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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Well, it’s November again. Halloween is done Thanksgiving is on the way (Pause here, folks, and contemplate what you have to be thankful for. The odds are there’s a good deal going right, even if there’s some negatives out there.) and a plethora of various religious celebrations are eight around the corner. Some of my [...]
The Compounds (and compound-complexes) of Style
Perhaps you believe in the soul. Perhaps you don’t, and only view a living being as a series of biological functions acting in concert. Under either philosophy, you will view a dead body as different from a living person. All of the physical components are there, but the core of the individual is gone.
At this [...]
What I Learned From Blogging About the Kindle
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Let’s Just Pretend The Last 8 Months Never Happened
Looks like it was a sabbatical after all.
Last March, after close to a three-year tenure, I hung up my Storytellers U hat — the one with the Viking horns and a beer funnel — without knowing whether this would be permanent or temporary. Couldn’t help but notice, in the interim, that lords-of-the-manor [...]
AND NOW, OUR … LOSER!
The Chicago Tribune ran “The Great Chicago Ghost Story” contest for Halloween.
The rules: A Chicago site must be mentioned in the story. No more than 750 words.
I wrote a story. Entered.
Lost.
Here’s the loser.
THE GHOSTS OF CHICAGO, I SET THEM FREE
I see the ghosts of Chicago.
I set them free.
This is a mission statement.
Mine.
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How is it [...]
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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!