Not Yet Titled
I claim it is part of everything to be its own whole. The person implied by ‘me’ is more universal than anything you can put between definition-buffers. Johnno looked up at the chimney and sighed...
View ArticleThe Wiles of Lewis Desmond
Titles are the weakest link, but to give veracity to the story, it is needful be up front with things like the main characters’ names, viz. Lovecraft Howard, Trevor William, Green Henry, Spark Muriel...
View ArticleThe Old Lid
Today, with the lamplighter having been called out early as a duty to counter fog, it didn’t seem to matter how old the two self-portraits I found in an attic happened to be, as they were obviously...
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Party Going by Henry Green
A Novel 1939I intend to real-time review all novels of Henry Green in the tradition of my other marathon reviews of 20th Century authors, and this is my sixth one. All my reviews of Henry Green to be...
View ArticleYours
YOURSI have long been my own version of the Sandman combing the byways of beaches — and whatever I found I have found it in the form of what I called Find Art, because, although now found, I still...
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Caught by Henry Green
Caught by Henry GreenNovember 14, 2023Uncategorizednullimmortalis4 A Novel 1943I intend to real-time review all novels of Henry Green in the tradition of my other marathon reviews of 20th Century...
View ArticleQuite a Quiet Moment
A quiet moment means exactly that, noise either side of it. Clementine knew it wouldn’t last. What does ever last, in fact? Not the men in her life, anyway! Moments tend to be like that, e.g....
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Solage by Nimbus Ashley (4)
FROM THE CHRONICLES OF THE SUN (2023)CONTINUED FROM PART THREE HERE: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/2023/12/28/solage-by-n-ashley-3/My continued review will appear in the comment stream below,...
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The Uncanny by Nicholas Royle
MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY PRESS (2003)My previous review of this author’s novel QUILT: https://nullimmortalis.wordpress.com/2013/01/20/novel-doodlings/…and his THIS THING CALLED LITERATURE:...
View ArticleNom de la Salle
Conor, as an older man, decided he wanted, in future, to go anonymous as he rather fancied emanating an element of ‘the uncanny’ in his daily flowing to and fro in the riparian currents of social...
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Hartnell’s Law
I tried my best by an adept use of foresight, but my best turned out to be not quite good enough. Meddling with the middle, and trying to topple its top, then rooting out rot at its fundaments seemed...
View ArticlePrayers and Pity
London is a big big city, with big big men,They sit in offices and count to ten.Go for it, they said. Go for what? I asked.You know, they said, you know full well.I looked down at my papers as if I...
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Ablutions
You somehow expect yourself to be already sitting there as part of the ritual of your own ablutions, a double of yourself starting the process before the real you arrives to attend to such a natural...
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Mammals, I Think We Are Called by Giselle Leeb
Mammals, I Think We Are Called — Giselle LeebDecember 2, 2023Uncategorizednullimmortalis22 .SALT PUBLISHING 2022My previous reviews of —Giselle Leeb:...
View ArticlePieces of Peter
The wall was mad, it made no sense, made of cement and carefully laid brick; it suddenly spoke out aloud about pieces of Peter. Blue skies and pain, and a voice that screamed for help, a voice...
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Reviews of stories by Edgar Allan Poe, ETA Hoffman and L.G. Moberly
The SandmanJanuary 11, 2024Uncategorizednullimmortalis0 I have now today brainstormed this Hoffman story as triggered by my reading of Nicholas Royle’s ‘The Uncanny’ here:...
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The Uncanny (2) - Nicholas Royle
The Uncanny by Nicholas RoylePART TWO OF MY REVIEW CONTINUED FROM HERE: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/2023/12/30/the-uncanny-by-nicholas-royle/MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY PRESS (2003)My previous...
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Solage (5) - Nimbus Ashley
zednullimmortalis2 FROM THE CHRONICLES OF THE SUN (2023)CONTINUED FROM PART FOUR HERE: https://dflewisreviews.wordpress.com/2024/01/06/solage-by-nimbus-a-4o/My continued review will appear in the...
View ArticleA Voice In The Wilderness
A voice in the wilderness – the writer studied this expression with which the writer was faced. If a voice was in the wilderness, did that not imply that there was nobody else about, and if so, how...
View ArticleRed Hats
The Red Hat People lived in Red Hat Land and rarely wandered beyond its margins. I was one such Red Hat Person who had wondered why wearing red hats was such a ‘thing’, and so the only way to find out...
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