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The Glazier’s Choice by Charles Wilkinson (2) — ongoing review
*The Glazier’s Choice – Charles WilkinsonEYEWEAR Publishing 2019My previous reviews of Charles Wilkinson: HEREPART TWO (continued from here:...
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Growing Boys by Robert Aickman
GROWING BOYS by Robert Aickman“…and there were the two boys blocking the way, tall as Fiona Macleod’s lordly ones, muscular as Gogmagog, rising above the puny banks of earth.”As a counterpoint to...
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The Dead Girls’ Class Trip by Anna Seghers (ongoing review)
The Dead Girls’ Class Trip (Selected Stories) by Anna SeghersJuly 21, 2021Uncategorizednullimmortalis1 Translated by Margot Bettauer DemboNew York Review Books 2021When I read this book, my thoughts...
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RAVISSANTE by Robert Aickman“One trouble was that I most certainly did not want to understand everything.”“If one goes to parties or meets many new people in any other way, one has to take protective...
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Azerbaijan Tales by Albert Power (Ongoing Review)
Azerbaijan Tales by Albert PowerJuly 23, 2021Uncategorizednullimmortalis2 EGAEUS PRESS MMXXIMy previous reviews of Albert Power: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/29098-2/ and of this publisher:...
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PAGES FROM A YOUNG GIRL’S JOURNAL by Robert Aickman
PAGES FROM A YOUNG GIRL’S JOURNAL by Robert Aickman“It is almost as if the nearer one approaches to a thing, the less it proves to be there, to exist at all.”Aickman in the role of his most arched...
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The Children of Dynmouth — William Trevor (ongoing review?)
The Children of Dynmouth by William TrevorJuly 23, 2021Uncategorizednullimmortalis2 1976My previous reviews of William Trevor: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/tag/william-trevor/My previous...
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The Unsettled Dust by Robert Aickman
THE UNSETTLED DUST by Robert Aickman“It’s only in fiction that there’s anything really dangerous.”The Historic Structures Fund — that employs the narrator as its Special Duties Officer, for whom I...
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The Breakthrough by Robert Aickman
The ship’s captain had “a black uniform set out with rusty gold lace”, but surely gold doesn’t rust? — from my recent review of ‘The Ghost Ship’ by Richard Middleton, a story chosen by Aickman for the...
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Annex by Brian Evenson
Annex – Brian EvensonAugust 5, 2021Uncategorizednullimmortalis1 RAPHUS PRESS 2021My previous reviews of this publisher: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/tag/raphus-press/My previous reviews of...
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Vastarien, Literary Journal, Vol. 4, No. 1 (ongoing review)
Vastarien, Literary Journal: Vol. 4 No. 1August 5, 2021Uncategorizednullimmortalis2 GRIMSCRIBE PRESS Jon Padgett, Editor-in-ChiefMy previous reviews of this journal:...
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The Secrets of Decay by Preben Major Sørensen (ongoing review)
The Secrets of Decay — Preben Major SørensenAugust 5, 2021Uncategorizednullimmortalis1 RAPHUS PRESS MMXXIStories by Preben Major SørensenMy previous reviews of Raphus Press here:...
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Azerbaijan Tales by Albert Power (2) - ongoing review
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The Dead Girls’ Class Trip by Anna Seghers (2) - ongoing review
The Dead Girls’ Class Trip (Selected Stories) by Anna SeghersPart Two, as continued from here:...
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Laura by Robert Aickman
The Unconsoled ComptometerLAURA by ROBERT AICKMAN“‘You do look unhappy’, she said. ‘Come and sit by me.’”An introverted young man who started off in a “big branch” of a bank with ‘comptometers and...
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The School Friend by Robert Aickman
THE SCHOOL FRIEND by Robert Aickman“(I was able to construe Latin fairly well for a girl, but the italics and long s’s daunted me)”“Haven’t you noticed by this time that everyone’s lives are full of...
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Just A Song At Twilight by Robert Aickman
JUST A SONG AT TWILIGHT by Robert Aickman“Most of all, of course, the heat was incredible, just incredible. She could not have believed in such heat.”And, indeed, as we eventually learn, this island...
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Your Tiny Hand Is Frozen by Robert Aickman
YOUR TINY HAND IS FROZEN by Robert Aickman“The pink and blue children on the walls smiled at his plight, winsomely, cheekily, plethorically, according to character.”A literally eerie telephone story...
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No Stronger Than A Flower by Robert Aickman
Re: Fashion Victimsabout an hour ago Middoth said:In the Mirror by Valery Bryusov (The Thrill of Horror ed. Hugh Lamb)From the early the narrator, the young girl is fascinated by mirrors, the world...
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Larger Than Oneself by Robert Aickman
LARGER THAN ONESELF by Robert Aickman“‘He’s a Lewisite. He’s misplaced like me.’”As with this story’s wide-eyed protagonist Mrs Iblis, who is almost a gatecrasher to its events, most of the things...
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