The fine folks at Sirens Call Publications have accepted my story, “The Crimson Curse”, for reprinting in the Halloween issue (#51) of their Dark Fantasy and Horror eZine, The Sirens Call. Thank you!
This online publication includes short stories, flash fiction, poetry, and artwork of all grisly sorts.
The entire catalog of The Sirens Call is available to download, for free, at the following link: http://www.sirenscallpublications.com/ezine.htm
Be sure to check out this wealth of content if you are at all a fan of the macabre!
The title of this post also applies to a very significant milestone in my life: my first encounter, at age 8, with media inspired by H. P. Lovecraft: Alone in the Dark (which trumps my last post—about my initial adult encounter with Fantasy Flight’s Arkham Horror board game).
Playing a demo of this virtual adventure, the first 3D survival horror game, on my grandmother’s old Macintosh computer during the summer of 1994 brings back fond memories of childhood.
Developed by Frédérick Raynal and published in 1992 by Infogrames (now Atari SA), Alone in the Dark was the coolest demo on the Club Kidsoft CD, which my brother and I received with a magazine.
Other 30-some-year-olds may also remember this sample disc’s “The Turkey from Albuquerque” tune, by the fictional band Blue Oyster Stuffit.
At the time, I did not understand Alone in the Dark’s origins, nor did I realize the profound influence it would eventually have on my literary interest later in life; but needless to say, I was hooked!
Yours in R’lyeh,
Tony LaMalfa
Tony LaMalfa 