1 – Write the first sentence of a novel, short story, or book of the weird yet to be written.
Tark left Santiago and its stalkers to their experiments of felt.
2 – Without looking at your watch: what time is it?
Midnight.
3 – Look at your watch. What time is it?
1:30 am.
4 – How do you explain this — or these — discrepancy(ies) in time?
Was writing and got lost in the Zone.
5 – Do you believe in meteorological predictions?
Yeah.
6 – Do you believe in astrological predictions?
Nope.
7 – Do you gaze at the sky and stars by night?
Sure do.
8 – What do you think of the sky and stars by night?
Space is the place.
9 – What were you looking at before starting this questionnaire?
A new short work I’m tinkering w/.
10 – What do cathedrals, churches, mosques, shrines, synagogues, and other religious monuments inspire in you?
For the most part, nothing.
11 – What would you have “seen” if you’d been blind?
Perhaps, hopefully, my fantasies.
12 – What would you want to see if you were blind?
My fantasies.
13 – Are you afraid?
There are times, yes.
14 – What of?
Mostly of dying.
15 – What is the last weird film you’ve seen?
BLACK NIGHT.
16 – Whom are you afraid of?
Me. My self-destructive tendencies.
17 – Have you ever been lost?
Certainly was! !!
18 – Do you believe in ghosts?
No.
19 – What is a ghost?
Something in a tale or film, or baggage I carry around. Depends on my mood.
20 – At this very moment, what sound(s) can you here, apart from the computer?
A table fan running on low speed and a James Blood Ulmer song.
21 – What is the most terrifying sound you’ve ever heard – for example, “the night was like the cry of a wolf”?
A simple scream from my son.
22 – Have you done something weird today or in the last few days?
Written a few new tales in the last week. Two set in Carcosa, one shaded by Lovecraftian influence.
23 – Have you ever been to confession?
No.
24 – You’re at confession, so confess the unspeakable.
Not brave enough to take a hard look in that mirror.
25 –Without cheating: what is a “cabinet of curiosities”?
The contents of this caldron I call a brain.
26 –Do you believe in redemption?
Yes.
27 – Have you dreamed tonight?
Yes.
28 – Do you remember your dreams?
Very rarely. Most often I just have the sense I had a nightmare.
29 – What was your last dream?
I was having tea w/ Tom Ligotti and we were talking about Man on Fire. Anubis came over to our table and asked if we wanted to play a game of cards. There were 2 blackbirds on his shoulders and they did not want us to play . . .
30 – What does fog make you think of?
The unknown.
31 – Do you believe in animals that don’t exist?
No.
32 – What do you see on the walls of the room where you are?
In front of me, over my desk: a painting of the King In Yellow, a shrunken head, and 4 masks. Most of the other walls are covered by bookcases.
33 – If you became a magician, what would be the first thing you’d do?
Make myself a better writer.
34 – What is a madman?
Someone whose reality is too strong to let him or her see this one.
35 – Are you mad?
Might touch upon it here and there in small ways? ??
36 – Do you believe in the existence of secret societies?
There could be, yes, I guess.
37 – What was the last weird book you read?
Submissions for a tribute anthology to Ligotti I’m editing.
38 – Would you like to live in a castle?
No.
39 – Have you seen something weird today?
No.
40 – What is the weirdest film you’ve ever seen?
Tie: Begotten and The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes.
41 – Would you like to live in an abandoned train station?
No. Too cold.
42 – Can you see the future?
Absolutely not.
43 – Have you considered living abroad?
Yes. I do.
44 – Where?
Germany.
45 – Why?
The wind kind of pushed me this way.
46 – What is the weirdest film you’ve ever owned?
See 40.
47 – Would you liked to have lived in a vicarage?
Maybe?
48 – What is the weirdest book you’ve ever read?
Perhaps RWC’s the king In Yellow?
49 – Which do you like better, globes or hourglasses?
Hourglasses!
50 – Which do you like better, antique magnifying glasses or bladed weapons?
Antique magnifying glasses.
51 – What, in all likelihood, lies in the depths of Loch Ness?
Nothing.
52 – Do you like taxidermied animals?
No. The thought of killing another living thing for a trophy is maddening! !! That said, I once saw a stuffed Snowy Owl that was found dead, and it was beautiful.
53 – Do you like walking in the rain?
No. I do not like being wet.
54 – What goes on in tunnels?
They are passages from this to discovery or need, so it would be whatever the journey requires.
55 – What do you look at when you look away from this questionnaire?
My tea cup and me cigarette.
56 – What does this famous line inspire in you: “And when he had crossed the bridge, the phantoms came to meet him.”?
An interest in exploring.
57 – Without cheating: where is that famous line from?
[Draws a blank.]
58 – Do you like walking in graveyards or the woods by night?
Have a few times, but not as a rule.
58 – Write the last line of a novel, short story, or
book of the weird yet to be written.
The exhalations of human hearts are dialogues of thin, impure bells melting into silence
The exhalations of human hearts are dialogues of thin, impure bells melting into silence
59 – Without looking at your watch: what time is it?
2:00am.
60 – Look at your watch. What time is it?
2:23am.
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