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
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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.
Top 5 Pirate Quotes From Literature
“Some pirates achieved immortality by great deeds of cruelty or derring-do. Some achieved immortality by amassing great wealth. But the captain had long ago decided that he would, on the whole, prefer to achieve immortality by not dying.” ― Terry Pratchett, The Color of Magic “One could mention many lovable traits in Smee. For instance, … Continue reading Top 5 Pirate Quotes From Literature
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
Why You Should Be Afraid Of Napoleon Bonaparte
by Regina Kenney As a child I was afraid that Napoleon Bonaparte was under my bed. We had a large black-and-white creepy painting of him (painted by my Uncle Mike) in our living room and Napoleon's eyes followed you around the room. Adding to the scary nature of the painting, my Dad used to read us this … Continue reading Why You Should Be Afraid Of Napoleon Bonaparte
Moby Dick’s Twitter, Part 2
by David & Regina Kenney
The Pros & Cons of Historical Fiction
by Regina Kenney Ah, Historical Fiction. An oxymoron concept wrapped up in a delicious stretching of the truth, extrapolating, getting the general gist delightful read. I always wonder about the writers of historical fiction. Whether they worry about getting facts right or whether it’s a throw caution to the wind, ‘this is FICTION remember’ and … Continue reading The Pros & Cons of Historical Fiction
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