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Alastair Gunn
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Who Was Ghost Story Writer "Mary E. Penn"?
The identity of Mary E. Penn, a late-Victorian author of ghosts stories and crime and mystery tales, is a complete enigma. Scholars of the macabre have been unable to discern any details of her person, origin or character (assuming she was indeed female). We only know that from the 1870s to the 1890s this author published a number of stories in periodicals, most commonly in The Argosy (Ellen Wood’ Read more of this blog post »
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“There is no credulity more blind, no ignorance more childish, that that of the sage who tries to measure “heaven and earth and the things under the earth”, with the small two-foot rule of his own brains. The”
― The Wimbourne Book of Victorian Ghost Stories: Volume 1
― The Wimbourne Book of Victorian Ghost Stories: Volume 1
“for I feared them — I knew no good could be about them, with their grey hard faces, and their dreamy eyes, looking back into the ghastly years that were gone.”
― The Wimbourne Book of Victorian Ghost Stories: Volume 1
― The Wimbourne Book of Victorian Ghost Stories: Volume 1
“These words, and the tone in which they were spoken, fixed themselves on my mind — first, from gratitude, not unmingled with regret, as if I had not been so considerate to her as she to me; afterwards — But we often err, my dear, in dwelling too much on that word. We finite creatures have only to deal with ‘now’ — nothing whatever to do with ‘afterwards’.”
― The Wimbourne Book of Victorian Ghost Stories: Volume 1
― The Wimbourne Book of Victorian Ghost Stories: Volume 1
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Thanks for letting me know about your book; I really enjoy books about intelligence agencies, and have put it on my "to-read" list. If your book is out recently in print in the US, you might want to check out the following site online: ReviewingtheEvidence.com. They also have a sister-site in the UK. Both do reviews of mysteries and crime fiction.
Thank you for promoting your work and sending me the friend request I am always in search of people with Steve's style. I have marked "The Bergamese Sect" in my to read shelf for I do not have the funds to get it at the moment but when I do and get it and read I will be sure to leave feedback!
Hi, Alastair! Thanks for the friend request and the book recommendation. I've added The Bergamese Sect to my list.
Hi Dimitra, you have a nice day too. Greetings from the UK...Alastair
Hi!!!Thank you for the friend add!!!
Have a nice day!
Greetings from Greece! ;)
Samantha, that's great! Do let me know what you think of the book. Regards, Alastair
Lisa, many thanks. Do let me know what you think of it. Regards, Alastair
Hi Alistair, Thanks for the friend add, I have now added your book to my wish list and will read very soon, it looks very exciting :)
Cheers
Lisa
Hi Ged, thanks very much, I'm really delighted you liked it. If you can, I'd appreciate a review on Goodreads and on the Amazon pages; it really helps more people find the book. Of course, I'd be happy to see you recommend it to your friends too. Many thanks again, it really means a lot to me. Regards, Alastair
Hi alastair, just wanted to say I thouroghly, genuinely enjoyed The Bergamese Sect, one of the best thrillers I've read this year. Best wishes, Ged.
Thanks David, let me know what you think. Regards, Alastair
Hi there Alastair, I have read the synopsis of your book and it does sound good, I will be adding it to my to-read list right now.
Glad to have you as a friend here on Goodreads, Alastair!~Rai
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