tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-146226902024-03-13T22:21:17.630+00:00Stuart YoungBritish Fantasy Award-winning Author.
"Stuart Young not only writes stories, he gives them life." -- TIM LEBBONStuart Younghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06349998328428656218noreply@blogger.comBlogger265125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14622690.post-38453849224137137592014-01-31T10:09:00.000+00:002014-01-31T10:09:28.460+00:00Writing is FUN!
A couple of recent conversations about the hardships of writing reminded me that I had this languishing on my hard drive. Written during my "Why the hell do I put myself through this?" phase (also known as "my entire career.") So, after complaining about editing yesterday I'm now going to stick the boot into writing:
Hack.
That’s what he felt like, his attempts at creating literary
Stuart Younghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06349998328428656218noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14622690.post-31985135653013147002014-01-30T16:32:00.000+00:002014-03-19T16:21:07.065+00:00Why I Hate Editing (aka I've Edit Up To Here)"So," I said to Peter Mark May. "Can I submit a story to this black magic anthology you've got planned?"
"Of course you can," said Peter with an eagerness that should have made me suspicious. "But only if you edit the book."
Now, I have no interest in editing. Editors have to organise things, display communication skills and make important decisions that can make or break a project. I'm a Stuart Younghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06349998328428656218noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14622690.post-62346693824655161792014-01-20T16:11:00.001+00:002014-01-20T16:11:32.887+00:00Giving the Devil His DueNice review of Demons and Devilry at Dark Musings.Stuart Younghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06349998328428656218noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14622690.post-78164701187253949092014-01-01T10:12:00.001+00:002014-01-01T10:12:39.626+00:00Happy New YearIt's a brand new year and what better way to start than to discover that an anthology of black magic stories has received a good review. It's true. Hellforge loves Demons & Devilry.Stuart Younghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06349998328428656218noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14622690.post-25445969057051590072013-12-29T10:45:00.002+00:002013-12-29T10:46:58.461+00:00The Alchemy Press Book of Pulp Heroes 2Interview abut my story in The Alchemy Press Book of Pulp Heroes 2. I discuss the nature of pulp fiction, my musical tastes and why W.E. Johns is such a big influence on my writing. Stuart Younghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06349998328428656218noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14622690.post-35704837341120682912013-12-27T16:48:00.000+00:002013-12-27T16:48:45.443+00:00Best of 2013Ginger Nuts of Horror lists Demons & Devilry as one of the best horror anthologies of 2013. I'm deeply touched by this honour and I would like to thank all the contributors to the book for their dedication and tireless efforts. I'd like to thank them but frankly they did bugger all, I did all the hard work. Struggling to decipher the childish crayon scribbles in Peter Mark May's Stuart Younghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06349998328428656218noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14622690.post-42564733960547035302013-12-24T12:47:00.004+00:002013-12-29T10:47:38.730+00:00Stocking FillerGinger Nuts of Horror has included Demons & Devilry in their list of horror Xmas gifts.
Yes, I know Christmas is virtually upon us but the book makes just as good a gift at Easter, birthdays, wedding anniversaries and any other occasion you can think of.Stuart Younghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06349998328428656218noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14622690.post-66121550503320372752013-12-05T14:05:00.000+00:002013-12-05T14:05:01.122+00:00Ginger Nuts interviewFor all of you desperate to read my interview that I did last year over at Ginger Nuts of Horror the website has moved so there's a new link to follow if you want to revel in my words of wisdom.Stuart Younghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06349998328428656218noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14622690.post-76606436290911587912013-11-25T09:40:00.003+00:002013-11-25T09:41:51.613+00:00Demons & Devilry ReviewExcellent review of Demons & Devilry over at Ginger Nuts of Horror. "Demons & Devilry is a brilliant anthology, one which manages to perfectly balance stories of a lighter tone with more dark and heavy tones."
Well done John Llewellyn Probert, Thana Niveau, Peter Mark May and David Williamson. And me.Stuart Younghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06349998328428656218noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14622690.post-8964386375684995132013-11-20T12:26:00.000+00:002013-11-20T12:26:08.458+00:00The Impossibility Dissection
My story The Impossibility Dissection appears in Strange Aeons 12. I know The Impossibility Dissection sounds like an episode of The Big Bang Theory but it's actually cosmic horror with a dash of black humour.
Stuart Younghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06349998328428656218noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14622690.post-33536404508823987262013-11-17T19:35:00.003+00:002013-11-17T19:35:40.614+00:00Astrologica: Stories of the ZodiacI've a story in Astrologica: Stories of the Zodiac from Alchemy Press. Other contributors include Joel Lane, Ralph Robert Moore and Storm Constantine.
I discuss my story, Star-crossed, in this interview, in which I am incredibly witty and charming and only offend a major religion once.Stuart Younghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06349998328428656218noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14622690.post-84111827372545302722013-11-15T19:57:00.000+00:002013-11-15T20:18:28.334+00:00That About Covers ItWhen Peter Mark May asked me to edit Demons & Devilry for Hersham Horror the one thing I was confident about getting right was the cover. I have a soft spot for the old painted covers that used to grace pulp paperbacks and felt that a sleazy mix of sex and danger would be the just the thing for a book of tales of black magic that followed in the footsteps of Dennis Wheatley. Even better,Stuart Younghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06349998328428656218noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14622690.post-58343740414967515702013-11-07T13:17:00.000+00:002013-11-07T13:17:35.872+00:00Devilish DittiesSome little rhymes about the stories in Demons & Devilry.The Abhorrent Man by Peter Mark MayThe man is dubbed abhorrent.And his title is not without warrant.They ask: "Is he scary?'I reply: "Opinions vary."But he made me empty my bowels in a torrent."Little Devils by Thana NiveauThese kids really are little devils,With pranks, teasing and revels.But they get such a fright,From a horribleStuart Younghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06349998328428656218noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14622690.post-20788294384386592622013-10-28T18:22:00.001+00:002013-10-28T18:24:21.632+00:00Demons & Devilry
Somehow I've ended up doing something I thought I would never ever do -- I've edited a book. Blame Peter Mark May, he caught me at a weak moment and I agreed to edit an anthology for him before I realised what I was doing. The book is available now if you want to see how much of a hash I've made of it.
Demons & Devilry, the fourth anthology in the Hersham Horror PenAnth range, brings you Stuart Younghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06349998328428656218noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14622690.post-32021733148193402872013-03-21T19:17:00.000+00:002013-03-21T19:19:02.614+00:00Lovecraftian LegacyPart 2 of my Sparking Neurones column on Lovecraftian fiction. This time round Robert E Howard, Fritz Leiber, Neil Gaiman and others. It also includes snazzy artwork by Bob Covington and Frank E Schoonover.
Stuart Younghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06349998328428656218noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14622690.post-39624960331972369332013-01-26T17:34:00.002+00:002013-01-26T17:38:00.275+00:00Spare Parts reviewReview of Spare Parts from Philip K Dick Award-winning novelist Simon Morden.
Stuart Young’s Spare Parts dwell on the fantastic which grows from the ordinary: if this wasn’t genre, posh reviewers in mainstream magazines would call it magical realism. Young serves up six stories -atmospherically illustrated by Bob Covington and Dave Bezzina – on the theme of love and loss, and the quietStuart Younghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06349998328428656218noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14622690.post-56176111417046898712013-01-15T10:25:00.000+00:002013-01-15T10:26:41.124+00:00The Mask Behind the Face competition
Chris Teague has just informed me of this competition over at the Pendragon Press site:
Ten copies of Stuart Young's The Mask Behind the Face up for grabs if you can answer the following question: who wrote the introduction to this collection?
First ten folk to join the Pendragon mailing list by this Friday and confirm their answer via email to chris at pendragonpress dot net will receive a Stuart Younghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06349998328428656218noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14622690.post-50874440410090157322013-01-08T09:54:00.000+00:002013-01-08T09:54:35.093+00:00LovecraftIn the latest instalment of Sparking Neurones I talk about H.P. Lovecraft. I am very respectful and do not take the mickey at all.Stuart Younghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06349998328428656218noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14622690.post-65445103391078734782012-11-29T01:42:00.002+00:002012-11-29T01:54:45.229+00:00Spare Parts 2003 interview
Just as a reminder that Spare Parts is now available as an eBook here's an interview with me and 2000AD scribe Alec Worley from when the original paperback version came out.
ALEC WORLEY: Are there any background details about
yourself that you want to fill the readers in on?
STUART YOUNG: You mean
apart from the fact that I’m incredibly witty and handsome? Oh -- you only want
honest answersStuart Younghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06349998328428656218noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14622690.post-1405507050771897812012-11-28T15:11:00.000+00:002012-11-29T00:01:02.978+00:00The Next Big Thing Part 2Adrian Chamberlin, Matt Cardin, Simon Morden and Paul Edwards may or not be doing the Next Big thing today. All depends how busy they are. And how desperate they are for free publicity.Stuart Younghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06349998328428656218noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14622690.post-60924107301971788432012-11-21T13:21:00.000+00:002012-11-21T13:21:06.052+00:00The Next Big Thing
This week I’m taking part in The Next Big Thing
series of networked author blog interviews. I’ve been tagged by CaroleJohnstone and next week I’ll be revealing who I tagged in to do the next round
of interviews.
1) What is the working title of your next book?
Reflections
in the Mind’s Eye.
2) Where did the idea come from for the book?
It was a carefully planned project to produce a rangeStuart Younghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06349998328428656218noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14622690.post-53636983044536876892012-11-02T10:12:00.000+00:002012-11-02T10:14:18.121+00:00Men in Tights: To Cap it All OffThe latest instalment of Sparking Neurones is also the final instalment of the Men in Tights series. I discuss artificial intelligence, the pros and cons of patriotism, the dynamics of heroism, the nature of the soul, and the role of personal belief in religion. All based around a discussion of Captain America's costume.Stuart Younghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06349998328428656218noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14622690.post-3525645629474716822012-10-30T09:34:00.001+00:002012-10-30T09:34:41.290+00:00Tennant's ExtraAs Stumar Press have released Spare Parts as an ebook here's Peter Tennant's review of the original paperback edition from Rainfall Books. He says some very nice things, including this comment: "Young’s writing is never less than rewarding, while at his best he is thought provoking and capable of genuinely moving the reader."Stuart Younghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06349998328428656218noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14622690.post-5295722948366323002012-10-26T09:49:00.000+01:002012-10-26T09:49:02.505+01:00Men in Tights 3: Curse of the MiniskirtThe latest instalment of Sparking Neurones covers psychedelics, ancient curses and nanotech shamanism in The Avengers. But the real draw is the crappy miniskirt costume Hawkeye wore for a few issues back in the '70s.Stuart Younghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06349998328428656218noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14622690.post-79150090331256056792012-10-15T11:22:00.001+01:002012-10-15T11:22:44.035+01:00Avengers Assemble
"Too much talking." "Dull action scenes." "Too many characters." Just some of the complaints I've heard levelled against Avengers Assemble. Seeing as how I loved the film I thought some sort of response was called for. Because there aren't enough comments about the film on the internet already.
Avengers Assemble had a lot going on, and a lot of characters, but that was the whole point of the Stuart Younghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06349998328428656218noreply@blogger.com0