Brandon Layng's Page
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- Hometown:
- Forest Hills, Ontario with a small cottage in Ten Pines
- About Me:
- I am the editor of the P&E Readers poll top ten nominated e-zine 13Human Souls. Several of my works can be found in Darkened Horizons and the poetry anthology, Reverence of Runes. My short story, "Can of Worms", is due out this September in the Apex Publications anthology, Courting Morpheus. In October my fiction can also be found in the 2008 Gentlemen of Horror.
- Favorite Authors
- Old Ernest, Douglas Clegg, Richard Laymon, Dennis L. McKiernan, Pierre Berton, Stephen King, Tim Waggoner and many others.
- Favorite Books
- The First Five Pages - Noah Lukeman, King's On Writing, The Beast House series - Richard Laymon, The Harrow books - Douglas Clegg, Like Death - Tim Waggoner, The collected works of Edgar Allan Poe and many, many others including the recently finished Pride's Fancy by Thomas H. Raddall
Brandon Layng's Blog
Updates because it's been so long.
"Feathers in the Wind" has been accepted for the January online edition of Golden Visions Magazine. http://www.goldenvisionsmagazine.biz/
"Princess" has been accepted for the Undead Special Issue of Morpheus Tales, release date TBA. http://www.morpheustales.com/
"Shoes" and "Jug Medley" will be in the Northern Haunts anthology from Shroud Publishing. Proceeds from sales of this book go to… Continue
Posted on September 27, 2008 at 11:30am —
"Ladies and Gentlemen of Horror" Anthologies
Each anthology features an in depth bio on each author, 6-10 "Sexy" or in the case of the guys, "Macho", photos and two works of fiction that showcase their abilities to make you shiver, sweat and faint.
So who's going to b… Continue
Posted on May 4, 2008 at 11:13pm — 2 Comments
First blog entry.
It will be quite graphic and anyone who does not like Blood, Sex, Violence, Torture, or other morbid things wouldn't find this their cup of curdled tea. Comment and let me know.
Posted on April 26, 2008 at 8:08pm — 1 Comment
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The Anatomy and Creation of a Story Pt. 2
This is an ongoing discussion of the process I use to write short stories…not that there is a set process, as it’s different each time. I started this in “Part One” back on my personal blog, and wanted to continue here to mix up the audience as much as possible.
In part one, I discussed the [...]
“This soap box is not big enough for the both of us.”
“This soap box is not big enough for the both of us.”
I asked readers for topics they would like to see me address in this blog, and I got a slew of great responses, something that will keep me in columns for a few months to come.
Here’s the question that got top billing for [...]
Providence, 1986
Providence, 1986 Wayne Allen Sallee 28 November 2009
I have a road trip, of sorts, ahead of me in a few hours. A zig-zag across the transit system of Chicago. I’m heading up north, but first I have to take the 55th Street bus to an artist friend’s place and drop off a few autographed books. There is [...]
The Ritual of Fine-Tuning My Writing
Most writers I know have rituals. These run the gamut from adjusting their desks a certain way to writing by candlelight to setting a glass of perfectly innocent booze on fire before each writing project as a sacrifice to the Writing Ancestors. They may sound silly, or wasteful (perfectly good booze, after all) or unintuitive, [...]
Thanksgiving
Friends and relatives around he world sing the same song: “We don’t have Thanksgiving here.” Here is New Zealand, South Africa, England, Israel…and on and on. This year, because we are down to three of us—my guardian angel/chef and one friend who lives alone—I stopped to think about what that means.
“We don’t have [...]
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You're welcome. I hope we may see you at Canadian Authors. The site is at http://canadianauthors.ning.com/
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Brian
Thanks for your friendship. Great to know you. Another great Ning site for Canadian auhtors is the Canadian Authors Network. You might like to check it out.
Brian
Welcome to the playground!