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Catherine’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Catherine’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Catherine McCarthy
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Wales, The United Kingdom
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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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2023
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Immortelle
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2021
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6 editions
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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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2015
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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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Poisoned Soup for the Macabre, Depraved, and Insane: Nostalgic Terrors:
"I feel like at this point it’s going to be impossible to find a Brigid’s Gate Press book I don’t enjoy. Poisoned Soup is such an awesome collection that is sure to have something for everyone who enjoys darker tales with touches of macabre and insani"
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Chiara Cooper's review
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Poisoned Soup for the Macabre, Depraved, and Insane: Nostalgic Terrors:
"This is a collection that any horror fan should read! And especially if you've been attracted by the eerie and macabre from a young age. It's the perfect combination of short stories, essays and poetry for those of us who've always been comforted by "
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Poisoned Soup for the Macabre, Depraved, and Insane: Nostalgic Terrors:
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Review for ' Poisoned Soup for the Macabre, Depraved, and Insane: Nostalgic Terrors' Curated by Grace R. Reynolds (Author), Alison Flannery (Illustrator) and Wendy Dalrymple (Editor) 'Poisoned Soup for the Macabre, Depraved, and Insa" Read more of this review » |
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"Catherine McCarthy is one of the best atmospheric authors I've read. One can't help but be swept away by her prose and unsettling storytelling. I never quite felt firm on my feet in this novel, feeling rather that I was floating or stumbling in a dre"
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| This is the first anthology I have ever read where I can honestly say that every single story is a winner. You know what it's like, it's almost impossible to read an anthology without having favourites, but I could not rank the stories in here no mat ...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...”
― Immortelle
― 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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