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Tag Archives: hallowe’en
The gates
In the beginning, about 13.7 billion years ago, to be reasonably precise, there was a very, very small dot.
Halloween hasn’t quite arrived when Samuel Johnson calls in to the Abernathy’s as he attempts to get a head start on everyone else. Dressed as a ghost and accompanied by his dog, a little dachshund called Boswell, he in for a disappointing evening. Mr. Abernathy wants nothing to do with Samuel’s tricks nor with treats. He has plans for this evening. His wife found a book recently, and together with the Renfield’s they are about have some ‘fun’. Continue reading
Posted in Books
Tagged demons, footnotes, hallowe'en, hell, Irish author, Samuel Johnson versus the devil, The gates
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Happy Halloween!
Winter is well and truly here[1] Time for the hat, scarves, and gloves me thinks. Well, if I had a hat. As it is I’m making do with a scarf and a pair of gloves. Which reminds me, make sure … Continue reading
Lost Souls
ISBN: 0753817853 Read for the RIP Challenge See also: Allan Guthrie’s Noir Originals ; Telegraph review ; The Little Bird ; Reading Matters It was past midnight when I got home Halloween night. The car lights swept across the yard. … Continue reading
Posted in Books
Tagged hallowe'en, Lost Souls, police, reading challenge, RIP challenge, RIP challenge I
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I will dance On Samhain’s dusky eye
Happy Halloween Pic is from a Worth1000.com photoshop competion; askes a simple question: If the renaissance took place in more recent times, and the models were famous movie monsters/aliens, what would the artwork have looked like?
Lá Fhéile na Marbh
Last week, on Monday I think, I had just got in from work when the doorbell went. I live in apartments where you have to buzz people in. So I answered the phone thing[1] , it was some fella asking … Continue reading
Posted in Randomess
Tagged cheeky fucks, drunken meetings, hallowe'en, La Fheile na Marbh, people are silly, stalker
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Bombón (el perro)
Set in Patagonia is this the story of an unemployed mechanic (Villegas) who is given a dog as reward for a good deed. This dog, Bombón Le Chein is a pedigree dogo, and the son of champions. He immediately gets … Continue reading
Posted in Moving Pictures
Tagged Bombón, cheeky fucks, dogs, drunken meetings, hallowe'en, La Fheile na Marbh
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