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Lobolover

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I have been writing for years and finaly got over the stage of development and separated my earlier shiate from the good stuff-about my last three colections.If someone wants,Ill post,but I'll have to translate,asall the stories are in my native "Czech".

Some stories of mine (in summaries)

Tales of a toll-Taker
(note:all my TITLES are in english originaly,however)

-colection of talles suposedly said to the keeper of the only bridge to St. Amaranth,instead of a fee-the city is somewhat mystic,as I never describe it,and everone seems to go there as a finality.

Stories so far:

* Tale of the Parish-an heir to a family of priests discovers the strange qualities and visions in the great,side sloping,horn like purple tower his grandfather built "to the glory of god"

* Tale of the Dark Vase-takes place in afrika-speaks of a horrible old man carying a vase with nameless contents and stiring bloodshed to suffice the hunger of himself and the OTHER

* Tale of the Dream Vessel-phantasmagoricalk vision about a roting ship

* Tale of the High Seas-tale of a man seeing through the eyes of another-
but those eyes are not at all alive

* Tale of the sixteen oars-a ship encounters another ship,whose crew continue their jounrey regardless of ALL obstacles

* The tale of the Baylief-a shorter tale about the horrid repenting of a skeptic

* Tale of the Fields-a tale from fields ,in a land soi calm and silent, anyTHING could fall asleep here for a long time-and may not like to be awakened (inspired by one Bierce story)

* Tale of the Oocolan river-story of a man trying to hunt down the spirit that plagues an african villiage

* The man of bugs-the story of a bug collector,recieveing a special shipment

The Bronze Gate and other tales

among these

* The House beyond the Ice-about a certain polar expedition whose captain heard more one night then he can bare

* The Greatest Hunt-the story of a werewolf hunt-a tad diferently

* The Ancient Man-my only poem and only real good stuff from recent time thats in english

* The Idol-my novelette about a certain house and its repulsive centenarian owner

* The Road into Antiquity-a short tale about a man,who finds a place in britain conserved since roman times-and is horrified when he sees things move which he would not think living

* The Country of the Pyramid-a strange,desolate land,a valley with a mist filled chasm,never quite clear,surounded by high mountains

* The Screaming Machine-do not let the people who pay you rent experiment with your radio

* The Roting God-a tale inspired by the Purana of how Shiva destroyed the three heavenly cities-inspired in SETING

* The Bronze Gate-an early tale,my only SF,from a far away future in Neopangea,when people unearth an ancint bronze gate.

* The Black Lake-the story of an african isle civilisation in the heart of a europan lake-cant say more,but its realy horrid,trust me

So,anyone interrested in any of theese ?
 
Your summaries sound very interesting. Unfortunately I can't read Czech so I couldn't read the stories on your links. I would love to read a good English translation of your work.

Your stories sound quite horror-themed, is that a popular genre in the Czech republic?
 
God,you couldnt of said a thing more UNTRUE-

none of my former literary teachers ever HEARD of Lovecraft.I never met a person who read him.In fact,I think Im one of the leading scholars on weird fiction around here,sadly (no Blackwood books,for instance,no Chambers, no nothing,except the "clasic" stuff-check HPL's supernatural horror in literature-well,some of those books,though majority never came out here, was last issued in the 1920's (like Lytton's "A straneg story"),or even in the 1890's(!)).I dont know of any purely horror magazine and the only on says they do print it "AS WELL" is,well,full of modernistic mainstream cr*p.

So,no,it aint,im afraid.

Any story in particular,I so hate translating I have to know which you want.
 
Wow, I thought every culture had its own horror tales. What about the Prague Golem?

Of your stories The Screaming Machine, and the Tale of the Baylife sounded very interesting. I appreciate it is a lot of work for you to translate them. Maybe you could translate the one YOU think is the best and post it here?
 
Lobolover: I cannot (unfortunately) give any opinion on the stories themselves, as I don't read the language either... but the descriptions certainly sound imaginative enough, and very much in a "classic" horror vein. Have you attempted to get anything published there, by any chance? If not, I'd suggest going through it with an editing eye, see how it stands up to "professional" standards of writing, and then give it a whirl. Or pick one or two of those you think are among the best, and do a translation to see if you can get published elsewhere -- perhaps getting aid from someone who could help you with the niceties of the language in whatever country you're aiming at.

At any rate, they sound worth attempting to get published, so you might give it a try. Keep us posted on any news, and best wishes with this....
 
Barney-Both ones are rather short,thanks.I would truly like to get "Tale of the high seas" and "Tale of the sixteen oars" too.Also,Meyrink did live in Prague,but like Kafka,he was a german jew,who didnt write in czech.
As for horror tales-all I can think of is the legend surounding the Golem-but even thats a bit infantilised.Actualy enough,we dont have any horor tales,folklore or profesional,I can think of in this century.Why Ive seen a colection,that was from the 19th century.Others-I nver knew ones worthy to read.

J.D.-the elemental problem is I dont know WHERE.There are only two such magzines here,ones fantasy,the other ones sci-fi/fantasy.Tried to contribute it to an online newspaper,but the guy never replied,same thing with a Slovakian horor magazine ive found-no answer till this day.It sems theres no functioning one theese days.
 
I didn't know Kafka was German, I always thought he was Czech. Milan Kundera is Czech isn't he, or am I wrong again?

Looking forward to reading one of your stories.
 
Oh,I thought youd notice the czech name.Whereas Franz Kafka.........

And im looking forward with dread towards translating it (doing your own is so tedious)
 

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