tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5931067430498889432024-02-08T07:57:13.850-08:00Dark is BetterUncollected Stories by Gemma FilesGemma Fileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07480180851740150282noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-593106743049888943.post-90233555918731267772011-04-04T08:59:00.000-07:002011-04-04T09:03:05.689-07:00New Story Post: "Crossing the River"Originally published in Dark Arts Books' <i>Mighty Unclean</i> anthology, "Crossing the River" is another of those stories that wears its DNA pretty clearly on its figurative sleeve, for those of us familiar with the TV shows <i>Supernatural</i> and <i>Prison Break</i>. Nevertheless, it also contains a hefty does of Manly Wade Wellman's "Silver John" stories, plus lots of heirarchical magical research; I was looking for an excuse to put the SATOR box into something, and here ya go! Overall, I like to think of this as my anti-Paranormal Romance story.;) You'll find it either here (https://sites.google.com/site/crossingtheriveracat/), or on the sidebar.Gemma Fileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07480180851740150282noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-593106743049888943.post-67940927656856921512009-11-30T10:44:00.001-08:002009-11-30T10:50:05.773-08:00New Story Post: "Heart's Hole""Heart's Hole" is shamelessly inspired by one of my favorite bad place/decon work movies of all time, Brad Anderson's Session 9; it also introduces one of my first Five-Family coven characters, the sadly gifted Jo Glouwer, "granddaughter" of Euwphaim. When the story was first published a few years back, in Tightrope Books' <span style="font-style: italic;">In the Dark</span> anthology, my editors--Myna Wallin and Halli Villegas--asked me to conform to their 4,000-words-or-less standard by cutting nearly 2,000 words' worth of subplot and character development, including some of my favorite darlings. So...I've restored them! Enjoy what I like to call the "Time, the Revelator remix" version, here (https://sites.google.com/site/heartshole/).Gemma Fileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07480180851740150282noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-593106743049888943.post-27764026589285540042009-11-08T20:44:00.000-08:002009-11-08T20:47:38.821-08:00New Story Post: "Jack-Knife""Jack-Knife: A Melodrama Inspired from Life, in Fourteen Vocal Tableaux" was first published in <span style="font-style: italic;">Shivers IV</span> (Cemetery Dance), and owes much to my predictable adolescent interest in Ripperiana. I originally intended to submit it to the Canadian Broadcasting Company as a radio play, inspired by hearing my Mom's performances on formative sound-horror shows like <span style="font-style: italic;">Nightfall</span>...but strangely enough, they proved none too keen. I wonder why?Gemma Fileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07480180851740150282noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-593106743049888943.post-39422175736940464132009-10-30T11:08:00.000-07:002009-10-30T11:17:14.808-07:00Dead Voices on AirThe first uncollected story to be officially posted here is "Dead Voices on Air (A Landscape with Maps & Legends); check the sidebar, under "Table of Contents". This piece was directly influenced by web-based storytelling like "The Dionaea House", as well as my own longstanding love of folk music and fairytales. It also introduces a bunch of my Five-Family Coven characters, who have since come to permeate the background of my Toronto the Weird universe. Enjoy!Gemma Fileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07480180851740150282noreply@blogger.com0