Sunday, September 29, 2013

Do Marionettes Die? - Maria Luise Weissmann

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“We love our slender dolls so much - Their white faces are lonely” Maria Luise Weissmann (1899-1929) translated the work of Paul Verlai...
Wednesday, September 25, 2013

The Return of Kala Persad

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The Divinations of Kala Persad (1895) by Headon Hill introduced possibly the first Hindu detective in Victorian fiction. The title characte...
Friday, September 20, 2013

LE VISAGE VERT new issue no. 22

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Another stellar volume of Le Visage Vert has appeared, and needs to be recommended.  This is issue no. 22, dated June 2013.  The lead items...
Tuesday, September 17, 2013

The Golden Journey to Samarkand - Centenary

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One hundred years ago James Elroy Flecker published a slim volume of verse from the obscure imprint of Max Goschen.   The title poem of “Th...
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Thursday, September 5, 2013

Story-readings by Blackwood, Dunsany, Coppard, etc.

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Just a quick plug here for a CD released in "The Spoken Word" series put out by the BBC and the British Library.  Short Stories: E...
Sunday, September 1, 2013

THE TWILIGHT LANGUAGE OF NIGEL KNEALE

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In November 2012, a day-long celebration was held at the Michelson Theater of New York, celebrating the British television writer Nigel Knea...
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Tuesday, August 27, 2013

Del Toro's AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS

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A few years ago, there was a significant buzz that Guillermo Del Toro was going to direct a big budget version of H.P. Lovecraft's ...

New Work on M. R. James

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It was back in January 2008 that I saw a Call For Submissions by Patrick J. Murphy (Miami University) and Fred Porcheddu (Denison University...