Interests
General
Horror literature, experimental fantasy and surrealism, magic realism and any other isms that feature something curious happening to the familiar world. The bizarrer sort of classical music. Art and photography - doing it and looking at it. Japanese animation. Any animation in fact, so long as it isnt cosy old uncle Disney.Those are my main interests, but i also have a tendency to flirt with many other fun things as well. I collect thundereggs and geodes, occasionally build model planes, grow crystals, practice experimental cookery . . . this list is ever changing!!
Music
I suppose I am a person who loves pop culture and it's art and writing - but I don't get on well with 90% of pop music, or whatever myriad of names it divides itself up into. Why, I cant be bothered to go into now - but get used to it!
Still, there are many other musics out there. here's a few names that I like:
Modern classical: George Crumb, Harry Partch, John Adams, Philip Glass, Schnittke, Scelsi, Birtwistle, Tan Dun, Takemitsu, Sculthorp . . .
Film: Danny Elfman, Don Davis, Scott Bradley (the old MGM cartoon music composer) etc . . .
Movies
..Japanese Animations: Serial Experiments: Lain - FLCL (Fooly Cooly/Furi Kuri) - Excel Saga - Paranoia Agent - Studio 4C works. Film directors: Peter Greenaway, David Cronenberg, Terry Gilliam, Tim Burton, Dario Argento (sometimes), Clive Barker. Also Jan Svankmajer and the Brothers QuayTelevision
..David Attenborough documentaries. Some horizon and other science, technology and nature stuff. I have a bizarre love-hate relationship with big brother and some trash tv - possible horror story potential and brain-dead fun etc. But I tend to keep quiet about that!Books
Thomas Tessier - especially Father Panic's Opera Macabre and Ghost Music. The Cornelius Quartet by Michael Moorcock. What the Giants were Saying by David Rix :-). John Shirley. Ramsey Campbell. Tom Piccirilli. Jeffrey Thomas. Thomas Ligotti. Have just finished Terry Lamsley's Conference with the Dead, which was superb. The list goes on! Classic American writers like Lovecraft and Clark Ashton Smith. The House of Sounds by M P Shiel. Sarban. Arthur Machen and the ghost stories of M R James. Young British horror writers. Writers brave enough to take the self-publishing route and make it work (there are a few of them)!Books from Tartarus Press in the UK, and Delirium Books in the US
Heroes
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Details
- Status: Single
- Here for: Networking, Friends
- Orientation: Straight
- Ethnicity: White / Caucasian
- Religion: Atheist
- Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius
- Children: I don't want kids
- Smoke / Drink: No / Yes
- Education: College graduate
- Occupation: Writer and digital artist
Schools
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Dartington College of Arts
- Totnes, SW
- Graduated: 2004
- Student status: Alumni
- Degree: Bachelor's Degree
- Major: Music, Composition
2001 to 2004 -
Canterbury College
- Canterbury, HC
- Graduated: 2001
- Student status: Alumni
- Degree: Other
- Major: Music Technology
1999 to 2001
Latest Blog Entries
- Jan 2, 2009 12:37 AM Dark Tactics in the Spam Wars
- Dec 13, 2008 6:25 AM ;-)
- Dec 2, 2008 6:07 PM A Triangle of Lights - Moon, Venus, Jupiter, December 2nd 2008
- Sep 11, 2008 9:48 AM The Tenets of Disaster - On Superbugs, Evolution and Don’t Touch That, It’s Dirty
- Aug 23, 2008 3:26 PM Sarcasm in the Raw – The Great Generation Gap Wars
Blurbs
About me:
..I am a young British writer in the areas of 'Horror', 'Metahorror' and modern Magic Realism/Speculative Fiction. All just damn words really - and for a writer I really dislike WORDS in unnecessary situations - but it gives you an idea. This blog is where you can find out a little about me and keep up with my occasional news – but more importantly, with my general scribblings. . . bad-tempered (sorry, humorous!) rants, which are actually a chance for me to have fun and shout a bit without the constraints of fiction writing (which i tend to take deadly seriously). Shouting is good for the soul! Plus, of course, general quirky stuff, laboured iconoclastic grousing and even some tiny 'instant' storylets when they pop into my head.
My first book was released a while back - What the Giants were Saying - and it got a good if sometimes slightly bewildered reaction! You can read some (rather unsatisfyingly) small excerpts of this on the eibonvale Press website here.This is the first public appearance of my recurring character, the hugely eccentric Feather - a woman subsumed in creativity, magic, madness and the whole spectrum of human experience. Now I am working on my next book, a big (very big) set of linked stories about her that seems to be taking forever.
I also run a very small slow but dedicated publishing house called Eibonvale Press. It's on myspace as well (see my friends), so if you join me here, join that as well! Then buy something! Trust me, it will be worth it!.
I do all my own art for the Eibonvale Press titles - and the success of those has taken me rather by surprise, i have to say. I am thinking now that i should love to work with other small publishers as well and perhaps do more with digital art and photomanipulation. I also do a lot of photography. You can see that, and some older artworks, in my main gallery - online at www.eibonvale.co.uk
Comments
Jun 28 2009 2:53 AM
“SACRIFICE is a full frontal assault on your senses. It is a dark, brutal, bloody and terribly frightening book. Everson went deep into some dark abyss to bring this book to the light of day.... I highly recommend SACRIFICE.”
—Famous Monsters of Filmland
“John Everson manages in SACRIFICE to dispense buckets of blood, provide edgy perversity, and walk the tenuous tightrope of horror and sex without falling: It’s rather an amazing feat.” –Hell Notes
Mar 9 2009 10:16 PM
Good luck with your writing!!!
When you're in the mood for one of the most twisted - and hilarious - films of all time, come check out COMING SOON by Sir Tijn Po (still streaming for free at http://www. comingsoon. cz)!
"Hilarious and disturbing...entertains while raising deep questions!"
(Dr. Peter Singer - World-Renowned Philosopher, Princeton University)
"It's one good film! I'll be promoting it!"
(Jan Svankmajer)
Looking forward to YOUR thoughts ;-)
BEWARE: THIS IS NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART!!!
Feb 3 2009 3:25 PM
Jan 17 2009 2:22 PM
New book by R. B. Russell, aka Euston Piret!
Hi David,
I hope all is well?
The new book is tantalisingly close...
All the best
Ray
Dec 31 2008 9:22 PM
xMx
Jul 27 2008 1:14 PM
My happiest memory was just that...
Maybe the phosphorescent dinoflagellates have cousins in Kent.
Jul 27 2008 10:37 AM
It might even be warm enough to go for a swim, no?! :)
Jul 27 2008 1:40 AM
Good to hear from you...
Things are good round these ways.
Working my socks off and enjoying the sun.
How are you? What are you up to these days?
p.s I've got to come down one weekend for a fish + film extravaganza!
Jul 21 2008 11:10 AM
..First Issue out now! Free
preview available online!..
May 23 2008 7:09 PM
Graphics for Weekend Comments
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Easter Myspace Graphics
Happy Easter
xMx
Mar 18 2008 3:26 PM
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PREPARE FOR HELL ON EARTH
FIRES RISING – IN STORES MARCH 2008
Dec 31 2007 6:51 PM
Happy New Year Comment Graphics
Comments & Glitter Graphics for Myspace, Hi5, Orkut, FriendsterDec 24 2007 3:34 PM
Christmas is a Time for Magic!!
I've stepped a little outside my normal "horror writer" persona this week :-) To celebrate the season, I've created a Holiday Madness page, with links to a free Christmas short fantasy story ("Christmas, The Hard Way"), a rock 'n' roll holiday song I wrote and recorded a few years ago ("Show Me Christmas"), holiday wallpaper for your computer and more. You can hear the song and follow the link from my MySpace page, or just click the banner below. Darkest Holidays to you!Dec 23 2007 5:57 PM
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