Kulungile, ngakho-ke ingxenye yomsebenzi wami lapha eHorror ukukulethela izibuyekezo ezimnandi zamanoveli ezayo, amasha, noma amasha we-horror. Bengilokhu ngifunda njengomuntu ohlanyayo, ngakho ngicabange ukuthi ngizokwabelana nawe ngezibuyekezo zami zakamuva ezine kokuthunyelwe okukodwa! Ngifunde ama-novellas amabili eSamhain Publishing ngenyanga edlule, kodwa bengifuna ukulinda uze ukwazi ukuwathenga ngaphambi kokuthumela lezi zibuyekezo… ngakho-ke, ngaphandle kokuhlehliswa:

Konke kumnandi nemidlalo kuze kube…

UMarty Weaver, imbongi enezinkinga ngokomzwelo, uhlukunyezwe impilo yakhe yonke. Lapho eshayela echibini eyotshela umngane wakhe wakudala ukuthi uthandana nentombazane egama linguJennifer, uMarty uhlangana nababulali abathathu abanolunya abanemidlalo ethile esontekile abamgcinele yona. Kepha uMarty unezimfihlo ezimnyama azifihle ngaphakathi kwakhe. Futhi kulobubusuku, lapho kubangelwa bonke ubuhlungu obuvela esikhathini esedlule, lapho lezo zimfihlo zembulwa, igazi liyogeleza nesihogo sinyuke.

 

 

"… Indoda ehlakaniphile yake yamtshela ukuthi, izinkondlo zinamandla angabonakali adlula umphefumulo."

Kude nengxenye entsha yenganekwane engiyifunde kulo nyaka. Nge Ukunyuka kobumnyama, UBrian Moreland ungikhumbuze ukuthi kungani engomunye wababhali engibathandayo (hhayi iKing, uLaymon, uKetchum… njll.) Lapho (omunye kunguRonald Malfi). Ngingumlandeli omkhulu wenoveli yakhe, Izithunzi ku-Mist, kepha ngicabanga ukuthi le novella iyayiphikisana nayo.

Ukunyuka kobumnyama iya ezindaweni eziningi kakhulu, kunzima ukuthola ukuthi iyisimangaliso kangakanani le novella. Kumnyama futhi kuyabukeka ezindaweni futhi kuhle futhi kuyinkondlo kwabanye. Inonya ngokuphelele ezindaweni, kepha izibali ukuthi ngezikhathi zomlingo owakhayo.

Ngixhumane khona manjalo nomlingisi ophambili, uMarty Weaver, ngendlela efanayo engihlangane ngayo noLaymon's Ed Logan in Ubusuku ngo-Okthoba owodwa (incwadi engiyithandayo kaRichard Laymon). Lokho kukodwa kungikhulumela kakhulu. Futhi njengaleyo noveli kaLaymon, ikhono likaMoreland lokulinganisa izinhlangothi ezikhanyayo nezimnyama ku-waltz yothando ngaphezulu kwesiteji esenziwe ngenyama efile nemibono ye-macabre akuyona into emfushane.

Faka ithrekhi yomculo ene-Stones, The Doors, futhi mhlawumbe no-Alice Cooper othile ... futhi ungithathele i-hook, ulayini nosinki.
Ukukhuphuka kobumnyama kuyisibonelo esiphelele sokuthi amanoveli amahle angaba kanjani amangalisayo. Lona umsebenzi wobuciko waseMoreland.

5 izinkanyezi. Kulula. Kuyatholakala manje… hamba uyothatha ikhophi: Amazon    UBarnes noNoble

 

 

Isikhathi Sokuvinjelwa 1930s… Ngemuva kokuthandana nonkosikazi womuntu ongafanele, umdlali odlala upiyano oshonile uSmitty Three Fingers ubalekela idolobha azithole eseshaya indlovu ezindlini zehonky-tonk zaseLouisana eziphethwe ngumuntu onesihluku i-bootlegger Horace Croker nonkosikazi wakhe oyindebe, uGrace. Abantu beza eGrinnin 'Gator ukuthola amantombazane otshwala kanye ne-burlesque, kepha bayaqhubeka nokubuyela kuBig George, i-giant alligator Croker igcina echibini ngaphandle. Kunamahemuhemu okuthi uCroker wondle ababengamakhosikazi nezitha isilwane sakhe, ngakho-ke lapho uSmitty noGrace bengena ocansini olubi ... yini engase ihambe kabi?

Ugqugquzelwe yimicimbi eyiqiniso, uGator Bait uxuba ubugebengu obubhalwe kanzima (I-Postman Always Rings Double) kaJames M. Cain's ne-horror yezidalwa (iTobe Hooper's Eaten Alive) ukudala umlando wokungabaza.
Kungithathe izahluko ezimbalwa ukujwayela isitayela sikaHowe, kepha washaya inkatho yakhe. Ngeshwa, njengoba bengicabanga ukuthi "lokhu kuzoba kuhle kakhulu," kwavele kwawa phansi.
Abalingiswa babhalwe kahle kakhulu (uHorace negator yakhe. UBig George weba umbukiso).
Abanye babapheki bami bezilwane ezifuywayo bavele lapha, kepha iningi labafundi cishe ngeke libe nenkinga nabo (ngiyibhala kakhulu njengoba kwenzeka njengomfana. Angikuthandi ukuphuma emuva, ikakhulukazi imisebenzi emifushane).
Lapho le ndaba igeleza, ngazithola sengithokoziswa ngenjabulo ngibuyiselwa kuleyo filimu kaBruce Willis, Umuntu Wokugcina Omile. Ngokungafani naleyo movie, lapho umlingiswa kaWillis esekujule kakhulu awukwazi ukusiza kepha uzwe ukungezwani, uHowe uqala ukwakha lelo vibe elinamandla, kepha bese kubonakala sengathi uyeka.
Amakhono akhe okubhala akhona nakanjani, ngivele ngazithola ngingenandaba nokuphela.

Nge-novella, uGator Bait ufundwa kahle. Akumangalisi, kepha akukubi.
Ngimi ngiqinile phakathi nomgwaqo kulena.

Nginikeza izinkanyezi ezi-3 zeGator Bait   Bamba ikhophi ku- Amazon

 

Akukho lapho ungabalekela khona!

UGillian Foster uphelelwe yithemba. Uthole incwadi exakile eposini kungekudala. Kusukela lapho, ubelokhu ebona izibalo eziyisithunzi yonke indawo. Ukuza kwakhe. Ejahe ukuthola indawo ephephile, ushiya ikhaya nendodakazi yakhe uMeg, athole ukuthi ayikho indlela yokubadlula labo ababemlandela.

Eminyakeni engamashumi amabili kamuva, uGillian wangeniswa eHawthorne Psychiatric Facility. UMeg uthola incwadi efanayo futhi uzingelwa ngamandla angabonakali. Ngabe uMeg naye ugula ngengqondo, noma ngabe lezi zidalwa zingokoqobo? Futhi uma kunjalo, ingabe umama wakhe wayeqinisile kuyo yonke leyo minyaka edlule? Ingabe ayikho indawo yokucasha?

"Sasiyisithunzi, singenazo izinto, futhi sasibuka ngefasitela lasendlini yokuphumula, siqonde ngqo kuye."

Le yi-novella yokuqala evela kuMnu Lacey ene-Samhain Publishing. Uke ukhathazeke ngalezo mboleko zabafundi? Lowo mthethosivivinywa wokuqala (noma olandelayo)? Ngicabanga ukuthi uMnu Lacey uke waba namaphupho amabi phezu kwabo. Nginenhlanhla ngathi, wavumela ingqondo yakhe emnyama ukuba ivuse inganekwane emnandi yobusathane.

Kunengoma kaTeenage Bottlerocket ebizwa ngokuthi, “Bavela Emathunzini”, bengihlala ngifuna ukubhala indaba emfushane ngalokho, kodwa ngicabanga ukuthi Isikweletu Esizokhokhwa ugcwalisa slot ukuze angidingi.

Kunenjabulo enkulu kule, hhayi ngolimi-esihlathini, uhlobo lwe-B-movie, ngokufunda isitayela sikaLacey esilula. Konke kuzwakala kungokoqobo. Futhi lokho akuyona iqhinga elilula lapho uthatha izinhlangano "ezinesithunzi" futhi uziletha emhlabeni wangempela. ULacey uyisusa kahle.

Usiqala ngokusaba okwanele ukuze angene esethulweni sethu kuMeg noBrian. Kimi, yizinto ezincane ezinjengamakholi we-phantom esemsebenzini, kanye ne-bar yesehlakalo esiseduze kwasekuqaleni ezikubopha ngokushesha kumlingiswa futhi zikufake ezicathulweni zazo. Futhi yindlela okufanele yenziwe ngayo.

Kukhona nosizi lokudilikelwa yindlu kaMeg. Ukukhula nomama ongaba, ongahle abe ngamantongomane, nobaba okholelwa ukuthi isikhungo siyindawo efanele yena, uMeg uzimisele ngokuthola iqiniso lakho konke, noma ngabe uyafuna noma cha.

Izingqinamba zami kuphela (futhi zincane) ukuthi uBrian uvuma kalula kanjani ukulandela iMeg (kodwa futhi futhi, ngiwele amantombazane lapho ngibona kuqala futhi ngiyazi ukuthi mhlawumbe ngabe ngibalandele kunoma iyiphi i-adventure) nohlobo lokuphela okungazelelwe . Ngingathanda kakhudlwana ngemuva.

I-novella yokuqala eqinile evela ezwini elisha elithembisayo ngokushaqeka. Isikweletu Okufanele Sikhokhwe uletha ukubhala okubukhali, ukwethuka okugxuma emakhasini, nobuhle bukaLacey bokukugcona ngalokho okulindelwe ebumnyameni. Lesi yisiqalo somsebenzi omnandi. Manje sengingumlandeli. Letha elandelayo, Mnu. Lacey!

Nginikela isikweletu ukuthi sikhokhelwe izinkanyezi ezi-4. Ngempela kufanele kufundwe, futhi ngilangazelela inoveli yokuqala kaMnu Lacey, Amaphupho Ezinkuni (ISamhain Publishing 2016) eza ngesinye isikhathi engxenyeni yokuqala yonyaka olandelayo. Bamba ikhophi:  Amazon  UBarnes noNoble

Uyemukelwa eMercy House, ikhaya elisezingeni eliphezulu lokuthatha umhlalaphansi elibukeka licwathile, lihlanzekile futhi lihlelekile ngokuphelele. . . kodwa akukho okungaba kude neqiniso. Encwadini ka-Adam Cesare evusa amadlingozi, izakhamuzi ngeke zithole umusa omncane — kuphela ukuqhuma okushaqisayo okwethusayo okungenakuqondakala.
 
UHarriet Laurel uqaphela iphunga eliseMercy House ngokushesha nje lapho engena ngaphakathi, alethwe yindodana yakhe, uDon, nonkosikazi wakhe, uNikki. Ezigabeni zokuqala zokuwohloka komqondo, uHarriet usecasuke kakhulu ngoNikki, esola umalokazana wakhe ngokwehluleka ukuphakela abazukulu. Kodwa-ke noHarriet kufanele avume ukuthi ingqondo yakhe icaca ngokushesha nje lapho ewela umkhawulo. Ukube bekungekho ngalelo phunga elicasulayo.
 
U-Arnold Piper ungumdala wase-Marine oneminyaka engamashumi ayisishiyagalombili nanhlanu, indoda eqhoshayo eyazinakekela impilo yayo yonke. Kepha akusekho. Ekhashelwe ngumzimba wakhe osugugile, u-Arnold ufunda ukuthi izilingo azisinda kudala eKorea eyayikhungethwe yimpi azilutho eceleni kwezehlo zansuku zonke zokuguga. Akazi ukuthi amaphupho akhe amabi kakhulu asengaphambi kwakhe.
 
USarah Campbell ungumhlengikazi onombono ofanele onozwelo lwakhe selunwetshwe lwafinyelela ezingeni lokuphuka esikhungweni esinabasebenzi abangahlali njalo esiyiMercy House. Kepha manje uhlu lwemisebenzi engemnandi kaSarah seluzothatha isimo esesabekayo. Kwokuthile okubi okuqubukayo eMercy House. Okuthile okumnyama nokubolile. . . futhi ebulalayo.

U-Adam Cesare ungomunye wabalobi abasha engibathandayo. Imisebenzi yakhe edlule engiyijabulele– Umsebenzi wasehlobo (inoveli yakhe ebaluleke kakhulu-nengiyithandayo), Ubusuku bevidiyo (uhambo oluhle kakhulu lwe-B-movie), futhi Amadoda–Ubufakazi bokuthi lo mfana une-IT.

Ngangazi ukungena ku- Indlu Yomusa (I-eBook entsha kaCesare evela ku-Random / Hydra) ukuthi igama lomdlalo ngalesi sikhathi laliyi-gore ne-mayhem izikhathi eziyishumi. Ngaphambili, washaya amagoli. AbakwaCesare basenza lula kulo msebenzi ngokusethula kubasebenzi abambalwa beMercy House nakwabanye babahlali bayo. Lapho nje ucabanga ukuthi le ncwadi kungenzeka ingaphili ngokuvumelana nedumela layo elihle, sifika endaweni yokudlela. Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi kuqhubeke, igazi nezitho zomzimba ziyandiza. Ubuhlanya nokunye okungaqondakali kokuguqula umzimba kuthathe abaqashi abasebenza kanzima eMercy House nokufa, ubulili nokufa okuningi okulandelayo. Kukhona nempi yohlobo oluthile.

Amabhithi ami amabili engiwathandayo yi-Arnold Piper's Vietnam flashback neKlopic (ikakhulukazi ukufa kukaKlopic!), Nesigameko esishiwo ngenhla “sedina”. Abangaphambili babonisa ikhono likaCesare njengombhali: "Inxeba lokungena lalingezansi kwesifuba sikaKlopic futhi lonke ikhanda lakhe lalibhidlikile ngaphakathi kwangathi kunembobo emnyama komunye wemizwa yakhe." Ngenkathi indawo "yedina" ikunikeza ubuciko bokuba mkhulu: "Kwakunokuthile okucwebezelayo futhi okuyizigaxa manje okwakubonakala phakathi kwezihibe ngesikhathi uMarta ekhipha amathumbu alo wesifazane ngamazinyo emfoloko yakhe."

Enye yamandla kaCesare njengombhali yikhono lakhe lokwenza ngokushesha izinhlamvu ezithakazelisayo. Ngikujabulele ukudala abaningi eMercy House (ikakhulukazi uNikki noPaulo), kepha ngicabanga ukuthi ulahlekelwe ngamathuba ambalwa noSarah noTeddy. Angikwazi ukuzibamba kodwa ngazizwa sengathi uSarah wasuka kalula maqondana nokuthi wabekwa esihogweni esinjani (ngokwalokho uCesare asikhombisa khona), ikakhulukazi uma kuqhathaniswa netoni elingapheli uGail, uQueen Bea noHarriet abalikhulumayo udlame. Ngokuqondene noTeddy, bengicabanga ukuthi iqhaza lakhe kule ncwadi lincane kakhulu. Kubonakala sengathi uCesare angenza okuningi ngalo mfana.

Abalandeli bakaCesare babonakala belangazelela uhlangothi lomsebenzi wakhe. Kufanele bakhulume lokhu phezulu. Ngeshwa, izingxenye engizithandayo zencwadi zonke bezingaphansi kwengxenye. Indlu Yomusa bekusafundwa okuhle impela. Ngokwami, ngibheke phambili ekuguqulweni okulandelayo kuka-Adam kokuthile okujule ngokwengeziwe. Ngiyazi ukuthi unezinhlayiya futhi angikwazi ukulinda ukuthi angene shí.

Nginikeza izinkanyezi ezi-3 zeMercy House.  Bamba ikhophi:  Amazon  UBarnes noNoble

 

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