Sunday, April 22, 2018

MAILBOXES - MANSIONS - MEMPHISTOPHELES, the first scary short story collection by Andrew Barger

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"They say everything that can be written has been written. I saw we are just getting started." This is a quote from my first sh...
Saturday, March 17, 2018

Review of the Complete Stories of Truman Capote by Andrew Barger

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There is Truman Capote looking impish and floral as he leans against a trellis of roses somewhere in the Deep South. He is best known for...
Saturday, March 10, 2018

Best Vampire Scary Story Anthology Edited by Andrew Barger

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The Best Vampire Stories 1800-1849 A Classic Vampire Anthology With Teeth by Andrew Barger As one might expect from the stori...
Monday, February 19, 2018

Artwork About The Cure

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Shattered 'Pictures of You' by Maeve (water color and ink on paper) 2018 The artist Maeve has just created a one-of-a...
Sunday, January 21, 2018

Old Maid in the Winding Sheet by Nathaniel Hawthorne - Scary Ghost Story

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NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE (1804-1864) Introduction The Old Maid in the Winding Sheet The modern concept of ghosts being clothed in...
Saturday, January 13, 2018

Review of Gormenghast Trilogy by Mervyn Peake

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Mervyn Peake (1911-1968) The  Gormenghast trilogy  consist of the novels Titus Groan (1946), Gormenghast (1950), and Titus Alone (1...
Saturday, December 9, 2017

Review of No Turning Back -- a Poetry Collection by Michael Katz

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I interviewed Michael Katz in September in Hollywood, Florida. It was great to talk all things poetry and our love of the  poems of Edgar...
Friday, November 24, 2017

20% Off Coupon to Barnes & Noble

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Barnes & Noble takes 20% off site-wide via coupon code "GIVETHANKS" during its Black Friday Sale. Shipping adds $3.99, alt...

Review of The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym by Edgar Allan Poe

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Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym White Giant "But there arose in our pathway a shrouded human figure, very far larger in its proport...
Saturday, November 4, 2017

What Was It? by Fitz James O'Brien

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Fitz James O’Brien (1828-1862) A number of Irish horror writers appear in my horror short story anthology  The Best Horror Short Sto...