# Mammoth Books presents Oh I Do Like To Be Beside the Seaside

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- Authors: [Christopher Fowler](https://www.bookquiver.com/christopher-fowler)
- Publisher: robinson
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-14-7210-260-7
- Published: 2012-07-26
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: E-book

## Description

'Oh I Do Like To Be Beside The Seaside' came about firstly because I was commissioned to write a story for the World Horror Convention souvenir book and, as the event was to take place in Brighton, it seemed logical to set a tale on the South coast of England. " I had written a fantasy novel, Calabash, some years earlier, hinting at the dark madness of such seaside towns, which are the antithesis of their Mediterranean counterparts. I thought of the depressing Morrissey song " Every Day is Like Sunday", which captures the awfulness of English resorts. " Coincidentally, Kim Newman and I were discussing the inherent creepiness of pantomime dames, and I decided it was time to give vent to my horror of these coastal pleasure domes. I wish I'd thought to include screaming gangs of hen-nighters as well. And I thought it was a nice touch to have everyone in the story telling the hero to 'fuck off' until he finally does.