Here is my month of November calender creep improvement program. This last month I read Michael Shea’s The Color Out of Time, a part two of sorts to H. P. Lovecraft’s A Color Out of Space.
The scene is taken from a part in the book where one of the many malevolent mutations is revealed. Attached to it, if memory serves correct, is an innocent bystander getting drained to a pulpy mess of its former self in order to provide strength and power to the mutation, allowing it to grow larger and have a greater horrific influence in the unsuspecting world.
If you’ve not read Michael Shea, I highly recommend him. He has a great style of prose that is elegantly poetic and a joy to read. He’s got a firm grip on telling a tale with a punch and pulling out surprises that make you delve deeper and more insanely into his realm of the fantastic. Shea knows how to keep mood prevalent and effective which I find to be the first and foremost mark of success with genre fiction.
He attended the H.P. Lovecraft Film Fest in Portland Oct. 2010 as a guest and I had the distinct pleasure of hearing him read some of his works and was able to get some books signed as well. Without a doubt, a very nice and talented fellow.
Comments (4)
Sick-
Any chance you might publish a calendar for us/me someday- I think this would go over well at work- and I am ready for December's!
Aaron L- Dexter Roadhouse
Heck yeah, that'd be fun.
I've been having a little trouble figuring out Dec. It's a red barn house with a dead tree filling the entire frame. everything is centered. really bad composition.
Oh…wait, I just had an idea….
Can't wait! So glad to see you have not lost any passion after 20 years!
I sent you a rambling email to your gmail account- probably got pushed into your junk folder…
No, I started to respond to it, it became lengthy and Havent gotten back to it, oopsy.