& as if in answer, swirling, glistening blue-black stormclouds boil & break like Perdition’s surf across the vast expanse of Kansas prairie, & we hear an Evil chorus, the droning whisper & buzzing of what seems a million times a million flies, drunken with the heady reek & primal, ocean-taste of blood…
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T. Winter-Damon has authored over one thousand written works—fiction, poetry, biographies, bibliographies, interviews, critical essays, rants, & other nonfiction, appearing in over 300 magazines, books & anthologies in 13 countries. Also illustrator for numerous books & magazines. Served as editor, copy editor, copywriter, creative writing instructor, freelance (literary nonfiction) contractor, & info-merc… Work selected for anthologies including The Year’s Best Horror Stories XVI, XVIII, XIX, XX & XXI (DAW) , The Year’s Best Fantasy Stories #15 (DAW), The Year’s Best Fantastic Fiction II, Semiotext (e) SF anthology, Darkside: Horror for the Next Millenium, Bizarre Sex & Other Crimes of Passion (Masquerade), No Other Tribute (Masquerade), Alien Pregnant by Elvis, Sinistre: An Anthology of Rituals, Masques IV, Touch Wood: Narrow Houses Volume 2, Xanadu 2, Excalibur, Heirs of Cthulhu, Zothique: New Tales of the Last Continent, Skoob Esoterica Anthology #1 “Occult thought, lore & discovery” (Britain; included works by Kenneth Grant & Aleister Crowley), The Darker Side of Eternity, First Cuts (Britain) & New Original Visions Anthology (NOVA-Britain), among numerous others. Poetry collections: Dedicated to Darkness (Night Visions), l’heure d’hallucinations (Talisman), Tuyau # 70 (France). Nonfiction book: the highly controversial Rex Miller: The Complete Revelations (TAL). Co-author with Randy Chandler of 2 fiction collections: The Forbidden Gospels of Man-Cruel, Volumes I & II (forthcoming from Jasmine Sailing Books). Co-author of authorized screenplay, with Edward Lee, of Rex Miller’s cult classic hard-boiled crime novel, SLOB. Nominee for: Stoker Award for Short Story, 1988, 1995, 1996, 1999; World Fantasy Award, 1991, 1994 (book illustrator for Best Anthology finalist); Nebula Award, 1995; Pushcart Prize, 1994; SFPA’s Rhysling Award, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1994, 1995; SPWAO Poet of the Year, 1987, 1988, 1989; Readercon Award, 1993.
T. WInter-Damon passed away in 2010.
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Randy Chandler is a former book reviewer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, & editor of Bone Chilling Tales & Lil’ Demon Review. Chandler is a Vietnam vet. Inspiration for his deranged & dangerous fictions comes from his having lived & worked in a funeral home, & from his many years spent working in a mental institution, these disturbing experiences recontextualized through reality-filters hardwired into the mind-altering works of William S. Burroughs, Thomas Pynchon & Jack Kerouac… Chandler’s writings have appeared in Darkside: Horror for the Next Millennium, Back Brain Recluse, Bizarre Bazaar, the Noctulpa 4 anthology, Grue, E.O.T.U, Alpha Gallery, & Festering Brainsore, to name but a few. Co-author with t. Winter-Damon of 2 collections: The Forbidden Gospels of Man-Cruel, Volumes I & II (forthcoming from Jasmine Sailing Books).
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