{"id":7341,"date":"2015-04-13T19:55:22","date_gmt":"2015-04-13T23:55:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lawrencecconnolly.com\/archive\/?p=7341"},"modified":"2023-07-07T22:43:46","modified_gmt":"2023-07-08T02:43:46","slug":"sinister-appetites-dark-discoveries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lawrencecconnolly.com\/archive\/2015\/04\/13\/sinister-appetites-dark-discoveries\/","title":{"rendered":"Sinister Appetites & Dark Discoveries<\/i>"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Aickman<\/a>I’ve been a fan of the stories of Robert Aickman<\/a> since I first discovered them\u00a0in the pages to F&SF<\/a><\/em> in the 1976 and then went on to savor\u00a0his collections Cold Hand in Mine<\/em><\/a>, The Wine Dark Sea<\/em><\/a>, and others.<\/p>\n

Strange, surreal, and imbued the essence of dreams — his tales helped kindle my interest in quiet horror.<\/p>\n

Now, decades after I first discovered them, Aickman’s stories\u00a0remain among the most haunting\u00a0stories I have ever read.<\/p>\n

\"Cold<\/a>Last November at the World Fantasy Convention<\/a>, I had the opportunity to take part in a panel discussion of Aickman’s stories. Along the way, I shared my thoughts on the Freudian and Jungian aspects \u00a0of “The Swords” and “The Inner Room” –tales\u00a0that roil with undercurrents of sexual tension and painful longing.<\/p>\n

Following the panel, I was approached by Dark Discoveries<\/em> editor Aaron J. French, who asked if I would be interested in expanding the\u00a0comments for an edition of his magazine to center on the theme “Sinister Appetites.” I didn’t need to think twice about that one.<\/p>\n

\"dd\"<\/a>A copy of that “Sinister Appetites” issue arrived today, and it’s\u00a0a beauty, with\u00a0fiction by Scott Edelman and Storm Constantine, features by John Palisano and Joe McKinney, columns by \u00a0Yvonne Navarro and Gary A. Braunbeck — and lots more great stuff by some of the top names in the field. I’m delighted to be a part of it all.<\/p>\n

Print and digital copies of the magazine are available from\u00a0the good people at JournalStone Publishing<\/a>, who also produce an impressive line of books<\/a>.<\/p>\n

You can order the “Sinister Appetites” issue at the\u00a0Dark Discoveries<\/a>\u00a0website.<\/p>\n

Go ahead. Check it out . . . satisfy your appetite . . . and scop on!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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