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Marie

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  • Marie O'Regan

  • 48 / Female
  • Chesterfield, Midlands, UK
  • Last Login: 9/15/2009

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Interests

  • General

    Reading and movies,catching up with friends when we can and spending time with Paul and the kids, especially when the older ones are home from university and we're all together. Eating out (especially with a big group of friends), the usual stuff, I guess.

  • Music

    Queen, U2, Blue October, Kings of Leon, Linkin Park, Coldplay, Radiohead, Snow Patrol, Keane, Pink....

  • Movies

    Shawshank Redemption, Road to Perdition, Blade Runner, Misery, A Time To Kill, Pulp Fiction, Serenity, Slither, American History X, The Long Good Friday, Die Hard, the Terminator movies, The Thing, The Changeling, Hellraiser, The Mist, Sixth Sense, Nightbreed, The Long Good Friday, Mona Lisa, The Green Mile, White Noise, Watchmen, Taken...

  • Television

    Lost, Afterlife, Spooks, Heroes, Garth Marenghi's Dark Place, Sea of Souls, Firefly, Buffy, Angel, Friends, Frasier, X Files, Fringe, Supernatural, Apparitions, Being Human, Fringe, The IT crowd, Big Bang Theory...

  • Books

    Bag of Bones, by Stephen King, Weaveworld by Clive Barker, The Magic Cottage by James Herbert, 20th Century Ghosts by Joe Hill, Every Dead Thing by John Connolly, On Writing by Stephen King, Rune by Christopher Fowler. King and Barker are my favourite authors, I also love the writing of Chris Fowler, Mike Carey, Neil Gaiman, John Connolly, and many, many more...

  • Heroes

    Stephen King, Clive Barker, Neil Gaiman, Christopher Fowler, James Herbert.

Details

  • Status: Married
  • Here for: Networking, Friends
  • Orientation: Straight
  • Zodiac Sign: Leo
  • Children: Proud parent
  • Smoke / Drink: No / Yes
  • Occupation: Writer, editor, web design

Schools

Networking

  • I write horror and dark fantasy, and have been published in the UK, US, Italy and Germany. My short story 'Alsiso' was recommended for a BFS Short Story Award in 2004, and my story 'Can You See Me?' has been nominated for the same award this year. My

Blurbs

About me:

I live in Chesterfield, in the Midlands in the UK, and I write horror and dark fantasy. My first collection came out in 2006 and I'm currently trying to place a novel whilst working on the second one, and I'm also very interested in screenwriting. I also teach creative writing, and write reviews/articles/interviews for various magazines - as long as it's involved with writing in some way, I'll do it :) Details of what I've done or am currently doing can be seen on my website, www.marieoregan.net, and I was Chairperson of the British Fantasy Society for four years, from 2004-2008. I have four great kids, and am married to horror writer Paul Kane.

Who I'd like to meet:

Anyone interested in the genre - especially other writers, or people involved in genre film-making in some way.

Comments

Displaying 25 of 94 comments
  • JohnJohn Everson

    Nov 20 2009 3:53 AM

    Hi! Just wanted to make sure all my friends know that my new erotic horror novel THE 13TH is now in stores everywhere! I hope you'll check out this debauched and demonic horror ride!

    There's even a website devoted just to the book, with an interactive map of the places and characters at www.the13th-horror.com.

    Edward Lee called THE 13TH "A double-barreled shotgun blast of macabre entertainment -- an expert amalgamation of grotesquerie, eroticism, mystery, and pitch-black occult horror that no fan of the genre can miss."

    And Gary A. Braunbeck said, "John Everson's The 13th is the first out-and-out horror novel in a long while to actually scare the **** out of me while reading it. It's stylish, extremely well-written, filled with richly-drawn characterizations, and boasts a labyrinthine plot worthy of Umberto Eco. Trust me -- this one will fry your nerves and break your heart."




  • Bill

    Oct 8 2009 5:05 PM


    August 09 Winner!: "Ghost Whispers" by William Gorman


    Happy Halloween, Marie...BOO!
  • Glen Alan HAMILTONGlen Hamilton

    Sep 16 2009 1:03 PM




                         
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    Sep 16 2009 4:06 AM

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  • Tim Der

    Aug 13 2009 5:27 AM

    Paper Moon - String of Blinking Lights

    Late nights in Vancouver can be pretty lonely sometimes.



    From the album "Broken Hearts Break Faster Every Day," released 2006 through Endearing Records. Written by Paper Moon and Andy Chase (of Ivy).

    Get it now at http://www.endearing.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=65_72&products_id=204&zenid=84a0adf7e7544bec209d1133d2045ba8



    Directed by Tim Der




  • JoeJoe Pulver, Sr.

    Aug 12 2009 8:04 PM

    Blood Will Have Its Season

    By Joseph S. Pulver, Sr.
    Introduction by S. T. Joshi   Hippocampus Press 2009

     

    The dark, forbidding alleys of ruined cityscapes; the hopeless lives of brutalized whores, amoral hit-men, and vengeful-victims of violence—these are the landscapes and characters that fill the stories, poems, and prose-poems of Joseph S. Pulver, Sr. in his first collection. 

     

    “The prose of Joe Pulver can take its place with that of the masters of our genre—Poe, Lovecraft, Campbell, Ligotti—while his imaginative reach is something uniquely his own.” –from S. T. Joshi’s Foreword

  • MadhayMark Madhay

    Apr 4 2009 8:03 PM

    hi Marie sorry its taken me so long to get back to you but i was not ready for the amount of friends i have received. i have had poetry published in magazines in the past and i am not still trying to get novels published. i cross my fingers for you and hope you make that leap soon
  • Eleanor EverettEleanor Everett

    Mar 14 2009 11:46 PM

    Just wanted to stop by and say hi to a friend. Have a great weekend.
  • Fiendish FordJohn B. Ford

    Mar 9 2009 2:42 PM

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  • Eleanor EverettEleanor Everett

    Mar 1 2009 3:32 AM

    Just thought I would stop by and say hi to a new friend. I hope your having a great weekend.
  • Mark Edward Hall – Horr…Mark Edward Hall

    Feb 28 2009 2:44 PM

    Thank you for the friendship. Be sure to check out my fiction blog. I post new stories on a regular basis.
    Best,
    Mark
  • TTMCCoral King

    Feb 24 2009 9:18 PM

    Hi there, it's out!!!
    Where would you like me to send it? x
  • JetpackJetpack Comics

    Jan 28 2009 9:31 PM

    Thanks for adding Jetpack Comics!
    We're going to be at NEW YORK COMIC CON,
    You'll find us at booths 2402 and 2307 as well as a number of spaces in between. We've got a ton of awesome talent signing there, including IVAN REIS, KHOI PHAN, BILLY TAN, EDDY BARROWS, and more!
    Be sure to hit up JetpackComics. com!
    for the whole list!
    If you're going, be sure to stop by and tell us you're one of our myspace friends! We'd love to meet ya!
  • Now Then Now Then

    Jan 28 2009 8:08 PM

    Thanx for the addage mate, if you having a party or special event think about us playing it.
    !!MUSIC SHOULD BE PLAYED LIVE !!
  • TTMCCoral King

    Jan 7 2009 12:41 AM

    DONE,DONE and DONE. Already. Don't hang about, me!
    Looks well, too, standing alone as a feature.
    Now I'll sleep before my eyeballs fall off. x
  • Bill

    Dec 7 2008 6:26 AM

  • 2HB de Trolllandt

    Nov 11 2008 4:44 PM

    Hello, thanks for the add
    a reader and owner of a small 2nd handbookstore (sadly enough my shop doesn't look like the picturen down below)in Haaksbergen, the Netherlands

    ..books Pictures, Images and Photos..

    falco
  • Author, Elyse DraperElyse Draper

    Nov 11 2008 4:29 PM

  • SuzanneSuzanne McLeod

    Sep 14 2008 7:49 PM

    Hi Marie, thanks for the add ;)

    Suzanne xx
    www. spellcrackers. com
  • Brian Haughton authorBrian Haughton

    Sep 14 2008 3:03 PM

    Thanks for adding me - pleased to meet you.
  • THE GREAT MAMBO KINGMAMBO KING

    May 16 2008 4:33 PM

    hey, you gotta look at this astonishing game for drawing ur own southpark cartoon

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  • DelDel Stone Jr.

    Jan 18 2008 3:16 AM

    Is there such a condition as "techno-frustration"? If so I'm going through that with my new cell phone, which defies explanation. I think my new career will be rewriting "documentation" for all the gadgetory crap we add to our lives.
  • JohnJohn Everson

    Dec 24 2007 3:50 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!

    Xmas
  • Julie Ann - Peppertree …Julie Ann Howell

    Dec 20 2007 2:51 AM

    Thank you for taking the time to add us to your list of friends. Stay in touch and keep reading and writing!


    We welcome you to go on our Web site

    www.peppertreepublishing.com


    Julie Ann

  • TonyTony Pinfold

    Dec 11 2007 1:15 PM

    Thank you very much for adding me to yourspace



    Namaste Tony