Easily Distracted
Notes on the genre literature of 1760-2020
Saturday, November 30, 2019
On Skua Island (2001) by John Langan
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"On Skua Island" (2001) by John Langan is a masterful folk horror mummy adventure. It begins during a house party, guests stu...
X for Demetrious (2011) by Steve Duffy
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"X for Demetrious" (2011) by Steve Duffy is the story of Eastern European immigrant Demetrious Myiciura, his life and death. It ...
The Marginals (2013) by Steve Duffy
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"The Marginals" (2013) by Steve Duffy "You off, then? Aren't you going to give me-laddo the talk or anything?" ...
Horror and the Holocaust: The Rag-and-Bone Men (1999) by Steve Duffy
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"The Rag-and-Bone Men" (1999) by Steve Duffy skates the thin ice of good taste. Genre writers from Rod Serling to Stephen Kin...
Strange menace: Certain Death for a Known Person (2009) by Steve Duffy
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"Certain Death for a Known Person" (2009) by Steve Duffy is supernatural horror in small social compass. The ambitious histor...
Frontier horror thesis: The Clay Party (2008) by Steve Duffy
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"The Clay Party" (2008) by Steve Duffy is a masterful matter-of-North-America story. It is an audacious work of great aesthetic ...
Friday, November 29, 2019
Reading: North American Lake Monsters: Stories by Nathan Ballingrud
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North American Lake Monsters: Stories by Nathan Ballingrud (2013: Small Beer Press) The genius of the system is that it keeps s...
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