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Post by mcannon on May 11, 2019 9:06:31 GMT
Maurice Baring - Venus: A poster in a London telephone box advertising a brand of soap acts as portal to the planet Venus - at least it does for everybore John Fletcher, minor govt. official and trainspotter. Fletcher grows increasingly terrified that his involuntary conquest of the spongy, green plant may be hazardous to both health and sanity. A bit like 10cc's I'm Mandy, Fly Me but with benign giant fungi and caterpillars. That last sentence may be the single finest descriptive line ever posted to the Vault. I shall now dig out my old vinyl copy of 10cc's "How Dare You?" album and try to work out just what it means! Mark
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Post by Shrink Proof on May 11, 2019 16:45:17 GMT
Maurice Baring - Venus: A poster in a London telephone box advertising a brand of soap acts as portal to the planet Venus - at least it does for everybore John Fletcher, minor govt. official and trainspotter. Fletcher grows increasingly terrified that his involuntary conquest of the spongy, green plant may be hazardous to both health and sanity. A bit like 10cc's I'm Mandy, Fly Me but with benign giant fungi and caterpillars. That last sentence may be the single finest descriptive line ever posted to the Vault. I shall now dig out my old vinyl copy of 10cc's "How Dare You?" album and try to work out just what it means! Mark To be fair, the only place on the entire internet where that last sentence could have been posted is the Vault.
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Post by Dr Strange on May 13, 2019 9:29:59 GMT
What is a "puzzle story"? I want to have an idea before I try reading one. Ok, so I read it anyway. And now I know. The Little Room by Madeline Yale Wynn is worth a read. Nothing much happens, and what does isn't explained, but it's creepy somehow. Reminded me of The Yellow Wallpaper, and probably has some deep symbolism going on that I don't really understand.
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Post by 𝘗rincess 𝘵uvstarr on Aug 17, 2023 15:05:04 GMT
Anthony Marsden - Dusk Below Helvellyn: A Cockney alone on Dunmail Raise, save for an intimidating rustic with a lethal spiked shepherd's crook who knows more than is healthy about a local murder ..... This author is Graham Sutton, who wrote novels set in the Lakelands. But this doesn't sound like the reference I read in a book on the Lakelands. It describes the story as being linked to the legend of Duvenald (or Dunmail) King of Strathclyde. A story mixing an actual king and a mythical one: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunmailen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyfnwal_ab_Owain
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