Today is my Blogversary! I’m quite surprised by this for several reasons, but the main one is that I’ve stuck at it for a year! I’ve started several blogs in the past, but never one with such a tight focus, so I’m pleased that I didn’t just give up. I did worry that because I…
The full title of this collection is The Corn Maiden and Other Nightmares: Novellas and Stories of Unspeakable Dread. Joyce Carol Oates might not seem like the first port of call if you are in the mood for some unspeakable dread, but novels such as Zombie, My Sister, My Love and We Were the Mulvaneys all…
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When two reading challenges align to tell you to read Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House then it is advisable to jump at the chance! I read We Have Always Lived At the Castle earlier in the year and loved it, so when the Estella Society announced their Hill House Readalong and it corresponded…
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