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)
Thursday, February 28, 2019
Monday, February 25, 2019
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.
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.
Friday, February 1, 2019
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:
-
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)
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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:
-
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)
Saturday, January 19, 2019
HARLEM SMOKE Day on Dennis Cooper's Blog
As mentioned previously this weekend sees Dennis Cooper's blog hosting my Day devoted to HARLEM SMOKE. For those interested, I spend a bit of time (okay, maybe a little more than a bit of time) discussing how I came up with the idea and the writing process behind the book, what inspired the novel, notes on the soundtrack, plus lots of photographs from the city of Providence (many taken by me) depicting some of the real-life locations that appear in the book.
Hopefully this is the last general update I'll need to do for the time being as I'm getting sick of typing those two words 'Harlem Smoke!'
https://denniscooperblog.com/please-welcome-to-the-world-james-champagne-harlem-smoke-snuggly-books/?fbclid=IwAR2iF_KSHQqDsdp9Iycc-uChDP6hB26omR3TePHuYE2HfoqLf4FsNrLqqK0
Hopefully this is the last general update I'll need to do for the time being as I'm getting sick of typing those two words 'Harlem Smoke!'
https://denniscooperblog.com/please-welcome-to-the-world-james-champagne-harlem-smoke-snuggly-books/?fbclid=IwAR2iF_KSHQqDsdp9Iycc-uChDP6hB26omR3TePHuYE2HfoqLf4FsNrLqqK0
Tuesday, January 15, 2019
HARLEM SMOKE now out
So today's the official release date for my novel HARLEM SMOKE. As you can imagine it may be purchased through most of the usual channels (Barnes & Noble, Amazon, and what have you). Soon you should be able to purchase it off the Snuggly site itself, which will be the way to go if you want to get a hardcover copy.
I'm aware that $24 seems like a lot to pay for a trade paperback, but in all fairness at nearly 400 pages it's not exactly a short novel! Anyway, if you're interested in (or are looking for a gift for someone who might be interested in) Lovecraftian horror, Thomas Harris-esque police procedurals, Providence antiquarian architecture, or are just looking for a book that features scenes depicting attractive homosexuals having long and pretentious coffee house conversations touching on Nietzsche, Gnosticism, Pessimism, and the occult connection between Ray Brassier's Transcendental Nihilism and Kim Kardashian's Alpha-Narcissism, well, then this might be the kind of book that captures your fancy.
I know there are some writers who pay close attention to the people reading their books and afterwards contact the reader to try to persuade them to post reviews on Goodreads or Amazon or wherever. I don't want to be that guy so I'll just say here that if you like it and feel the urge to post a review somewhere, great, you have my sincere thanks (really, positive or negative reviews, I don't care, so long as it's being reviewed period and that people are talking about it!).
I'll post a reminder on the day itself, but this coming weekend Dennis Cooper's blog will be hosting a day devoted to the book, which might be of interest to some.
Tuesday, January 1, 2019
2018 Reading List Monthly Update: December (Finale)
Books read in December of 2018:
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"The Dinosaur Tourist" (Caitlín R. Kiernan) 12-3-18
"Misty Thule" (Adolphe Retté) 12-4-18
"The Prince and the Dressmaker" (Jen Wang) 12-6-18
"R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots)" (Karel Čapek) 12-7-18
"Dr. Black and the Guerrillia" (Brendan Connell) 12-8-18
"The Frolic of the Beasts" (Yukio Mishima) 12-15-18
"The Double Star and Other Occult Fantasies" (Jane de la Vaudère) 12-17-18
"Klaus" (Grant Morrison) 12-17-18 *
"Klaus: The New Adventures of Santa Claus" (Grant Morrison) 12-18-18
"GuRu" (RuPaul) 12-19-18
"Curious Births to Light the Universe" (Brendan Connell) 12-19-18
"Santa's Snow Cat" (Sue Stainton) 12-20-18 *
"Santa's Snow Kitten" (Sue Stainton) 12-20-18 *
"The Legend of Mistletoe and the Christmas Kittens" (Joe Troiano) 12-20-18 *
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2018 Reading List Total:
-
1. "Tomie" (Junji Ito) 1-2-18
2. "Call Me by Your Name" (André Aciman) 1-4-18
3. "The Prozess Manifestations" (Mark Samuels) 1-11-18
4. "The Red Book: Liber Novus: A Reader's Edition" (C.G. Jung) 1-12-18
5. "The Soft Machine: The Restored Text" (William S. Burroughs) 1-16-18 +
6. "Injection: Volume 3" (Warren Ellis) 1-18-18
7. "The Largesse of the Sea Maiden" (Denis Johnson) 1-20-18
8. "Ornaments in Jade" (Arthur Machen) 1-21-18
9. "The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Other Tales of Terror" (Robert Louis Stevenson) 1-28-18
10. "The Overnight" (Ramsey Campbell) 1-30-18
11. "Dragon's Crown Volume 1" (Yuztan) 2-3-18
12. "You Shall Never Know Security" (J.R. Hamantaschen) 2-5-18
13. "The Lord Came At Twilight" (Daniel Mills) 2-6-18
14. "The Night Ocean" (Robert H. Barlow/H.P. Lovecraft) 2-8-18
15. "Stupid Baby" (New Juche) 2-9-18
16. "Daughters of Apostasy" (Damian Murphy) 2-14-18
17. "Drowning in Beauty: the Neo-Decadent Anthology" (Various: edited by Justin Isis/Daniel Corrick) 2-18-18
18. "Mountainhead" (New Juche) 2-28-18
19. "Drifting" (J.-K. Huysmans) 3-5-18 +
20. "The Egg: Stories" (Michael Gira) 3-7-18
21. "The Runes of the Earth" (Stephen R. Donaldson) 3-9-18
22. "When People Die/Instagram Haikus" (Thomas Moore) 3-11-18
23. "Super Sons Vol. 2: Planet of the Capes" (Peter J. Tomasi) 3-14-18
24. "Speak No Evil" (Uzodinma Iweala) 3-15-18
25. "The Ammonite Violin & Others" (Caitlín R. Kiernan) 3-19-18
26. "Nova Express: The Restored Text" (William S. Burroughs) 3-21-18 +
27. "Less Than Zero" (Bret Easton Ellis) 3-24-18 *
28. "The Rules of Attraction" (Bret Easton Ellis) 4-4-18 *
29. "The Divine Comedy" (Dante Alighieri- Lawrence Grant White translation) 4-6-18
30. "Scum" (Alex Binnie) 4-7-18
31. "The Cursed Soldier" (Tom Champagne) 4-7-18
32. "Down From" (Ursula Pflug) 4-12-18
33. "American Psycho" (Bret Easton Ellis) 4-19-18
34. "N" (Arthur Machen) 4-21-18 +
35. "The Constructionists" (Joanna Tova Price) 4-26-18
36. "The Informers" (Bret Easton Ellis) 5-1-18 *
37. "The Seekers" (Gea Philes) 5-5-18
38. "Glamorama" (Bret Easton Ellis) 5-17-18 *
39. "The House With a Clock in Its Walls" (John Bellairs) 5-19-18
40. "Imperial Bedrooms" (Bret Easton Ellis) 5-21-18 *
41. "The Heel" (Brendan Connell) 5-26-18
42. "Zac's Coral Reef" (Dennis Cooper) 5-29-18
43. "Decadence and Symbolism: A Showcase Anthology" (Various; translated by Brian Stableford) 6-4-18
44. "The Ticket That Exploded: The Restored Text" (William S. Burroughs) 6-13-18 +
45. "Aiaigasa" (Quentin S. Crisp) 6-14-18
46. "The Treasure of Alpheus Winterborn" (John Bellairs) 6-17-18 *
47. "Civil War" (Simon Morris) 6-20-18
48. "Personal Ads" (No Authors Identified) 6-21-18
49. "The Mansion in the Mist" (John Bellairs) 6-28-18
50. "What is Anything? Memoirs of a Life in Lovecraft" (S.T. Joshi) 7-4-18
51. "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" (Douglas Adams) 7-5-18
52. "To Charles Fort, With Love" (Caitlín R. Kiernan) 7-13-18
53. "Prophecies and Dooms" (Mark Samuels) 7-18-18
54. "The Undiscovered Self" (C.G. Jung) 7-19-18
55. "Already Dead" (Denis Johnson) 7-23-18
56. "Knapsacks" (J.-K. Huysmans) 7-24-18
57. "Catwings" (Ursula K. Le Guin) 7-25-18 *
58. "Studies of Death" (Count Stanislaus Eric Stenbock) 7-25-18
59. "Pleasant Tales II" (Justin Isis) 7-27-18
60. "Lilith's Legacy: Prose Poems and Short Stories" (Renée Vivien) 8-14-18
61. "Tales of Mystery & Imagination" (Edgar Allan Poe) 8-8-18
62. "The Adventure Zone: Here There Be Gerblins" (Clint McElroy/Carey Pietsch) 8-10-18
63. "Crampton" (Thomas Ligotti/Brandon Trenz) 8-16-18
64. "The Star of Gnosia" (Damian Murphy) 8-18-18
65. "The House on the Borderland" (William Hope Hodgson)
66. "Go Tell It on the Mountain" (James Baldwin)
67. "The Rimini-Ferrara Line" (Brendan Connell) 8-31-18
68. "The Secret Agent" (Joseph Conrad) 9-10-18
69. "Locus Solus" (Raymond Roussel) 9-13-18
70. "Marty Page" (Martin Bladh) 9-14-18
71. "Specialist Fabricator" (Gary Mundy) 9-15-18
72. "Missing" (Josh Peterson) 9-16-18
73. "Fatal Revenant" (Stephen R. Donaldson) 9-21-18
74. "Garfield Completed Works: Volume 1: 1978 & 1979" (Jim Davis) 9-22-18
75. "Alice Through the Needle's Eye" (Gilbert Adair) 10-4-18
76. "Bosun" (New Juche) 10-7-18
77. "Against All Things Ending" (Stephen R. Donaldson) 10-16-18
78. "Errant Vice" (Jean Lorrain) 10-18-18
79. "Frankenstein" (Junji Ito) 10-20-18
80. "Happy Days" (Jason Williamson) 10-24-18
81. "Small Talk at the Clinic" (Thomas Moore/Steven Purtill) 10-25-18
82. "The Way of the Worm" (Ramsey Campbell) 10-31-18
83. "Destroy All Monsters" (Jeff Jackson) 11-4-18
84. "Mercury's Choice" (Kyler James) 11-13-18
85. "The Last Dark" (Stephen R. Donaldson) 11-18-18
86. "Unofficial History of Pi Wei" (Brendan Connell) 11-21-18
87. "Witches in Dreamland" (David Barker/W.H. Pugmire) 11-30-18
88. "The Dinosaur Tourist" (Caitlín R. Kiernan) 12-3-18
89. "Misty Thule" (Adolphe Retté) 12-4-18
90. "The Prince and the Dressmaker" (Jen Wang) 12-6-18
91. "R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots)" (Karel Čapek) 12-7-18
92. "Dr. Black and the Guerrillia" (Brendan Connell) 12-8-18
93. "The Frolic of the Beasts" (Yukio Mishima) 12-15-18
94. "The Double Star and Other Occult Fantasies" (Jane de la Vaudère) 12-17-18
95. "Klaus" (Grant Morrison) 12-17-18 *
96. "Klaus: The New Adventures of Santa Claus" (Grant Morrison) 12-18-18
97. "GuRu" (RuPaul) 12-19-18
98. "Curious Births to Light the Universe" (Brendan Connell) 12-19-18
99. "Santa's Snow Cat" (Sue Stainton) 12-20-18 *
100. "Santa's Snow Kitten" (Sue Stainton) 12-20-18 *
101. "The Legend of Mistletoe and the Christmas Kittens" (Joe Troiano) 12-20-18 *
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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:
"Fascination" (Kevin Killian)
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"The Dinosaur Tourist" (Caitlín R. Kiernan) 12-3-18
"Misty Thule" (Adolphe Retté) 12-4-18
"The Prince and the Dressmaker" (Jen Wang) 12-6-18
"R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots)" (Karel Čapek) 12-7-18
"Dr. Black and the Guerrillia" (Brendan Connell) 12-8-18
"The Frolic of the Beasts" (Yukio Mishima) 12-15-18
"The Double Star and Other Occult Fantasies" (Jane de la Vaudère) 12-17-18
"Klaus" (Grant Morrison) 12-17-18 *
"Klaus: The New Adventures of Santa Claus" (Grant Morrison) 12-18-18
"GuRu" (RuPaul) 12-19-18
"Curious Births to Light the Universe" (Brendan Connell) 12-19-18
"Santa's Snow Cat" (Sue Stainton) 12-20-18 *
"Santa's Snow Kitten" (Sue Stainton) 12-20-18 *
"The Legend of Mistletoe and the Christmas Kittens" (Joe Troiano) 12-20-18 *
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2018 Reading List Total:
-
1. "Tomie" (Junji Ito) 1-2-18
2. "Call Me by Your Name" (André Aciman) 1-4-18
3. "The Prozess Manifestations" (Mark Samuels) 1-11-18
4. "The Red Book: Liber Novus: A Reader's Edition" (C.G. Jung) 1-12-18
5. "The Soft Machine: The Restored Text" (William S. Burroughs) 1-16-18 +
6. "Injection: Volume 3" (Warren Ellis) 1-18-18
7. "The Largesse of the Sea Maiden" (Denis Johnson) 1-20-18
8. "Ornaments in Jade" (Arthur Machen) 1-21-18
9. "The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Other Tales of Terror" (Robert Louis Stevenson) 1-28-18
10. "The Overnight" (Ramsey Campbell) 1-30-18
11. "Dragon's Crown Volume 1" (Yuztan) 2-3-18
12. "You Shall Never Know Security" (J.R. Hamantaschen) 2-5-18
13. "The Lord Came At Twilight" (Daniel Mills) 2-6-18
14. "The Night Ocean" (Robert H. Barlow/H.P. Lovecraft) 2-8-18
15. "Stupid Baby" (New Juche) 2-9-18
16. "Daughters of Apostasy" (Damian Murphy) 2-14-18
17. "Drowning in Beauty: the Neo-Decadent Anthology" (Various: edited by Justin Isis/Daniel Corrick) 2-18-18
18. "Mountainhead" (New Juche) 2-28-18
19. "Drifting" (J.-K. Huysmans) 3-5-18 +
20. "The Egg: Stories" (Michael Gira) 3-7-18
21. "The Runes of the Earth" (Stephen R. Donaldson) 3-9-18
22. "When People Die/Instagram Haikus" (Thomas Moore) 3-11-18
23. "Super Sons Vol. 2: Planet of the Capes" (Peter J. Tomasi) 3-14-18
24. "Speak No Evil" (Uzodinma Iweala) 3-15-18
25. "The Ammonite Violin & Others" (Caitlín R. Kiernan) 3-19-18
26. "Nova Express: The Restored Text" (William S. Burroughs) 3-21-18 +
27. "Less Than Zero" (Bret Easton Ellis) 3-24-18 *
28. "The Rules of Attraction" (Bret Easton Ellis) 4-4-18 *
29. "The Divine Comedy" (Dante Alighieri- Lawrence Grant White translation) 4-6-18
30. "Scum" (Alex Binnie) 4-7-18
31. "The Cursed Soldier" (Tom Champagne) 4-7-18
32. "Down From" (Ursula Pflug) 4-12-18
33. "American Psycho" (Bret Easton Ellis) 4-19-18
34. "N" (Arthur Machen) 4-21-18 +
35. "The Constructionists" (Joanna Tova Price) 4-26-18
36. "The Informers" (Bret Easton Ellis) 5-1-18 *
37. "The Seekers" (Gea Philes) 5-5-18
38. "Glamorama" (Bret Easton Ellis) 5-17-18 *
39. "The House With a Clock in Its Walls" (John Bellairs) 5-19-18
40. "Imperial Bedrooms" (Bret Easton Ellis) 5-21-18 *
41. "The Heel" (Brendan Connell) 5-26-18
42. "Zac's Coral Reef" (Dennis Cooper) 5-29-18
43. "Decadence and Symbolism: A Showcase Anthology" (Various; translated by Brian Stableford) 6-4-18
44. "The Ticket That Exploded: The Restored Text" (William S. Burroughs) 6-13-18 +
45. "Aiaigasa" (Quentin S. Crisp) 6-14-18
46. "The Treasure of Alpheus Winterborn" (John Bellairs) 6-17-18 *
47. "Civil War" (Simon Morris) 6-20-18
48. "Personal Ads" (No Authors Identified) 6-21-18
49. "The Mansion in the Mist" (John Bellairs) 6-28-18
50. "What is Anything? Memoirs of a Life in Lovecraft" (S.T. Joshi) 7-4-18
51. "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" (Douglas Adams) 7-5-18
52. "To Charles Fort, With Love" (Caitlín R. Kiernan) 7-13-18
53. "Prophecies and Dooms" (Mark Samuels) 7-18-18
54. "The Undiscovered Self" (C.G. Jung) 7-19-18
55. "Already Dead" (Denis Johnson) 7-23-18
56. "Knapsacks" (J.-K. Huysmans) 7-24-18
57. "Catwings" (Ursula K. Le Guin) 7-25-18 *
58. "Studies of Death" (Count Stanislaus Eric Stenbock) 7-25-18
59. "Pleasant Tales II" (Justin Isis) 7-27-18
60. "Lilith's Legacy: Prose Poems and Short Stories" (Renée Vivien) 8-14-18
61. "Tales of Mystery & Imagination" (Edgar Allan Poe) 8-8-18
62. "The Adventure Zone: Here There Be Gerblins" (Clint McElroy/Carey Pietsch) 8-10-18
63. "Crampton" (Thomas Ligotti/Brandon Trenz) 8-16-18
64. "The Star of Gnosia" (Damian Murphy) 8-18-18
65. "The House on the Borderland" (William Hope Hodgson)
66. "Go Tell It on the Mountain" (James Baldwin)
67. "The Rimini-Ferrara Line" (Brendan Connell) 8-31-18
68. "The Secret Agent" (Joseph Conrad) 9-10-18
69. "Locus Solus" (Raymond Roussel) 9-13-18
70. "Marty Page" (Martin Bladh) 9-14-18
71. "Specialist Fabricator" (Gary Mundy) 9-15-18
72. "Missing" (Josh Peterson) 9-16-18
73. "Fatal Revenant" (Stephen R. Donaldson) 9-21-18
74. "Garfield Completed Works: Volume 1: 1978 & 1979" (Jim Davis) 9-22-18
75. "Alice Through the Needle's Eye" (Gilbert Adair) 10-4-18
76. "Bosun" (New Juche) 10-7-18
77. "Against All Things Ending" (Stephen R. Donaldson) 10-16-18
78. "Errant Vice" (Jean Lorrain) 10-18-18
79. "Frankenstein" (Junji Ito) 10-20-18
80. "Happy Days" (Jason Williamson) 10-24-18
81. "Small Talk at the Clinic" (Thomas Moore/Steven Purtill) 10-25-18
82. "The Way of the Worm" (Ramsey Campbell) 10-31-18
83. "Destroy All Monsters" (Jeff Jackson) 11-4-18
84. "Mercury's Choice" (Kyler James) 11-13-18
85. "The Last Dark" (Stephen R. Donaldson) 11-18-18
86. "Unofficial History of Pi Wei" (Brendan Connell) 11-21-18
87. "Witches in Dreamland" (David Barker/W.H. Pugmire) 11-30-18
88. "The Dinosaur Tourist" (Caitlín R. Kiernan) 12-3-18
89. "Misty Thule" (Adolphe Retté) 12-4-18
90. "The Prince and the Dressmaker" (Jen Wang) 12-6-18
91. "R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots)" (Karel Čapek) 12-7-18
92. "Dr. Black and the Guerrillia" (Brendan Connell) 12-8-18
93. "The Frolic of the Beasts" (Yukio Mishima) 12-15-18
94. "The Double Star and Other Occult Fantasies" (Jane de la Vaudère) 12-17-18
95. "Klaus" (Grant Morrison) 12-17-18 *
96. "Klaus: The New Adventures of Santa Claus" (Grant Morrison) 12-18-18
97. "GuRu" (RuPaul) 12-19-18
98. "Curious Births to Light the Universe" (Brendan Connell) 12-19-18
99. "Santa's Snow Cat" (Sue Stainton) 12-20-18 *
100. "Santa's Snow Kitten" (Sue Stainton) 12-20-18 *
101. "The Legend of Mistletoe and the Christmas Kittens" (Joe Troiano) 12-20-18 *
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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:
"Fascination" (Kevin Killian)
Tuesday, December 4, 2018
HARLEM SMOKE cover reveal/other news
Today Snuggly Books revealed the front cover art for Harlem Smoke, my upcoming horror novel (which is due to be published in January 2019).
They also released the official description for the novel:
"A gay, black antinatalist, Isaac Grimalkin isn’t your typical H.P. Lovecraft fan. Back in 1996 Isaac was the sole member of the Dunwich Posse, an experimental Lovecraftian horrorcore hip-hop act that released Harlem Smoke, a groundbreaking album chronicling the gruesome exploits of its titular monster. But when his album began to inspire real-life copycat crimes, Isaac abandoned his musical career at the height of his fame.
Flash-forward to 2015. Once again living in the city of Providence, Rhode Island, Isaac, now 38, has reinvented himself as a Pickman-esque painter of the morbid and the macabre. He wishes to forget his past; but his life gradually takes a hellish descent when an interview with a music magazine resurrects public interest in the Dunwich Posse. Meanwhile, local women are being murdered in a variety of grotesque scenarios that seem directly inspired by the lyrics of Isaac’s old, cursed album. As police suspicion mounts, Isaac begins investigating his family’s sinister history, in search of answers for just who (or what) the elusive Harlem Smoke actually is: an interior quest that could lead to his own annihilation.
Set in a social realist modern-day Providence where paradoxical dimensions of cosmic horror are only a stone’s throw away, Harlem Smoke is a creative re-imagining of the artistic potentialities of the Lovecraftian novel."
Flash-forward to 2015. Once again living in the city of Providence, Rhode Island, Isaac, now 38, has reinvented himself as a Pickman-esque painter of the morbid and the macabre. He wishes to forget his past; but his life gradually takes a hellish descent when an interview with a music magazine resurrects public interest in the Dunwich Posse. Meanwhile, local women are being murdered in a variety of grotesque scenarios that seem directly inspired by the lyrics of Isaac’s old, cursed album. As police suspicion mounts, Isaac begins investigating his family’s sinister history, in search of answers for just who (or what) the elusive Harlem Smoke actually is: an interior quest that could lead to his own annihilation.
Set in a social realist modern-day Providence where paradoxical dimensions of cosmic horror are only a stone’s throw away, Harlem Smoke is a creative re-imagining of the artistic potentialities of the Lovecraftian novel."
* * * *
Now that the Harlem Smoke project is nearing its publication date, I have to figure out what to do with Last Dark Ride, my 3rd short story collection. As it stands I have about 10 stories in it ready to go (originally it was 11 but one of them, "A Gig at Thanatos," was cut recently: that same story was also cut from my first collection, though it had a different name then, which should tell you all you need to know). But I haven't begun the process of sending it around to publishers yet, for the simple reason that one of its stories will be published separately as a chapbook next year, and I'll have to wait until at least a year afterwards before it can appear elsewhere. One thing I'm considering is just cutting that latter story out of the collection as well, and replacing it with something else, but not totally sure... after all, that would entail writing another story, something I'm loathe to do... or maybe I can just be patient and wait it out.
I also need to figure out what I'll be doing with my novella The Tangled Light, which I wrote last summer/fall. That's kind of an odd one (and I don't think I've even mentioned it much on here) but it's a semi-autobiographical (and also semi-fictional) account of the time I played a vampire doctor for a Halloween play in the 4th grade, in 1989. I say it's an odd book because I tried really hard in it to not mention Lovecraft once (ditto for Kenneth Grant, though I did nick the novella's title from the working titles of one of his own novellas).
Actually, what I REALLY need to do is figure out what my next major project will be, period, but that's a whole other issue!
Friday, November 30, 2018
2018 Reading List Monthly Update: November
Books read in November of 2018:
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"Destroy All Monsters" (Jeff Jackson) 11-4-18
"Mercury's Choice" (Kyler James) 11-13-18
"The Last Dark" (Stephen R. Donaldson) 11-18-18
"Unofficial History of Pi Wei" (Brendan Connell) 11-21-18
"Witches in Dreamland" (David Barker/W.H. Pugmire) 11-30-18
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2018 Reading List Total:
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1. "Tomie" (Junji Ito) 1-2-18
2. "Call Me by Your Name" (André Aciman) 1-4-18
3. "The Prozess Manifestations" (Mark Samuels) 1-11-18
4. "The Red Book: Liber Novus: A Reader's Edition" (C.G. Jung) 1-12-18
5. "The Soft Machine: The Restored Text" (William S. Burroughs) 1-16-18 +
6. "Injection: Volume 3" (Warren Ellis) 1-18-18
7. "The Largesse of the Sea Maiden" (Denis Johnson) 1-20-18
8. "Ornaments in Jade" (Arthur Machen) 1-21-18
9. "The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Other Tales of Terror" (Robert Louis Stevenson) 1-28-18
10. "The Overnight" (Ramsey Campbell) 1-30-18
11. "Dragon's Crown Volume 1" (Yuztan) 2-3-18
12. "You Shall Never Know Security" (J.R. Hamantaschen) 2-5-18
13. "The Lord Came At Twilight" (Daniel Mills) 2-6-18
14. "The Night Ocean" (Robert H. Barlow/H.P. Lovecraft) 2-8-18
15. "Stupid Baby" (New Juche) 2-9-18
16. "Daughters of Apostasy" (Damian Murphy) 2-14-18
17. "Drowning in Beauty: the Neo-Decadent Anthology" (Various: edited by Justin Isis/Daniel Corrick) 2-18-18
18. "Mountainhead" (New Juche) 2-28-18
19. "Drifting" (J.-K. Huysmans) 3-5-18 +
20. "The Egg: Stories" (Michael Gira) 3-7-18
21. "The Runes of the Earth" (Stephen R. Donaldson) 3-9-18
22. "When People Die/Instagram Haikus" (Thomas Moore) 3-11-18
23. "Super Sons Vol. 2: Planet of the Capes" (Peter J. Tomasi) 3-14-18
24. "Speak No Evil" (Uzodinma Iweala) 3-15-18
25. "The Ammonite Violin & Others" (Caitlín R. Kiernan) 3-19-18
26. "Nova Express: The Restored Text" (William S. Burroughs) 3-21-18 +
27. "Less Than Zero" (Bret Easton Ellis) 3-24-18 *
28. "The Rules of Attraction" (Bret Easton Ellis) 4-4-18 *
29. "The Divine Comedy" (Dante Alighieri- Lawrence Grant White translation) 4-6-18
30. "Scum" (Alex Binnie) 4-7-18
31. "The Cursed Soldier" (Tom Champagne) 4-7-18
32. "Down From" (Ursula Pflug) 4-12-18
33. "American Psycho" (Bret Easton Ellis) 4-19-18
34. "N" (Arthur Machen) 4-21-18 +
35. "The Constructionists" (Joanna Tova Price) 4-26-18
36. "The Informers" (Bret Easton Ellis) 5-1-18 *
37. "The Seekers" (Gea Philes) 5-5-18
38. "Glamorama" (Bret Easton Ellis) 5-17-18 *
39. "The House With a Clock in Its Walls" (John Bellairs) 5-19-18
40. "Imperial Bedrooms" (Bret Easton Ellis) 5-21-18 *
41. "The Heel" (Brendan Connell) 5-26-18
42. "Zac's Coral Reef" (Dennis Cooper) 5-29-18
43. "Decadence and Symbolism: A Showcase Anthology" (Various; translated by Brian Stableford) 6-4-18
44. "The Ticket That Exploded: The Restored Text" (William S. Burroughs) 6-13-18 +
45. "Aiaigasa" (Quentin S. Crisp) 6-14-18
46. "The Treasure of Alpheus Winterborn" (John Bellairs) 6-17-18 *
47. "Civil War" (Simon Morris) 6-20-18
48. "Personal Ads" (No Authors Identified) 6-21-18
49. "The Mansion in the Mist" (John Bellairs) 6-28-18
50. "What is Anything? Memoirs of a Life in Lovecraft" (S.T. Joshi) 7-4-18
51. "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" (Douglas Adams) 7-5-18
52. "To Charles Fort, With Love" (Caitlín R. Kiernan) 7-13-18
53. "Prophecies and Dooms" (Mark Samuels) 7-18-18
54. "The Undiscovered Self" (C.G. Jung) 7-19-18
55. "Already Dead" (Denis Johnson) 7-23-18
56. "Knapsacks" (J.-K. Huysmans) 7-24-18
57. "Catwings" (Ursula K. Le Guin) 7-25-18 *
58. "Studies of Death" (Count Stanislaus Eric Stenbock) 7-25-18
59. "Pleasant Tales II" (Justin Isis) 7-27-18
60. "Lilith's Legacy: Prose Poems and Short Stories" (Renée Vivien) 8-14-18
61. "Tales of Mystery & Imagination" (Edgar Allan Poe) 8-8-18
62. "The Adventure Zone: Here There Be Gerblins" (Clint McElroy/Carey Pietsch) 8-10-18
63. "Crampton" (Thomas Ligotti/Brandon Trenz) 8-16-18
64. "The Star of Gnosia" (Damian Murphy) 8-18-18
65. "The House on the Borderland" (William Hope Hodgson)
66. "Go Tell It on the Mountain" (James Baldwin)
67. "The Rimini-Ferrara Line" (Brendan Connell) 8-31-18
68. "The Secret Agent" (Joseph Conrad) 9-10-18
69. "Locus Solus" (Raymond Roussel) 9-13-18
70. "Marty Page" (Martin Bladh) 9-14-18
71. "Specialist Fabricator" (Gary Mundy) 9-15-18
72. "Missing" (Josh Peterson) 9-16-18
73. "Fatal Revenant" (Stephen R. Donaldson) 9-21-18
74. "Garfield Completed Works: Volume 1: 1978 & 1979" (Jim Davis) 9-22-18
75. "Alice Through the Needle's Eye" (Gilbert Adair) 10-4-18
76. "Bosun" (New Juche) 10-7-18
77. "Against All Things Ending" (Stephen R. Donaldson) 10-16-18
78. "Errant Vice" (Jean Lorrain) 10-18-18
79. "Frankenstein" (Junji Ito) 10-20-18
80. "Happy Days" (Jason Williamson) 10-24-18
81. "Small Talk at the Clinic" (Thomas Moore/Steven Purtill) 10-25-18
82. "The Way of the Worm" (Ramsey Campbell) 10-31-18
83. "Destroy All Monsters" (Jeff Jackson) 11-4-18
84. "Mercury's Choice" (Kyler James) 11-13-18
85. "The Last Dark" (Stephen R. Donaldson) 11-18-18
86. "Unofficial History of Pi Wei" (Brendan Connell) 11-21-18
87. "Witches in Dreamland" (David Barker/W.H. Pugmire) 11-30-18
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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 Dinosaur Tourist" (Caitlín R. Kiernan)
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"Destroy All Monsters" (Jeff Jackson) 11-4-18
"Mercury's Choice" (Kyler James) 11-13-18
"The Last Dark" (Stephen R. Donaldson) 11-18-18
"Unofficial History of Pi Wei" (Brendan Connell) 11-21-18
"Witches in Dreamland" (David Barker/W.H. Pugmire) 11-30-18
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2018 Reading List Total:
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1. "Tomie" (Junji Ito) 1-2-18
2. "Call Me by Your Name" (André Aciman) 1-4-18
3. "The Prozess Manifestations" (Mark Samuels) 1-11-18
4. "The Red Book: Liber Novus: A Reader's Edition" (C.G. Jung) 1-12-18
5. "The Soft Machine: The Restored Text" (William S. Burroughs) 1-16-18 +
6. "Injection: Volume 3" (Warren Ellis) 1-18-18
7. "The Largesse of the Sea Maiden" (Denis Johnson) 1-20-18
8. "Ornaments in Jade" (Arthur Machen) 1-21-18
9. "The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Other Tales of Terror" (Robert Louis Stevenson) 1-28-18
10. "The Overnight" (Ramsey Campbell) 1-30-18
11. "Dragon's Crown Volume 1" (Yuztan) 2-3-18
12. "You Shall Never Know Security" (J.R. Hamantaschen) 2-5-18
13. "The Lord Came At Twilight" (Daniel Mills) 2-6-18
14. "The Night Ocean" (Robert H. Barlow/H.P. Lovecraft) 2-8-18
15. "Stupid Baby" (New Juche) 2-9-18
16. "Daughters of Apostasy" (Damian Murphy) 2-14-18
17. "Drowning in Beauty: the Neo-Decadent Anthology" (Various: edited by Justin Isis/Daniel Corrick) 2-18-18
18. "Mountainhead" (New Juche) 2-28-18
19. "Drifting" (J.-K. Huysmans) 3-5-18 +
20. "The Egg: Stories" (Michael Gira) 3-7-18
21. "The Runes of the Earth" (Stephen R. Donaldson) 3-9-18
22. "When People Die/Instagram Haikus" (Thomas Moore) 3-11-18
23. "Super Sons Vol. 2: Planet of the Capes" (Peter J. Tomasi) 3-14-18
24. "Speak No Evil" (Uzodinma Iweala) 3-15-18
25. "The Ammonite Violin & Others" (Caitlín R. Kiernan) 3-19-18
26. "Nova Express: The Restored Text" (William S. Burroughs) 3-21-18 +
27. "Less Than Zero" (Bret Easton Ellis) 3-24-18 *
28. "The Rules of Attraction" (Bret Easton Ellis) 4-4-18 *
29. "The Divine Comedy" (Dante Alighieri- Lawrence Grant White translation) 4-6-18
30. "Scum" (Alex Binnie) 4-7-18
31. "The Cursed Soldier" (Tom Champagne) 4-7-18
32. "Down From" (Ursula Pflug) 4-12-18
33. "American Psycho" (Bret Easton Ellis) 4-19-18
34. "N" (Arthur Machen) 4-21-18 +
35. "The Constructionists" (Joanna Tova Price) 4-26-18
36. "The Informers" (Bret Easton Ellis) 5-1-18 *
37. "The Seekers" (Gea Philes) 5-5-18
38. "Glamorama" (Bret Easton Ellis) 5-17-18 *
39. "The House With a Clock in Its Walls" (John Bellairs) 5-19-18
40. "Imperial Bedrooms" (Bret Easton Ellis) 5-21-18 *
41. "The Heel" (Brendan Connell) 5-26-18
42. "Zac's Coral Reef" (Dennis Cooper) 5-29-18
43. "Decadence and Symbolism: A Showcase Anthology" (Various; translated by Brian Stableford) 6-4-18
44. "The Ticket That Exploded: The Restored Text" (William S. Burroughs) 6-13-18 +
45. "Aiaigasa" (Quentin S. Crisp) 6-14-18
46. "The Treasure of Alpheus Winterborn" (John Bellairs) 6-17-18 *
47. "Civil War" (Simon Morris) 6-20-18
48. "Personal Ads" (No Authors Identified) 6-21-18
49. "The Mansion in the Mist" (John Bellairs) 6-28-18
50. "What is Anything? Memoirs of a Life in Lovecraft" (S.T. Joshi) 7-4-18
51. "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" (Douglas Adams) 7-5-18
52. "To Charles Fort, With Love" (Caitlín R. Kiernan) 7-13-18
53. "Prophecies and Dooms" (Mark Samuels) 7-18-18
54. "The Undiscovered Self" (C.G. Jung) 7-19-18
55. "Already Dead" (Denis Johnson) 7-23-18
56. "Knapsacks" (J.-K. Huysmans) 7-24-18
57. "Catwings" (Ursula K. Le Guin) 7-25-18 *
58. "Studies of Death" (Count Stanislaus Eric Stenbock) 7-25-18
59. "Pleasant Tales II" (Justin Isis) 7-27-18
60. "Lilith's Legacy: Prose Poems and Short Stories" (Renée Vivien) 8-14-18
61. "Tales of Mystery & Imagination" (Edgar Allan Poe) 8-8-18
62. "The Adventure Zone: Here There Be Gerblins" (Clint McElroy/Carey Pietsch) 8-10-18
63. "Crampton" (Thomas Ligotti/Brandon Trenz) 8-16-18
64. "The Star of Gnosia" (Damian Murphy) 8-18-18
65. "The House on the Borderland" (William Hope Hodgson)
66. "Go Tell It on the Mountain" (James Baldwin)
67. "The Rimini-Ferrara Line" (Brendan Connell) 8-31-18
68. "The Secret Agent" (Joseph Conrad) 9-10-18
69. "Locus Solus" (Raymond Roussel) 9-13-18
70. "Marty Page" (Martin Bladh) 9-14-18
71. "Specialist Fabricator" (Gary Mundy) 9-15-18
72. "Missing" (Josh Peterson) 9-16-18
73. "Fatal Revenant" (Stephen R. Donaldson) 9-21-18
74. "Garfield Completed Works: Volume 1: 1978 & 1979" (Jim Davis) 9-22-18
75. "Alice Through the Needle's Eye" (Gilbert Adair) 10-4-18
76. "Bosun" (New Juche) 10-7-18
77. "Against All Things Ending" (Stephen R. Donaldson) 10-16-18
78. "Errant Vice" (Jean Lorrain) 10-18-18
79. "Frankenstein" (Junji Ito) 10-20-18
80. "Happy Days" (Jason Williamson) 10-24-18
81. "Small Talk at the Clinic" (Thomas Moore/Steven Purtill) 10-25-18
82. "The Way of the Worm" (Ramsey Campbell) 10-31-18
83. "Destroy All Monsters" (Jeff Jackson) 11-4-18
84. "Mercury's Choice" (Kyler James) 11-13-18
85. "The Last Dark" (Stephen R. Donaldson) 11-18-18
86. "Unofficial History of Pi Wei" (Brendan Connell) 11-21-18
87. "Witches in Dreamland" (David Barker/W.H. Pugmire) 11-30-18
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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 Dinosaur Tourist" (Caitlín R. Kiernan)
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