UThomas S. Flowers uletha ukwesaba nokwethusa encwadini yakhe yesithathu ye-trilogy, Ukukhulelwa. Ngabalingiswa ababhalwe kahle, ukuhamba phambili okukhulu, nokuxoxa izindaba okuphelele kule noveli bekungekho zinkinga ezisebenza njengezimele, kungivumela ukuthi ngigxume ngaphandle kokufunda ezimbili ezedlule ku-trilogy. Umthombo oyinhloko wenjabulo engiwutholile kulokhu okufundwayo kwakuyizinkomba ze-voodoo ezazinomuzwa wokuthi "oseningizimu". IVoodoo nokwesaba kuyahambisana ngempela, njengoJack Daniel noCoke! Ukuhleleka kukhona ngezinhlamvu ezichaza u-Flower ezingeke zashaywa indiva, nganginikwe amandla ohambweni lwabo futhi ngakuthola kunzima ukuvalelisa esiphethweni sale ndaba, kepha yeka isiphetho.

Manje angisakwazi ukulinda ukufuna eminye imisebenzi kaThomas S. Flowers, ngethemba lokuthola ukwesaba okufanayo nokwenelisa lokho Ukukhulelwa unginikile, futhi ngikholwa ukuthi ngizoqala ngezincwadi ezimbili ezedlule kule trilogy kuqala.

Qhubeka ufunde ngezansi ukuze uthole imininingwane engaphezulu noThomas S. Flowers nengxoxo yethu engezansi.

Ukukhulelwa, Amazwibela

• Ubude bokuphrinta: amakhasi angama-356
• Umshicileli: Ukushicilela okungenamkhawulo

Izinto ezimnyama zihlala eJotham, eTexas. Amandla anonya abonakala evela endlini eyingozi ku-Oak Lee Road…

Ngokukhumbula okuncane ngezehlakalo ezathatha impilo yabangani bakhe, uBobby Weeks uzama ukuqhubeka nempilo yakhe, futhi uthole umsebenzi endaweni yokugcina izimpahla eGalveston Island. Ububi eJothamu abuzukumshiya ngemuva, noma kunjalo. Abantu abangaziwa abavela edolobheni eliqalekisiwe bayamthola, benikeza imininingwane ngokwenzeka kubangani bakhe. Konke kuholela eBaelo University… kubuyela eJotham.

ULuna Blanche ubelokhu enesiphiwo, kepha manje kumele asebenzise lezo zipho ukusindisa uBobby…

ULuna uya eDelta yaseMississippi ukuze anakekele ugogo wakhe oshonayo. Uyamkhumbula uBobby, futhi lapho ezama ukubona uBobby engqondweni yakhe, konke akutholayo ikusasa elibulalayo. Esaba impilo yakhe isengozini, uyasuka eDelta ayomfuna eJothamu.

UNeville noBoris Petry abafuni lutho ngaphandle kwephupho elihle laseMelika…

Ngemuva kokuthi uBoris amukele umsebenzi omusha wokufundisa eBaelo University, abakwaPetry bathuthela eJotham ukuze ekugcineni bafeze iphupho labo. Ukulandela iqembu lobuhlakani obudakiwe, uNeville uthola ukuthi ukhulelwe. Kufanele ajabule, kepha amaphupho amabi amholela ekutheni azizwe sengathi kukhona okungahambi kahle enganeni, kumyeni wakhe… nasesikoleni.

Iziphetho ezine eziboshelwe enkambweni yokushayisana, icebo elacatshangelwa emthunzini kaJotham… nobubi obubheka isikhathi salo… lilinde bonke.

Ukudumisa uThomas S. Flowers III

“UThomas S Flowers ungumbhali omuhle. Ayikho enye indlela yokuyibeka. Ubhala incwadi eyodwa kepha unezitayela eziningi zokubhala ezingafani kuleyo ncwadi eyodwa ukuze zonke zihlangane kahle ukukunikeza indaba ekuthinta ngokuphelele. ” - Ukuvuma koMbuyekezi

“UThomas S. Flowers uvumele le ndaba ukuba iphuze kancane, okuvumela imfihlakalo nokwethuka kwendlu eku-Oak Lee Road ukuthi iziveze kancane kancane. Umbhali ungungqondongqondo wokuthatha into yansuku zonke, ejwayelekile ayiphendule ibe yisilo esesabekayo — uGreg at 2 Book Lovers Reviews

“Incwadi evula ikhasi, evusa imizwa enezithunzi ze-IT kaStephen King nezingxenye ezihamba phambili zeKOKO kaPeter Straub. UThomas Flowers ubhale incwadi yobungani, yokulahlekelwa, neyokuhlukumezeka ngokweqile efanele ukudunyiswa hhayi nje ngokugqama kwayo kodwa nangokuthembeka kwayo okunonya. ” - UDuncan Ralston, umbhali we salvage, ku Ukuhlala

Mayelana Umlobi 

UThomas S. Flowers ungumbhali oshicilelwe wezindaba eziningana eziqhutshwa ngabalingiswa bezinganekwane ezimnyama. Uhlala eHouston, eTexas, nonkosikazi wakhe nendodakazi yakhe.

Ushicilelwe nomqondo wesabekayo weThe Sinister Horror Company Imibhalo Yesandla Emnyama. Inoveli yakhe yokuqala, ubumsulwa, ishicilelwa ne-Shadow Work Publishing, kanye ne I-Incredible Zilch Von Whitstein futhi Apocalypse Meow. Uchungechunge lwakhe lwezempi / lwe-paranormal, The Subdue Books, Ukuhlala, Okuphambili futhi Ukukhulelwa, Ishicilelwa neLimitless Publishing, LLC.

Ngo-2008, wakhululwa ngokuhloniphekile eMbuthweni wase-US lapho asebenza khona iminyaka eyisikhombisa, enezinkambo ezintathu ezazisebenza ku-Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Ngo-2014, uThomas waphothula iziqu zakhe e-University of Houston Clear Lake nge-BA emlandweni.

Ubhulogi ku- elashin.ir, lapho enza khona izingxoxo zombhali kanye nokubuyekezwa ngezihloko ezahlukahlukene ezixakile kodwa ezihlobene ngokungajwayelekile. Ungafunda kabanzi ngoThomas nayo yonke imibhalo yakhe exakile ngokujoyina uhlu lwakhe lwamakheli ku https://goo.gl/2CozdE.

 

 

Ingxoxo yeHorror Nomlobi uThomas S. Flowers

 

URyan T. Cusick: Sawubona Thomas. Ungatshela abafundi bethu kancane ngawe?

UThomas S. Flowers: Okokuqala, ngingubaba nomyeni, okuyizinto ezimbili ezibaluleke kakhulu ngami, noma okungenani into engiyithatha njengebaluleke ngempela. Ngingumakadebona futhi, ngathunyelwa e-Iraq ngesikhathi se-OIF (Operation Iraqi Freedom) amahlandla amathathu ahlukene ngenkathi ngisebenza e-US Army. Futhi njengoba udadewethu omdala engivumele ukuthi ngibuke “Night of the Living Dead 'lapho sisebancane, ngike ngacasulwa ukwesaba. I- “Night of the Living Dead” kwakungeyona i-movie yami yokuqala eyethusayo, engangiyibonile i- “Child's Play,” okungenzeka ukuthi ukubheka emuva kwakungeyona into enhle. Udadewethu uthole ukuthi ngiyibuke ngaphandle kwemvume yomzali wethu ngase ngiqala ukungihlukumeza ngokuhambahamba a UBuddy wami unodoli abazali bami bangitholile bashiya amanothi amancane, “Ufuna ukudlala?” Unodoli wanyamalala kusukela lapho. Ngitshelwa yimithombo ethembekile ukuthi ingcwatshwe endaweni ethile egcekeni labazali bami. Into engithinte kakhulu nge- “Night of the Living Dead” ukuthi lokhu bekungeyona nje “ifilimu ethusayo,” bekukhona okunye okwenzekayo futhi, umlayezo ojulile engangiwucabanga, kulokhu mayelana nalelo nani eliningi elithule. Manje, angizange ngiyithole le “ncazelo ejulile” ngenkathi ngisemncane, ngangibuka i-zombie movie ngenkathi ngidla i-pizza. Kepha kungifakele kulolo hlobo lokucabanga, lokho kwesabeka akudingeki nje ukuthi kube mayelana namathumbu, kungaba khona nomdlalo wabantu. Kungaba nesifaniso.

I-RTC: Yiziphi izici zokubhala othola zinzima kakhulu?

I-TSF: Isiyalo. Okungenani, yilokhu engizithethisa ngakho kakhulu, ikakhulukazi ngoba okuningi engikubhalayo kuqala kuqala ngepeni nephepha ngaphambi kokudlulela ku-MS Word, okuyinkqubo eyinde kabili kunababhali abaningi. Ubuwazi, kunababhali abashicilela cishe kanye ngenyanga? Uyacabanga ??? Ngizoba nenhlanhla yokukhipha amanoveli amabili ngonyaka nezindaba eziyishumi nambili noma ezimfishane zama-anthologies. Ngakho-ke ukukhuza kwami. Ngiyazi ukuthi ngisemusha kulo mhlaba. Bengilokhu ngishicilela kusukela ngo-2014. Kepha ngifisa ukufakazela ukubaluleka kwami, ngomqondo ongokomfanekiso, ukukhombisa umphakathi owesabekayo ukuthatha kwami ​​izilo nezinto esizithandayo eziqubuka ebusuku. Kepha ngifuna nokuqinisekisa ukuthi nami ngikhipha ikhwalithi engcono kakhulu. Ekugcineni, konke kubila ekuqondisweni. Uma nginesikhathi sokuxoxa ku-Facebook, nginesikhathi sokusebenza kuleyo ndaba elandelayo. Kulo nyaka, ngiqale ukusebenza nekhalenda ukungisiza ngiqhubeke nohlelo. Kuze kube manje bekusebenza kahle. Ukungisiza ngigcine umfutho futhi kungangivumeli ngikhohlwe amaphrojekthi athile, kusuka kuma-anthologies engivumile kuwo, kuya ezincwadini zami ezishicilelwe, nasekugcineni ibhulogi lami, machinemean.org, lihamba kahle ngama-movie ahlukahlukene asabisayo nokubuyekezwa kwezincwadi. Ngisaphambuka ngezikhathi ezithile, futhi ukuthatha ikhefu kubalulekile engqondweni yami, kepha ukuyala (kulesi sigaba somsebenzi wami wokubhala) kuzoba yinto engilwa kakhulu nayo.

I-RTC: Iyiphi ingxenye yomsebenzi wakho oziqhenya ngayo?

I-TSF: Ngesizathu esithile, ngihlala ngiziqhenya ngomsebenzi wami wakamuva, ikakhulukazi ngoba ngibona sengathi ungikhombisa engithuthuke kakhulu. Incwadi ngayinye, indaba ngayinye ekhulunywayo, isikhathi esichithwa ekucijiseni umsebenzi wami. Ngaleyo ndlela, Idili incwadi yami yakamuva futhi engizizwa ngiziqhenya ngayo, engingaqiniseki ukuthi ithini ngami uma ngibheka okuqukethwe yincwadi. Noma kunjalo, Idili okwamanje kuthengiswa ngapha nangapha, kepha nginqamula iminwe yami ukukhishwa kwehlobo 2017. Uma bekufanele ngithathe okuthile obekuphumile futhi okutholakala kwabafundi, bengizohamba nakho Ukuvuselela, inoveli yami yokuqala. ubumsulwa akuyona inoveli ende kakhulu, kepha ikhuluma ngezihloko ezithile ezisindayo, njengokucwaswa kwabokufika nokudutshulwa ezikoleni ngisho nokuQothulwa Kwesizwe. Lokhu bekufanele ngabe kubuyiselwe emuva kabi. Ngibonile izindaba ezinjengalezi zishunyayelwa ngokweqile, kepha kulokhu ebengikade ngikuzwa ngabafundi, le ncwadi yamukelwe kahle.

I-RTC: Ingabe kukhona okuqoqayo?

I-TSF: Angiyena umqokeleli ngakunye. Nginenqwaba yezibalo ezethusayo nezibalo ze-TMNT engizigcina ehhovisi lami. Njengamanje, unkosikazi wami uyangisiza ukuqoqa izincwadi zikaStephen King ku-hardback ukuze siye esifundweni sethu. NgoKhisimusi, wangitholela ikhophi yokuqala yohlobo lwe- UDolores Claiborne, engikugcine ekusongelweni kwepulasitiki okwamanje.

I-RTC: Thomas, ungumxoxi wezindaba omuhle futhi ngokusobala unothando ngabalingiswa bakho yize kwenzeka izinto ezimbi kubo. Ngasiphi isikhathi wake wahlangabezana nezinselelo ezithile ekuthuthukiseni abalingiswa bakho kule ndaba?

I-TSF: Lokho kuhle kakhulu kuwe ukusho. Ngijabule kakhulu ngokuthi abafundi bayakwazi ukukhetha abalingiswa, ngoba bekulokhu kuyindawo yami yokugxila. UBobby ubengomunye wabalingiswa engibhale kakhulu kubo futhi ngivame ukuphatheka kabi ngomfana, konke abhekane nakho. Ku- Ukukhulelwa, kwaba nobunzima bokumbona ebhekana nokulahlekelwa abangane bakhe abasebuntwaneni, ikakhulukazi ngoba akazange akhumbule okuningi kusukela ngalobo busuku ecabanga ngoshintsho lwakhe ekugcineni Okuphambili. Nginomuzwa wokuthi ulwe nokuningi Ukukhulelwa. Ngokumbhalela kwakukhona ukudonsana okuningi phakathi kokuqhubeka nempilo yakhe nokuthola isilinganiso esithile sokuvalwa, nganoma iyiphi imali. Futhi-ke, ekugcineni, ucelwa ukuthi enze into esabekayo ngokweqiniso ngomuntu wokugcina abengalindela, ukwenza into abengeke ayenze ngaphandle kokuthi lowo muntu abuze. ULuna futhi wayengomunye umlingisi okwakunzima kakhulu. Bengikuthanda ukuhlola umlando wakhe ocebile nokuchitha isikhathi esiningi noMemaw wakhe, umlingiswa owethulwe okokuqala encwadini entsha ebizwa ngeLanmò. I-Luna ngaphansi kwakho konke ingumuntu olungile ofuna ukwenza okulungile, noma engozini noma ekulahlekelweni.

I-RTC: Yini oyithandayo ngokuba ngumbhali?

I-TSF: Ngiyabuthanda ubuciko, ukukwazi ukuthatha imiqondo nezinhlamvu ngibenze baphile. Futhi ngiluthanda ngempela lolu hlobo, ngihlola ukwethuka, noma kungazinzi. Ngaphezu kwakho konke, ngimba umphakathi impela. Angiqiniseki ukuthi banjani ababhali bezothando noma u-YA noma abanye, angazi ukuthi babahambelani, kepha ngokwethuka, umphakathi uzizwa ukhulu futhi unesixuku esimnandi sokuhlanganyela. Futhi abafundi abasabekayo bangabanye babantu abahehe kakhulu ozohlangana nabo. Ngiyakhumbula ngenza ukusayina kwami ​​kokuqala ku-B & N, ngilindele ukukhuluma no… angazi, njengokugqoka isikibha esesabekayo, abantu bensimbi, kodwa empeleni, abafundi abathukayo engangikhuluma nabo babejwayelekile. I-Horror yisizwe esinabantu abaningi abahlukene kakhulu. Ekugcineni, ngikujabulela kakhulu ukubona umkhiqizo wokugcina, umvuthwandaba wamahora amaningi omsebenzi owenziwe wabonakala ekuphrintweni naku-eBook.

I-RTC: Ubani umbhali wakho omthandayo futhi ukhetha uhlobo oluthile?

I-TSF: Anginaye umbhali “oyintandokazi” ngempela. Ngingahle ngiphatheke kabi uma ngingashongo ukuthi uStephen King, ngoba impela ngifunde umsebenzi wakhe omningi, ikakhulukazi izinto zakhe ezindala. ULoti kaSalem yincwadi engiyithandayo. Ngithanda nokuhlola uClive Barker futhi. Ngisanda kungena kuBrian Lumley. I-HP Lovecraft ingenye i-fav. Ngicabanga ukuthi kuxhomeke emoyeni wami kuphela. Kepha ngifunde nezincwadi eziningi zomlando ezingaphandle kohlobo lwami olujwayelekile. Ngisanda kuqeda ukufunda AbakwaHarlem Hellfighters: I-African-American 369th Infantry eMpini Yezwe I nguStephen L. Harris. Kepha kuze kufike ezincwadini zomlando, ngiyabamba phakathi kwe-Ordinary Abesilisa: Ibutho lamaPhoyisa oLondolozo 101 kanye nowamanqamu Isixazululo ePoland futhi Ngikutholile Ukukhanya Kwenkululeko: Isiko Lokuhlela Lomzabalazo Wenkululeko WaseMississippi njengeyona engiyithandayo. Ngakho-ke, njengoba ubona, ngivame ukubhampa phakathi kokushaqeka nomlando.

I-RTC: Ngabe kukhona udaba ongacabangi ngisho nokubhala ngalo?

I-TSF: Cha. Ngizizwa ngingumdwebi, akumele kube nemingcele kulokho okusetshenziselwa ukuxoxa izindaba, kangangoba isihloko esingenamkhawulo senziwa ngokunambitheka hhayi ngokukhululeka. Ngibhalile nge-PTSD, ukuQothulwa Kwesizwe, ukudutshulwa kwabafundi ezikoleni, ukudlwengulwa, udlame, ukubulala, ukudla abantu, ubudlova bobulili obufanayo, ubungqingili, ukucwaswa kwabokufika, ubuhlanga, ukubulala, ukwesaba ukuzala, ukuzibulala, njll. lezi zifundo ngendlela enambithekayo ngaphandle kokunikeza noma yini ubukhazikhazi be "Hollywood". I-Horror uhlobo lapho kungafanele kube khona imingcele, noma izinto owenqaba ukukhuluma ngazo. Yiluphi olunye uhlobo olungabhekana nezinkinga ezinzima futhi lusiphoqe ukuba sibuze imibuzo enzima?

I-RTC: Yini abalandeli abangayilindela ngokuzayo? Ingabe njengamanje usebenza kunoma yimaphi amanoveli amasha?

I-TSF: Kuningi engikuhlelele lo nyaka. Lokho abafundi abangalindela ukukubona kuqala ukukhishwa okulindwe isikhathi eside kweqoqo lami lokuqala, I-Hobbsburg Horror, iqoqo lezinganekwane eziyi-9 zezinganekwane ezimnyama, ezibandakanya “Bafika eGordium,” lapho ikhehla lihlaselwa ngamacala esikhathi esidlule. "Immolate," lapho umphenyi womfelokazi elwela ukuxazulula ukuxhumana phakathi kochungechunge lokuzibulala okufanayo. “Izimpisi zaseSunnydale,” lapho ukuma kwezothando endaweni yokubuka ethandwayo kuphenduka ukubulala. "I-Hobbsburg Horror" iyisiqephu esiphakathi saleli qoqo, inganekwane yaseLovecraftian yentatheli ekhathele yadonsela endabeni yasemhlabeni yokubulala nasendlini yokulala enemibiko yemibala engajwayelekile ebusuku. “Hobo,” impilo kamama wekhaya enemali enhle ephelele iphazanyiswa ukuhlaselwa kwasekhaya. “Ulambile, sithandwa?” Uxoxa indaba yokwehla komuntu ohlukanisile ngenhlanhla ogama lakhe linguJacob Miller, ngemuva kokunikezwa i-pizza yamahhala, uphethwe yisilokazane sangaphakathi. “Kusukela oLwandle,” itilosi eliyimfundamakhwela nomkalo bavinjezelwe izidalwa ezivela olwandle phakathi nesiphepho. "Neon Fortune Teller"… UMamam Drabardi ufunda ikusasa likasomabhizinisi ophambene uRonald Murray ofuna ubufakazi bokuthi umkakhe uyamkhohlisa, kepha ukungathembeki emikhawulweni akusikho konke lokhu okubonwa nguDrabardi. Ekugcineni, “Nostos,” uKatherine Adonis wahamba iminyaka elula ukubalekela amaphupho amabi esikhathi esidlule, kodwa ezinye izipoki azisoze zeqa.

I-Hobbsburg Horror njengamanje usendleleni yokukhululwa ekuqaleni kukaMashi 2017.

I-RTC: Noma isiphi iseluleko sokubhala ongasinikeza ababhali bethu bakusasa?

I-TSF: Ngingathi, kuthatha isigodi. Ungafaki amahora amaningi encwadini bese uyikhipha njenge-self-pub, noma umshini omncane, bese uhamba ucabanga ukuthi le nto izozithengisa yona. Ngeke. Ngithembe, leyo mindeni embalwa nomngane uyathengisa ekugcineni izophela. Manje, angizukutshela ukuthi ngiyayazi ifomula eyimfihlo. Angicabangi nokuthi kukhona eyodwa, uma ngikhuluma iqiniso. Ngicabanga ukuthi kuthatha isikhathi nokusebenza kanzima, kepha futhi kuthatha umphakathi, lapho usebenza kakhulu kulowo mphakathi, uzoba ngcono kakhulu. Kunoma yiluphi uhlobo lohlobo olubhalayo, udinga ukuba ngumhlinzeki wokuqukethwe. Ezinye izinhlobo ziyazithengisa. I-Horror akuyona enye yalezo zinhlobo. Uxolo. Futhi kuningi laphaya. Kufanele ukhombise ukuthi kungani abafundi kufanele bathenge / bafunde / babuyekeze incwadi yakho. Cabanga ukusebenzisa ibhulogi nokuthumela izibuyekezo kanye noma kabili ngesonto. Akukona nje ukunikela ngokuqukethwe kwamahhala, kumayelana nokunikeza okuqukethwe abantu abafuna ukukufunda. Ubukhulu buyinto enkulu, ngizizwa. Futhi ukwethembeka. Ungazikhohlisi. Uma uluthanda ngempela lolu hlobo, futhi ungazimisele ukwenza imali nje kuphela, kuzobonakala. Futhi abafundi, ikakhulukazi abafundi abesabekayo, bazothatha lokho. Ngingacabanga nokuthola umbuthano omncane othembekile ongaqhuba ngawo imibono, noma ubonise nomsebenzi wakho, bantu abazokwabelana ngezinto zakho ezinkundleni zokuxhumana, abantu abazokukhuthaza njengoba ubakhuthaza. Okokugcina, ungawenzi umsebenzi wakho ungabi lula. Unganikeli ngezinto zakho. Izipho ezincane ezinamasu, impela, kepha udinga ukukhawulela leyo shit. Usebenze kanzima, ngakho ungazithengisi. Unalokho engqondweni, ungabi namahloni okuthi "unikele" izindaba zakho ezimfushane kuma-anthologies esisa. I-Anthologies isengenye yezindlela ezinhle kakhulu zokuqashelwa ngabafundi.

I-RTC: Ngiyabonga kakhulu, Thomas! Unikeze izeluleko ezinhle enginesiqiniseko sokuthi ababhali besikhathi esizayo bazosebenzisa ukubasiza ngokuzikhandla kwabo!

 

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