The Shroud Underground

Natalie L. Sin · Grand Master Joined: 21 Mar 2008 Posts: 87

Hi! Natalie L. Sin here.

I'm 29 and live in the midwest. It's been a few months and I can say it's definitely different than the Northeast. For one, look at all these burger chains! I'm like a kid in a candy store. Shocked

Also, my last name gets a lot more of a reaction here. I'm not sure if people think I chose it for shock value or what but it seems to make waitresses nervous. They desperately want to believe that I said "Sid." I get my burgers with a side of disbelief.

Not that I get to eat burgers much. My better half cooks and doesn't care much for american "cuisine." He's also my editor, so whenever anything of mine gets published you can congratulate him too *lol* To date, I have sold two stories. Look for me in SLICE: A Collection of Splatterpunk and Issue three of Necrotic Tissue. Very Happy

Sheldon S. Higdon · Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 7:47 pm Post subject:

Yeah Tim, I'm currently in Maine doing my internship at the Portland Magazine. And while I'm up here from the Zombie-infested streets of Pittsburgh I'm also writing a script as well as a new short story.

IE Lester · Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 10:00 pm Post subject: Hello all

My name is Steve Mazey, although I use the name I.E. Lester when writing. I spent nine years running a genre website called The Eternal Night before deciding to give writing a go a year ago.

Since then I have sold a number of articles and book reviews including some to Shroud Magazine, as well as to Down in the Cellar, Andromeda Spaceways, Darker Matter, nossa Morte and New Myths.

Haven't sold any fiction yet although I am determined to keep trying.

I am from the middle of England - border of Leicestershire and Derbyshire to be precise(-ish).

No kids - they would get in the way of the book collection.

Talking of books I need to know if the Riley Books pictured earlier in this thread is the store in Oswaldtwistle. Might have to pay it a visit - good bookstores are worth travelling for.

David A. Riley · Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 11:48 pm Post subject:

IE Lester · Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 12:22 am Post subject: Thanks for the tip

David,

Thanks for letting me know about the Saturday closing. I would have chosen that day to head your way. Guess it will have to wait 'til I get some time off.

Steve

Dayce · Initiate Joined: 21 Mar 2008 Posts: 5

Hey all,

Well, looks like I'll be the resident Canuk hanging around. My name's Dan but I usually go by Dayce. Being 21 in London, Ontario, Canada makes life interesting. Aching to really be able to start school soon (yeah, took some time to decide) and see what some professors of writing can teach me about the ol' pen'n'paper stuff.

Although, by the looks of some of the resident members I should just stay here and try to learn some things via osmosis. Loved the magazine Tim, really great stuff and can't wait until #2 hits my mailbox, and thanks for the extra effort in sending it up here -- the polar bear mail is far from express.

Looking forward to getting to know you all,

Dayce

**shroud** · Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 4:54 am Post subject:

Steve Vernon · Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 10:15 am Post subject:

Dayce, you aren't the only Canuck on board. Welcome, from Nova Scotia - the province where we sit around getting drunk all year waiting for the tourists to arrive... Very Happy

**shroud** · Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 11:56 am Post subject:

Nathaniel Lambert · Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 12:39 pm Post subject:

Dayce · Initiate Joined: 21 Mar 2008 Posts: 5

Very cool, good to know some other maple Popsicles love the horror genre. =p

And I can't say I've been to North Dakota, but I can only assume its warmer than Manitoba that time of year, so no wonder.

Sheldon S. Higdon · Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 3:58 am Post subject:

Nathaniel Lambert · Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 2:00 pm Post subject:

watchman83 · Initiate Joined: 21 Mar 2008 Posts: 4 Location: Phx, AZ

Greetings, I'm Justin. 24 years old, an "antiquarian New Englander trapped in the modern Southwest" (I spent many fond years in VT and CT as a child). I recently discovered Shroud & purchased the debut issue. I'm a complete outsider to the horror writing scene & wouldn't call myself an author, based on my inability to pull random ideas into coherent narrative. The only thing I've succeeded in creating is depressive dark ambient/experimental music (myspace.com/verhoren), though I haven't been busy with it lately.

Lovecraft is about as "modern" as I get with reading fiction, having discovered his great contemporaries and precursors in literary weird tales & supernatural horror such as Arthur Machen & Algernon Blackwood. Classic supernatural fiction is the only thing that conjures the vibe of my dearly missed childhood forests, to capture the AWE in fear. What draws me into literature, music & film is atmosphere (the magic word...at least one I've overused).

At any rate, I figured I should see what's going on with the dark literary underground.

Thanks for reading,
JW
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