"Have you ever been haunted by a work of art?You may not be merely captured by the craft, but by something that lies in the work's depths. Something admiring you as you admire it.Do you know the King in Yellow? The Sepia Prince? The Duke of Rust? Have you heard their whispers coming to you from dried up parchment and faded photographs? Maybe another member of the King's court has lit upon your life, casting shadows and doubts. Do you wor ..."
The Three Books (Black Shuck Signature Novellas) by PaulStjohnMackintosh Paperback, 100 Pages, Published 2019 by Black Shuck Books ISBN-13: 978-1-913038-23-6, ISBN: 1-913038-23-8
""I’ve been told that this is the most elegant thing I’ve ever written. I can’t think how such a dark brew of motifs came together to create that effect. But there’s unassuaged longing and nostalgia in here, interwoven with the horror, as well as an unflagging drive towards the final consummation. I still feel more for the story’s characters, whether love or loathing, than for any others I’ve created to date. Tragedy, urban legend, Gothi ..."
Black Propaganda by PaulStjohnMackintosh Paperback, 224 Pages, Published 2016 by H. Harksen Productions ISBN-13: 978-87-998399-2-6, ISBN: 87-998399-2-X
"Weird fiction with a darkly sensual twist. BLACK PROPAGANDA delves deep into the dark, twisted roots of human nature and human sexuality. Using desire to dissect the delusions and dilemmas of will, choice and identity, this collection challenges genre boundaries and social conventions. Transgressive, confrontational, passionate, poignant, these sinister stories touch on every shade of black, from noir to the Lovecraftian cosmic abyss ..."
"This collection showcases imagination and lyricism, and confessional landscapes from the boundaries between culture and nature, mundane and divine, the everyday and the extraordinary. The volume brings together themes ancient and modern, Scottish and English, Asian and European, and contains the fruits of ten years spent living in Asia, including intensely personal poems about the writerÕs family, all handled with great tactile strength ..."