Dead People Sit On My Bed

Mike Plowman wrote:

> On 2 Dec 2006 19:20:36 -0800, "John Pelan" <jpelan DeleteThis @qwest.net> wrote:
>
> >
> >Zarok wrote:
> >> As titles for short story collection titles go, I think THEY RETURN AT
> >> EVENING by H R Wakefield takes some beating. Here are some others which
> >> don't exist but perhaps should:
> >>
> >> * DEAD PEOPLE SIT ON MY BED & OTHER TALL TALES by Elspeth Hardheart
> >>
> >> * LOCKED IN FOR THE FRIGHT by Elliot O'Donnell
> >>
> >> * CUTTING PEOPLE IS WRONG by Arnold Gougeworthy
> >>
> >> * SPIDERS DINE WITH SERVIETTES & OTHER REVOLTING HORRORS by Sir Charles
> >> Birkin
> >
> >I'm a Tedious, Unfunny Prat: The Autobiography of Chris Barker in
> >Seventeen Volumes
>
> Already published ad widely available on Usenet John.
> --
> Mike Plowman
> "Hey you, Horror Face. I'm a Printhead"

Equally as sad as Pelan's antics are those of fellow SMAM (Sad Middle
Aged Man) Mike Plowman, host of a very yawnsome Coronation Street
website.

Plowman knows next to nothing about ghost fiction. His only interest in
this group is the same as Pelan's.
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On 2 Dec 2006 19:20:36 -0800, "John Pelan" <jpelan RemoveThis @qwest.net> wrote:

>
>Zarok wrote:
>> As titles for short story collection titles go, I think THEY RETURN AT
>> EVENING by H R Wakefield takes some beating. Here are some others which
>> don't exist but perhaps should:
>>
>> * DEAD PEOPLE SIT ON MY BED & OTHER TALL TALES by Elspeth Hardheart
>>
>> * LOCKED IN FOR THE FRIGHT by Elliot O'Donnell
>>
>> * CUTTING PEOPLE IS WRONG by Arnold Gougeworthy
>>
>> * SPIDERS DINE WITH SERVIETTES & OTHER REVOLTING HORRORS by Sir Charles
>> Birkin
>
>I'm a Tedious, Unfunny Prat: The Autobiography of Chris Barker in
>Seventeen Volumes

Already published ad widely available on Usenet John.
--
Mike Plowman
"Hey you, Horror Face. I'm a Printhead"
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THE SUCKING BOOK by Guy N. Smith

Bill B.
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Randy Money wrote:

> burlveneer RemoveThis @mailinator.com wrote:
> > THE SUCKING BOOK by Guy N. Smith
> >
> > Bill B.
> >
>
> _Another Nubile Wench Bites the Dust_ by Richard Laymon
>
> _The Bloating_ by Stephen King
>
> _Amorphous Obliquity_ & _Ambiguous Indirection_ by Ramsey Campbell
>
> _Talebleeding_ by CaitlinKiernan
>
> _Strange Fuckin' Stories: The Lost Manuscripts of Robert Aickman_,
> edited and finished by Edward Lee
>
>
>
> Randy M.

No offence - and it's testament to your powers of creation - but I
think I can safely say that I cannot think of six books I'd rather
*not* have on my shelves.

Come back Jeffrey Archer, all is forgiven.

CB
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Randy Money wrote:

> Zarok wrote:
> > Randy Money wrote:
> >
> >
> >>burlveneer@mailinator.com wrote:
> >>
> >>>THE SUCKING BOOK by Guy N. Smith
> >>>
> >>>Bill B.
> >>>
> >>
> >>_Another Nubile Wench Bites the Dust_ by Richard Laymon
> >>
> >>_The Bloating_ by Stephen King
> >>
> >>_Amorphous Obliquity_ & _Ambiguous Indirection_ by Ramsey Campbell
> >>
> >>_Talebleeding_ by CaitlinKiernan
> >>
> >>_Strange Fuckin' Stories: The Lost Manuscripts of Robert Aickman_,
> >>edited and finished by Edward Lee
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>Randy M.
> >
> >
> > No offence - and it's testament to your powers of creation - but I
> > think I can safely say that I cannot think of six books I'd rather
> > *not* have on my shelves.
> >
> > Come back Jeffrey Archer, all is forgiven.
> >
> > CB
> >
>
> Eh, I don't know. I think any one of those writers have/had enough sense
> of humor to use a title like that and make it fun. Of course,
> considering the kinds of stories they write (or wrote) they could get
> revenge by just killing me off. Over and over, if wanted.
>
>
> Randy M.

Tangentally, I read your post and wondered whether Robert Aickman ever
swore in his stories. I can't recall it. Did he?
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burlveneer DeleteThis @mailinator.com wrote:
> THE SUCKING BOOK by Guy N. Smith
>
> Bill B.
>

_Another Nubile Wench Bites the Dust_ by Richard Laymon

_The Bloating_ by Stephen King

_Amorphous Obliquity_ & _Ambiguous Indirection_ by Ramsey Campbell

_Talebleeding_ by CaitlinKiernan

_Strange Fuckin' Stories: The Lost Manuscripts of Robert Aickman_,
edited and finished by Edward Lee



Randy M.
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Zarok wrote:
> Randy Money wrote:
>
>
>>burlveneer@mailinator.com wrote:
>>
>>>THE SUCKING BOOK by Guy N. Smith
>>>
>>>Bill B.
>>>
>>
>>_Another Nubile Wench Bites the Dust_ by Richard Laymon
>>
>>_The Bloating_ by Stephen King
>>
>>_Amorphous Obliquity_ & _Ambiguous Indirection_ by Ramsey Campbell
>>
>>_Talebleeding_ by CaitlinKiernan
>>
>>_Strange Fuckin' Stories: The Lost Manuscripts of Robert Aickman_,
>>edited and finished by Edward Lee
>>
>>
>>
>>Randy M.
>
>
> No offence - and it's testament to your powers of creation - but I
> think I can safely say that I cannot think of six books I'd rather
> *not* have on my shelves.
>
> Come back Jeffrey Archer, all is forgiven.
>
> CB
>

Eh, I don't know. I think any one of those writers have/had enough sense
of humor to use a title like that and make it fun. Of course,
considering the kinds of stories they write (or wrote) they could get
revenge by just killing me off. Over and over, if wanted.


Randy M.
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Some more disjointed snippets from a diseased mind:
A Terribly Strange Bread Willie Collins
Christmas in the Charnel House Charlie Dickens
The Damned Sting Ambrosia Bierce
A Blood-Dampened Loincloth (the Last Tarzan Adventure) by Edgar Rice
Burroughs
Put Out More Hags Evelyn Waugh
Smell the Stench of Incestuous Sin Mary Whitehouse
John Charrington's Bedding Beverley Nichols
The Secret Sexual Fantasies of Hercule Poirot Agatha Christie
Jeeves and the Dreadful Craving P G Wodehouse
Look, I was only Kiddding, Right? Baron Munchausen
--
Ian
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Zarok wrote:
> Mike Plowman wrote:
>
> > On 2 Dec 2006 19:20:36 -0800, "John Pelan" <jpelan.RemoveThis@qwest.net> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >Zarok wrote:
> > >> As titles for short story collection titles go, I think THEY RETURN AT
> > >> EVENING by H R Wakefield takes some beating. Here are some others which
> > >> don't exist but perhaps should:
> > >>
> > >> * DEAD PEOPLE SIT ON MY BED & OTHER TALL TALES by Elspeth Hardheart
> > >>
> > >> * LOCKED IN FOR THE FRIGHT by Elliot O'Donnell
> > >>
> > >> * CUTTING PEOPLE IS WRONG by Arnold Gougeworthy
> > >>
> > >> * SPIDERS DINE WITH SERVIETTES & OTHER REVOLTING HORRORS by Sir Charles
> > >> Birkin
> > >
> > >I'm a Tedious, Unfunny Prat: The Autobiography of Chris Barker in
> > >Seventeen Volumes
> >
> > Already published ad widely available on Usenet John.
> > --
> > Mike Plowman
> > "Hey you, Horror Face. I'm a Printhead"
>
> Equally as sad as Pelan's antics are those of fellow SMAM (Sad Middle
> Aged Man) Mike Plowman, host of a very yawnsome Coronation Street
> website.
>
> Plowman knows next to nothing about ghost fiction. His only interest in
> this group is the same as Pelan's.

Oh? Then you're saying that Mike's knowledge of ghostly fiction is
rather superior to yours then? I'd have to agree, you've demonstrated
that your knowledge is rather limited at best.

Not a problem, LURK AND LEARN, Chrissy, LURK AND LEARN!


Cheers,

John
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Zarok wrote:
> Randy Money wrote:
>
>
>>Zarok wrote:
>>
>>>Randy Money wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>burlveneer@mailinator.com wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>THE SUCKING BOOK by Guy N. Smith
>>>>>
>>>>>Bill B.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>_Another Nubile Wench Bites the Dust_ by Richard Laymon
>>>>
>>>>_The Bloating_ by Stephen King
>>>>
>>>>_Amorphous Obliquity_ & _Ambiguous Indirection_ by Ramsey Campbell
>>>>
>>>>_Talebleeding_ by CaitlinKiernan
>>>>
>>>>_Strange Fuckin' Stories: The Lost Manuscripts of Robert Aickman_,
>>>>edited and finished by Edward Lee
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Randy M.
>>>
>>>
>>>No offence - and it's testament to your powers of creation - but I
>>>think I can safely say that I cannot think of six books I'd rather
>>>*not* have on my shelves.
>>>
>>>Come back Jeffrey Archer, all is forgiven.
>>>
>>>CB
>>>
>>
>>Eh, I don't know. I think any one of those writers have/had enough sense
>>of humor to use a title like that and make it fun. Of course,
>>considering the kinds of stories they write (or wrote) they could get
>>revenge by just killing me off. Over and over, if wanted.
>>
>>
>>Randy M.
>
>
> Tangentally, I read your post and wondered whether Robert Aickman ever
> swore in his stories. I can't recall it. Did he?
>

Not in what I've read, but I haven't read a great deal. Far as I have
seen he didn't partake of the newer freedoms of language in the
post-WWII era.


Randy M.
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rbmoney.DeleteThis@spamblock.syr.edu wrote:
......
>
> Not in what I've read, but I haven't read a great deal. Far as I have
> seen he didn't partake of the newer freedoms of language in the
> post-WWII era.
>
> Randy M.
>
To be painfully precise, Randy, the watershed was - in the UK anyway - in
1963 (Ah yes, I remember it well) with the Crown prosecution of Penguin Books
for publishing the officially banned Lady Chatterley's Lover.
The Establishment lost, and it was anything goes from then on. Before that,
if you printed or published or broadcast the dreaded F--- or C--- words, and
some others for all I know, you faced a heavy fine and possibly a stretch in
prison.
I cannot recall even once seeing anything stronger than a 'bloody' or
some mild blasphemy in print before '63.
Not sure what the situation was from 1950 in the USA - maybe it varied between
individual States?
--
Ian
It was Christmas Day in the workhouse;
The Master shouted through the halls,
"Did you enjoy your Christmas dinner?"
And the inmates shouted "...."
well I just forget the rest.
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Ian wrote:
> rbmoney.DeleteThis@spamblock.syr.edu wrote:
> .....
> >
>
>>Not in what I've read, but I haven't read a great deal. Far as I have
>>seen he didn't partake of the newer freedoms of language in the
>>post-WWII era.
>>
>>Randy M.
>>
>
> To be painfully precise, Randy, the watershed was - in the UK anyway - in
> 1963 (Ah yes, I remember it well) with the Crown prosecution of Penguin Books
> for publishing the officially banned Lady Chatterley's Lover.
> The Establishment lost, and it was anything goes from then on. Before that,
> if you printed or published or broadcast the dreaded F--- or C--- words, and
> some others for all I know, you faced a heavy fine and possibly a stretch in
> prison.
> I cannot recall even once seeing anything stronger than a 'bloody' or
> some mild blasphemy in print before '63.
> Not sure what the situation was from 1950 in the USA - maybe it varied between
> individual States?
> --
> Ian

Hi, Ramsey and Ian.

If I'd thought a bit more before posting, I might not have phrased it
that way. I might even have remembered that a local (Syracuse, N.Y.)
bookstore won a major court case in the early '60s also concerning
Lawrence's LCL. That case broadened the range of material that could be
mailed in the U.S.

What I was thinking about when replying to Chris was the way writers
like Norman Mailer were pushing at the bounderies in the mid- to late
1940s. He could not use F---, but he used "fug" (as I recall) instead
and while it looks odd now, it got the job done at the time and helped
lay the foundation for later legal wars. But I really couldn't see
Aickman being interested in pushing those kinds of limitations.


Randy M.
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On 2006-12-05 19:25:00 +0100, Randy Money <rbmoney.TakeThisOut@spamblock.syr.edu> said:

> Ian wrote:
>> rbmoney.TakeThisOut@spamblock.syr.edu wrote:
>> .....
>> >
>>
>>> Not in what I've read, but I haven't read a great deal. Far as I have
>>> seen he didn't partake of the newer freedoms of language in the
>>> post-WWII era.
>>>
>>> Randy M.
>>>
>>
>> To be painfully precise, Randy, the watershed was - in the UK anyway - in
>> 1963 (Ah yes, I remember it well) with the Crown prosecution of Penguin Books
>> for publishing the officially banned Lady Chatterley's Lover.
>> The Establishment lost, and it was anything goes from then on. Before that,
>> if you printed or published or broadcast the dreaded F--- or C--- words, and
>> some others for all I know, you faced a heavy fine and possibly a stretch in
>> prison.
>> I cannot recall even once seeing anything stronger than a 'bloody' or
>> some mild blasphemy in print before '63.
>> Not sure what the situation was from 1950 in the USA - maybe it varied between
>> individual States?
>> --
>> Ian
>
> Hi, Ramsey and Ian.
>
> If I'd thought a bit more before posting, I might not have phrased it
> that way. I might even have remembered that a local (Syracuse, N.Y.)
> bookstore won a major court case in the early '60s also concerning
> Lawrence's LCL. That case broadened the range of material that could be
> mailed in the U.S.
>
> What I was thinking about when replying to Chris was the way writers
> like Norman Mailer were pushing at the bounderies in the mid- to late
> 1940s. He could not use F---, but he used "fug" (as I recall) instead
> and while it looks odd now, it got the job done at the time and helped
> lay the foundation for later legal wars. But I really couldn't see
> Aickman being interested in pushing those kinds of limitations.
>
>
> Randy M.

Amusingly, these days in the (excellent!) TV series Battlestar
Galactica, the people use "frak" as an insult. It's a way against
draconian fines when swearing on TV.
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