Withersin’s Damned Interview with:
James M Harris
I am a writer from
List published works:
“Making Up For Lost Time” –
Blood Blade & Thruster Magazine.
“Fritz Volt’s Atomic Stimuli
Intensifier Helmet” – Blood Blade & Thruster Magazine.
“The Flower Lady” – The Great
Mystery and Suspense Magazine.
“An Even
Existence” – The Horror Library, Shots Mystery Magazine.
“Movie Queen” – Withersin
Magazine.
“Leading
Lights” – Distant Passages Vol III (Double-Edged Press).
“Undecidedly Peckish” – The
Laugh It Off Annual.
“Always The
Bad Guy” – Crimespree Magazine.
List website: http://www.myspace.com/DickDart
How can we contact you?
Insert a cassette-tape into an
old ZX Spectrum, wrap it in tin-foil, jam a wire coat-hanger into the headphone
socket, then type: 100010100101000100101011010 – you may get me that way.
In your own words, define
Withersin.
I
envision Withersin as a dark, shrouded female, entwined in nature, seductive, alluring,
insidious, and any man would wither at her advance.
If you were a sideshow act,
what would you be?
The
one that makes parents turn away in disgust whilst their children giggle and
stare in wonder.
What is your greatest
non-literary influence?
Lance
Armstrong (7 times Tour de France winner, and cancer survivor). He influenced
me (changed my life) into becoming regional hill-climb champion, twice.
My
Dad for all the old British comedies I watched as a kid – Will Hay, Tony
Hancock. I also adore Laurel & Hardy. Contemporary comedy relies on irony
and sarcasm too much.
Describe your most
irrational fear.
When
a baby suddenly grins at you – I find this deeply perturbing.
How about your
most guilty pleasure?
Randomly pulling out cables from important looking hospital
machines.
Name the most disturbing
nursery rhyme/fairy tale you can recall.
The one where a wolf gobbles up the lambs and falls asleep
by a well. The mother sheep finds him
and slits open his stomach, rescuing her young, and replacing them with rocks,
before stitching him back up. He subsequently falls down the well.
Do you eat meat?
Venison with an Italian beer.
What were the skies like
when you were young?
The
skies were full of fluffy dreams and promises. Now they seem to contain dark
clouds of doubt.
Name your favorite garden
tool.
I
once manhandled a hoe in my garden, but it stole my credit card after.
Name your least favorite
color, first job and worst job.
Grey.
Does
a grueling paper-round count?
Funeral Assistant.
Favorite: Author, Movie,
Music Group, Song, and Quote.
Roald Dahl, Ray
Bradbury, Stephen King, James Herbert, Peter Straub, Richard Laymon (for all
the full breasts involved), Clive Barker & Jack Ketchum.
King
Kong & Apt Pupil
Pearl
Jam – Alive and Jeremy
Nirvana
Guns
‘N’ Roses – Mr. Brownstone
Metallica
“When
creative people suffer mental problems, the line between seeming and believing
disappears." - Stephen King - Bag Of Bones.
If you were a loaf of bread
what kind would you be?
A fresh, nutty granary please.
Weirdest news you have read
in your local newspaper:
Bulge
In Trousers Was Ecstasy – Police finding copious amounts of pills stashed in a
man’s pocket.
Why horror?
Because
living with a controlling wife and two even more controlling pussy-cats, horror
is all I know.
Here's a photo. (seen on Interview main
page)
“INEDIBLE NOT INTENDED FOR HUMAN FOOD”
You
have 112 words. Go.
Frank
glanced across at Jim. “So you’re taking the long route? Any
particular reason? Only, the depot will freak out if we miss a run.”
Jim
grinned. “I’ve got that sorted.”
Frank
raised his eyebrows. “Yeah?”
“We’ll
have time to make another run,” Jim explained, “because we’ll miss out dumping
this load at the
Frank’s
forehead creased. “Trout fishing? Incase you’re
forgetting, old man Johnson kicked you out the club for littering.”
Jim
cracked open a beer. “Yep.”
Frank
sighed and shook his head.
“We’re
not fishing for trout,” Jim said. He looked in his mirror and winked. “We’re
gonna feed ‘em instead.”
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