| Horror World http://horrorworld.org/msgboards/ |
|
| The Door Knocker http://horrorworld.org/msgboards/viewtopic.php?f=51&t=2827 |
Page 1 of 1 |
| Author: | asimmons [ Sun May 13, 2007 1:23 am ] |
| Post subject: | The Door Knocker |
I am rather curious about the door knocker and its origins. I suppose maybe thats a little silly? Maybe I am reading too deep into a piece of brass. Anyway I checked home depot and they didn't have any  btw I would kill for a lettered edition of House Infernal that came with one 
|
|
| Author: | Jack Staynes [ Sun May 13, 2007 2:31 am ] |
| Post subject: | |
| Author: | Edward Lee [ Sun May 13, 2007 1:56 pm ] |
| Post subject: | |
Folks: that's actually a very cool idea, though I doubt that most readers would get it. (Only a few people have even noticed the mysterious recurring knocker.) (And thanks for reminding me! The knocker has yet to be added to my "nun" book!) As for its inception, as I recall, in the mid-80s I was driving to my nightjob as a security guard near annapolis, but my trek took me down a road called Old 450, a ten mile long creepy road that winds through the woods between Crofton and Annapolis. Anyway, as I was driving down this road I got the idea for my novel Ghouls (Old 450 appears in the book as Route 154--another road that recurs in other books sometimes, named, because that same night I was listening to an album on my tape deck called 154, by a the alt-rock band Wire). Anyway, when I get to Annapolis, I have to go by my boss's house to pick up some papers, and it was the first time I'd ever been to his house. So I knock on his front door, and--wouldn't you know it?--there's the knocker, and a very creepy knocker indeed. Hence, the knocker's appeared in almost every book of mine because it's sort of a good luck charm that I relate to the novel that essentially started my career. Later! Edward Lee |
|
| Author: | Jack Staynes [ Sun May 13, 2007 3:02 pm ] |
| Post subject: | |
| Author: | Harvester [ Sun May 13, 2007 4:05 pm ] |
| Post subject: | |
| Author: | Jack Staynes [ Sun May 13, 2007 5:36 pm ] |
| Post subject: | |
| Author: | Harvester [ Sun May 13, 2007 7:02 pm ] |
| Post subject: | |
| Author: | asimmons [ Sun May 13, 2007 7:05 pm ] |
| Post subject: | |
| Author: | Jack Staynes [ Mon May 14, 2007 2:58 pm ] |
| Post subject: | |
Goddamn, Ed Lee's Beast house? Now that's just sick. I love the idea, |
|
| Author: | Mille Umbra [ Mon May 14, 2007 4:24 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Love them knockers |
Damn, I thought for sure I'd seen that knocker on a house at 742 Evergreen Terrace. |
|
| Author: | Harvester [ Mon May 14, 2007 5:33 pm ] |
| Post subject: | |
| Author: | flahorrorwriter [ Tue May 15, 2007 11:14 am ] |
| Post subject: | |
| Author: | Edward Lee [ Mon May 21, 2007 12:45 am ] |
| Post subject: | |
Thanks for the good wishes, Chris. As for the knocker, I've already firgured out how to incorporate it into the current bok, which is going well! Edward Lee |
|
| Author: | JPOKELA [ Wed Dec 26, 2007 9:09 pm ] |
| Post subject: | |
Ihave also noticed a certain pistol showing up in many of your novels. a Webley .455, isn't it? |
|
| Author: | Edward Lee [ Fri Dec 28, 2007 8:09 pm ] |
| Post subject: | |
| Page 1 of 1 | All times are UTC - 5 hours [ DST ] |
| Powered by phpBB® Forum Software © phpBB Group http://www.phpbb.com/ |
|