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Deliciously dark and irreverent poetry. So far the themes have been art, artists and poets and the tortured existence, and the seductive powers of women, and their wicked perfume.

This book remains one of my absolute favourite books of all time. What a gorgeously evocative tome. I am taking my time with this, as I don't want to rush about in the world, but instead wish to explore more deeply on my second go around.

The first chapter gives some cultural context. The second chapter highlights different forms of seership and the terms which they are given. This section was very interesting.

I am encountering the same issues in this book of Hares as with his previous work. He is not a great writer, and because of that the information is presented in a terribly clunky manner.

I also understand that this is a beginner book, and because of that, I am trying to be generous, but frankly... aren't we all a bit sick of beginner books now, even in Trad Craft, especially when they have inaccuracies.

Every year in February it has become a tradition of mine to read horror.

What is on my list currently is "A House With Good Bones" by T Kingfisher, "The Loney" by Andrew Michael Hurley and "Living Dead Girl" by Elizabeth Scott. I am looking for a possible 4th or 5th to read. Any suggestions?

How do you feel about reading tragic animal books?

I am torn between wanting more animal stories, rooted in my deep love for other-than-human animals, and fearing the darkness, sorrow, grief, pain, and terror they bring.

I don't feel the same about human tragedy. Those books can break me, but I am never afraid to read them. Nothing leaves me a whimpering puddle like the tragedy of other animals, since childhood.

Story 5- vigilante schaudenfreude? 2
Story 6- Benjamin Button for perverts -1

What is "horror" about this collection? Perhaps, like a train-wreck the desire to keep reading it, to see how awfully stupid it can actually get. At this point even the style of Palahniuk's wrting (which is what kept me going in the first place) is heading downhill.

Story 4- eh- reminds me of Gwyneth Paltrow and her poverty food stunt - 2

The overall story is compared to and inspired by the time Mary Shelley, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Lord Byron, Claire Clairmont and John Polidori spent on vacation telling ghost stories. The masterpiece "Frankenstein" came out of this night as well as Polodori's conception of "The Vampyre".

This book and these stories are not that.

Story 1- 🤮 sorry but no thanks, not into it at all 0
Story 2- is this horror? 2
Story 3- what? 2