THE REAL ROAD TO THE CHURCH by Robert Aickman
Still Point Of The Turning WorldAugust 14, 2021Uncategorizednullimmortalis0 THE REAL ROAD TO THE CHURCH by Robert Aickman“…all things become symbolic of all other things. Not that that was in itself...
View ArticleThe Saint of Evil & Other Stories by Liam Garriock (ongoing review)
The Saint of Evil & Other Stories – Liam GarriockAugust 13, 2021Uncategorizednullimmortalis3 MOUNT ABRAXAS PRESS MMXXIMy previous reviews of this author:...
View ArticleUtopia In Trouble — Rhys Hughes (Ongoing Review)
Utopia In Trouble — Rhys HughesAugust 5, 2021Uncategorizednullimmortalis1 RAPHUS PRESS 2021My previous reviews of Rhys Hughes here: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/494-2/ and of Raphus Press...
View ArticleThe Glassy, Burning Floor Of Hell – Brian Evenson (Ongoing Review)
The Glassy, Burning Floor Of Hell – Brian EvensonAugust 18, 2021Uncategorizednullimmortalis1 COFFEE HOUSE PRESS 2021My previous reviews of this author:...
View ArticleThe Black Locomotive by Rian Hughes (ongoing review)
The Black Locomotive – Rian HughesAugust 18, 2021Uncategorizednullimmortalis1 PICADOR 2021My previous review of this author’s XX: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/2020/09/22/xx-by-rian-hughes/When...
View ArticleWitch-Cult Abbey by Mark Samuels (2) - ongoing review
Witch-Cult Abbey – Mark SamuelsZAGAVA MMXXPart Two of this review as continued from https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/2020/04/17/witch-cult-abbey-mark-samuels/My previous reviews of Mark Samuels...
View ArticleBUNNY QUEUE and MY RABBIT’S SHADOW…, two books by Rhys Hughes (ongoing review)
Cue Bunny Rabbits…I have just received these two new books by RHYS HUGHESBunny Queue and OthersMy Rabbit’s Shadow Looks Like a HandLeft: IMPSPIRED publisherRight: EIBONVALE PRESSMy previous reviews of...
View ArticleThe Black Locomotive by Rian Hughes (2) - ongoing review
The Black Locomotive – Rian HughesPICADOR 2021THIS IS PART TWO OF THIS REVIEW, AS CONTINUED FROM HERE: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/2021/08/18/the-black-locomotive-rian-hughes/My previous...
View ArticleTwo Lives by William Trevor (ongoing review)
.1991My previous reviews of William Trevor: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/tag/william-trevor/My previous reviews of older or classic books:...
View ArticleThe Empty Chair by Roger Keen (ongoing review)
The Empty Chair – Roger KeenAugust 29, 2021Uncategorizednullimmortalis3 DARKNESS VISIBLE 2021My previous review of Roger Keen and this publisher:...
View ArticleAgainst The Grain Again by Brendan Connell
TARTARUS PRESS 2021My previous reviews of Brendan Connell HERE and of this publisher HERE. When I read this book, my thoughts will appear in the comment stream below…Share...
View ArticleHand In Glove by Robert Aickman
HAND IN GLOVE by ROBERT AICKMAN“Absurd, absurd.”…whereby Aickman indeed doubles up on absurdism, an impish angel-demon version of Aickman hand in glove with the other side of Aickman in Society, but...
View ArticleNIEMANDSWASSER by Robert Aickman
Beware SpoilersNIEMANDSWASSER by Robert Aickman “Every ripple is poetry and every zephyr a tender release.”A ‘semi-ruinous lakeside congeries’ of a story, one that has come up fresh, even ice-cold,...
View ArticleLe MIROIR by Robert Aickman
THE TRUTH OF YOUTHLE MIROIR by Robert Aickman“Genius, however, comes normally in inverse measure to the capacity to impart. The two things are strongly opposed.”Unless one can balance them — as in...
View ArticleBind Your Hair by Robert Aickman
BIND YOUR HAIR by Robert Aickman“‘Let there be wet,’ quoted Clarinda to herself in her clear gentle voice. ‘Oh let there be wet.’”And now, of course, we duly arrive at the most clinging and insidious...
View ArticleThe Next Glade by Robert Aickman
THE NEXT GLADE by Robert Aickman“‘Have a chocolate finger?’ she said,…”…not said by Noelle to her husband, the ambidextrous Melvin, but to her prospective fancy man with a fancy name whom she picked...
View ArticleThe Empty Chair by Roger Keen (2) - ongoing review
The Empty Chair by Roger KeenPhoto specially taken by myself in Brighton a few days ago during an uncharacteristic sabbatical from reviewing…PART TWO OF THIS GESTALT REAL-TIME REVIEW AS CONTINUED FROM...
View ArticleCompulsory Games by Robert Aickman
COMPULSORY GAMES by Robert Aickman“‘But books take you away.’”Here it is the buzzing Moth aeroplane that the book creates, not to take you away, but to stalk you as close to the loose slates of your...
View ArticleRaising the Wind by Robert Aickman
“How agreeable to watch, from the other side of the high stile, this mighty creature, this fat bull of Bashan, snorting, champing, pawing the earth, lashing the tail, breathing defiance at heaven and...
View ArticleLetters to the Postman by Robert Aickman
LETTERS TO THE POSTMAN by Robert Aickman“All the larks were holed that day. […] The larks were chiming to the pulses in his body; the waves whispering. […] The larks flew higher than ever. The waves...
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