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Il Nero Visibile di Ballingrud al cinema
Brad William Henke (Orange Is The New Black) e Karl Glusman (Nocturnal Animals) si sono uniti a Armie Hammer, Dakota Johnson e Zazie Beetz nel progetto cinematografico ancora senza titolo di Babak Anvari (previsto in uscita per il 2019), basato sul romanzo breve di Nathan Ballingrud The Visible Filth.
Nella storia, un barista di New Orleans vede la sua vita sconvolta da una serie di inspiegabili e inquietanti eventi dopo aver ritrovato un cellulare nel suo bar.
Il romanzo di Ballingrud è stato pubblicato in Italia da Edizioni Hypnos con il titolo Il Nero Visibile, nella collana Visioni.
Brad William Henke (Orange Is The New Black) and Karl Glusman (Nocturnal Animals) have joined Armie Hammer, Dakota Johnson, and Zazie Beetz in the yet to be titled Babak Anvari movie project (to be released in 2019), based on Nathan Ballingrud’s The Visible Filth.
The story follows a New Orleans bartender who, after picking up a cell phone left behind in his bar, experiences a series of disturbing and inexplicable events begin to unravel his life.
Ballingrud’s novella was published in Italian by Edizioni Hypnos with the title Il Nero Visibile, in the Visioni series.
This is Horror Awards 2017: i vincitori
Bram Stoker Awards 2017: i vincitori
Sono stati assegnati ieri 3 marzo, durante la StokerCon 2018 a Providence, i Bram Stoker Awards 2017 per le migliori opere horror dell’ultimo anno.
Le nostre congratulazioni a tutti i vincitori e in particolare ad Alessandro Manzetti e Independent Legions per il premio speciale Press Award.
Qui sotto la lista completa per categoria.
Superior Achievement in a Novel
Golden, Christopher – Ararat (St. Martin’s Press)
Superior Achievement in a First Novel
Cabeen, Robert Payne – Cold Cuts (Omnium Gatherum Media)
Superior Achievement in a Young Adult Novel
Liggett, Kim – The Last Harvest (Tor Teen)
Superior Achievement in a Graphic Novel
Duffey, Damian and Butler, Octavia E. – Kindred: A Graphic Novel Adaptation (Abrams ComicArts)
Superior Achievement in Long Fiction
Jones, Stephen Graham – Mapping the Interior (Tor.com)
Superior Achievement in Short Fiction
Mannetti, Lisa – “Apocalypse Then” (Never Fear: The Apocalypse) (13Thirty Books)
Superior Achievement in a Fiction Collection
Hill, Joe – Strange Weather (William Morrow)
Superior Achievement in a Screenplay
Peele, Jordan – Get Out (Universal Pictures, Blumhouse Productions, QC Entertainment)
Superior Achievement in an Anthology
Murano, Doug – Behold!: Oddities, Curiosities & Undefinable Wonders (Crystal Lake Publishing)
Superior Achievement in Non-Fiction
Hendrix, Grady. Paperbacks from Hell: The Twisted History of ‘70s and ‘80s Horror Fiction (Quirk Books)
Superior Achievement in a Poetry Collection
Sng, Christina – A Collection of Nightmares (Raw Dog Screaming Press)
The Bram Stoker Awards 2017 were assigned yesterday at StokerCon 2018 in Providence. See above the full list of the winners.
We would like to congratulate all the winners and especially Alessandro Manzetti and Independent Legions for the Specialty Press Award.
A tutto Poe
Due notizie interessanti per gli estimatori di Edgar Allan Poe:
-È disponibile da oggi 1 marzo per Tartarus Press il volume
The Macabre Tales of Edgar Allan Poe, con illustrazioni di Harry Clarke e introduzione di Brian Stableford. In edizione limitata di 400 copie. Maggiori informazioni a questo link.
-È invece in via di pubblicazione, data prevista il 10 aprile, il volume Obscura. Tutti i racconti, sempre del maestro dell’horror, per la collana I Draghi Mondadori, a cura di Giuseppe Lippi. Mille pagine illustrate con tutti i racconti di Edgar Allan Poe, prefazione di H.P. Lovecraft, filmografia fotografica a cura di Alfredo Castelli e un’appendice bibliografica a cura di Andrea Vaccaro.
Two interesting volumes are being published in the next two months, for the fans of Edgar Allan Poe:
–The Macabre Tales of Edgar Allan Poe (available from March 1st) by Tartarus Press, with illustrations by Harry Clarke, and a new Introduction by Brian Stableford. It is limited to 400 numbered copies. More informations at this link.
–Obscura. Tutti i racconti (available from April 10th) by I Draghi Mondadori, edited by Giuseppe Lippi, with introduction by H.P.Lovecraft, a huge filmography by Alfredo Castelli and bibliography by Andrea Vaccaro.
Un frammento di vita e Il Popolo Bianco di Arthur Machen
Ora disponibile nelle principali librerie Un Frammento di Vita/Il Popolo Bianco, l’ultimo volume della collana Biblioteca dell’Immaginario di Edizioni Hypnos, interamente dedicato alle opere di Arthur Machen.
Il volume contiene due inediti in italiano, Un Frammento di Vita e il racconto “Un Doppio Ritorno”, e il capolavoro dello scrittore gallese Il Popolo Bianco, ed è disponibile sia in versione cartacea che digitale.
Segnaliamo la presentazione ufficiale che si terrà sabato 3 marzo alle ore 16 a Pavia, al Mondadori Bookstore, nell’anniversario della nascita dell’Autore, con la partecipazione di Andrea Vaccaro e Giuseppe Lippi.
It is now available in bookstores the last volume in the Biblioteca dell’Immaginario series by Edizioni Hypnos, Un Frammento di Vita/Il Popolo Bianco, dedicated to the great writer Arthur Machen.
The volume presents two works unpublished in Italian, Un Frammento di Vita and the shirt story “Un Doppio Ritorno” and also Machen’s masterpiece, Il Popolo Bianco, in paper and digital edition.
The book launch will be held on Saturday, 3rd March, on the Anniversary of Machen’s birthday, at the Mondadori Bookstore in Pavia, at 16 p.m.
This Spectacular Darkness
Segnaliamo il volume This Spectacular Darkness edito da Tartarus Press, una interessante raccolta di saggi di Joel Lane su autori del fantastico come Cornell Woolrich, Ramsey Campbell, H.P. Lovecraft, Thomas Ligottti, Fritz Leiber e Robert Aickman.
Disponibile anche in formato digitale sul sito dell’editore e su Amazon.
Tartarus Press published a very interesting volume with essays by Joel Lane on the leading figures in twentieth-century dark literature, including Cornell Woolrich, Ramsey Campbell, H.P. Lovecraft, Thomas Ligottti, Fritz Leiber and Robert Aickman.
This Spectacular Darkness, this is the title of the volume, is also available in e-book, on the publisher’s website and on Amazon.
Figures Unseen di Steve Rasnic Tem
Valancourt Book
s, casa editrice Americana indipendente, ha svelato la copertina del nuovo libro di Steve Rasnic Tem, definito da Dan Simmons “uno degli scrittori di letteratura fantastica più bravi e prolifici del Nord America”. Si tratta di Figures Unseen, previsto per la pubblicazione nel mese di aprile, con introduzione di Simon Strantzas.
Steve Rasnic Tem è già noto ai lettori italiani per il romanzo breve Lovecraft Museum, pubblicato da Edizioni Hypnos nella collana Visioni e per il racconto lungo Dolcetto o Scherzetto a Halloween Street di Delos Digital.
Per chi volesse saperne di più su questo interessante Autore, vi segnaliamo l’intervista di Brian M. Sammons per Dark Regions Press.
Valancourt Books, the American independent publisher, revealed the cover art for Figures Unseen, the last collection by Steve Rasnic Tem, to be published in April, with foreword by Simon Strantzas.
The Author is already known by Italian readers for his novella Lovecraft Museum, published by Edizioni Hypnos, and the story Dolcetto o scherzetto a Halloween street, published by Delos Digital.
For those who are interested in knowing more about this interesting Ameican writer, here a recent interview by Brian M. Sammons for Dark Regions Press.
Phantom Limbs di Margo Lanagan
In arrivo per PS Publishing Phantom Limbs, una nuova raccolta di racconti di Margo Lanagan, autrice australiana tra le voci più importanti del weird e del fantastico contemporaneo.
La raccolta, prenotabile direttamente dal sito dell’editore, comprende quattordici racconti pubblicati su riviste e antologie nell’ultimo decennio, oltre a un racconto inedito. È disponibile a questo link un estratto di The Goosle.
Copertina di David Gentry.
Qui di seguito, la lista dei racconti inclusi:
The Goosle
Tin Pocket
Mulberry Boys
Black Swan Event
A Thousand Flowers
The Proving of Smollett Standforth
Titty Anne and the Very, Very Hairy Man
The Fifth Star in the Southern Cross
Flower and Weed
Catastrophic Disruption of the Head
A Pig’s Whisper
Bajazzle
A Dark Red Love-Knot
Heads
By Desecration Rock
PS Publishing presents Phantom Limbs, a new collection by Australian writer Margo Lanagan, one of the most interesting authors of fantastic and weird modern literature.
The volume, available at the Publisher’s website, collects fourteen short stories published in magazines and anthologies in the last decade, and an unpublished story.
Above, the table of content of the colelction . An extraxt of The Goosle is available here.
Cover art by David Gentry.
I finalisti dei Bram Stoker Awards 2017
La Horror Writers Association ha annunciato i finalisti dell’edizione 2017 dei Bram Stoker Awards, per le migliori opere di letteratura horror e dark fantasy.
La premiazione avverrà il 3 marzo, durante l’annuale StokerCon che si terrà dall’ 1al 4 marzo allo storico Baltimore Hotel di Providence, Rhode Island.
Tra le opere finaliste segnaliamo i romanzi I Wish I Was Like You di S.P. Miskowski e Ubo di Steve Rasnic Tem, il romanzo breve Agents of Dreamland di Caitlín R. Kiernan e l’antologia The Beauty of Death Vol. 2: Death by Water, pubblicata dalla casa editrice italiana Independent Legions e curata da Jodi Renee Lester e Alessandro Manzetti, quest’ultimo finalista anche con la raccolta di poesie No Mercy.
Qui si seguito l’elenco completo dei finalisti.
Superior Achievement in a Novel
Golden, Christopher – Ararat (St. Martin’s Press)
King, Stephen and King, Owen – Sleeping Beauties (Scribner)
Malerman, Josh – Black Mad Wheel (Ecco)
Miskowski, S.P. – I Wish I Was Like You (JournalStone)
Tem, Steve Rasnic – Ubo (Solaris)
Superior Achievement in a First Novel
Cabeen, Robert Payne – Cold Cuts (Omnium Gatherum Media)
Davidson, Andy – In the Valley of the Sun (Skyhorse Publishing)
Hayward, Matt – What Do Monsters Fear? (Post Mortem Press)
Hepler, Jeremy – The Boulevard Monster (Bloodshot Books)
Thomas, Scott – Kill Creek (Ink Shares)
Superior Achievement in a Young Adult Novel
French, Gillian – The Door to January (Islandport Press)
Leveen, Tom – Hellworld (Simon Pulse)
Liggett, Kim – The Last Harvest (Tor Teen)
Lukavics, Amy – The Ravenous (Harlequin Teen)
Porter, Sarah – When I Cast Your Shadow (Tor Teen)
Superior Achievement in a Graphic Novel
Carey, Mike and Arvind, Ethan David – Darkness Visible (IDW)
Duffy, Damian and Butler, Octavia E. – Kindred: A Graphic Novel Adaptation (Abrams ComicArts)
Ferris, Emil – My Favorite Thing is Monsters (Fantagraphics)
Hickman, Jonathan – The Black Monday Murders (Image Comics)
Liu, Marjorie – Monstress Volume 2: The Blood (Image Comics)
Superior Achievement in Long Fiction
Edelman, Scott – Faking it Until Forever Comes (Liars, Fakers, and the Dead Who Eat Them) (Written Backwards)
Jones, Stephen Graham – Mapping the Interior (Tor.com)
Kiernan, Caitlín R. – Agents of Dreamland (Tor.com)
Taylor, Lucy – Sweetlings (Tor.com)
Waggoner, Tim – A Kiss of Thorns (DarkFuse)
Superior Achievement in Short Fiction
Bailey, Michael – “I Will Be the Reflection Until the End” (Tales from the Lake Vol. 4) (Crystal Lake Publishing)
Chambers, James – “A Song Left Behind in the Aztakea Hills” (Shadows Over Main Street, Volume 2) (Cutting Block Books)
Mannetti, Lisa – “Apocalypse Then” (Never Fear: The Apocalypse) (13Thirty Books)
Neugebauer, Annie – “So Sings the Siren” (Apex Magazine #101) (Apex Publications)
Yardley, Mercedes M. – “Loving You Darkly” (F(r)iction Magazine #8) (Tethered by Letters)
Superior Achievement in a Fiction Collection
Hill, Joe – Strange Weather (William Morrow)
Kiste, Gwendolyn – And Her Smile Will Untether the Universe (JournalStone)
Malerman, Josh – Goblin (Earthling Publications)
Matsuura, Thersa – The Carp-Faced Boy and Other Tales (Independent Legions Publishing)
McGrath, Patrick – Writing Madness (Centipede Press)
Superior Achievement in a Screenplay
Del Toro, Guillermo and Taylor, Vanessa – The Shape of Water (TSG Entertainment, Double Dare You Productions)
Duffer, Matt and Duffer, Ross – Stranger Things: MadMax, Episode 02:01: Chapter One (21 Laps Entertainment, Monkey Massacre)
Frost, Mark and Lynch, David – Twin Peaks, Part 8 (Rancho Rosa Partnership, Inc.)
Palmer, Chase, Fukunaga, Cary, and Dauberman, Gary – It (New Line Cinema)
Peele, Jordan – Get Out (Universal Pictures, Blumhouse Productions, QC Entertainment)
Shyamalan, M. Night – Split (Blinding Edge Pictures, Blumhouse Productions)
Superior Achievement in an Anthology
Brooks, Kinitra, PhD., Addison, Linda D., and Morris, Susana, PhD. – Sycorax’s Daughters (Cedar Grove Publishing)
Datlow, Ellen – Black Feathers: Dark Avian Tales: An Anthology (Pegasus Books)
Maberry, Jonathan and Romero, George A. – Nights of the Living Dead: An Anthology (St. Martin’s Griffin)
Manzetti, Alessandro and Lester, Jodi Renee – The Beauty of Death Vol. 2: Death by Water (Independent Legions Publishing)
Murano, Doug – Behold!: Oddities, Curiosities & Undefinable Wonders (Crystal Lake Publishing)
Superior Achievement in Non-Fiction
Brittany, Michele – Horror in Space: Critical Essays on a Film Subgenre (McFarland)
Brooks, Kinitra D. – Searching for Sycorax: Black Women’s Hauntings of Contemporary Horror (Rutgers University Press)
Hendrix, Grady. Paperbacks from Hell: The Twisted History of ‘70s and ‘80s Horror Fiction (Quirk Books)
Jones, Stephen – The Art of Horror Movies: An Illustrated History (Applause Theatre & Cinema Books)
Mynhardt, Joe and Johnson, Eugene – Where Nightmares Come From: The Art of Storytelling in the Horror Genre – (Crystal Lake Publishing)
Superior Achievement in a Poetry Collection
Frazier, Robert and Boston, Bruce – Visions of the Mutant Rain Forest (Crystal Lake Publishing)
Manzetti, Alessandro – No Mercy (Crystal Lake Publishing)
Simon, Marge and Turzillo, Mary – Satan’s Sweethearts (Weasel Press)
Sng, Christina – A Collection of Nightmares (Raw Dog Screaming Press)
Wytovich, Stephanie M. – Sheet Music to My Acoustic Nightmare (Raw Dog Screaming Press)
The Horror Writers Association announced the 2017 Bram Stoker Awards Final Ballot. HWA is the premier organization for writers of horror and dark fantasy.
The presentation of the Bram Stoker Awards will occur during the annual StokerCon at the historical Baltimore Hotel in Providence, Rhode Island, during the gala dinner on March 3rd.
We would like to point out the novels I Wish I Was Like You by S.P. Miskowski and Ubo by Steve Rasnic Tem, the short novel Agents of Dreamland by Caitlín R. Kiernan and the anthology The Beauty of Death Vol. 2: Death by Water, published by Independent Legions and edited by Jodi Renee Lester and Alessandro Manzetti, who is also a finalist with the poetry collection No Mercy.
See above the complete list of the nominees.
Live from Miskatonic: Ramsey Campbell conversa con Stephen Jones
Appuntamento da non perdere a Londra per tutti gli appassionati di horror, giovedi 15 febbraio 2018, per uno speciale incontro con il celebre scrittore britannico Ramsey Campbell, organizzato dal Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies.
Durante l’evento infatti Ramsey Campbell parlerà della sua vita, della sua carriera e delle sue idee, rispondendo alle domande del pubblico, con l’amico scrittore e curatore Stephen Jones.
Maggiori informazioni a questo link.
The Miskatonic Institute for Horror Studies presents a special event with Ramsey Campbell, ”Britain’s most respected living horror writer” as the The Oxford Companion to English Literature describes him, on the evening of February 15th in London.
For this exclusive event, Ramsey Campbell will discuss his life, his career and his ideology with his friend and colleague, award-winning editor and writer Stephen Jones, with a Q&A session with the audience, a great opportunity for all horror fans!
More informations on the event and the booking at this link.
