“Norman…Is That You?”
Cycles of Psycho
by
Christopher Conlon

Reprinted from bare*bones #8
Copyright ©2021 by Christopher Conlon

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Psycho, the novel by Robert Bloch, was one of the most disappointing reading experiences of my teenaged life.

This was doubly puzzling-first, because I already loved Bloch’s writing, having devoured numerous ( Read more... )

What if the Nazis had launched a successful air raid on New York City during World War II? Martin M. Goldsmith’s “Shadows at Noon” takes up this unlikely-but at the time of the book’s publication in 1943, no doubt terrifying-possibility and makes a fascinating, unique novel of it.


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I've appeared on these Paste Magazine lists a couple of times before, but I confess it never gets old ( Read more... )

I'm delighted to announce that my new Crossroad Press novel, Annabel Lee: The Story of a Woman, Written by Herself is now available in audiobook format from Amazon and audible.com! I've had a chance to listen to the recording and can report that the narrator, Laura Jennings, does a fantastic job--so much so that I was inspired to reach out to her ( Read more... )

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From the good folks at Crossroad Press! Now available from major online booksellers, including Amazon.com: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=conlon+annabel&ref=nb_sb_noss_2

And check out this new interview with me here, which touches on the new book: Read more... )

Holy smoke, I am completely flabbergasted to find this. Click on the link below and check out No. 38!

https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2018/08/the-best-horror-novels-of-all-time.html

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Here’s a final piece from Herding Ravens, coupled this time with a brief theatrical adaptation I did of the story which was published in another collection, Wild Tracks.

The Chairman Comes to Call
copyright © 2012 by Christopher Conlon

The Chairman of the Board of Insomnia came to visit me one night. He didn’t look as I’d expected: first of all ( Read more... )

Here's another one from Herding Ravens.

I, Ringo

copyright © 2012 by Christopher Conlon

I am now a very old man and few are left alive from those times, so I can it admit it freely at last: yes, it was I who set the trap, I who placed the bomb, I who caused him to flail and tumble and drop to his death.

I, Ringo.

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Over the next few weeks I'll be posting some of my little "bon-bons"--very short stories reprinted from my collection Herding Ravens, which Peter Schwotzer at Famous Monsters of Filmland called "brilliant...a totally insane group of tales that can't really be pigeon-holed into a genre."

Enjoy!

The Raven 2

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