Ko je Goran? Objavio je roman Nakot (1993), kao i Od šapata do vriska, priče strave i fantastike (1996), Šilom u čelo, priče fantastike i strave (2000). Autor je i Bleferskog vodiča za horor (1995). Zastupljen je u Antologiji nove srpske fantastike . Priredio je nekoliko antologija horor, odnosno SF književnosti. Jedan je od najpoznatijih srpskih prevodilaca, priređivača, izdavača i pisaca žanrovske proze. Njegovu petu zbirku kratke proze Klopka i druge priče objavila je Laguna .
12 th December 1731 and sent a report in which he wrote that he didn’t find the plague, but he did come across vampires. The locals were threaten- ing to abandon the village if nothing was done, while the Austrians were aware that the border could not be maintained without an able-bodied population. That’s why they sent an entire expedition to Medveđa, led by Dr Johann Flickinger. What the expedition encoun- tered there was far worse than the most imaginative nightmares. A total of seventeen corpses were exhumed, twelve of which matched the descrip- tion of a vampire – their bodies hadn’t begun rotting even three months af- ter death, and their hair and nails seemed to have grown back. Fearing a rebellion among the locals, Dr Flick- inger ordered that the vampires be be- headed and then burned. Their ash- es were scattered into the river, while the decomposed bodies of those who hadn’t succumbed to vampirism were returned to their graves. After com- pleting the mission, Flickinger wrote the famous Visum et Repertum re- port, which was soon published in numerous European newspapers, causing a real vampire sensation and leading to the great popularity of horror literature and terrible sto- ries about bloodsuckers. But it’s not just rural areas in Ser- bia that are fertile ground for sto- ries of the creepy. Every city has its light and dark sides, and this is espe- cially true for major cities. As much as they are known for their brightly lit squares, elegant buildings, mon- uments and parks, there are always dark, poor places, slums and caverns, neighbourhoods that even law en- forcement officers were reluctant to enter, suitable for crime and horror. Belgrade doesn’t differ from oth- er major cities in that respect. Various parts of the city have spawned their own urban legends, and the book Bel- grade Noir, which was recently pub- lished by American publisher Akashic Books, brings the stories of fourteen Serbian authors that are dedicated to the city’s dark side – from the central streets and municipalities with mys- teries and crimes hiding behind ele-
Jedan od najvećih pisaca naučne fantastike svih vremena, Artur Č. Klark, pominjao je Rtanj kao „pupak sveta“, ubeđen u to da njegov vrh emituje posebnu vrstu energije / One of the greatest sci-fi authors ever, Arthur C. Clark, mentioned Serbia’s Rtanj Mountain as the “navel of the world”, convinced as he was that a special kind of energy is emitted from its peak
WHO IS GORAN? He published the novel Nakot (1993), as well as From Whispers to Screams, Stories of Horror and Fantasy (1996), and Sewing in the Head, Stories of Fantasy and Horror (2000). He is also the author of the Bluffer’s Guide to Horror (1995) and appears in the Anthology of New Serbian Fiction. He has compiled several horror and sci-fi literature anthologies. He is one of Serbia’s most famous
Rimski bunar na Kalemegdanu / Roman well on Kalemegdan
gant architecture, via the outskirts and dark industrialised areas, all the way to the brutalist architecture of New Belgrade. In their stories, prom- inent local writers like Vladimir Ar- senijević, Miljenko Jergović, Verica Vincent Cole, Mirjana Đurđević, Al- eksandar Gatalica, Oto Oltvanji and others describe the Belgrade districts that, due to their atmosphere, appear- ance or history, provide constant in- spiration for creativity in the fanta- sy, horror and supernatural genres.
translators, editors, publishers and prose
writers. His fifth collection of short stories, “The Trap and Other Stories”, was published by Laguna.
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