User talk:T.E. Grau

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The Lost Aklo Stories

Hello, I've approved your submission but made some extensive changes to conform to our standards: 1) changed author to "T. E. Grau" (note space between initials), 2) entered only the ISBN value in the specified field, 3) uploaded a scan as we're not allowed to deeplink to the specified website. The result is here and you can now add any missing information to it (e.g. a price). Two things worry me: 1) the fact that you gave the binding as "unknown" which is strange for a book that you probably own (this is a minor point) and 2) you declared this book as being a CHAPBOOK, in our jargon a CHAPBOOK is simply a one-story collection and so must contain one and one only short fiction item that is titled as the chapbook. But in this case it seems that there are in fact two stories (Flutes and In the Cave, She Sang) and no stories titled The Lost Aklo Stories as would be expected. Can you give me the precise contents of this book? Hauck 17:47, 27 October 2016 (UTC)

Hi, Hauck.

Thank you for the detailed explanation.

The Lost Aklo Stories is a bit of a strange case, I'm afraid, as it was part of Dunhams Manor Press' chapbook series, was sold in very limited editions, and is now sold out/out of print. As such, it is described as a "chapbook," although that might not be entirely accurate, as it contains two respective stories (originally published in the ill-fated Aklonomicon, which never made it to market after a few dozen contributor copies were printed). Feel free to change the description as you wish. I unfortunately do not have much other information on this book, or The Mission, which was also published as a limited edition "chapbook" by Dunhams Manor Press, before being re-printed in my collection.

I'd like to add my story "MonoChrome" as well, which was published in the anthology In The Court of the Yellow King (Celaeno Press. 2014), and will be reprinted in the debut issue of Occult Detective Quarterly, but I was unable to locate a link to add in a short story to my bibliography.

Also, my official pen name does not have a space between the "T." and the "E." Don't know if that matters, but figured it was worth mentioning

Thanks, Hauck, for helping me with these issues. I really appreciate it, and the site in general.

Very best,

T.E. Grau 17:59, 27 October 2016 (UTC) T.E. Grau

I've made the changes to the book (transformed it into a collection and added the stories), see if it's OK. For your pen name, alas we "regularize" all name to include spaces between initials. For your story MonoChrome you'll have to add the "container" anthology. If it's too complicated, you can add bibliographical elements in this page. Hauck 18:21, 27 October 2016 (UTC)

Hi, Hauck.

Understood. The Lost Aklo Stories looks great. In terms of binding, is "softcover" okay? Not sure what is needed there. I don't have a price, as I don't have my copy in front of me. Same goes for my novelette The Mission. My few remaining copies are boxed up after a recent move.

No worries about my pen name. Not a huge deal at all.

Please let me know if I can help in any way. I'm new to this process, so not well-versed in how to properly update/present everything.

Very best,

T.E. Grau 18:29, 27 October 2016 (UTC)T.E. Grau

Also, will you be adding The Mission as a novella/novelette?

Done, see here. Hauck 20:20, 27 October 2016 (UTC)

Awesome. Thank you so much. Best, T.E. Grau 21:02, 27 October 2016 (UTC)T.E. Grau

I have a new novella coming out November 28th (titled They Don't Come Home Anymore, published by This Is Horror), and can send you info about that right now, although the ISBN numbers aren't yet "live."

Thanks!

T.E. Grau 19:00, 27 October 2016 (UTC)T.E. Grau

Eschatology Journal

Hello, this publication looks to me as a non-downloadable webzine, a category which is usually not indexed by the isfdb (see our policy). I've rejected your submission. You can add data about those two texts in your bibliographical page. Hauck 12:57, 29 October 2016 (UTC)

Strange Aeons

Hello, only the "main" editor is entered in the db, in this case the credit should go to Rick Tillman, alas the only way to credit you would be in the "note" field. I've rejected your submission. Hauck 13:03, 29 October 2016 (UTC)

Thanks for your explanation, Hauck. Most appreciated. Best, T.E. Grau 05:06, 31 October 2016 (UTC)T. E. Grau

They Don't Come Home Anymore

Hi. I accepted and fixed up They Don't Come Home Anymore. To record a novella, we use "CHAPBOOK" as the publication type. That is a sort of one-short-work collection, so you add the novella title itself as a Content Title within it. Both the novella (in the Short Fiction section) and the Chapbook (in the Chapbooks section) appear on the author bibliography page.

By the way, when recording the ISBN, just put in the number with no label. If it's not a real ISBN, put a pound sign (#) on the front of it. The system will check it for validity and format it appropriately. Thanks. --MartyD 03:56, 23 November 2016 (UTC)

Thanks so much, Marty! I very much appreciate you updating my bibliography, and for the explanation. Cheers! T.E. Grau 17:59, 23 November 2016 (UTC)T.E. Grau

Occult Detective Quarterly #1 submission and your author record edit

Hi. A couple of things:

I accepted your Occult Detective Quarterly submission but made a few changes. I added the issue number and year to the title, per our standard for recording magazines. I also had to remove the cover URL, as we do not have permission to link to the publisher's site (but I downloaded and resized a copy of it and uploaded that). I also added all of the other contents and decided to omit the quotes from around all of the titles -- I think it's just a stylistic thing. See what you think.

I also accepted the changes to your author record, but I've moved the "III" suffix to the end. With regard to that legal name, is it really "Ted"? Thanks. --MartyD 03:57, 1 March 2017 (UTC)

Thanks so much, Marty. You're always so helpful, and thorough.

Regarding my full, legal name, my CA driver's license lists it as "Ted Edward Grau III," but my full legal name at birth is Theodore Edward Grau III. You can certainly change it to that on my ISFDB listing page, if you'd like, and to reflect 100% accuracy. Either way is fine with me.

Thanks again. T.E. Grau 23:21, 1 March 2017 (UTC)T. E. GrauT.E. Grau 23:21, 1 March 2017 (UTC)

I think the ISFDB could live with 100% accuracy! :-) Done, thanks. --MartyD 11:55, 2 March 2017 (UTC)

I Am the River

Hi. I accepted and fixed up this new publication - thanks for adding it. I have set up the nongenre flag and hope that it was the right thing to do, as this doesn't seem to be a speculative title. Stonecreek 14:25, 1 October 2018 (EDT)

Hi, Stonecreek! Thank you for the response.

I'm a but confused by your comment about I Am The River not being a speculative fiction title, as it is a horror novel, with supernatural elements, seances, ghost magic, and even a pursuing cosmic hound known as "Black Shuck."

Please let me know if you need evidence of its "speculative" elements, or reviews that describe the same. Or, please note the review of the novel by fellow Weird fiction author Christopher Slatsky:

Christopher Slatsky I Am the River portrays a strange but historically accurate Vietnam War where the actual flesh and blood figures who orchestrated the invasion conspire behind the scenes, implementing true to life PYS-OPS programs like “Operation Wandering Soul”. The weird elements of the novel aren’t bound by real-life “spook” programs, but through supernatural threats, frenzied chaotic séances, revenants, and ghosts born of violence in a year and on a landscape where atrocities were committed regularly. Profoundly, even beautifully grim, Grau’s pessimism often becomes far more than the sum of its parts, and his writing achieves a damn near numinous quality at times as the whole affair spirals into hallucinatory madness and despair.

It’s striking how the novel’s chapters alternate between first and third person, creating a discomfiting effect, a sustained confusion, which is elucidated on reading each distinct chapter. Entering this novel is an invitation into the chaos of the protagonist’s mind, a sustained and specific close-up if you will, while the story slowly but expertly reveals the bigger picture, like a camera pulling from a tightly framed shot to an expansive, even cosmic panorama until the full impact of this bleak and powerful story is presented. It’s an impressive feat.

This is a genuinely terrifying read, one in which I suspect many a t!reader will be captivated. Remarkably confident, Grau's lush yet tight-as-a-clenched-fist prose is sinewy and beautiful. As evocative of place as Gustav Hasford at his best, but laced with horror as weird and disturbing as a hypnagogic disease dream. All too human, emotionally resonant, this one is a nightmarish spectacle of human depravity as shocking as a Bill Shields poem. Heartbreaking and unforgettable, Grau's debut novel is a must-read."

Sorry for my error! I just referred to the synopsis (also the one at amazon) and from that I drew the conclusion. I'll remove the flag. Thanks for pointing that mistake out! Stonecreek 01:51, 2 October 2018 (EDT)

No problem at all! Thank you for the quick adjustment. I very much appreciate it. Best regards, Ted

Je suis le fleuve

Hello,

I approved your record but had to do a few changes:

• Removed the link from the title record.
• Added the translator there instead
• This ISBN belongs to the EPUB3 publication (ebook), not the pb one so adjusted that. The one for the paper edition is 978-2355847783. If you want to add it, go ahead :) I don't think it is pb though (too expensive). Probably tp - size 140 x 200 mm - so yes, tp. :)
• As ebook, the number of pages goes into the notes.
• Replaced the image as we do not have permission to link to that site.
• The publisher is recorded as Sonatine
• Added ASIN
• Fixed the format of the price and the ISBN.
• Transliteration is NOT translation -- it is a field used only for non-Latin based alphabets. Translations are done with variants so I did that as well.

The result is here. Let me know if you have any questions. Annie 19:37, 31 October 2019 (EDT)

PS: If you own the paper book and not the ebook, please move your verification (or I can swap the books if you let me know - but as you added this ISBN, I assume you have the book with it) :) Annie 19:46, 31 October 2019 (EDT)

Thank you so much, Annie! Your adjustments and detailed explanations are very much appreciate. A note: there will be a paper book for Je suis le fleuve, in addition to an ebook, so if it's not too much trouble, please do add that into the listing, as well. Thank you again!

La oscuridad innombrable

Pretty much the same notes as for the French one except that the ISBN here is for the tp (size 21x15 cm) so I changed that and I cannot find a cover in Amazon. Added the LTF record though. Do you plan to add the contents? The result so far is here. Annie 19:54, 31 October 2019 (EDT)