As Samuel Johnson once said, “When a man is tired of Scarborough, he is tired of being attacked and defaecated on by the equivalent of a homicidal turkey which is willing to fight you for your lunch.” And so it went at Fantasycon, especially for those gentle souls who weren’t brought up on the North Sea coast. It is telling that no gulls dared come near me or the Editor-in-Chief. They sensed the East Yorkshireman’s natural talent for wringing their necks and selling them to Gordon Ramsey as ‘sea-pheasants’. Continue reading Fantasycon – The Truth
Shiny and Wicked Things For September
Today we highlight some exciting new fantasy and horror books , a project after your pennies, and a project after a publisher. We are awash with… well, something. And half-chewed bones. Not only that, but Django found his Teddy. We have however chosen to picture Teddy in his prime, as his current condition is not one for sensitive listeners. And in a few hours we will be going on an expedition of momentous importance, especially for someone who thinks getting a lift down the road is fairly risky… Continue reading Shiny and Wicked Things For September
More Shades of Sherlock Holmes
So, dear listener, we escape occult detectives only to find that we haven’t, not quite. We thought we’d have a look at the Sherlock Holmes themed issue of Mystery Weekly, share a 1904 parody by P G Wodehouse and mention more Conan Doyle trivia than you could possibly want, but in the process we found that one of the Mystery Weekly Holmes stories is itself an occult detective tale. There is a joyous doom upon us, we fear (see also our earlier article on pastiches – shades of sherlock holmes ).
Revenance: The Devil by Daylight
What do you do when neither cross nor crescent can bar the door? There are such things as come by day or by night, and those that can bear the bright sun may be far more dangerous. So today’s piece is an early moment in a series of tales vaguely called Revenance, which concerns a threat which is not easily stopped, contained or thwarted. No traditional vampires, no siring, romance or classic vulnerabilities. Just those who have been Returned…
