Hauling Like A Brooligan

Stephen Gallagher

Author: Steve

  • Shipping Now: The Authentic William James

    The book’s now shipping and preorders are being filled. They’re preceded by an interview conducted by Gwenda Bond for Subterranean. It’son the company’s Facebook page; follow the link to see the whole thing. Today we’re bringing you a fascinating new interview with Stephen Gallagher about how he created the character of investigator Sebastian Becker. Gallagher…

  • Charlie

    Down by the British Museum in Bloomsbury runs Montague Street, a terrace of Georgian townhouses of the classic Upstairs/Downstairs kind. They’re now mostly brass-plate offices and boutique hotels, and I can never walk along it without thinking of Charlie Grant. Charles L to the literary world, Charlie to just about everyone who knew him. The…

  • Abroad Thoughts from Home

    This is probably the most niche blog post ever, but I wish I’d had access to something like it when the need first arose. It’s the Idiots’ Guide for a British writer joining the staff of a US TV show. How you land the gig is up to you. This is just about the admin.…

  • See a Dinosaur Eat a Cow. You Know You Want To.

    Here’s a film I’d never seen before, and have finally caught up with. I don’t quite know what to make of it. As you might expect it’s a B-movie through and through, but the production values took me by surprise. With the Mexican locations, and widescreen cinematography, its look is great. Like the later Valley…

  • DANCING WITH SHADOWS, the Charles L Grant Blogathon

    Neil Snowdon writes: 12th-18th September I’ll be hosting a celebration of Charlie and his work, with contributions from myself, Ramsey Campbell, Nathan Ballingrud, Mark Morris, Gary McMahon, Gary Fry, Christopher Golden, James A. Moore, Lynda E. Rucker, Stephen Bacon, Mark west, James Everington, Thomas F. Monteleone, Nancy Collins, Stephen Bissette, Stephen Gallagher, Jean-Daniel Breque, Tim…

  • Jurassic Park, Unearthed

    This is weird. While sorting through some old files I came across this film review from the year of Jurassic Park‘s release. I don’t remember writing it, or for whom it was written. But dated references to video (ie, VHS), to the then-unbuilt Universal Studios ride, and to competing movies… they all have the feel…

  • Some Stuff About Writing, Part Three

    You have written a considerable number of short stories, some of which have been published as collections (‘Out of His Mind’, ‘Plots and Misadventures’). What are your thoughts about the differences between writing short stories and novels? Have any of your short stories been developed further (in any media)? Short stories are tricky, and when…

  • Some Stuff About Writing, Part Two

    Getting back to your novels, and thinking about your early work, where did the inspiration come from for books such as ‘Chimera’, ‘Oktober’, ‘Rain’ and ‘The Boat House’? I can answer for definite with Chimera because that came from a passage in Vance Packard’s book The People Shapers, where he quoted a Rand Corporation study…

  • Some Stuff About Writing, Part One

    You have been in the writing business for some time now. What would you say were your best and worst experiences? Fortunately the best way outnumber the worst, and they’ve mostly come out of the experience of researching the novels. I do try to achieve an authentic sense of place in the writing and that’s…

  • Publishers Weekly Starred Review

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