Monday, July 31, 2017

Spiritual Adventures - Arthur Symons, edited by Nicholas Freeman

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Nick Freeman at Loughborough University has recently edited a new edition of Spiritual Adventures , a book of short stories by the Eighteen...
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Sunday, July 30, 2017

The Terrors of Dr Treviles - Peter Redgrove & Penelope Shuttle

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In the previous post, I mentioned a book that had puzzled me as a youthful reader looking for anything mystical and strange: The Terrors of...
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Friday, July 28, 2017

At the Club of Bad Books – Dylan Thomas & John Davenport’s The Death of the King’s Canary

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Quite a few years ago I visited, with my friend and fellow Arthur Machen enthusiast Roger Dobson, the legendary bookseller Ben Bass at Grey...
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Friday, July 14, 2017

Supernatural Tales 35

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The latest issue of the long-running and much-relished journal Supernatural Tales , edited by David Longhorn, has just been announced. Issu...
Thursday, July 6, 2017

Did Branwell Write 'Wuthering Heights'?

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In Stella Gibbons’ Cold Comfort Farm (1932), Mr Mybug (portrayed as somewhat eccentric) is writing a book to show that Branwell Bronte wro...
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Wednesday, June 28, 2017

Paymon's Trio - Colette de Curzon

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Paymon's Trio by Colette de Curzon is one of two newly published booklets from Nicholas Royle's Nightjar Press. I had the opportun...
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Friday, June 23, 2017

Arkham House reprints from Neville Spearman

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Books published by Arkham House (founded 1939) have long been collectible. In the first half of the 1970s, the small British publisher ...
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Wednesday, June 21, 2017

Frolic Wind - Richard Oke

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'Richard Oke' wrote four novels, and a study of Frederick II. He won some esteem, and notoriety, for Frolic Wind (1929), his firs...
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