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‘Smiles Remain’

He sits writing in a notebook on a bench in the garden at Linderhof in Bavaria.  The day before, the 155 steps of the tower at Neuschwannstein clamped his heart and left him in what he thought were the throes … Continue reading

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Review of nEvermore!

nEvermore! Neo-Gothic Fiction Inspired by the Imagination of Edgar Allan Poe Tales of Murder, Mystery, & the Macabre Edited by Nancy Kilpatrick and Caro Soles Edge, imprint of Hades Publishing $15.95, 259pp, Bio section ISBN 978-177053085-0 A Review by Gene … Continue reading

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Black Dahlia & White Rose by Joyce Carol Oates Ecco/Harper-Collins hardcover, 1st edition 274pp ISBN: 978-0-06-219569-2 A Review by Gene Stewart Although arguably there is but a hint of werewolf in only one of these eleven dark, gleaming tales, readers … Continue reading

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Some Ripping Rip Snorters True and Otherwise

One interesting book I snagged recently at Half Price Books is Mysteries of Police and Crime: Victorian Murders by Major Arthur Griffiths. It is a facsimile of the 1889 edition. He was a prison inspector and deputy governor of Millbank … Continue reading

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