Scott Thomas

[Jayaprakash Satyamurthy]

Are there any fans of his work here? I have read two of his collections: Urn & Willow and Westermead. I am very impressed by the way he evokes the atmosphere of a more traditional form of supernatural tale, in the tradition of MR James, but perhaps even more like Sheridan Le Fanu. He sets his stories in the 19th and 18th centuries, in small towns and villages in New England. There is a lot of lyrical evocation of nature and of rural ways of life. The stories, for all the traditional trappings, do not lack in strangeness and chilling terror. Some are like pieces of folklore handed down over the ages, others conjure up haunting, surreal images that are as unsettling as anything else in modern weird fiction.

A very unique voice, I think, and his immersion in the past will not be to every horror reader's taste, but his subtle, atmospheric stories have a genuine edge to them.

 

[Fried Egg]

I haven't heard of him but his work certainly sounds interesting by the way you describe it.

I shall investigate...

 

[w h pugmire esq]

His work is excellent, and he is a charming fellow. Met him last summer in Providence at NecronomiCon. It's quite fantastic, really, that two brothers should both want to write weird fiction and write it so well. I have worked with Jeff on some few projects. One of Scott's best stories, his tale set in Sesqua Valley, may be read for free in the Pugmire tribute issue of the Lovecraft eZine.

 

[Randy M.]

I have Westermead but haven't read it yet. I did read Jeff Thomas' Punktown a few years ago and that was very good.


Randy M.

 

[Jayaprakash Satyamurthy]

Indeed, the entire Pugmire tribute of the Lovecraft ezine was a treat, though I say it who shouldn't. here is a link, where you can find Scott Thomas' above-metioned stories and a few others: Issue #28 – December 2013 | Lovecraft eZine

Scott and Jeffrey mine very different moods and tones, yet I feel there is a certain similarity of 'line' in many of their stories. The Weird Brothers!