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October Review: The Witchcraft of Salem Village by Shirley Jackson
by Kaley Ingenito Have you read Arthur Miller's The Crucible? Great. Then don't bother with this book. This is literally exactly the same story, minus the torrid love affair and a moving speech by John Proctor. Arthur Miller had his play published in 1953 and Shirley Jackson published this historical account three years later... so there … Continue reading October Review: The Witchcraft of Salem Village by Shirley Jackson
October Review: She Who Was No More
by Lee Cross She Who Was No More by Boileau-Narcejac I’m going to recommend this book to our Halloween ‘Top Shelf.’ It’s well worth reading, especially if you’re a devotee of the Thriller genre. The story opens with the passionless murder of a woman by her husband and his lover; detailing the events immediately after … Continue reading October Review: She Who Was No More
Why You Should Read Edgar Allen Poe This Halloween Season
by Davy Kenney Ah, good old Poe, we have you to thank. Before you came along, the literary landscape of the United States was, if not always a happy, a seemingly wholesome place. Oh sure, every now and then you might find a little hamlet with a headless specter or some little goblin that stowed … Continue reading Why You Should Read Edgar Allen Poe This Halloween Season
October Read: The Witches by Roald Dahl
by Lee Cross Roald Dahl’s The Witches – It’s Scary. The story has all the hallmarks of the great Roald Dahl tales; a young orphaned child, the fear and excitement of discovering the unknown, elements of the supernatural... all the wonderful things that made him such a brilliant writer for children. The Witches has something … Continue reading October Read: The Witches by Roald Dahl
October Read: The Haunting of Hill House
by Kaley Ingenito Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House is, in a word, unsettling. It's the story of a very old house (on, you guessed it- a hill) and the motley crew who decides to investigate the odd happenings that are rumored to go on there. Our story begins with Dr. John Montague, who … Continue reading October Read: The Haunting of Hill House
October Read: The Dante Club
by Kaley Ingenito Matthew Pearl's The Dante Club is a riveting story that follows a group of literary academics undertaking the arduous task of translating the classic Dante's Inferno from the original Italian into English. The plot thickens when the group slowly begins to realize that a recent slew of murders bears a striking resemblance … Continue reading October Read: The Dante Club
October Read: Coraline
by Regina Kenney Trying to find the right words.... This is a cute, horrifying read. Yup, that's it. Neil Gaiman's Coraline is a dark children's book about a lonely little girl who finds a secret door in her family's new house. She begs her mother for the key and once opened they find that the … Continue reading October Read: Coraline
Leopold Broom Investigates: Halloween. Miss. Translation.
by Lee Cross As part of Literati Pulp’s Halloween season, I’ve taken it upon myself to read a series of quality Horror/Thriller novels in translation. My original plan was to review them positively and then move on to the next to see how many obscure (at least to the English reading market) I could get … Continue reading Leopold Broom Investigates: Halloween. Miss. Translation.
October Read: We Have Always Lived in The Castle
by Regina Kenney We have put together an 'Ultimate Halloween Bookshelf' consisting of all the books we recommend reading for the creepy month of October. Our writers will be reading horror/gothic/generally spooky books all month and we will update the bookshelf of any more books worthy of the shelf. Shocked to see that this book hasn't … Continue reading October Read: We Have Always Lived in The Castle
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