Writing, reading, planning my next mission to Mars, watching scary, weird or just unusual films and a wee bit of TV - and more writing.
Music
The Stranglers, Magazine, The Buzzcocks, This Mortal Coil, Fight Like Apes, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Pearl Jam, Kaiser Chiefs, Snow Patrol, Fat Boy Slim, Franz Ferdinand, New Order, Joy Division, Gorillaz, Nephew, Talk Talk, Interpol, Queens of the Stoneage, The Automatic, Green Day, just about any Indie/Rocky/Punky stuff - and the list goes on.
Movies
Exorcist, Evil Dead, M. Night Shyamalan's films, Gods Army, The Ring I & II, The Grudge I & II, Hostel, Dogma, Serenity, The Original Amityville, Lars Von Trier's films, Silent Hill - and I suppose you'd be seeing the trend by now - but as with music and books, the list goes on.
Television
Supernatural, Bones, Firefly (What happened there - what a great show) 4400, Waking the Dead, Blood in the Wire, Kingdom Hospital and Riget (The Danish Version of 'Kingdom Hospital'), Invasion. My Name is Earl and of course The Simpsons. You have to have a laugh.
Books
Read the 'THE TEMPTATION' and SUBSCRIBE to BLOG.
All the news, reviews and updates - dark stories and calendar from the MARTIN TREANOR website: -
I would need another profile to name them all, so if I have missed anyone, please accept my apologies - but a rough selection of authors that have twanged my great read nerve are: -
Jonathan Maberry, Robert W. Walker, Jonathan Miller, Simon Beckett, John Connelly, Peter James, Koji Suzuki - The Ring I & II, James Herbert, Graham Masterton, Stephen King (especially 'Bag of Bones'), Dean Koontz, Harlan Coben, Peter Straub, Kathy Reichs, Paul Auster (Timbuktu - a great read), Umberto Eco, Peter Gadol, Kirsten Bakis, Roddy Doyle, Kurt Vonnegut, Ian Rankin, Samuel Beckett, Terry Pratchett, Michael Crichton, James Patterson, Robert Charles Wilson, J.A. Konrath - and just about anything I can get my hands on.
About me:
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WHAT THEY ARE SAYING ABOUT MARTIN TREANOR...
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- "Yeah! Thanks to guys like Martin here, Horror is coming back with a Vengeance!! - - What happened to horror with bite? It's been too long since we've seen really truly frightfully frightful stuff in novels... stuff that harkens back to the heyday of Horror before all the silly stuff got in the way -- from spoofs, to vampires that can make love to their girlfriends without taking a bite out of them. How silly is that?
Yeah rah for Martin."- Rob Walker -
- Robert W Walker - Bestselling author of the 'Instinct' and 'Edge' series, and 2006 hit 'City for Ransom' - - www.myspace.com/robertwwalkerbooks
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- "A damn fine read."- Jonathan Maberry - commenting on'WHO'S CHARLIE'
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- "Runner-up in 'Writelink' and Highly Commended by 'Lookout'; Martin Treanor's writing has been called - 'something new and different' - 'speculative' - and described as having - 'an unspoken appeal"- Tangent -
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I suppose I would have to say that I'm a writer - one who writes psychological horror, supernatural thrillers and things of that ilk. Otherwise known as, 'that Irish horror guy'.
I was brought up in Belfast and, over the years, I have lived in many places (nice places) and done many things (very enjoyable things).
Then in 1998 - my wandering days supposedly behind me - I settled in Denmark, with my fiancée Lynsey and frequent visits from my daughter Emma - along with the cats.
However, the pull of home was too much and I returned to the dear ould Emerald Isle, fiancée and all but, sadly minus the cats - for now.
- Update on cat - Everything fine now - Got another one. -
I have published stories in Canadian & US genre magazines SPINETINGLER and ZAHIR, THE SPINETINGLER SHORT STORY ANTHOLOGY 2005, CARILLON in UK, TIVOLI MEMBERS MAGAZINE in Denmark, newspapers and magazines in Greenland and THE DUBLINER MAGAZINE (Scandinavia and South Africa).
Competition credits include Very Highly Commended by LOOKOUT/CHILLOUT and Runner-up in WRITELINK. I've also published cartoons - DV8 magazine, in Ireland and various other publications.
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A few years ago, I had a story published in the SPINETINGLER SHORT STORY ANTHOLOGY 2005 - I kinda forgot about it, but if you click on the title it will take you straight there - I hope you enjoy. Go to:- WHO'S CHARLIE
Some of my literary comments and opinions are to be included in Jonathan Maberry’s forthcoming book on supernatural predators in folklore, fiction and film - which will be published as THEY BITE! by Citadel Press in 2009. So please keep an eye out for that in 2009, or why not check out his Myspace profile at:- JONATHAN MABERRY MYSPACE. It's well worth the visit.
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Writing the type of stuff I write, I suppose people would think me a tad - how would you say, 'Off kilter' - but I like to think of myself as a well rounded individual, who is just susceptible to the weird and unusual. Well that's what I tell myself anyway - and it works for me.
You can check out some of the stories here on my MYSPACE BLOG - why not SUBSCRIBE while you're here.
Also, on my newly renovated (it turned out really cool) website, you can get all the news, reviews and updates, my calendar, some more dark stories and more... Go directly to: - MartinTreanor.com
Martin :)
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MARTIN TREANOR : Horror Writer's Friend Space (Top 27)
hey there, thanks for being my friend and just wanted to say that you are a writer and i am a write too so we can become friends through our similarities and that means a lot to me so hopefully we can communicate better through the internet you are a lot more experienced then me so i will leave you and hope u have a good thanksgiving. happy holidays and thats pretty much it. yours truly
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There's even a website devoted just to the book, with an interactive map of the places and characters at www.the13th-horror.com.
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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."
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Just wanted to say thank you for bein our friend and givin us the support you have done. Cant believe we have only had this space up for a couple of months and already so many people backing us! If its not too cheeky and obviously only if your not busy could you come on our page and give us a comment on our stuff! It would be reatly appreciated. Also we are giving away free 'I love suzy' t-shirts (to go with our first single) with everyone who signs up to our mailing list so get involved if you want! Thanks for reading this and i hope i didnt bore you! ha. p.s. even if you dont come on our page and comment, thank you for bein our friend on here!
Greetings! I just wanted to let you know that my new novella, Apartment 14F: An Oriental Ghost Story, is out NOW! The publisher, Damnation Books, is running a cool promotion called variable pricing, whereby the first copy is FREE then the price increases daily. At the moment the PDF is selling for only $1.10, almost a quarter of the RRP. Get it HERE!
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