Twelve ladies of horror will submit two stories, including an extensive biography, with a supply of unique glamorous photographs. This will be a showcase of up and coming and accomplished female authors in horror fiction from across Canada, UK and the USA. This will be released October 2008.
Ladies of Horror 2008
TO RELAX
I Love going out for a meal, having a wine or two(maybe 3!) Singing, (classic, folk, rock opera) Watching movies chills me, as does cooking, walking in the countryside,making daisy chains,nuzzling against Eddy's neck and long hot baths with candles and wine, not forgetting Sensual massage!..
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Music
Queen. Marillion. Keane. Serj Tankian. Neil Diamond. Clint Mansell. System of a Down. Serj Tankian. Clannad. Atlantic Soul. Vashti Bunyan. Porcupine Tree. Otis Redding. Reba McEntire. Diana Ross. Lionel Ritchie. Kerli. Delerium. The Rasmus. Percy Sledge. Percell. Handel. My Chemical Romance. Hans Zimmer. Helen Beethoven. Dolly Parton. Garth Brooks. Enigma. Muse. Nightwish. Hayley Westenra. Mozart. Wendy Carlos. Jocelyn Pook. Dire Straits. Carl Orff. Imogen Heap. Rachmaninoff. Evanescence. Burt Bacharach. Shiny Toy Guns. Chris De Burgh. Gary Numan. Barbara Dickson.Barbra Streisand. Del Shannon. France Gall. Peter Paul and Mary, Jonathan Coulton. Billy Fury. Phil Collins. Bing Crosby. Elvis Presley. Clannad. Erasure. Creed. Annie Lennox. Meatloaf. Green Day. Mostly Autumn. Kate Bush. Francoise Hardy. All about Eve. Nickelback.Led Zeplin. 30 seconds to Mars.Paul Giovanni. All kinds of music from rock, pop, the 80's, electronica/techno to classical and folk/native american flute. Recently discovered Within Temptation and Blackmore's Night. All kinds of music that moves me...
Movies
Billy Elliot, The Shining, Halloween. In Dreams. Misery. Labyrinth. The Wicker Man. Faust. Rocky Balboa (2007). From Hell. Edward Scissor Hands. The March of the Penguins. In the nick of Time. Jesus Christ Superstar. Severence. Stir of Echoes. Oliver Twist. Drop Dead Fred. Rose Red. Pet Cemetery. Session 9. Titanic. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. Mommie Dearest. Whatever happened to baby Jane.House on Haunted Hill. What lies Beneath. The Haunting. Donnie Darko. Requiem for a Dream. Zodiac. When a stranger calls. Yentl. Monster. Watership Down. Napoleon Dynamite. Meet the Fockers. Guest House Paradiso. The Hitcher. Duel. The Grudge. Poseidon. Dark Water. The Omen. The Wizard of Oz. It.Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. The Exorcist. Alice. 1408. Dracula. Signs. By Dawns early light. Hammer House of Horror classics. The Ring. The Eye. Misery. Hide and Seek. Play Misty for me. Secret Window.The Birds. Psycho. Rebecca.The Dark. Rocky Horror Picture Show. House of flying Daggers. The Snowman. The Changeling, THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND and many psychological thrillers/chillers,cult horror. Can't wait to see CHAPTER 27! (Released March 08).
Television
Dont watch a lot of TV, but British comedies like Alan Partridge, Harry Hill TV Burp, Mighty Boosh, Mr. Bean, Bottom, Father Ted, Bo'Selecta. Mr.Ben. The Detectives, The vicar of Didley. The Singing Detective (1986). Road Runner.The Pink Panther, Malcolmn in the Middle. Come out side, The Wiggles.UK dramas.
Books
FAVOURITE AUTHORS INCLUDE; James Herbert, John Saul, Dean Koontz, Jack Ketchum, M.R.James, Stephen King, Susan Hill, Nikki French, Mary Higgins Clark, Phillipa Gregory,Clive Barker,Ramsey Campbell, James Patterson, Peter James, Wordsworth,Melanie Tem. Most horror and true crime authors. Heinrich Hoffmann (Struwwelpeter). Edgar Allan Poe.
Peter and Jane go swimming is a stimulating read and I recommend the Mr Men..
Heroes
Ordinary people who show courage, honesty, sacfrice and loyalty.
Freddie Mercury, Edgar Allan Poe, William Blake, SALAD FINGERS, ALAN PARTDRIGE!!
My Granny Nan...A guy named John Gledson..
DANNY, YOU ARE IN MY HEART FOREVER...MY DARLING SON. XXX.
Charlotte Gledson/UK Horror writer of Shorts's Details
I AM CURRENTLY WRITING A HORROR/SUPERNATURAL NOVEL; "BLUEBELLS FOR MY BABY", AS WELL AS MANY SHORT STORIES AND POEMS.
A COLLECTION OF POEMS CALLED "TURBULENT EMOTIONS" IS BASED ON EXPERIENCES FROM MY EARLY TEENS TO PRESENT DAY.
"PRESENCE"
"SHALLOW CRIES" AND THREE POEMS HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED IN THE DARKENED HORIZONS HORROR/MACABRE ANTHOLOGIES.
"MOTHER LOVE"
"MORNING"
"REALIZATION"
"TO HAVE AND TO HOLD" FOUND A HOME IN DARKENDED HORIZONS VALENTINE SPECIAL ANTHOLOGY TILL DEATH DO WE PART. THIS ANTHOLOGY BOASTS MANY ESTEEMED AUTHORS!!
"PARANOIA" IS PUBLISHED IN THE APRIL ADDITION IN "THE WORLD OF MYTH" MAGAZINE.
"A TASTE OF YOUR OWN MEDICINE" HAS FOUND A HOME IN THE WORD WEAVERS HORROR ANTHOLOGY "REQUIEM FOR THE DAMNED".
"SHADOW MAN" IS MY LATEST SHORT STORY, and has now been accpepted for publication in Darkened Horizons Issue four.
"THE ROUND WINDOW" is a short story that I am in the process of completing. Based on true events, but not directed to my own personal experiences but from one who is close to me and whom I tried to help and support. This person is indeed a total inspriration to me. She is a shining light to those who are and have been blighted with the curse of addiction and depression.
Word Weavers Poetry Anthology "REVERENCE OF RUNE" contains three of my poems.
"LIKE A CHILD"
"LOOKING BACK" and
"WARMTH".
"ABSORBED" will be featured on Darkened Horizons Issue five.
"DON'T LOOK DOWN" will be featured in THE MONSTERS NEXT DOOR E-zine come July 08.
"FIRST IMPRESSION" Now available in NVF Magazine - new voices in ficton June 28th - August 28th addition.
"THE LONELY TREE" and "THE HAND THAT FEEDS" will appear in the Ladies Of Horror 2008 - released October 08.
"GROWING PAINS" Can be found at http://www.booksie.com/horror/short_story/charlotte_emma_gledson/growing-pains/chapter/1 At booksie.com
"COME FOLLOW ME MY LOVE" will be featured in the SINISTER LANDSCAPES Anthology edited by Alan Draven. Featured authors being Brandon Ford, Eric Enck, Reyana Vance, Jessica Lynne Gardner and Thom Futrell to name but a few!
I AM A MEMBER OF ASSAP( The Association for the Scientific Study of Anomalous Phenomena) AND THE INTERNATIONAL ORDER OF HORROR PROFESSIONALS.
THINGS THAT FASINATE AND STIMULATE ME;
WRITING ~ SINGING ~ (STUDIED MUSIC AT COLLEGE, SINGING WAS MY FIRST SUBJECT!) HORROR FILMS AND BOOKS ~ SLOTHS ~ VENTRILOQUIST DUMMIES ~ PORECELIN DOLLS ~ MY FAMILY ~ VISITING MY FAMILY WHO LIVE IN FRANCE ~ MUSIC ~ INVESTIGATING PARANORMAL PHENOMENA ~ ORADOUR SUR LA GLANE ~ COLLECTING DOLLS AND PUPPETS ~ BIRDSONG ~ DISCOVERING THE WEIRD AND WONDERFUL ~ THE SHINING ~ BLUEBELL FORESTS ~ MYTHS AND LEGENDS ~ HEARING THE CHATTERING OF MAGPIES ~ WINE AND VODKA ~ FANTASY ART ~ SALAD FINGERS ~ DERELICT HOSPITALS AND PRISONS ~ ABANDONDED HOUSES ~ SCARECROWS ~ CURRY ~ SOUTHWELL MINSTER ~ LAUGHTER ~ CHURCHES ~ COOKING~ TRAVELLING ~ LISTENING TO THE WIND AND RAIN ~ THE LAKE DISTRICT ~ PLAYING THE VIOLA ~ ELABORATE ANGEL GRAVESTONES/GRAVEYARDS ~ GENE WILDER ~ I AM AN ULTIMATE QUEEN FAN ~ CASTLES ~ FREAK WEATHER STORMS ~ AZUZEPHRE ~ SCARY CLOWNS ~ REVELLING IN BEAUTY ~ WISHING UPON STARS ~ INDULGING IN PASSION....
Who I'd like to meet:
Freddie Mercury, Barbra Streisand,William Blake, Harry Hill, James Herbert,Stephen King, John Saul, Shaun Hutson, Shane Meadows, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Robert Powell, Gene Wilder, Jaoquin Pheonix, Jack Nicholson, Bette Davis, Tim Curry,Jamie Bell, Sean Bean, Jeff Goldblum(hoping for a more intimate encounter..) Johnny Depp, David Bowie, Jerad Leto, Derren Brown, Gary Oldman, John Carpenter.. Jan Swankmajer(film maker, animation...) Edgar Allan Poe. My grandfathers.
Charlotte Gledson/UK Horror writer of Shorts's Friend Space (Randomized)
Charlotte Gledson/UK Horror writer of Shorts has 469 friends.
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TO RELAX
I Love going out for a meal, having a wine or two(maybe 3!) Singing, (classic, folk, rock opera) Watching movies chills me, as does cooking, walking in the countryside,making daisy chains,nuzzling against Eddy's neck and long hot baths with candles and wine, not forgetting Sensual massage!..
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