"The Rector House" Reviews

Reviews for The Rector House, found in Dark Distortions.

The anthology, Dark Distortions, by Scotopia Press is already doing very well with critics from several sites, so it may come as no surprise that many of its stories are very good. Amongst them, my short novella, The Rector House, is getting some good praise, so I'm very happy about that (of course).

C.D. Allen's “The Rector House” is a truly powerful, Lovecraftian-influenced Victorian tale . . . Delightfully sinister and a touch maddening, as a classic tale should be.

~Michele Lee, The Fix (www.thefix-online.com)


The best of the bunch comes from C.D. Allen, who co-edited the entire volume with Molly Feese; his “The Rector House” is an old-school horror show in the vein of H.P. Lovecraft, with a man who has no family suddenly learns he does, and travels to the big, spooky manse in which they live to discover their secrets. They number quite a few, all of them repulsive. I’d deem it [nearly] flawless . . .

~Rodd Lott, Bookgasm (www.bookgasm.com)

FURTHER NEWS

~Untitled Film?~
It's funny, but I'll be working on a film this weekend that I don't know the title of. It's a two-day bit I've got to play, but I know it'll be directed by my good friend, Mike Wever, si I'm pretty sure it'll be worth it.

~Speaking of Films...~
The Middle of Nowhere Film Festival may seem far off for most people, but for filmmakers, it's just around the corner. While Mike is planning to produce and direct my short script, At God's Hand (though he won't be shooting this film for the festivals, as he hopes to spend more time in pre-production on it), I've been diligently working on a new script that I plan on producing and directing, The Devil's Nest. Last week my girlfriend, Jennifer, drove me out to this place with the same name and recounted a great ghost story that took place out there. Before we'd driven home, I had a whole new film wrapped up in my head. I typed the sucker out and hope to get Mike to edit it as soon as I can. Hopefully, with any luck, I'll be shooting it this summer at the real Devil's Nest.. But we'll see.

Dark Distortions Submissions Ending Soon

Just so you know, June 30^th, 2008 is when Scotopia Press is closing their submissions for Dark Distortions, volume 2. However, FrightScripts has one more spot for a novella.

If you'd like to submit to either of these anthologies visit out website at www.scotopiapress.com.

The Horror of It All

Here we go. I had to eventually get a blog going, which is a lot easier than maintaining a website anyhow. If you're interested in knowing who I am, I'm a suspense writer, sometimes horror writer, and an editor of Scotopia Press.

Our current book is being released, Dark Distortions, which is getting great reviews. We're now working on DD2 and are closing submissions at the end of this month.

Stop by www.scotopiapress.com to get your copy now!