This is WAY SUPER Cool!
By Jim Bauer
@porwest (112780)
United States
November 16, 2019 10:37am CST
It seems our very JJ has inadvertently provided me a link to something that has managed to quite simply, make my day! As some of you here may be aware, back in the day I used to be an editor. I was editor of FrightNet Online Magazine from 1997 until about 2001-2002 when the magazine stopped being published. I was also editor of the horror fiction anthology Dark Whispers, which is still available via several outlets—including the obvious one which I will not mention here as to avoid having my post deleted.
So, what made my day? That old magazine is still out there. Not in its entirety. Not every issue. But this Wayback Machine thingy JJ shared allowed me to find FrightNet, and it just tickled me to death. I have not seen this website in years, and was amazed that I could find it.
I thought I would share it here. Brought back a LOT of memories. I have to admit as well that while it was my decision to pull FrightNet, there have been many occasions I have regretted that decision AND many a time I have thought about bringing it back.
I truly believe that had I continued with FrightNet, because of its format at the time, this site would be much bigger today than it was back then. And it was pretty big back then.
Thomas L. Rohosky Jan McDaniel Steven Lockley Barry Hoffman Charles A. Gramlich plus... AN INTERVIEW WITH Richard Laymon and... Two New Installments of THE LEISURE CORNER and DIARY OF A MADMAN Cover Artwork Copyright ©1998 by Kenneth Waters. Used by permis
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@andriaperry (118793)
• Anniston, Alabama
16 Nov 19
Aren't you just full of surprises!
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@porwest (112780)
• United States
16 Nov 19
I swear somewhere along the line I had mentioned my alter ego, Ivan S. Graves, and the sort of business I was in during the late 90s early 2000s. Maybe not. But was happy to see it again, that old site, and share it. I am really hoping the powers to be don't pull my post.
@LindaOHio (222285)
• United States
16 Nov 19
I love doing research and finding the things I'm looking for. Big thanks to JJ for making your day!
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@FourWalls (86585)
• United States
16 Nov 19
So JJ is Mr. Peabody and you’re Sherman?
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@porwest (112780)
• United States
17 Nov 19
When I did the magazine back then my aim was to make it have the look and feel of a paper one. There was always a cover, a table of contents page, and of course the contents. It was a lot of work doing a site like that back then. You literally had to write the HTML from scratch, line by line. It made putting the magazine together a very laborious thing, but it was worth it.
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@porwest (112780)
• United States
21 Nov 19
@just4him It was a LOT of work. But worth every minute. I have thought about bringing it back several times. I think had I kept it going, today it would be profitable. And I know quite a few people involved with Chillers TV, and so I think it could have been made into a show eventually. I know a lot of producers still from the old days. Maybe I should pitch it.
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@porwest (112780)
• United States
7 Mar 22
I was really happy to see it. I wish all of the issues would have been archived, but the few that are make me smile.
The last time I donned my Ivan S. Graves persona was to write a foreword for a short story collection by R.K. Finnell called Grue Tales. That was a couple of years ago.
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