The Ginger Nuts of Horror website has published my contribution to its ‘Childhood Fears’ series, in which I dwell on the terror of the giant iron statue Talos in JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS (1963).
Month: October 2017
‘The Weird in Weird Fiction’ FantasyCon panel on The Outer Dark podcast
This week’s The Outer Dark podcast includes a recording of the ‘Weird in Weird Fiction’ panel from last month’s FantasyCon in Peterborough, featuring me alongside some wonderfully knowledgeable people: Phil Sloman (moderating), Helen Marshall, Stephen Laws, Paul Woodward and Alistair Rennie.
I had such fun taking part in this one! The panel starts at the 1:11 mark, though you should also listen to the WorldCon ‘Rise of Weird Fiction’ panel recording earlier in the episode, and Helen Marshall’s fantastically detailed commentary on the current state of weird fiction. (Also: read Helen’s fiction! Her short story collections are incredible.)
BLIGHTERS in print
I’m pleased to announce that my novella, BLIGHTERS, will be released in print by Abaddon in November, as part of an omnibus of three novellas under the umbrella title INVADERS FROM BEYOND.
BLIGHTERS is about giant slugs that have mysteriously landed around the world, which provide anybody nearby with an intense sense of calm and contentment. Becky Stone, a disaffected, snarky twenty-something from Kendal in Cumbria, gets drawn into the search for Blighters for all the wrong reasons. It’s also sort of a murder mystery.
You can find out more about the novella (including reviews, linked guest posts and a Spotify soundtrack) here, or you can just go ahead and preorder the book at Amazon.
Finally, here’s the impressive cover – I’m particularly chuffed that the bottom quote is taken from the lovely Ginger Nuts of Horror review of BLIGHTERS from last year, when it was released as a standalone ebook.
Tim Major 
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