32 days ago by varneyjack

Thirty: June 1888. Bekinscot flinched, tried to jerk his head back as the metallic face came towards him, a hideous leer across its fixed and ferocious features. Steam poured from the nostrils, and the eyes glared red and unforgiving. ‘Is this really necessary?’ he asked, his voice reduced to a dull ...

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34 days ago by varneyjack

Twenty-Nine: March 1887. Archie Purdey-James paused mid-stride as he ascended the stone steps leading into his club. The Strand moved on around him, yet his failed to notice its passing. Instead, he was preoccupied with what the last two months had brought him. In truth, very little: yet was that no ...

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45 days ago by radiomoo

Watched Jason and The Argonauts the other night. it was great fun. Hopefull yI'll be doing a review for 60's Shockers, I think Darrell proposed book should be a goer. The food poisoning was added to be a heavy cold. So I've not been out much. The stomach cramps have stipped, I just keep dozing off. ...

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64 days ago by Bookworm

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65 days ago by varneyjack

Twenty-Eight: June 1888. It was done. The lifeless body of Tristram Brackley flopped down as Varney let it go. He had risen from his prone position, carrying the dying man with him, as he sought a better position to drain him of his vital fluid. Now he stepped back and wiped his mouth with his sleev ...

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67 days ago by varneyjack

Twenty-Seven: February 1886. Some months had passed since the attack. My own injuries had healed. Elizabeth’s, however, were another matter. The two jagged holes in her neck had never closed. They had, however, formed a crust around their circumference. I could observe these during daylight house, w ...

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67 days ago by varneyjack

Twenty-Six: January 1887. From Trafalgar Square to the Mall is the briefest of steps. Archie Purdey-James did it in less than five minutes, hurrying from Charing Cross Station. He had been at his house in Orpington, and had fretted for the whole of the journey into town. A summons such as this came ...

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69 days ago by varneyjack

Twenty-Five: June 1888. ‘We should be nice and private in here, heartface,’ Brackley cooed in a nauseating imitation of coy femininity as he closed the door gently behind him, cutting out the noise of chatter and salacity from the room beyond. Varney allowed himself a small grunt of satisfaction, wh ...

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70 days ago by varneyjack

Twenty-Four: June 1888. Bekinscot fingered the dull black metal. ‘How the hell will this and Lillibet help you to best that fiend?’ he asked in a whisper. ‘It’s something… well, something that Verne fellow would write about. You can’t mean to say –‘ ‘I do,’ Haining said simply ‘I have tested this eq ...

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72 days ago by The Film Fiend