6 November 2012
Call no: 800
Genre: historical fiction, horror
Setting: 1880s, Britain - Victorian, London
8 Stars
4 Comments
The last of my RIP reads, and my All Hallows Swap book. What if Van Helsing had lost? What if Dracula had won that battle, married Queen Victoria, and taken power? What would Victorian England make of vampires coming out … Continue reading
22 October 2012
Call no: 800
Genre: horror, short story
7 Stars
2 Comments
One of my RIP reads Short story published in Apex Magazine Issue 41 Zombies are everywhere lately. This short story does something a little different with the idea though, it tells the story from the point of view of the … Continue reading
20 October 2012
Cast: Hanna Stanbridge, James Nesbitt, Karen Gillan, Katie Dickie, Niall Bruton
Script: Colm McCarthy, Tom K. McCarthy
Genre: horror, sff
Setting: 2010s, Scotland
6 Stars
3 Comments
Part of my RIP Peril Onscreen Fergal and his mother are on the run. They arrive in a rundown block of flats, clearly hiding out. Mary wants to keep her son safe, but he is a teenager, and trying to … Continue reading
One of my RIP reads For years now Jackson Oz has been tracking animal attacks on people. It started out as a joke, but as the data kept coming in he began to think it was more than that. He … Continue reading
19 October 2012
Call no: 800
Genre: historical fiction
Setting: 1940s, Spain
7 Stars
4 Comments
One of my RIP reads Translated from the Spanish by Lucia Graves Book 1 of The Cemetery of Forgotten Books In Barcelona a young boy is brought by his father to a secret place, The Cemetery of Forgotten Books. He … Continue reading
Read for this year’s RIP event. Part of The Estella Society’s readalong, although a much delayed addition. The story opens with a happy scene at Hundreds Hall, our narrator is remembering how grand the house was. How impressive it was … Continue reading
1 September 2012
Call no: 800
Genre: horror, sff
Setting: 1890s, C19th, England, spring, village
7 Stars
13 Comments
Another coursera course book, and another that fits with my reading for this years RIP project & for the 2012 Sci-Fi Challenge. One wintry day in a small, quiet English village, a stranger appears. He takes a room at the … Continue reading
26 August 2012
Call no: 800
Genre: sff
Setting: 1880s, Pacific islands
8 Stars
7 Comments
Read/Download for free from The University of Adelaide Read for Coursera Sci-Fi course & for RIP VII After his death the nephew of a Mr. Edward Prendick found a strange account among his papers. It was known that Prendick had … Continue reading
