Ron Clinton
@ron_clinton
Husband, dad, book guy. Pub’d author of fiction & non-fiction. My “Collecting the Modern Macabre” & interviews appear in Centipede Press’ WEIRD FICTION REVIEW.
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26-01-2014 23:05:06
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Hey, Bryan Smith, a blast from the past: I stumbled upon these kindly inscribed Leisure cover flats that I must have picked up from you at World Horror Con 2001 (Seattle).
DOG DAY AFTERNOON, Patrick Mann. 1st pb pt’g, 1975. “Attica, Attica…!” Stefan Dziemianowicz Andrew Monge Joe Lansdale Matthew Sullivan Tommy Atkinson Stuart Kells Andrew Nette Steven Sheil 𝓖𝓦 📚 Jules Burt Josh David Curcio Irv O. Neil Duane Swierczynski 𝓖𝓦 📚 Parker Frank Vatel
I just finished Stewart O'Nan’s OCEAN STATE and it’s one of the best books I’ve read in a while. Dark and emotionally taut with characters of the most honest kind, and rich with allusive imagery & mournful subtext — as in this, a young girl’s passage into her looming, tragic fate:
After a recent reading rut left me frustrated & dispirited, I’ve been on a great run with my last three books: BLOOD AND LEMONADE by Joe Lansdale, OCEAN STATE by Stewart O'Nan, and THE LOW DESERT by Tod Goldberg — wonderful books all, the kind that make you remember why you read.
Publication Day (!) of Evan Friss’ THE BOOKSHOP, a massive exploration of the historical and contemporary impact of bookstores in America. I just bought my copy*…do you have yours? *From Amazon, and I do recognize the unfortunate irony of that.😕