"... ua manaʻo ʻo ia i kona home ʻelemakule ke ʻano ʻokoʻa - hakahaka paha, e like paha me ka ʻili i hoʻoheheʻe ʻia o kahi mea kolo i waiho ʻia i hope o ka lepo, me he mea lā ʻaʻohe mea o ka hale e hana ai akā e mae wale a make paha ..." - mai Nā kaikamahine liʻiliʻi

I ka mahina i hala iho nei, hoʻokuʻu ka mea kākau weliweli lanakila, ʻo Ronald Malfi, i kāna puke moʻolelo hou loa, Nā kaikamahine liʻiliʻi. ^ E Ha yM. (Kaomi Eia inā ua hala ʻoe i kaʻu loiloi) ʻO kekahi o nā mea kākau maikaʻi loa e hele nei, ʻo Malfi ka mana i hiki iā ia ke hana i nā moʻolelo creepy me nā ʻano ʻono maikaʻi e like me ka mea i luna. Ua aloha au i kēia kāne mai ka heluhelu ʻana i kāna creep-festival maikaʻi loa, Snow hoʻi i nā lā hoʻoweliweli Leisure Book. Ua pupuhi ʻo ia iaʻu me ka ukali, Alapiʻi lana, a ua hoʻomau i ka haʻalele iaʻu me ka makaʻu mai ia manawa. Nā kaikamahine liʻiliʻi kahi hoʻohui maikaʻi loa i ke kino o ka hana a Malfi.

I kēia pule, ua loaʻa iaʻu kahi manawa e kamaʻilio pū ai me Mr. Malfi. Hāʻawi ʻo ia i kāna mau hopena, kāna ʻike, kona aloha i nā puke pepa ma luna o ka uila uila, kāna ʻōlelo aʻo i nā mea kākau ʻōpio ma laila, a me nā mea hou aku.

Glenn Rolfe: E Ronald, ʻike ʻoe ke ʻeli wau i kāu hana. Mahalo no ka hoʻolōʻihi ʻana i ka manawa e hana ai i kēia.

Ronald Malfi: ʻAʻohe pilikia, e ka hoa. Mahalo no ka loaʻa iaʻu.

GR: Ehia mau makahiki ou i ka wā i loaʻa ai iā ʻoe kahi ʻāpala kākau? Ua hoʻomaka koke ʻoe?

RM: Ma kahi paha o 10 a 11 paha koʻu mau makahiki i ka wā i hoʻomaka ai wau e kākau koʻikoʻi. Ma ka "koʻikoʻi," ke ʻōlelo nei wau me ke aʻo a me ka maʻamau. Ua kau wau i kuʻu mau lima ma ka typewriter kahiko ʻo Olympia a kākau wau i mau ʻaoʻao i kēlā me kēia lā, ʻo ka maʻamau ke hoʻi mai wau mai ka hale mai ke kula. ʻO kēia mau hana mua i kākau maikaʻi ʻia e like me kāu e manaʻo ai, akā makemake wau i ke kākau ʻana a hoʻomanaʻo wau i nā mea kikoʻī kikoʻī mai ka wā i hala — ke kuʻi nei i kaʻu moʻolelo he ʻumi ʻaoʻao, a i ʻole ke kākau ʻana i kahi mea i ʻoi aku ma mua o 100 ʻaoʻao, no kahi keiki i koʻu mau makahiki. kahi hana maikaʻi loa — me ke aloha nui a me ke ʻano o ka hoʻokō ʻana, i kēia manawa. I ka manawa aʻu i nahu ʻia ai e ka ʻūlū, ua ʻike wau makemake wau e hana ia mea no kahi ola, a ʻaʻole wau i haʻalulu i kēlā hoʻoholo.

GR: E hāʻawi mai iaʻu i ʻelua mau puke i loaʻa i ka mana i ka wā mua / i hana i kahi hopena nui iā ʻoe.

RM: E like me nā mea kākau weliweli o kaʻu hanauna, e ʻōlelo wau i ʻelua mau poʻo inoa ʻo Stephen King—Nā maka o ka deragona, ʻo ia ka puke Mōʻī mua (a ʻo ia paha ka puke mua a nā mākua) heluhelu wau i koʻu wā kamaliʻi, a laila kekahi manawa ma hope, King's ʻO ia. Hoʻomaopopo wau i kekahi mau keiki ma ke kula e kamaʻilio ana e pili ana i ka puke, a ʻo ia hoʻi ka hiʻohiʻona moekolohe i loko o ka puke. Aia mākou i ke kula waena, no laila he aha kēlā? He ʻumikūmākahi mau makahiki? No laila ua hana wau i mea e alualu ai i kahi kope o ka puke a ʻimi i kēlā ʻano kontroversial. Akā i ka hoʻomaka ʻana e heluhelu i ka puke, ua luliluli loa wau e ka hanohano a me ka hanohano a poina iaʻu nā mea āpau e pili ana i kahi i loaʻa ai iaʻu kahi kope o ka puke. He mau makahiki like wau me nā kamaliʻi o kēlā puke a ua nui ka hopena iaʻu. Loaʻa iaʻu kēlā paperback kumu, ʻoiai ua wāwahi ʻia ia i gehena a māhele ʻia i ʻelua hapa. Ua heluhelu paha wau ia paha ʻekolu a ʻehā paha manawa. ʻO kahi puke kupaianaha o ka makaʻu a me ka hala ʻole o ka wā kamaliʻi.

GR: E hāʻawi mai iaʻu i ʻelua mau hana hou i like ka hopena.

RM: Elua mau puke e lele i ka manaʻo ʻO ke kaikamahine i manaʻo ʻia e Chance na Lance Olsen lāua ʻo Glen Hirshberg's Na Keiki a Ke Keiki Snowman. ʻOiai ʻaʻole ʻē aʻe he "hou loa", ua transcendent a paipai nui ʻia nā puke ʻelua.

GR: ʻO ka hapa nui o mākou e hele nei i kēia manawa i ka biz weliweli he mau mea makemake nui Leisure Book. Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻoe iā Snow me lākou. Pehea ke ʻano o ka ʻike iā ʻoe?

RM: Loaʻa iaʻu kahi puke puke holoʻokoʻa i hoʻolaʻa ʻia no kēlā mau Paperbacks Leisure kahiko, a ke hoʻonohonoho nei iaʻu e noʻonoʻo e pili ana i ka mea i hana ʻia ma laila. Me ka ʻole o ka loaʻa ʻana o nā kikoʻī hōʻino o ka panakalupa, e ʻōlelo wau ua hauʻoli wau e kau pū me Leisure a me ka Luna Hoʻoponopono ʻo Don DʻAuria i ... e kuhi wau ma kahi o 2008 paha. Ua kau inoa mua ʻo Don iaʻu no hoʻokahi puke, Hau, i hana maikaʻi no lākou. Aia i loko o nā hale kūʻai puke āpau a hōʻiliʻili iaʻu i kahi mea hoʻolohe he nui aku ka nui ma mua o kaʻu i ka wā i hala. Inā ʻaʻohe mea ʻē aʻe, e mahalo wau iā Leisure a me Don DʻAuria no ka hoʻolauna ʻana i kaʻu hana i ka poʻe heluhelu heluhelu ākea ma mua o kaʻu e loaʻa ai iaʻu iho. Aia wau ma New York City no, manaʻo wau, BookExpo i kēlā makahiki-ʻo ia paha ka hoʻomaka o 2009, i kēia manawa e noʻonoʻo wau e pili ana, no ka mea ma laila wau e hoʻolaha Alanui Shamrock—a hui wau me Don no kekahi mau mea inu a hele mākou i kona keʻena. E ke kāne, ʻo ia wale nō ka mea āu e makemake ai e like kona keʻena, me nā palapala i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i loko o nā hale kiaʻi ma nā wahi āpau i loaʻa, i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ma hope o ka puka o ke keʻena, i kī ʻia ma lalo o nā pākaukau a me nā pahu puke. He mau hōkū koʻu i koʻu mau maka, e ke kāne. Ua hāʻawi mai ʻo Don iaʻu i mau puke manuahi - ua hele paha wau me 20 mau pepa pepa, akā ʻaʻole wau i makemake e makaleho, no laila lawe wau i kahi kope wale nō o Wrath James White. Ke Ala Hou lāua ʻo Jeff Strand's Kaomi ʻana. He huakaʻi maikaʻi loa ia a he kāne maikaʻi loa ʻo Don. Ma mua Snow ua pā i nā hale kūʻai (hoʻomanaʻo wau) ua hoʻouna ʻo Don i kahi ʻaelike iaʻu no nā puke hou ʻelua. ʻO lākou kēia Alapiʻi lana a Lake Cradle. Eia nō naʻe, ma mua o ka waiho ʻia ʻana o kēlā mau ʻaelike, ua hiki iaʻu ke honi i ka uahi ma ka pae a hoʻomaka wau e nīnau e pili ana i kaʻu mau uku hope loa Kālā. I ka pōkole, ʻaʻole wau i waiho i ka ʻaelike no Alapiʻi lana a ʻO Cradle Lake, a ua hiki iā lākou ke lawe iā lākou i kaʻu mea hoʻopuka o kēia manawa, Medallion Press, nāna i hana i kahi hana nani me kēlā mau poʻo inoa. E hoʻi hou wau i nā kuleana i Hau, i paʻi hope loa ʻia me nā puke Delirium a koe i paʻi ʻia me Darkfuse. ʻO ke kalapu puke Leisure kahi ala maikaʻi loa e lawe i nā mea kākau hou i loko o ka mainstream a ʻoi aku ka make ma mua o ka pōmaikaʻi ʻole - kaumaha.

GR: Kākau ʻoe i kahi moʻolelo ʻuhane maikaʻi maikaʻi loa (Ka hale kanikau, alapiʻi lana), akā ʻaʻole paʻa ʻoe i kēlā ʻano sub-type. Ua hana ʻoe i nā malihini, nā mea kanu ʻino, Cthulu, a me nā mea weliweli i nā kānaka. Aia nō wau i ka moku like. ʻAʻole hiki iaʻu ke ʻike i ka mea hoihoi i ke kākau ʻana i ka mea like ma mau a mau. He aha kāu mau kumu i ka ʻokoʻa o nā kumuhana a i ʻole nā ​​moʻo nui?

RM: ʻO ka mea wale nō paha āu i ʻōlelo ai — e luhi ana wau i ke kākau ʻana i ka mea like ma mau a mau. ʻIke kekahi mau mea kākau i kahi kākau niche ... ʻAʻole wau i ʻike ... vampire a werewolf a i ʻole fiction zombie ... a me ke kāne, inā maikaʻi ia no lākou, maikaʻi kēlā. Akā, lilo wau i ka hoihoi i ka hana ʻana i kekahi mea e like me kēlā. ʻAʻole hiki iaʻu ke kāhea i ka leʻaleʻa e peni i kahi hopena i kekahi o kaʻu mau puke, e waiho wale i ke ʻano like no ʻeono, ʻehiku, ʻumi mau puke.

GR: Aia paha kahi puke āu e makemake ai e kākau e hoʻopūʻiwa paha i kāu poʻe pā?

RM: E ʻōlelo paha ka poʻe heluhelu i ʻike i kaʻu mau hana ma mua ua kākau wau i kēlā mau puke. ʻO kaʻu puke ʻekolu, Ke ʻano o nā mōneka, ʻO ia kahi puke nui e pili ana i kahi mea kākau e alualu nei i kāna hoaaloha, he mea haku mele, a mai kahi kūlanakauhale liʻiliʻi ʻo Kentucky a hiki i Baltimore. ʻAʻohe mea weliweli e pili ana iā ia, koe wale no nā helu kūʻai. Pēlā nō, ka poʻe i hoʻi i hope a heluhelu i kaʻu puke ʻehā, Ma o Dolorosa, ua ʻōlelo e like paha me ka mea kākau ʻē aʻe i kākau ia. Ke kākau nei wau i nā puke ma ka spec i kēlā manawa a ʻaʻole ʻike ʻia i kekahi aelike, no laila ma ke ʻano, ua noa wau e kākau i nā mea aʻu e makemake ai. A ʻo ia nō kaʻu i hana ai.

GR: I koʻu heluhelu ʻana i ke alapiʻi lana, ua like ka hopena iaʻu ma ke ʻano o ko Boy Life. Ua kākau wau ma lalo o hoʻokahi makahiki a aneane makaʻu iaʻu i ka hoʻāʻo ʻana. ʻO kēlā maikaʻi. ʻO kāu moʻolelo koʻikoʻi wale nō, ka mea pohihihi, nā huapalapala, nā wehewehe nani āu e hoʻohana ai me ka hoʻohihi ʻole e like me kekahi mau mea kākau. Aia paha kekahi puke e like me kēlā iā ʻoe. ʻO ka mea nāna ʻoe i ʻōlelo, “ʻā, ʻaʻole hiki iaʻu ke hana ia. "

RM: ʻAno hoʻomākeʻaka āu i ʻōlelo ai Ke ola o ke keikikāne, ʻoiai kēlā puke kekahi o nā mana i kaʻu ʻoihana kākau, a kikoʻī no kaʻu puke Pāka ʻo Kekemapa—ka mea a Mr. McCammon i ʻoluʻolu ai e hoʻolako i kahi blurb. E kamaʻilio e pili ana i ka pā hōkū! Akā, ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻike wau i kāu e ʻōlelo nei; Ua heluhelu au i nā puke he nui wale i kā lākou mana. Ua makaʻu mau wau i nā mea kākau e like me Hemingway, Thomas Pynchon, Peter Straub, Robert McCammon, Dan Simmons. He ʻōpio ʻōpio wau i ka wā aʻu i heluhelu mua ai Lolita, a ʻoiai ke kuhi nei wau ua lilo kekahi o nā nuances iaʻu i kēlā manawa, ua ʻike wau e heluhelu ana wau i kahi mea i kākau ʻia e kahi akua, a he mea ia e hiki ʻole ai iaʻu ke hoʻokūkū. A manaʻo wau ʻo ia ka hoʻopunipuni — ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻāʻo e kākau i mea e ʻoi aku ai ka maikaʻi o kāu mea piliwaiwai. E loaʻa mau kahi puke mai kāu hiki aku, a e makani wale ʻoe i ka hyper-hoʻolōʻihi i kou lima e hopu iā ia. ʻO nā puke maikaʻi ʻoiaʻiʻo, puke maʻalahi, kākau ʻia i kou leo ​​maoli a haʻi i nā moʻolelo āu e makemake nui ai. ʻO ia kēlā, ʻoiaʻiʻo. ʻO ia ka mea huna.

GR: ʻO nā puke hea i hoʻopaʻa i kahi wahi kūikawā i kou puʻuwai a no ke aha?

RM: Ke alapiʻi lana a Kēkēmapa Pāka, paʻa nā mea ʻelua i kekahi o nā mana autobiography ikaika loa. ʻO lākou nō hoʻi nā puke ʻelua kahi i kokoke loa ka huahana hope loa i kaʻu ʻike mua ʻana iā lākou i koʻu poʻo. Hoʻololi nā puke i ke ʻano waena ma waena o ke kaʻina kākau - kahi pōʻino o ke kākau ʻana me ka ʻole o kahi outline a i ʻole nā ​​memo - akā ua noho mau kēlā mau mea ʻelua ma ka papa, ma ka liʻiliʻi a hiki i ke ʻano o ka leo a me ka manaʻo o nā puke, inā ʻaʻole no kahi kikoʻī. kuhi ma loko.

GR: He aha kekahi o kāu mau kiʻi ʻoniʻoni punahele? Weliweli a i ʻole ʻē aʻe.

RM: Raiders o ka pahu nalowale; E hoʻi i ka wā e hiki mai ana; Gremlins; Iwi; Nā hālāwai kūkā kokoke o ke kolu o nā ʻano; Hui Kalākaua; ʻO Lebowski Nui; Nā Hōkū Hoku.

GR: Nā koho maikaʻi loa! He aha kekahi o kāu mea punahele e hana ai ma waho o ke ola kākau?

RM: Noho manawa me koʻu ʻohana.

GR: He mea kākoʻo nui ʻoe no ka hōʻoluʻolu ʻole. Ua haʻi aku ʻoe i nā mea kākau e piʻi i luna. Pehea e ʻike ai kahi mea kākau ʻōpio ke mākaukau lākou e kiʻi i kēlā pae aʻe?

RM: Nui nā mea kākau hou i paʻi ʻia ma o ka nūpepa liʻiliʻi, no ka mea, ua hele mai kā lākou puke hoʻomaka me he mea lā ua ku ʻia e kahi kaʻa ʻōhua. Ua pīhoihoi lākou i nā ʻōlelo aliʻi aloha ʻia, ka nele o ka mahalo a lākou e loaʻa nei i loko o ke koena o ka ʻoihana, ka nele o ka hoihoi mai nā mea kūʻai puke ʻaʻole hoihoi i ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i kahi puke e kau inoa ana i kā lākou hale kūʻai. ʻO kēia ka ʻoiaʻiʻo no kekahi o kēlā mau mea kākau, a manaʻo wau i kaʻu ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo i kēlā poʻe mea kākau ʻaʻole e hoʻāʻo e kamaʻilio i kāu mau mea i loaʻa (a me kāu mea hoʻopuka, ka mea e hana maoli ʻole nei e hoʻolaha iā ʻoe) a hoʻohālikelike ua ʻoi aku ʻoe ma mua ou, akā e hoʻomaʻamaʻa i kou mau mākau, e ʻike i nā poʻe kūpono āu e kamaʻilio ai, a hoʻokau iā ʻoe iho i kahi āu e hoʻohālike nei ma mua. Maopopo paha kēlā? 

GR: Kūkākūkā paha ʻoe i ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi ʻākena? Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe a i ʻole hoʻokahi, pehea kou ʻike me hoʻokahi?

RM: ʻO kēlā chestnut kahiko, ʻeā? ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi ʻole o kahi agena maikaʻi ʻole ma mua o ka ʻaʻohe agena āpau, akā ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke kiʻi i kahi ʻākena maikaʻi a hiki i kou wā e pono ʻole ai. He agena kaʻu i kēia manawa, a he mea kōkua ʻo ia i ka hoʻokau ʻana i kā kaʻu puke puke e kū nei me Kensington. He papahana pāʻani like kā mākou no kaʻu puke hou loa, Nā kaikamahine liʻiliʻi, a aia mau mākou ma ka ʻaoʻao like me kēlā me kēia-ʻaʻohe pun i manaʻo ʻia. He papa kani kani kupaianaha nō ia ke hoʻomaka wau e nīnau i kaʻu mau palapala, aʻu e hana pinepine ai. He mau waiwai kūpono ʻole kēia i ka ʻākena. Inā ʻaʻole ʻoe e hauʻoli i nā kaomi liʻiliʻi a i ʻole nā ​​indie presses - a i ʻole inā makemake ʻoe e paʻi ponoʻī - pono ʻoe i kahi ʻākena e pae i kahi ʻaelike me kahi hale paʻi nui aʻe. ʻO ia koʻu ʻike, ʻē. Paipai wau e ʻike i ka mea nāna e kākau i nā mea kākau āu e makemake ai e heluhelu ma kahi ʻoihana paʻi puke a kāhea aku iā lākou. E hoʻouna iā lākou i kāu hana ʻoi loa, hoʻomaʻemaʻe hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻia, a mai lilo i asshole ʻoihana ʻole e pili ana iā ia. Inā maikaʻi kāu hana, makemake kekahi e rep.

GR: ʻIke maikaʻi ʻole aʻoi loa i kāu ola kākau i kēia manawa.

RM: Maikaʻi ka hapa nui o nā mea i ke kākau ʻana i kēia mau lā. Ua hana nui wau e hele i kahi aʻu i hele ai, a ma hope o 13 mau puke, kahi lima o nā novellas, a me nā fiction pōkole i paʻi ʻole ʻia ʻole, hauʻoli loa wau i ka mea i loaʻa iaʻu. Kākau wau i ka mea aʻu e makemake ai e kākau a mai hoʻopololei. Ua loaʻa iaʻu kekahi mau ʻike kupaianaha i kono ʻia e kamaʻilio ma nā ʻaha kūkā a puni ka ʻāina, e launa ana me nā poʻe pāhaʻi maikaʻi a e kamaʻilio pū ana me nā hui kākau, e kamaʻilio pū ana me nā haumāna ma nā pae āpau, a e hiki wale nō ke kākau a kamaʻilio pū me kaʻu poʻe heluhelu e pili ana i kaʻu moʻolelo fiction. He mea kupaianaha kēlā mau mea āpau. ʻO ka wā haʻahaʻa paha ke loaʻa iaʻu i loko o kahi leʻaleʻa, e ʻeha nei i kahi wahi o ka mea kākau, ke koho nei wau. ʻO ia ka manawa e hoʻomaka ai wau e lili i ka poʻe i kākau ʻole i ka fiction vampire wale nō, no ka mea manaʻo wau hiki paha iaʻu ke kuapo e autopilot a pauma i kahi puke ʻē aʻe inā ʻo ia ka hihia. Akā hoʻāʻo wau e hana i kekahi mea ʻokoʻa me kēlā me kēia puke hou, a ʻauhau ia. ʻAʻole e haʻi ʻia he ʻelua mau keiki liʻiliʻi loa kaʻu i ka hapa nui o koʻu manawa. Eia nō naʻe, ke paʻi nei wau i hoʻokahi puke i kēlā me kēia makahiki no nā makahiki i hala aku nei, a hoʻolālā e hoʻomau i ka hana ʻana pēlā.

GR: ʻIke wau ʻaʻole ʻoe he kāne ebook. He aha ka mea e hāʻawi ai? Hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻoluliluli?

RM: ʻAʻohe aʻu mea e kūʻē ai i nā puke e-e. ʻO wau iho, makemake au e paʻa i kahi puke i koʻu mau lima. Makemake nui loa wau e pili ana i nā nuances typograpical kikoʻī o nā puke, e like me ka manawa i hoʻohana ʻia, ka spacing, nā ʻaoʻao, ke ala e ʻoki ʻia ai nā ʻaoʻao — ʻo kēia mau mea he ʻāpana like, a aneane like paha me kahi ʻāpana, o ka heluhelu ʻana i kahi puke iaʻu e like me ka moʻolelo. Inā hāʻawi kekahi iā ʻoe i ka pila e hoʻopiha iā ʻoe no ka lā a ʻaʻole pono ʻoe e hoʻonele i ka manawa e ʻai i ka pāʻina, lawe ʻoe i ka lāʻau? A i ʻole ʻoliʻoli paha ʻoe i ka ʻono o ka steak a me ka pizza a me nā french fries? Iā wau, ʻo ia ka ʻokoʻa.

GR: Barker, Straub, King, McCammon-ʻO wai o kēia mau punahele āu?

RM: E Kristo, pehea e hiki ai iaʻu ke pane? ʻO King ka mōʻī. Nā lima i lalo. Akā he nani maoli kā Straub lāua ʻo McCammon i kā lāua ʻōlelo. ʻO Straub kahi e waiho mau nei iaʻu e haʻohaʻo nei i ka ʻōlinolino aʻu i nalo ai ma waena o nā laina o ka ʻōlelo, no ka mea kākau ʻo ia e like me ke kanu ʻana o kekahi i nā mea i loko o ke one. ʻAʻole loa ʻoe e ʻike i kēlā mau mea hana, akā lawa paha kāu e hoʻopili pū ai i ka puzzle. ʻAʻole wau he pā nui ʻo Barker maoli, ʻoiai ua hauʻoli wau i kāna mau puke āpau. Na Buke Koko leʻaleʻa nui, a mahele mau wau i kāna puke Sakrameta, ka mea a ka hapa nui o kāna mau mea makemake e nānā ʻole ai.

GR: E inoa i kekahi mau puke e kēia mau kāne āu e manaʻo ai ma lalo o ka mahalo ʻia.

RM: ʻĀ, ʻĀlana na Barker, e like me kaʻu i ʻōlelo ai. No McCammon, kahaha loa wau i ka helu o ka poʻe i heluhelu ʻole Ke ola o ke keikikāne. He kuʻuna maoli nō ia, malia paha ka moʻohelu makahiki hou e hiki mai ana o ka makahiki. Mahalo nui ʻia ke Aliʻi? E ʻae wau i kahi aloha no Maka o ka deragona, ʻoiai ʻo ia ka Mōʻī mua aʻu i heluhelu ai i koʻu wā kamaliʻi a paʻa kahi wahi kūikawā i loko o koʻu puʻuwai. ʻAʻole nui ka poʻe i heluhelu ia. E helu paha kahi puke Bachman? Ua noʻonoʻo mau wau ʻO ka hele lōʻihi 'ōlinolino. A ʻo ka mea hope loa, manaʻo wau i nā mea āpau a Peter Straub i kākau ai ma lalo o ka mahalo ʻia. ʻO kāna puke Julia he mana nui i kaʻu mea hou loa, Nā kaikamahine liʻiliʻi. ʻO kāna puke Na Kama He mea kahaha nui ia, ma luna o kona ʻili, hele mai e like me kahi puke detective post-noir, akā ʻo ia kahi mea i ʻoi aku ka nui a me ka pōloli ma mua o kēlā. Ua heluhelu hou au Na Kama manawa lehulehu ʻole. Nui ka poʻe aloha Moʻolelo Hemolele, e like me aʻu, akā Na Kama ʻO Peter Straub i kāna Straubiness piha.

GR: ʻO ka mea hope loa, e hana pū paha ʻoe i kahi puke a novella paha me kahi mea kākau ʻē aʻe? ʻO Maine paha kekahi?  

RM: Ha! ʻAʻohe maʻalea ma laila, ʻeā? Ua kīkiʻi wau a puni ka manaʻo o ka hana pū ʻana me kekahi mau mea kākau ʻē aʻe i ka wā i hala, akā ʻo ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, naʻu, ke kākau ʻana i kahi puke, he ʻano pilikino ia, haʻohaʻo, hoʻonāukiuki, kēlā me kēia hana, ʻaʻohe oʻu manaʻo pehea wau e hele ai. e pili ana i ke kaʻana like ʻana i kēlā hana ʻino me kekahi kanaka ʻē aʻe.

GR: Mahalo no kou manawa, Ronald. Mahalo wau ia.

RM: Kahi manawa, Glenn. Mahalo no ka loaʻa iaʻu.

 

Nā kaikamahine liʻiliʻi, ʻIkepili a me Synopsis

 

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• Ka lā hoʻolaha:June 30, 2015

 

Mai ka Bram Stoker Award i koho ʻia ʻO Ronald Malfi e hele mai nei kahi nū hou o ke ʻano kamaliʻi i nānā hou ʻia, hoʻomanaʻo ʻia nā ala, a hānau hou ʻia nā makaʻu ...

 

I ke kaikamahine liʻiliʻi a Laurie, pāpā ʻia ʻo ia e komo i loko o ka lumi ma luna o ke alapiʻi. ʻO ia kahi o nā lula he nui i kau ʻia e kona makuakāne anuanu a mamao loa. I kēia manawa, i kahi hana hope loa o ka hopohopo, ua kipaku kona makuakāne i kāna mau daimonio. Akā i ka hoʻi ʻana o Laurie e hoʻopiʻi ai i ka waiwai me kāna kāne a me kāna kaikamahine he ʻumi makahiki, me he mea lā hōʻole ka mea i hala e make. ʻIke ʻo ia i ka hū ʻana i loko o nā moʻo haki, ʻike ia i ka nānā ʻana mai ke kiʻi kiʻi ʻole, a lohe ʻo ia e ʻakaʻaka ana i ka hale kōmaʻomaʻo momona i loko o ka ulu lāʻau ...

 

I ka manawa mua, manaʻo ʻo Laurie ke noʻonoʻo nei ʻo ia i nā mea. Akā ke hui ʻo ia me kāna hoa pāʻani hou o kāna kaikamahine ʻo Abigail, ʻaʻole hiki iā ia ke ʻike akā ʻike i kona ʻano like ʻole me kekahi kaikamahine ʻē aʻe i noho ma ka puka aʻe. ʻO wai ua make puka aʻe. Me kēlā me kēia lā e hala ana, ulu ikaika aʻe ka hopohopo ʻole o Laurie, ʻoi aku ka pīhoihoi o kona mau manaʻo. E like me kona makuakāne, ke hele mālie nei ʻo ia i kona noʻonoʻo? A i ʻole kekahi mea e hiki ʻole ke haʻi ʻia i kēlā mau kaikamahine liʻiliʻi?

 

E hoʻomaikaʻi iā Ronald Malfi a me kāna puke moʻolelo

"ʻAʻole hiki i kekahi ke noʻonoʻo akā i nā mea kākau e like me Peter Straub a me Stephen King."
—Makua

"He haʻi moʻolelo akamai ʻo Malfi." -Puke Pai o New York

"He moʻolelo paʻakikī a ʻoluʻolu hoʻi .... Scrifying." - Robert McCammon

"Hoʻokumu ka prose mele a Malfi i kahi lewa o eerie claustrophobia ... weliweli." -Mea hoʻopuka pule

"He huakaʻi pīhoihoi, kaʻe o kou noho pono ʻole e nalo ai." -Ka Nūpepa Suspense

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A i ʻole e kiʻi a noi paha e kauoha ma kāu hale kūʻai puke kūʻokoʻa kūloko a i ʻole ma hea e kūʻai ʻia ai nā e-format!

 

Ronald Malfi, Kahaʻōlelo

He mea loaʻa lanakila ʻo Ronald Malfi i nā mea kākau moʻolelo a me nā novellas he nui i ka weliweli, ka mea pohihihi, a me nā ʻano thriller mai nā mea paʻi puke like ʻole, e like me Nā kaikamahine liʻiliʻi, ka hoʻokuʻu o kēia kauwela 2015 mai Kensington.

I ka 2009, kāna hana keaka kolohe, ʻO Shamrock Alley, lanakila i ka makana IPPY kālā. I ka 2011, kāna moʻolelo ʻuhane / puke pohihihi, Alapiʻi lana, He hope loa ia no ka Horror Writers Association Bram Stoker Award no ka puke ʻoi loa, kahi makana IPPY Gula no ka puke weliweli maikaʻi loa, a me ka makana ʻo Vincent Preis International Horror Award. ʻO kāna puke Lake Cradle ua hoʻowahāwahā ʻia iā ia ka Beniamina Independent Book Benjamin Award (kālā) ma 2014. Pāka ʻo Kekemapa, kāna moʻolelo moʻolelo kamaliʻi epic, lanakila 'o ia i ka Beverly Hills International Book Award no ke kanalua ma 2015.

ʻO ka mea i ʻike nui ʻia no kāna haunting, ke ʻano moʻokalaleo a me nā mea hoʻomanaʻo nui ʻole, ua ʻae ʻia ka moʻolelo pouli o Malfi i waena o ka poʻe heluhelu o nā ʻano āpau.
Ua hānau ʻia ʻo ia ma Brooklyn, New York i ka makahiki 1977, a ua neʻe aku i Chesapeake Bay kahi i noho ai ʻo ia me kāna wahine a me kāna mau keiki ʻelua.

E kipa aku me Ronald Malfi ma Facebook, Twitter (@RonaldMalfi), a i ʻole ma www.ronmalfi.com.

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