" (E.M. Cioran) 2-17-15
24. "I Wonder What Human Flesh Tastes Like" (Justin Isis) 2-19-15
25. "Nobody Move" (Denis Johnson) 2-21-15
26. "Angels in America" (Tony Kushner) 2-26-15
27. "The Goners" (Mark Gluth) 2-26-15
28. "The Annotated Sandman Volume Two" (Neil Gaiman) 2-26-15
29. "Girl in a Band" (Kim Gordon) 3-2-15
30. "The Annotated Sandman Volume 3" (Neil Gaiman) 3-7-15
31. "Concrete Island" (J.G. Ballard) 3-19-15
32. "Tree of Smoke" (Denis Johnson) 3-24-15
33. "Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic" (Alison Bechdel) 3-24-15
34. "Burnt Black Stars: a Collection of Weird Tales" (Simon Strantzas) 3-31-15
35. "The Seven Hearts of Abby Leah" (Andrew Champagne) 4-23-15
36. "The Filth: Deluxe Edition" (Grant Morrison) 4-30-15
37. "Ancient Sorceries and Other Weird Stories" (Algernon Blackwood) 5-5-15
38. "Liber Null & Psychonaut: an Introduction to Chaos Magic" (Peter J. Carroll) 5-6-15 *
39. "Autopsy of an Eldritch City: Ten Tales of Strange and Unproductive Thinking" (James Champagne) 5-8-15
40. "Nihil Unbound: Enlightenment and Extinction" (Ray Brassier) 5-15-15
41. "Selfish" (Kim Kardashian West) 5-16-15
42. "Hospice" (Gregory Howard) 5-20-15
43. "Extreme Metaphors: Selected Interviews With J.G. Ballard, 1967-2008" (J.G. Ballard) 5-25-15
44. "The Imago Sequence and Other Stories" (Laird Barron) 6-3-15
45. "Disagreeable Tales" (Léon Bloy) 6-5-15
46. "Silk" (Caitlín R. Kiernan) 6-17-15
47. "Gyo" (Junji Ito) 6-18-15
48. "Fragments of Horror" (Junji Ito) 6-20-15
49. "Flowers of the Sea: Thirteen Stories and Two Novellas" (Reggie Oliver) 6-22-15
50. "The Void Ratio" (Shane Levane/Karolina Urbaniak) 6-22-15
51. "Joe the Barbarian" (Grant Morrison) 6-25-15
52. "The Batman Adventures Volume 1" (Kelley Puckett/Martin Pasko) 6-26-15 *
53. "Zone" (Mathias Énard) 6-28-15
54. "The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath" (H.P. Lovecraft) 7-1-15
55. "The Laughing Monsters" (Denis Johnson) 7-2-15

*= book I have read at least once in the past

Currently Reading:

2015 Reading List Monthly Update: May

Books read in May of 2015:
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"Ancient Sorceries and Other Weird Stories" (Algernon Blackwood) 5-5-15
"Liber Null & Psychonaut: an Introduction to Chaos Magic" (Peter J. Carroll) 5-6-15 *
"Autopsy of an Eldritch City: Ten Tales of Strange and Unproductive Thinking" (James Champagne) 5-8-15
"Nihil Unbound: Enlightenment and Extinction" (Ray Brassier) 5-15-15
"Selfish" (Kim Kardashian West) 5-16-15
"Hospice" (Gregory Howard) 5-20-15
"Extreme Metaphors: Selected Interviews With J.G. Ballard, 1967-2008" (J.G. Ballard) 5-25-15
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2015 Reading List Total:
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1. "The New Gods" (E.M. Cioran) 1-4-15
2. "The Great Cat: Poems About Cats" (Edited by Emily Fragos) 1-6-15
3. "Les Misérables" (Victor Hugo) 1-12-15
4. "Enigma" (Peter Milligan) 1-13-15
5. "Murphy" (Samuel Beckett) 1-14-15
6. "Zac's Haunted House" (Dennis Cooper) 1-15-15
7. "Fashion in Impressionist Paris" (Debra N. Mancoff) 1-16-15
8. "Endgame & Act Without Words I" (Samuel Beckett) 1-17-15
9. "Là-Bas: A Journey into the Self" (J.K. Huysmans) 1-20-15 *
10. "Heart of Darkness" (Joseph Conrad) 1-23-15
11. "Dawn: Xenogenesis" (Octavia Butler) 1-24-15
12."Sky Saw" (Blake Butler) 1-28-15
13."Angels" (Denis Johnson) 1-28-15
14."Flutes in the Garden" (Chip Richards) 1-31-15
15. "The Temptation to Exist" (E.M. Cioran) 2-4-15
16. "The Sound and the Fury" (William Faulkner) 2-5-15
17. "Train Dreams" (Denis Johnson) 2-6-15
18. "Ice" (Anna Kavan) 2-9-15
19. "How It Is" (Samuel Beckett) 2-9-15
20. "The Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations Millennium General Assembly" (Denis Johnson) 2-10-15
21. "The Annotated Sandman Volume One" (Neil Gaiman) 2-14-15
22. "Poor Things" (Alasdair Gray) 2-14-15
23. "The Trouble With Being Born" (E.M. Cioran) 2-17-15
24. "I Wonder What Human Flesh Tastes Like" (Justin Isis) 2-19-15
25. "Nobody Move" (Denis Johnson) 2-21-15
26. "Angels in America" (Tony Kushner) 2-26-15
27. "The Goners" (Mark Gluth) 2-26-15
28. "The Annotated Sandman Volume Two" (Neil Gaiman) 2-26-15
29. "Girl in a Band" (Kim Gordon) 3-2-15
30. "The Annotated Sandman Volume 3" (Neil Gaiman) 3-7-15
31. "Concrete Island" (J.G. Ballard) 3-19-15
32. "Tree of Smoke" (Denis Johnson) 3-24-15
33. "Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic" (Alison Bechdel) 3-24-15
34. "Burnt Black Stars: a Collection of Weird Tales" (Simon Strantzas) 3-31-15
35. "The Seven Hearts of Abby Leah" (Andrew Champagne) 4-23-15
36. "The Filth: Deluxe Edition" (Grant Morrison) 4-30-15
37. "Ancient Sorceries and Other Weird Stories" (Algernon Blackwood) 5-5-15
38. "Liber Null & Psychonaut: an Introduction to Chaos Magic" (Peter J. Carroll) 5-6-15 *
39. "Autopsy of an Eldritch City: Ten Tales of Strange and Unproductive Thinking" (James Champagne) 5-8-15
40. "Nihil Unbound: Enlightenment and Extinction" (Ray Brassier) 5-15-15
41. "Selfish" (Kim Kardashian West) 5-16-15
42. "Hospice" (Gregory Howard) 5-20-15
43. "Extreme Metaphors: Selected Interviews With J.G. Ballard, 1967-2008" (J.G. Ballard) 5-25-15
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*= book I have read at least once in the past
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Currently Reading:
"The Imago Sequence and Other Stories" (Laird Barron)

Autopsy of an Eldritch City has arrived!

Got my author copies of "Autopsy of an Eldritch City" this afternoon. Here's a picture of one of them posing next to a friend.

On a related note, the book is now also available through Barnes & Noble and on Nook devices, in addition to the Rebel Satori website, Amazon/Kindle, and other online booksellers.

2015 Reading List Monthly Update: April

Books read in April of 2015:

"The Seven Hearts of Abby Leah" (Andrew Champagne) 4-23-15
"The Filth: Deluxe Edition" (Grant Morrison) 4-30-15

2015 Reading List Total:

1. "The New Gods" (E.M. Cioran) 1-4-15
2. "The Great Cat: Poems About Cats" (Edited by Emily Fragos) 1-6-15
3. "Les Misérables" (Victor Hugo) 1-12-15
4. "Enigma" (Peter Milligan) 1-13-15
5. "Murphy" (Samuel Beckett) 1-14-15
6. "Zac's Haunted House" (Dennis Cooper) 1-15-15
7. "Fashion in Impressionist Paris" (Debra N. Mancoff) 1-16-15
8. "Endgame & Act Without Words I" (Samuel Beckett) 1-17-15
9. "Là-Bas: A Journey into the Self" (J.K. Huysmans) 1-20-15 *
10. "Heart of Darkness" (Joseph Conrad) 1-23-15
11. "Dawn: Xenogenesis" (Octavia Butler) 1-24-15
12."Sky Saw" (Blake Butler) 1-28-15
13."Angels" (Denis Johnson) 1-28-15
14."Flutes in the Garden" (Chip Richards) 1-31-15
15. "The Temptation to Exist" (E.M. Cioran) 2-4-15
16. "The Sound and the Fury" (William Faulkner) 2-5-15
17. "Train Dreams" (Denis Johnson) 2-6-15
18. "Ice" (Anna Kavan) 2-9-15
19. "How It Is" (Samuel Beckett) 2-9-15
20. "The Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations Millennium General Assembly" (Denis Johnson) 2-10-15
21. "The Annotated Sandman Volume One" (Neil Gaiman) 2-14-15
22. "Poor Things" (Alasdair Gray) 2-14-15
23. "The Trouble With Being Born" (E.M. Cioran) 2-17-15
24. "I Wonder What Human Flesh Tastes Like" (Justin Isis) 2-19-15
25. "Nobody Move" (Denis Johnson) 2-21-15
26. "Angels in America" (Tony Kushner) 2-26-15
27. "The Goners" (Mark Gluth) 2-26-15
28. "The Annotated Sandman Volume Two" (Neil Gaiman) 2-26-15
29. "Girl in a Band" (Kim Gordon) 3-2-15
30. "The Annotated Sandman Volume 3" (Neil Gaiman) 3-7-15
31. "Concrete Island" (J.G. Ballard) 3-19-15
32. "Tree of Smoke" (Denis Johnson) 3-24-15
33. "Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic" (Alison Bechdel) 3-24-15
34. "Burnt Black Stars: a Collection of Weird Tales" (Simon Strantzas) 3-31-15
35. "The Seven Hearts of Abby Leah" (Andrew Champagne) 4-23-15
36. "The Filth: Deluxe Edition" (Grant Morrison) 4-30-15

*= book I have read at least once in the past

Currently Reading:

"Ancient Sorceries and Other Weird Stories" (Algernon Blackwood)

Autopsy of an Eldritch City now out

Today marks the official publication day of Autopsy of an Eldritch City. Aside from the Rebel Satori website, it may now also be ordered through Amazon (available in both physical copies and ebook versions). It should soon start appearing on other sites such as Barnes & Noble as well.

Autopsy of an Eldritch City Day on Dennis Cooper's blog

This weekend Dennis Cooper's blog is kindly hosting an introduction/sneak preview I wrote to my upcoming book Autopsy of an Eldritch City, where I go into some details on the writing process, what inspired it, some samples of the artwork, excerpts, and so on. Click on the link to find out more:

http://denniscooper-theweaklings.blogspot.fr/2015/04/please-welcome-to-world-james.html?zx=3a86c1c5a1b6a2fd

"Autopsy of an Eldritch City" now on pre-sale

Just an announcement that my second short story collection, Autopsy of an Eldritch City: Ten Tales of Strange & Unproductive Thinking is now available for pre-order on the Rebel Satori website:

http://www.rebelsatoripress.com/autopsy-of-an-eldritch-city-james-champagne/

It would seem that the expected release date is April 28, 2015.

2015 Reading List Monthly Update: March

Books read in March of 2015:

"Girl in a Band" (Kim Gordon) 3-2-15
"The Annotated Sandman Volume 3" (Neil Gaiman) 3-7-15
"Concrete Island" (J.G. Ballard) 3-19-15
"Tree of Smoke" (Denis Johnson) 3-24-15
"Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic" (Alison Bechdel) 3-24-15
"Burnt Black Stars: a Collection of Weird Tales" (Simon Strantzas) 3-31-15

2015 Reading List Total:

1. "The New Gods" (E.M. Cioran) 1-4-15
2. "The Great Cat: Poems About Cats" (Edited by Emily Fragos) 1-6-15
3. "Les Misérables" (Victor Hugo) 1-12-15
4. "Enigma" (Peter Milligan) 1-13-15
5. "Murphy" (Samuel Beckett) 1-14-15
6. "Zac's Haunted House" (Dennis Cooper) 1-15-15
7. "Fashion in Impressionist Paris" (Debra N. Mancoff) 1-16-15
8. "Endgame & Act Without Words I" (Samuel Beckett) 1-17-15
9. "Là-Bas: A Journey into the Self" (J.K. Huysmans) 1-20-15 *
10. "Heart of Darkness" (Joseph Conrad) 1-23-15
11. "Dawn: Xenogenesis" (Octavia Butler) 1-24-15
12."Sky Saw" (Blake Butler) 1-28-15
13."Angels" (Denis Johnson) 1-28-15
14."Flutes in the Garden" (Chip Richards) 1-31-15
15. "The Temptation to Exist" (E.M. Cioran) 2-4-15
16. "The Sound and the Fury" (William Faulkner) 2-5-15
17. "Train Dreams" (Denis Johnson) 2-6-15
18. "Ice" (Anna Kavan) 2-9-15
19. "How It Is" (Samuel Beckett) 2-9-15
20. "The Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations Millennium General Assembly" (Denis Johnson) 2-10-15
21. "The Annotated Sandman Volume One" (Neil Gaiman) 2-14-15
22. "Poor Things" (Alasdair Gray) 2-14-15
23. "The Trouble With Being Born" (E.M. Cioran) 2-17-15
24. "I Wonder What Human Flesh Tastes Like" (Justin Isis) 2-19-15
25. "Nobody Move" (Denis Johnson) 2-21-15
26. "Angels in America" (Tony Kushner) 2-26-15
27. "The Goners" (Mark Gluth) 2-26-15
28. "The Annotated Sandman Volume Two" (Neil Gaiman) 2-26-15
29. "Girl in a Band" (Kim Gordon) 3-2-15
30. "The Annotated Sandman Volume 3" (Neil Gaiman) 3-7-15
31. "Concrete Island" (J.G. Ballard) 3-19-15
32. "Tree of Smoke" (Denis Johnson) 3-24-15
33. "Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic" (Alison Bechdel) 3-24-15
34. "Burnt Black Stars: a Collection of Weird Tales" (Simon Strantzas) 3-31-15

*= book I have read at least once in the past

Currently Reading:

2015 Reading List Monthly Update: February

Books read in February of 2015:

"The Temptation to Exist" (E.M. Cioran) 2-4-15
"The Sound and the Fury" (William Faulkner) 2-5-15
"Train Dreams" (Denis Johnson) 2-6-15
"Ice" (Anna Kavan) 2-9-15
"How It Is" (Samuel Beckett) 2-9-15
"The Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations Millennium General Assembly" (Denis Johnson) 2-10-15
"The Annotated Sandman Volume One" (Neil Gaiman) 2-14-15
"Poor Things" (Alasdair Gray) 2-14-15
"The Trouble With Being Born" (E.M. Cioran) 2-17-15
"I Wonder What Human Flesh Tastes Like" (Justin Isis) 2-19-15
"Nobody Move" (Denis Johnson) 2-21-15
"Angels in America" (Tony Kushner) 2-26-15
"The Goners" (Mark Gluth) 2-26-15
"The Annotated Sandman Volume Two" (Neil Gaiman) 2-26-15

2015 Reading List Total:

1. "The New Gods" (E.M. Cioran) 1-4-15
2. "The Great Cat: Poems About Cats" (Edited by Emily Fragos) 1-6-15
3. "Les Misérables" (Victor Hugo) 1-12-15
4. "Enigma" (Peter Milligan) 1-13-15
5. "Murphy" (Samuel Beckett) 1-14-15
6. "Zac's Haunted House" (Dennis Cooper) 1-15-15
7. "Fashion in Impressionist Paris" (Debra N. Mancoff) 1-16-15
8. "Endgame & Act Without Words I" (Samuel Beckett) 1-17-15
9. "Là-Bas: A Journey into the Self" (J.K. Huysmans) 1-20-15 *
10. "Heart of Darkness" (Joseph Conrad) 1-23-15
11. "Dawn: Xenogenesis" (Octavia Butler) 1-24-15
12."Sky Saw" (Blake Butler) 1-28-15
13."Angels" (Denis Johnson) 1-28-15
14."Flutes in the Garden" (Chip Richards) 1-31-15
15. "The Temptation to Exist" (E.M. Cioran) 2-4-15
16. "The Sound and the Fury" (William Faulkner) 2-5-15
17. "Train Dreams" (Denis Johnson) 2-6-15
18. "Ice" (Anna Kavan) 2-9-15
19. "How It Is" (Samuel Beckett) 2-9-15
20. "The Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations Millennium General Assembly" (Denis Johnson) 2-10-15
21. "The Annotated Sandman Volume One" (Neil Gaiman) 2-14-15
22. "Poor Things" (Alasdair Gray) 2-14-15
23. "The Trouble With Being Born" (E.M. Cioran) 2-17-15
24. "I Wonder What Human Flesh Tastes Like" (Justin Isis) 2-19-15
25. "Nobody Move" (Denis Johnson) 2-21-15
26. "Angels in America" (Tony Kushner) 2-26-15
27. "The Goners" (Mark Gluth) 2-26-15
28. "The Annotated Sandman Volume Two" (Neil Gaiman) 2-26-15

*= book I have read at least once in the past

Currently Reading:

"Girl in a Band" (Kim Gordon)
"The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket" (Edgar Allan Poe)

2015 Reading List Monthly Update: January

Books read in January of 2015:

"The New Gods" (E.M. Cioran) 1-4-15
"The Great Cat: Poems About Cats" (Edited by Emily Fragos) 1-6-15
"Les Misérables" (Victor Hugo) 1-12-15
"Enigma" (Peter Milligan) 1-13-15
"Murphy" (Samuel Beckett) 1-14-15
"Zac's Haunted House" (Dennis Cooper) 1-15-15
"Fashion in Impressionist Paris" (Debra N. Mancoff) 1-16-15
"Endgame & Act Without Words I" (Samuel Beckett) 1-17-15
"Là-Bas: A Journey into the Self" (J.K. Huysmans) 1-20-15 *
"Heart of Darkness" (Joseph Conrad) 1-23-15
"Dawn: Xenogenesis" (Octavia Butler) 1-24-15
"Sky Saw" (Blake Butler) 1-28-15
"Angels" (Denis Johnson) 1-28-15
"Flutes in the Garden" (Chip Richards) 1-31-15

2015 Reading List Total:

1. "The New Gods" (E.M. Cioran) 1-4-15
2. "The Great Cat: Poems About Cats" (Edited by Emily Fragos) 1-6-15
3. "Les Misérables" (Victor Hugo) 1-12-15
4. "Enigma" (Peter Milligan) 1-13-15
5. "Murphy" (Samuel Beckett) 1-14-15
6. "Zac's Haunted House" (Dennis Cooper) 1-15-15
7. "Fashion in Impressionist Paris" (Debra N. Mancoff) 1-16-15
8. "Endgame & Act Without Words I" (Samuel Beckett) 1-17-15
9. "Là-Bas: A Journey into the Self" (J.K. Huysmans) 1-20-15 *
10. "Heart of Darkness" (Joseph Conrad) 1-23-15
11. "Dawn: Xenogenesis" (Octavia Butler) 1-24-15
12."Sky Saw" (Blake Butler) 1-28-15
13."Angels" (Denis Johnson) 1-28-15
14."Flutes in the Garden" (Chip Richards) 1-31-15

*= book I have read at least once in the past

Currently Reading:

"The Sound and the Fury" (William Faulkner)
"The Temptation to Exist" (E.M. Cioran)

2014 Reading List Monthly Update Final: December

Books Completed in December of 2014:

"A Short History of Decay" (E.M. Cioran) 12-4-14
"More Pricks Than Kicks" (Samuel Beckett) 12-14-14
"Consumed" (David Cronenberg) 12-16-14
"Revival" (Stephen King) 12-19-14
"Phyl-Undhu- Abstract Horror- Exterminator" (Nick Land) 12-24-14
"Who Was Andy Warhol?" (Kristen Anderson) 12-25-14
"Waiting for Godot" (Samuel Beckett) 12-30-14

2014 Reading List Total:

1. "Ulysses" (James Joyce) 1-17-14
2. "The Fall of the Towers" (Samuel R. Delany) 1-21-14
3. "The Weaklings (XL)" (Dennis Cooper) 1-22-14
4. "Jerusalem: The Emanation of the Giant Albion" (William Blake) 1-26-14
5. "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" (J.K. Rowling) 1-29-14
6. "Sparks-Tastic: Twenty-One Nights With Sparks in London" (Tosh Berman) 2-11-14
7. "Crime and Punishment" (Fyodor Dostoyevsky) 2-15-14
8. "Giovanni's Room" (James Baldwin) 2-16-14
9. "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" (J.K. Rowling) 2-28-13
10. "The Kreutzer Sonata" (Leo Tolstoy) 3-2-14
11. "The Unrest-Cure and Other Stories" (Saki) 3-7-14
12. "The Complete Symphonies of Adolf Hitler & Other Strange Stories" (Reggie Oliver) 3-13-14
13. "Sing Omega" (David Tibet) 3-17-14
14. "The Third Policeman" (Flann O'Brien) 3-26-14
15. "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" (J.K. Rowling) 3-27-14
16. "Blue Nights" (Joan Didion) 3-30-14
17. "The Philosophy of Andy Warhol: From A to B and Back Again" (Andy Warhol) 4-4-14
18. "Clock Without Hands" (Carson McCullers) 4-5-14
19. "A Sentimental Novel" (Alain Robbe-Grillet) 4-9-14
20. "The King in Yellow" (Robert W. Chambers) 4-20-14
21. "Left Hand" (Paul Curran) 4-21-14
22. "Dialogues With Silence: Prayers & Drawings" (Thomas Merton) 4-23-14
23. "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" (J.K. Rowling) 4-25-14
24. "In the Land of Time and Other Fantasy Tales" (Lord Dunsany) 4-28-14
25. "Paris Spleen" (Charles Baudelaire) 4-29-14
26. "The Complete Poetry of Edgar Allan Poe" (Edgar Allan Poe) 5-2-14
27. "The Dark Eidolon and Other Fantasies" (Clark Ashton Smith) 5-17-14
28. "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" (J.K. Rowling) 5-20-14
29. "Tweaky Village" (Kevin Killian) 5-25-14
30. "Mighty in Sorrow: A Tribute to David Tibet & Current 93" (Various) 5-26-14
31. "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" (J.K. Rowling) 5-30-14
32. "Our Man in Havana" (Graham Greene) 6-9-14
33. "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" (J.K. Rowling) 6-12-14
34. "Gone: Scrapbook 1980-1982" (Dennis Cooper) 6-17-14
35. "Wonder Boys" (Michael Chabon) 6-23-14
36. "'Remember You're a One-Ball!'" (Quentin S. Crisp) 6-26-14
37. "The Spectral Link" (Thomas Ligotti) 7-7-14
38. "Moby-Dick or The Whale" (Herman Melville) 7-8-14
39. "Born to Fear: Interviews With Thomas Ligotti" (Matt Cardin: Editor) 7-12-14
40. "The Street of Crocodiles and Other Stories" (Bruno Schulz) 7-18-14
41. "The Pastel City" (M. John Harrison) 7-22-14
42. "The Secret of the Red Truck" (Kyler James) 7-24-14
43. "A Storm of Wings" (M. John Harrison) 7-28-14
44. "In Viriconium" (M. John Harrison) 7-30-14
45. "The City & The City" (China Mieville) 7-30-14
46. "Young God" (Katherine Faw Morris) 8-1-14
47. "Patriot Games" (Tom Clancy) 8-6-14 *
48. "Skeleton Costumes" (Thomas Moore) 8-11-14
49. "Kraken" (China Mieville) 8-17-14
50. "Viriconium Nights" (M. John Harrison) 8-18-14
51. "The Nameless" (Ramsey Campbell) 8-20-14
52. "The Face of Twilight" (Mark Samuels) 8-24-14
53. "Tom Daley: My Story" (Tom Daley) 8-24-14
54. "If on a Winter's Night a Traveler" (Italo Calvino) 8-30-14
55. "The Hunt for Red October" (Tom Clancy) 9-6-14
56. "Two Serious Ladies" (Jane Bowles) 9-14-14
57. "Jesus' Son" (Denis Johnson) 9-16-14
58. "Kindred" (Octavia Butler) 9-20-14
59. "The Cardinal of the Kremlin" (Tom Clancy) 9-21-14
60. "Good Morning, Midnight" (Jean Rhys) 9-25-14
61. "Sesqua Valley & Other Haunts" (W.H. Pugmire) 9-28-14
62. "The Height of the Scream" (Ramsey Campbell) 9-30-14
63. "The White Hands and Other Weird Tales" (Mark Samuels) 10-3-14
64. "Skin Deep Magic" (Craig Laurance Gidney) 10-7-14
65. "Streisand: in the Camera Eye" (James Spada) 10-16-14
66. "No Other" (Mark Gluth) 10-24-14
67. "Orion's Candle" (Tom Champagne) 10-25-14
68. "The New Annotated H.P. Lovecraft" (H.P. Lovecraft) 10-30-14
69. "Trouble on Triton" (Samuel R. Delany) 10-31-14
70. "Slime Dynamics" (Ben Woodard) 11-4-14
71. "Hey, Let's Make a Band! The Official 5SOS Book" (5 Seconds of Summer) 11-4-14
72. "On the Heights of Despair" (E.M. Cioran) 11-5-14
73. "The Peripheral" (William Gibson) 11-10-14
74. "The Plays of Oscar Wilde" (Oscar Wilde) 11-17-14
75. "300,000,000" (Blake Butler) 11-23-14
76. "Written in Darkness" (Mark Samuels) 11-28-14
77. "Umbrella" (Will Self) 11-29-14
78. "A Short History of Decay" (E.M. Cioran) 12-4-14
79. "More Pricks Than Kicks" (Samuel Beckett) 12-14-14
80. "Consumed" (David Cronenberg) 12-16-14
81. "Revival" (Stephen King) 12-19-14
82. "Phyl-Undhu- Abstract Horror- Exterminator" (Nick Land) 12-24-14
83. "Who Was Andy Warhol?" (Kristen Anderson) 12-25-14
84. "Waiting for Godot" (Samuel Beckett) 12-30-14

*= book I have read at least once in the past

Currently Reading:

"Les Miserables" (Victor Hugo)