Claude Lalumière
Encyclopedia
Claude Lalumière is an author, book reviewer and has edited numerous anthologies. A resident of Montreal, he writes the Montreal Gazette's Fantastic Fiction column. He also owned and operated two independent book stores in Montreal. He and Rupert Bottenberg
are co-creators of lostmyths.net.
Lalumière's own fiction consists mostly of short stories tending to dark fantasy
. In a review of his first collection, Objects of Worship in Strange Horizons
, Anil Menon
characterised the title story and two others as generating "that wondering disquiet so hard to achieve with other literary genres" and noting that they were already being studied in writing courses.
Rupert Bottenberg
Rupert Bottenberg is an illustrator, comic artist and writer. He is currently the music editor of the Montreal Mirror newsweekly.Bottenberg grew up in Montreal...
are co-creators of lostmyths.net.
Lalumière's own fiction consists mostly of short stories tending to dark fantasy
Dark fantasy
Dark fantasy is a term used to describe a fantasy story with a pronounced horror element.-Overview:A strict definition for dark fantasy is difficult to pin down. Gertrude Barrows Bennett has been called "the woman who invented dark fantasy". Both Charles L...
. In a review of his first collection, Objects of Worship in Strange Horizons
Strange Horizons
Strange Horizons is an online speculative fiction magazine. It also features speculative poetry in every issue....
, Anil Menon
Anil Menon
Anil Menon is a leading Indian writer of speculative fiction. His short stories and reviews have appeared in Strange Horizons, Interzone, Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet, Chiaroscuro, Sybil's Garage, Apex Digest and other magazines. In 2009, Zubaan Books, India's leading feminist press, published...
characterised the title story and two others as generating "that wondering disquiet so hard to achieve with other literary genres" and noting that they were already being studied in writing courses.
Collections
- Objects of Worship (2009) ChiZine Publications; ISBN 978-0-9812978-2-8
- The Door to Lost Pages (2011) ChiZine Publications; ISBN 1926851129
Anthologies
- Telling Stories: New English Stories from Quebec (2002) Vehicule PressVéhicule PressSince 1973, Véhicule Press has published poetry, fiction, translations, and social history by Canadian authors, with a commitment to publishing first-time authors—a third of its list....
; ISBN 1550651617 - Open Space: New Canadian Fantastic Fiction (2003) Red Deer PressRed Deer PressRed Deer Press is a Canadian book publishing company located in Markham, Ontario. It publishes trade titles in children's fiction, literary fiction, poetry, drama, belles-lettres, and creative nonfiction focusing on the Canadian prairies....
; ISBN 0889952817 - Witpunk (2003) Running PressRunning PressThe Running Press is a member of the Perseus Books Group, the imprint is the publisher of fiction, non-fiction, cooking, humor, and kit books. The publisher's offices are located in Philadelphia, but many of the corporate functions take place in New York City....
; ISBN 9781568582566 - Island Dreams: Montreal Writers of the Fantastic (2004) Vehicule Press; ISBN 1550651714
- Short Stuff: New English Stories from Quebec (2005) Vehicule Press; ISBN 1550652028
- Lust for Life: Tales of Sex and Love (2006) Vehicule Press; ISBN 1550652036
- Tesseracts Twelve (2008) EDGE Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing; ISBN 9781894063159