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02-09-10 : Douglas Clegg Returns to 'Neverland'
Is 1980's Horror Returning from the Grave?
There was a lot to be excited about then. Great writing, weird writing, over-the-top intensity sometimes burning up the pages. People still talk about the 1980's horror boom, in just that term. David Drake used the phrase in our interview. Frankly, I was happy to hear it.
I was equally happy to see Douglas Clegg's 'Neverland' return from the spin-rack hell to whence it had been banished, and "80's horror comeback!" was the first thought that flashed through my mind. But then, pulling my copy of the original trade paperback off the shelves (the inside cover is already a rich, faded brownish-yellow), I realized that it was published, like a fair amount of what I consider "80's horror" in the early 90's — 1991 in this case. That shouldn't surprise me either, really. Horror fiction that doesn't know when to die — and then comes back from the dead. It makes perfect sense.
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Sleepless
Charlie Huston
Reviewed by
Rick Kleffel
Charlie Huston writes a raw, edgy noir set in a chaotic, violent Los Angeles of the near future. Page-turning and emotionally powerful.
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02-05-10:
A 2009 Interview with David Drake, Part 2 / Complete
"I didn't have a governor ... that is ... anything, endgame, was me killing somebody." — David Drake
Yes, David Drake comes off as quite intense. But there's a level of generosity and humor in his voice as well. It's just amazing how complicated the human voice is. How seemingly simple inflection can convey so many nuances, how a simple statement can embody horror, humor, self-knowledge, self-disgust, distress at the state of the world. And it's amazing how close a voice can bring us to another human being.
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