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Mr. Splitfoot

October 28, 2016 by Drew

The Short Version: Sometime in the 1990s, Ruth and Nat, two orphan children raised on a farm of other orphans, meet a mysterious stranger who begins to manage their budding career as psychic mediums. In the present, Ruth’s niece Cora is unexpectedly pregnant – and meets Ruth late one night, when she convinces Cora to leave on a trek with her. The two tales will intertwine in far upstate New York, across time and space… The Review: I knew next […]

Categories: Fiction, Literature • Tags: A Visit to October Country, Book, Book Review, Book Reviews, Books, Fiction, Ghost Stories, Ghosts, Gothic, Indiespensable, Literature, Mr. Splitfoot, Religion, review, Reviews, Samantha Hunt

“Ghosts”: Bookburners S02E04

July 14, 2016 by Drew

Bookburners S02E04: Ghosts by Margaret Dunlap 7.13.16 4.5 out of 5 When We Last Left Our Heroes…: Asanti jetted off to a Thaumaturgical Symposium that ended up requiring intervention by the whole team. Monseigneur Angiuli waits in the wings to be named head of the Society. The Orb is still acting up and the tension between Asanti and Menchú continues to rise… Case of the Week: Reports of strange sightings of a man with a donkey, along the old Silk Road. How It […]

Categories: Features, Recaps • Tags: Bookburners, Fantasy, Features, Fiction, Ghosts, Margaret Dunlap, Recaps, Sci-Fi, Serial Box, serial box publishing, serialbox, serialbox publishing

Springtime: A Ghost Story

April 4, 2016 by Drew

The Short Version: When Frances met Charlie in Melbourne, he was married with a son. Now they live together in Sydney and Frances feels constantly askew in this new world. So she and her dog take walks. And on one of these walks, behind a fence in a garden, they see something odd… The Review: What do we think of when we think of ghost stories? I know that, personally, I think of darkness, of shadows, of creaking old houses – and I […]

Categories: Fiction, Literature • Tags: A Ghost Story, Advance Review, Australia, Book Review, Book Reviews, Books, Catapult, Fiction, Ghost Story, Ghosts, Literature, Michelle de Kretser, Reviews, Springtime, Sydney

Rooms

October 21, 2015 by Drew

The Short Version: When Richard Walker dies, his ex-wife Caroline and their two children (late twentysomething Minna and teenager Trenton) return to the sprawling mansion where they’d once lived and where he died. But they’re not the only people in the house – two spirits, of those who died in the house long ago, are there too. And when a third spirit arrives and makes contact with Trenton, worlds begin to collide… The Review: This is one of those books […]

Categories: Fiction, Literature • Tags: A Visit to October Country, Book Review, Book Reviews, Books, Fiction, Ghosts, Haunted House, Haunted Houses, Lauren Oliver, Literature, Reviews, Rooms

100 Ghosts

August 18, 2013 by Drew

The Short Version: Ghosts aren’t as scary and horrible as the media makes them out to be – and as proof, Doogie Horner has collected a little gallery of a hundred “harmless haunts”. As his introduction says, they’re definitely way better than, say, a pregnant possum in your kitchen. The Review: While Quirk Books has been upping their game on the literary side of publishing, they’re also still staying true to their early work by continuing to produce cute, fun, […]

Categories: Fiction • Tags: 100 Ghosts, Doogie Horner, Fiction, Ghosts, Horror, Humor, Quirk Books

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