Blackpool

by The Divine Comedian

When Regulus is five, he nearly drowns in the sea off Blackpool. When Regulus is eleven, his brother befriends a ghost. It's not until Regulus is eighteen and ready to die that the Black family's darkest secret finally unravels. It might, perhaps, change everything. (A coming-of-age story with mind magic, star charting, pink petit-fours, two diaries, and a ghost.)

124 pages, ebook

First published May 26, 2018

Reviews

[Drishti]

Fucking loved this I just now want a paperback or hardcover of this book then I can die in peace <<33

[Opal]

I absolutely loved the beginning and the end. The middle was really tough to get through — not because it was poorly written, but quite the opposite — it was so evocative of unending hopelessness and emptiness and disjointedness (and despair?) that it made me feel, well, unendingly hopeless and empty and disjointed, the feeling lingering long after I put down the metaphorical book. I had to put it aside for a while multiple times.

I’d definitely recommend this fic, the way the threads unspool is just incredible. But with a heavy warning to “understand what you’re getting into.” I don’t think I’ve ever read anything quite like this.

[stefania]

Wow, what a wonderful way to start off a year of reading. A ghost, a notebook, a creepy old house and a mystery that has you unsure of what is real and what is a dream. With its beautifully lyrical language this story uses overlapping sequences that play out like an artistic film in your mind. This was a hauntingly beautiful read. 5/5

[kaitziez]

Regulus, my boi -- my precious, precious boy. The writing is so beautiful; I could eat it.