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Tag Archives: fiction
The Also By Anomaly
I decide to do something different for Auguries of Euryale, my forthcoming anthology of my own work. I decided instead to write it in a more narrative style, telling a story of my novels and other works. I think it sort of works as a more interesting way to do the Also by pages… Continue reading
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Dear Edgar 45 ~ A Tale of the Ragged Mountains
Science Fiction is awash with tales of procession or bodily transference… This one by Poe, may have been the first Continue reading
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Dear Edgar 44 ~ The Spectacles
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Friday book news
Because one is as ever behind on reviews, as well as general book news here is a catch up in general on my book news and a few new releases form authors I have reviewed before and recommend. Firstly this … Continue reading
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Dear Edgar 43 ~ Diddling
‘Diddling’, or to give it it’s original title ‘Diddling Considered as One of the Exact Sciences’ is by way of a humorous essay pretending to be an academic work, rather than a story. It is certainly a fun little read, as long as one accepts this central conceit. Continue reading
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Monsters in the to-read pile
I have little doubt one day the police will break in my house after i have been ‘missing’ for several weeks to discover my body, under this pile of books.
There are worse ways to go. Continue reading
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Turning Widdershins
Three turns windleshin’s
Around the Lochfa’ston
Three turns windleshin’s
an’ call the other’s names Continue reading
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A Hint of Scarlet
Then last night, or rather this morning while I was trying to make it back into last night, I had something of a break through. Scarlet started speaking to me, as she has previously only whispered. So perhaps, just perhaps, it is time. Continue reading
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Dear Edgar 41 ~ The Gold Bug
To an extent then, this Poe story shorted the second world war and saved the lives of many allied soldiers… Which is almost enough to forgive its flaws… And certainly more than the DeVince code ever managed to do. Continue reading
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Dear Edgar 40 ~ The Tell-Tale Heart
That relentless thud, thud , thud that is the beating of of the tell tale heart of his victim. Continue reading
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