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18
Nov
2009
’Tis Pity She's a Whore (1971

3 days ago by dfordoom

Giuseppe Patroni Griffi’s 1971 ’Tis Pity She's a Whore ( Addio, fratello crudele) is an entertaining adaptation of John Ford’s Jacobean revenge tragedy. OK if you want to be pedantic it was probably written a year or so after the death of James I in 1625 so technically it’s not Jacobean but in style ...

dfordoom - dfordoom.livejournal.com · 29 references

17
Nov
2009
Wagner the Werewolf

4 days ago by dfordoom

Wagner the Werewolf is my second foray into the weird and wonderful world of the Victorian penny dreadfuls, the mid-19th century equivalent of 20th century pulp fiction. These lurid tales were published in weekly installments, and aimed at the least prestigious sector of the fiction market, working- ...

dfordoom - dfordoom.livejournal.com · 29 references

15
Nov
2009
The Golden Fig

6 days ago by theenook

When Paul Stembridge came looking for his missing brother Geoffrey, Susan Lord could not know he had brought a family curse with him. Susan fell in love with Paul, married him, and in her happiness, all thoughts of Geoffrey were forgotten. But soon a subtle change came over Paul. gradually Susan rea ...

my love-haunted heart - hauntedhearts.wordpress.com

10
Nov
2009
Carol’s Aquarium reviewed by POD People

11 days ago by kristentsetsi

Ms. Tsetsi keeps the emotion well restrained in these stories, everything is very deliberately masked with order and calm resolve, the author preferring to let the shadows do all the wailing…This is the sort of narrative voice I like in short fiction. The themes are very pointed, and the writing is ...

From a little office in a ... - kristentsetsi.wordpress.com · Rank: 31,588 · 8 references

05
Nov
2009
House Malign

16 days ago by theenook

James Venner was a bluff county squire; his wife kindly but fussy; his daughter withdrawn and secretive; and his only son, Tarquin, a musical prodigy of genius. Their lonely house in Devon seemed a sanctuary to young violinist, Vanessa Orchard, who went to live with them to coach Tarquin. But the fa ...

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01
Nov
2009
Knight’s Keep

20 days ago by theenook

Orphaned Janet Bewleigh had become an heiress overnight – the unexpected reward for an act of kindness – and now the once locked doors of her beloved Knight’s Keep were open to her. But there was an aura of evil at the stately manor house which weighed on her like an invisible shroud. She wondered a ...

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31
Oct
2009
Isis

21 days ago by Phoenix

~written by Douglas Clegg ~illustrated by Glenn Chadbourne Isis by Douglas Clegg was originally published by Cemetery Dance Publications in 2006 as a special, limited edition. Fortunately, the novella is now readily available from Vanguard Press. Clegg is probably best known for his work as an autho ...

Experiments in Reading - phoenixterranbooks.blogspot.com · Rank: 137,512 · 35 references

29
Oct
2009
Tales of Witchcraft, edited by Richard Dalby

23 days ago by dfordoom

Any anthology edited by Richard Dalby is worth a look, and Tales of Witchcraft is very good indeed. It’s a mix of modern and older tales, and although I prefer the older stories some of the modern offerings here are pretty good. I particularly liked Ron Weighell’s Carven of Onyx, featuring strange g ...

dfordoom - dfordoom.livejournal.com · 29 references

19
Oct
2009
Mr. Darcy Takes The Lead

33 days ago by Keiti

“A married man in possession of a dark fortune must be in want of an eternal wife” ~ tagline for Mr. Darcy, Vampyre Remember earlier in the year when Mr. Darcy and Mr. Rochester were vying for my attention? Of course, I was comparing not only the characters but the actors playing them, as well (Coli ...

The Trials and ... - misplacedmisfit.com · Rank: 143,262 · 3 references

05
Oct
2009
Harlequin House

47 days ago by theenook

HARLEQUIN HOUSE – where the ghosts of a violent past intruded on a honeymoon….. It was a marriage of convenience – Breckenridge needed a fortune to rebuild his ravaged plantation, and Tamson, deserted by the man she loved, needed someone to salvage her pride. To escape the gossiping tongues and pity ...

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