2019 Reading List Monthly Update: February

Books read in February of 2019:
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"The Rita: Anatomical Charisma" (Sam McKinlay/Gabrielle Losoncy) 2-1-19
"Sea of Love" (Simon Morris) 2-3-19
"Inside the Castle" (Josiah Morgan) 2-4-19
"War with the Newts" (Karel Čapek) 2-5-19
"Granite City Blues" (Josh Peterson) 2-8-19
"Bloom" (Kevin Panetta/Savanna Ganucheau) 2-8-19
"The Metapheromenoi" (Brendan Connell) 2-10-19
"Batman: Prelude to Knightfall" (Chuck Dixon/Doug Moench) 2-13-19
"Tosh: Growing up in Wallace Berman's World" (Tosh Berman) 2-24-19
"The Ballet of Dr. Caligari and Madder Mysteries" (Reggie Oliver) 2-26-19
"Negrophobia: An Urban Parable" (Darius James) 2-27-19
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2019 Reading List Total:
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1. "The Paintings of William Blake" (Raymond Lister) 1-1-19 
2. "Fascination" (Kevin Killian) 1-10-19
3. "Neo-Decadent Manifesto of Women's Fashion" (Justin Isis) 1-11-19
4. "Halyartes and Other Poems in Prose" (Éphraïm Mikhaël) 1-12-19
5. "In the Stillness of Marble" (Teresa Wilms Montt) 1-13-19
6. "Harlem Smoke" (James Champagne) 1-18-19 *
7. "The Shadow" (Maurice Level) 1-20-19
8. "Batman: A Death in the Family" (Jim Starlin/Marv Wolfman) +
9. "Death Mort Tod: A European Book of the Dead" (Steve Finbow/Karolina Urbaniak) 1-26-19
10. "Of Kings and Things" (Count Stanislaus Eric Stenbock/ed. David Tibet) 1-27-19
11. "Batman: Sword of Azrael" (Dennis O'Neil) 1-30-19
12. "The Rita: Anatomical Charisma" (Sam McKinlay/Gabrielle Losoncy) 2-1-19
13. "Sea of Love" (Simon Morris) 2-3-19
14. "Inside the Castle" (Josiah Morgan) 2-4-19
15. "War with the Newts" (Karel Čapek) 2-5-19
16. "Granite City Blues" (Josh Peterson) 2-8-19
17. "Bloom" (Kevin Panetta/Savanna Ganucheau) 2-8-19
18. "The Metapheromenoi" (Brendan Connell) 2-10-19
19. "Batman: Prelude to Knightfall" (Chuck Dixon/Doug Moench) 2-13-19
20. "Tosh: Growing up in Wallace Berman's World" (Tosh Berman) 2-24-19
21. "The Ballet of Dr. Caligari and Madder Mysteries" (Reggie Oliver) 2-26-19
22. "Negrophobia: An Urban Parable" (Darius James) 2-27-19
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*= book I have read at least once in the past
+= book I have read before, but not this reprint/edition/translation

Currently Reading:

"The Secret History of Twin Peaks" (Mark Frost) 

LAST DARK RIDE Update

Right now I've turned my attention to my 3rd short story collection, which I had first begun planning way back in early 2017 (and the first stories written for which were begun as far back as 2015), but which has kind of been stagnating as of recent. I THOUGHT I had completed it about a year ago, in February 2018, but then late last year I ended up cutting one story and replacing it with another. Now I've decided to also remove the second story ("The Muse") as that will be released as a chapbook by EibonVale later on this year and I'd like to have that exist as kind of a unique standalone. Which means I'll need to write something new to replace that one as well (groan). I've also decided that the collection needs another ringer, so I hope to write a novella for the very start of the collection, "La Ville empoisonnée," which will be set in late 19th-century Paris and kind of be a homage to the Decadent/Symbolist writers of that era I enjoy... I actually conceived of that idea way back in late 2016 but haven't gotten the courage to write it yet... I'll probably try to get to that this summer.

So, the new contents will probably be:

1. La Ville empoisonnée (to be written) 
2. Home Invasion (complete) 
3. Black Noise (complete) 
4. Columbarium Horribilis Domibus (to be written) 
5. The Lovers Reversed (complete) 
6. XYschaton (complete) 
7. Epistles From the Sunken Track (complete) 
8. Stigmata Martyr (mostly complete) 
9. The Madonna of the Cobwebs (complete) 
10. Snapper's Salvation (complete) 
11. Cannons (mostly complete) 
12. Chaoskampf (complete) 
BONUS: The Lemming Syndrome (complete)

I estimate the total page amount to be a little over 250 pages.

The original working title for the collection was A WOUND WITH NINE OPENINGS & OTHER MINIKIN ABYSMS, but that sounded a bit pretentious to me so last year I changed it to LAST DARK RIDE. More recently (as in last month) I added a subtitle: LAST DARK RIDE: TALES OF THE GROTESQUE AND THE ABSURD

Hopefully I can have it done by the end of summer this year so I can begin the tedious process of shopping it around. I do have a few other uncollected (non-horror) short stories done at the moment, which will be saved for a hypothetical future (non-horror orientated) collection.

2019 Reading List Monthly Update: January

Books read in January of 2019:
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"The Paintings of William Blake" (Raymond Lister) 1-1-19 
"Fascination" (Kevin Killian) 1-10-19
"Neo-Decadent Manifesto of Women's Fashion" (Justin Isis) 1-11-19
"Halyartes and Other Poems in Prose" (Éphraïm Mikhaël) 1-12-19
"In the Stillness of Marble" (Teresa Wilms Montt) 1-13-19
"Harlem Smoke" (James Champagne) 1-18-19 *
"The Shadow" (Maurice Level) 1-20-19
"Batman: A Death in the Family" (Jim Starlin/Marv Wolfman) +
"Death Mort Tod: A European Book of the Dead" (Steve Finbow/Karolina Urbaniak) 1-26-19
"Of Kings and Things" (Count Stanislaus Eric Stenbock/ed. David Tibet) 1-27-19
"Batman: Sword of Azrael" (Dennis O'Neil) 1-30-19
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2019 Reading List Total:
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1. "The Paintings of William Blake" (Raymond Lister) 1-1-19 
2. "Fascination" (Kevin Killian) 1-10-19
3. "Neo-Decadent Manifesto of Women's Fashion" (Justin Isis) 1-11-19
4. "Halyartes and Other Poems in Prose" (Éphraïm Mikhaël) 1-12-19
5. "In the Stillness of Marble" (Teresa Wilms Montt) 1-13-19
6. "Harlem Smoke" (James Champagne) 1-18-19 *
7. "The Shadow" (Maurice Level) 1-20-19
8. "Batman: A Death in the Family" (Jim Starlin/Marv Wolfman) +
9. "Death Mort Tod: A European Book of the Dead" (Steve Finbow/Karolina Urbaniak) 1-26-19
10. "Of Kings and Things" (Count Stanislaus Eric Stenbock/ed. David Tibet) 1-27-19
11. "Batman: Sword of Azrael" (Dennis O'Neil) 1-30-19
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*= book I have read at least once in the past
+= book I have read before, but not this reprint/edition/translation

Currently Reading:

"War With The Newts" (Karel Čapek)