It’s that time of year, beloved patrons, as the nights get longer and the winds a little louder, and there seems nothing finer in the world than curling up with a story. If, like me, your taste runs to the kind of stories that cause the hair on your arms to rise, or that will … Continue reading All Hallows Read: Some Spooky Suggestions→
The time has come again, beloved patrons, for All Hallows Read, a monthly indulgence in all things spectacularly spooky, deliciously dark, and gloriously ghoulish! All Hallows Read was started by the Great and Good Neil Gaiman in 2010 with this blog post, which called for a new Halloween tradition, and stated, in part: I propose … Continue reading Happy All Hallows Read!→
We wish you the very best for this years official All Hallows Read, beloved patrons and readers! May you sample all the candy you desire, may you be filled with treats and free of tricks. And, for those who would like a little spooky reading for your All Hallows Read, we are happy to present … Continue reading Happy All Hallows Read!→
This week, we’ve been talking about the haunted house in literature, and detailing the kinds of haunted houses that one can find in traditional horror novels/ghost stories/All-Hallows Read selections. But as I was working on these posts, it occurred to me how many other kinds of haunted sites have been cropping up in fiction, especially … Continue reading All Hallows Read: The Haunted House, Part 3→
Yesterday, we started talking about haunted houses, about the kind of moods they create in us, and the different kinds of haunted houses that are to be found in literature. Our exploration started with the irregular, or the illogical houses–the kind that seem to grow or change…the kind that seem to be reacting to their … Continue reading All Hallows Read: The Haunted House, Part 2→
Literature is full of memorable dwelllings: From Dracula’s Castle to Manderley in Rebecca; from Thornfield Hall in Jane Eyre to the Little House on the Prairie. But there are no houses quite like the haunted house. This time of year, there are any number of ‘haunted houses’, populated by generally well-intentioned and costumed actors whose job it is to leap … Continue reading All Hallows Read: The Haunted House, Part 1→
The time has come again, beloved patrons, for All Hallows Read, a monthly indulgence in all things spectacularly spooky, deliciously dark, and gloriously ghoulish! All Hallows Read was started by the Great and Good Neil Gaiman in 2010 with this blog post, which called for a new Halloween tradition, and stated, in part: I propose … Continue reading Happy All Hallows Read!→
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