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Catherine McCarthy
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Writing is an incredible way to encourage you to focus your thoughts and demons into something positive.
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Mosaic
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Immortelle
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2021
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The House at the End of Lacelean Street
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2024
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Mists and Megaliths
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A Moonlit Path of Madness
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The Wolf and the Favour
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Door and Other Twisted Tales
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Death of a Clown
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Hope Cottage
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The Gatekeeper`s Apprentice
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Return to Hades and Other AdventuresQ. Which myths/legends from your childhood do you remember as being significant?
A. Clash of the Titans was a favourite movie from my childhood, and it got me interested in Greek myths, especially the haunting tragedy of Medusa. I loved the animal headed gods of the Egyptians and their depiction of the afterlife. Hans Christian Anderson appealed to me because of Read more of this blog post »
A. Clash of the Titans was a favourite movie from my childhood, and it got me interested in Greek myths, especially the haunting tragedy of Medusa. I loved the animal headed gods of the Egyptians and their depiction of the afterlife. Hans Christian Anderson appealed to me because of Read more of this blog post »
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“What’s true of all the evils in the world is true of plague as well. It helps men to rise above themselves.”
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"Giovanni's Room hasn't left my head since I finished it. If I sat here for hours I still wouldn't be able to convey just how stunning this book is. Read it. Very few books like this have crossed my path before. You will know these characters like the"
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Devilry in Godling Wood is another five star winner from Coy Hall as far as I'm concerned. The novel oozes atmosphere, some of it beautiful in an other-worldly sense and some of it truly horrific, especially in regard to the body horror elements. Set ...more |
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“suppose my mother taught me a lesson that day; be grateful for what comes your way and don’t expect too much from life. A cynical viewpoint, some might think, especially in one so young.”
― Immortelle
― Immortelle
“During the nineteenth century, graveside memorials, known as immortelles, became popular throughout Western Europe. Arrangements of ceramic or beaded flowers, as well as other motifs and trinkets, were displayed beneath glass domes on the graves of those interred as symbols of resurrection and, of course, immortality. As a rule they were not personalised, though the following story imagines them to be...”
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― Immortelle
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“Most people will tell you growing up means you stop believing in Halloween things - I’m telling you the reverse. You start to grow up when you understand that the stuff that scares you is part of the air you breathe.”
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“suppose my mother taught me a lesson that day; be grateful for what comes your way and don’t expect too much from life. A cynical viewpoint, some might think, especially in one so young.”
― Immortelle
― Immortelle
“Short stories are tiny windows into other worlds and other minds and other dreams. They are journeys you can make to the far side of the universe and still be back in time for dinner.”
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