Release date: November 17, 2017
Subgenre: Non-fiction anthology, Writing advice
About Where Nightmares Come From - The Art of Storytelling in the Horror Genre:
WHERE NIGHTMARES COME FROM
THE ART OF STORYTELLING IN THE HORROR GENRE
Book one in Crystal Lake Publishing’s The Dream Weaver series, Where Nightmares Come From focuses on the art of storytelling in the Horror genre, taking an idea from conception to reality—whether you prefer short stories, novels, films, or comics.
Featuring in-depth articles and interviews by Joe R. Lansdale (Hap & Leonard series), Clive Barker (Books of Blood), John Connolly (Charlie Parker series), Ramsey Campbell, Stephen King (IT), Christopher Golden (Ararat), Charlaine Harris (Midnight, Texas), Jonathan Maberry (Joe Ledger series), Kevin J. Anderson (Tales of Dune), Craig Engler (Z Nation), and many more.
The full non-fiction anthology lineup includes:
- Introduction by William F. Nolan
- IT’S THE STORY TELLER by Joe R. Lansdale
- A-Z OF HORROR of Clive Barker
- WHY HORROR? by Mark Alan Miller
- PIXELATED SHADOWS by Michael Paul Gonzalez
- LIKE CURSES by Ray Garton
- HOW TO GET YOUR SCARE ON by S.G. Browne
- STORYTELLING TECHNIQUES by Richard Thomas
- HORROR IS A STATE OF MIND by Tim Waggoner
- BRINGING AN IDEA TO LIFE by Mercedes M. Yardley
- THE PROCESS OF A TALE by Ramsey Campbell
- GREAT HORROR IS SOMETHING ALIEN by Michael Bailey
- A HORRIFICALLY HAPPY MEDIUM by Taylor Grant
- INTERVIEW WITH JOHN CONNOLLY by Marie O’Regan
- THE STORY OF A STORY by Mort Castle
- WRITING ROUNDTABLE INTERVIEW with Christopher Golden, Kevin J. Anderson, and Silvia Moreno-Garcia
- HOW I SPENT MY CHILDHOOD LOOKING FOR MONSTERS AND FOUND POETRY INSTEAD by Stephanie M. Wytovich
- BITS AND PIECES INTERVIEW WITH JONATHAN MABERRY by Eugene Johnson
- THE REEL CREEPS by Lisa Morton
- THE MONSTER SQUAD by Jess Landry
- WHAT SCARES YOU by Marv Wolfman
- PLAYING IN SOMEONE ELSE’S HAUNTED HOUSE by Elizabeth Massie
- CREATING MAGIC FROM A BLANK PIECE OF PAPER: Del Howison interviews Tom Holland, Amber Benson, Fred Dekker, and Kevin Tenney
- Z NATION: HOW SYFY’S HIT SHOW CAME TO LIFE by Craig Engler
- LIFE IMITATING ART IMITATING LIFE: FILM AND ITS INFLUENCE ON REALITY by Jason V Brock
- WHERE NIGHTMARES COME FROM by Paul Moore
- STEPHEN KING AND RICHARD CHIZMAR DISCUSS COLLABORATING by Bev Vincent
- CHARLAINE HARRIS DISCUSSES STORYTELLING by Eugene Johnson
- WHAT NOW? by John Palisano
This collection is perfect for…
- writers of all genres
- authors looking for motivation and/or inspiration
- authors seeking guidance
- struggling authors searching for career advice
- authors interested in improving their craft
- writers interested in comics
- authors looking into screenwriting and films
- horror fans in general
- those looking to better understand the different story formats
- authors planning on infiltrating a different field in horror writing
- artists trying to establish a name brand
- authors looking to get published
Come listen to the legends…
Cover design by Luke Spooner. Edited by Joe Mynhardt & Eugene Johnson.
Brought to you by Crystal Lake Publishing—Tales from the Darkest Depths.
Excerpt:
INTRODUCTION
The Spooky Arts
William F. Nolan
Dip into any section of this book and you
will learn something.
High praise, but a
true statement. There are many pieces one can delve into along the way, as this
is not simply another “how-to” effort; the contents within range from
inspiration and molding concepts, to the way revision impacts the final draft,
to the reasons stories are changed for other media. While not an instruction
manual per se, this volume does
instruct; all one must do is be receptive to different ideas and
points-of-view. In fact, any one of these essays or interviews will do the job:
teach you how to create or adapt works professionally for print or multimedia,
taking you inside the scary business of fashioning memorable tales, with an
emphasis on stories of shock and terror. Your guides include, to name just a
few of the 30-plus stellar talents in this comprehensive volume, the capable
insights of Kevin J. Anderson (as part of a roundtable discussion), Elizabeth
Massie (“Playing in Someone Else’s Haunted House”), Tim Waggoner (“Horror is a State of Mind”), and
Mort Castle (“The Story of a Story”). Here, in
these pages, you are made privy to the expert advice that only seasoned
veterans can provide.
Open your mind to
what they have to tell you as I lay out some of my personal favorites of the
treats in store…
None other than
the King himself—Stephen King, interviewed along with noted
publisher/editor/writer Richard Chizmar—discusses the always tricky tight-rope
act of collaboration. Having personally collaborated with George Clayton
Johnson, Ray Bradbury, Richard Matheson, Jason V Brock, Charles Beaumont, and
Ray Russell, I found the King/Chizmar exchange particularly fascinating.
The redoubtable
Joe R. Lansdale talks about dreaming your way through a story in “It’s the
Storyteller.” As he points out, it is the dreamer, not the dream, who captures
the reader. When Joe is telling you a story you know you’re in Lansdale country. That brash Texas voice is always
there, always compelling, often funny (Joe has a great sense of humor). Pure
folk art.
And Ramsey
Campbell’s on board! The always commanding literary lion of Liverpool weighs in
with “The Process of a Tale” to offer you a
guided tour through one of his moody pieces. From first sentence to last, he
takes the reader through several drafts, giving us an inside look at the
mechanics of a Campbell story. Here is a man who is at the keys each morning by
six a.m., seven days a week. He loves to write, and it shows: A master sharing
the secrets of his mastery. Pay attention!
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About Joe Mynhardt:
Joe
Mynhardt
is a two-time Bram Stoker Award nominated South African publisher, non-fiction
(and short story) editor, and online-business mentor.
Joe is
the owner and CEO of Crystal Lake Publishing, which he founded in August, 2012.
Since then he’s published and edited short stories, novellas, interviews and
essays by the likes of Neil Gaiman, Clive Barker, Ramsey Campbell, Jack
Ketchum, Jonathan Maberry, Graham Masterton, Adam Nevill, Lisa Morton,
Elizabeth Massie, Joe McKinney, Joe R. Lansdale, Edward Lee, Paul Tremblay, Wes
Craven, John Carpenter, George A. Romero, Mick Garris, and hundreds more.
Just
like Crystal Lake Publishing, which strives to be a platform for launching
author careers, Joe believes in reaching out to all authors, new and
experienced, and being a beacon of friendship and guidance in the Dark Fiction
field.
Joe’s influences stretch from Poe, Doyle, and Lovecraft to King, Connolly, and Gaiman. You can read more about Joe and Crystal Lake Publishing at www.crystallakepub.com or find him on Facebook.
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