This topic is currently marked as "dormant"—the last message is more than 90 days old. You can revive it by posting a reply.
1ollonois
hi... I´m from Spain... I hope you excuse my poor English... what do you think about Dennis Etchison works...? in Spain there are only tranlated a few tales in some anthologies... stories like The late shift... The chair or Daughter of the golden west (great name for a horror story) are great...
his introspective and psycological style is very interesting... I prefer quiet and modern horror than gothic or gore...
in Spain we use contemporary horror for this subgenre... how do you call it in USA or UK... modern horror...? urban horror...?
his introspective and psycological style is very interesting... I prefer quiet and modern horror than gothic or gore...
in Spain we use contemporary horror for this subgenre... how do you call it in USA or UK... modern horror...? urban horror...?
2jseger9000
I've not read Dennis Etchison, though I would like to.
Here in the States, if I were to hear someone refer to 'contemporary horror' I would think they were talking about Stephen King or Richard Matheson. Horror tales that do away with the usual gothic trappings.
For the more brooding, psychological horror like Ramsey Campbell, T.E.D. Klein, Phil Rickman, Charles L. Grant or (perhaps) Dennis Etchison the term I've heard is 'quiet horror', though I'm not sure if that is a popular term.
Here in the States, if I were to hear someone refer to 'contemporary horror' I would think they were talking about Stephen King or Richard Matheson. Horror tales that do away with the usual gothic trappings.
For the more brooding, psychological horror like Ramsey Campbell, T.E.D. Klein, Phil Rickman, Charles L. Grant or (perhaps) Dennis Etchison the term I've heard is 'quiet horror', though I'm not sure if that is a popular term.
3jseger9000
Oh! And welcome to the group! I hope we hear more from you.
4ollonois
...:)...
I've been watching some articles in the net about Dennis Etchison... he has created a kind of subgenre called California gothic (like one of his novels) about the darkside(other of his novels) of the sunny California... homeless... strange cults... runaway girls... it sounds interesting but they are not in the Spanish market...
Stephen King could be one of this quiet horror writers...? an urban horror writer...?
I like the term we use in Spain... contemporary horror... because it covers all the authors of modern horror fiction... the writers of quiet or psyclological horror... gore... bestsellers... modern gothic literature...
I've been watching some articles in the net about Dennis Etchison... he has created a kind of subgenre called California gothic (like one of his novels) about the darkside(other of his novels) of the sunny California... homeless... strange cults... runaway girls... it sounds interesting but they are not in the Spanish market...
Stephen King could be one of this quiet horror writers...? an urban horror writer...?
I like the term we use in Spain... contemporary horror... because it covers all the authors of modern horror fiction... the writers of quiet or psyclological horror... gore... bestsellers... modern gothic literature...
5saraslibrary
I'm not sure how to describe Dennis Etchison's writing either, but I've heard that term before, too--"quiet horror"--and kinda like that description for more softcore/psych horror. "Contemporary" is a good one, too. Whatever you wanna call it--it's all horror to me. :)
I've read a couple of his books--California Gothic and The Shadow Man--and wasn't too impressed. They weren't terrible, just confusing. I haven't given up on him--his story ideas are usually pretty intriguing--but I think I'm going to move on to his short stories instead (which I've heard are better).
Speaking of which, here's a list of some (if not all??) of his short stories, courtesy of LocusMag: http://www.locusmag.com/index/s256.htm#A5347 . I'm sure I've read a few of 'em; I just can't remember which ones. (It's late, and the caffeine's running out of my system. :)
I've read a couple of his books--California Gothic and The Shadow Man--and wasn't too impressed. They weren't terrible, just confusing. I haven't given up on him--his story ideas are usually pretty intriguing--but I think I'm going to move on to his short stories instead (which I've heard are better).
Speaking of which, here's a list of some (if not all??) of his short stories, courtesy of LocusMag: http://www.locusmag.com/index/s256.htm#A5347 . I'm sure I've read a few of 'em; I just can't remember which ones. (It's late, and the caffeine's running out of my system. :)
6gwendetenebre
Etchison's short stories are superb. I'll never again go into a convenience store late at night without thinking of "The Late Shift", and of course the opening sentence from "The Dead Line" is an all-time horror classic. Do yourself a favor and look for a short story collection, such as The Dark Country.
