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Post by Dr Strange on Oct 6, 2021 16:58:41 GMT
Wow. And that's good enough for me. Though I know nothing about such things I've always felt that, given how famous she was, it was pretty unlikely that someone else could/would publish under that name. On the other hand, when I've searched online nothing I've read about her has ever mentioned these stories.
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Post by Shrink Proof on Oct 6, 2021 19:49:19 GMT
I believe Just William author Richmal Crompton wrote a number of supernatural tales. Indeed she did.
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Post by ramseycampbell on Oct 8, 2021 12:06:16 GMT
I used to think this Michael Bentine sketch referred to the Derleth-Lovecraft novel, though it may just have been Derleth's title that struck him: monologues.co.uk/Sketches/Drats.htm
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Post by šrincess šµuvstarr on Oct 15, 2021 15:03:16 GMT
Hee hee! With grateful thanks to Princess Tuvstarr, like an alien pubic hair in a glass of gin I shall leave this here. 5th October - Irvine Welsh - Snuff/VAT 96 (from The Acid House). Snuff concerns a chap who's obsessed with watching films, mostly on video. Apart from going to work, that's all he does. His marriage has broken up, his workmates consider him eccentric and have dubbed him 'The Video Kid', he's putting on weight, he's losing the ability to express any emotion but he can't slough off this obsession. He's highlighting the films in a copy of Halliwell's Film Guide. Unwisely doing this at work, someone in the office remarks "What are you going to do when you've seen them all?" This causes our man a great deal of disquiet, but he has a plan... VAT 96. A couple finally give in to one of their friends pleas for them to attend a dinner party. Arriving at the flat, the male half of the couple asks after his counterpart, and gets a bit of a start, when the hostess clicks a switch which lights up a tank of liquid, in which a severed head is suspended. It winks at our boy. Welsh has been accused of channelling Roald Dahl with this one and it's a variation on William and Mary. I hope you have chosen a special story for Halloween and to round off your month of reading.
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Post by fritzmaitland on Oct 18, 2021 14:56:10 GMT
Hee hee! With grateful thanks to Princess Tuvstarr, like an alien pubic hair in a glass of gin I shall leave this here. 5th October - Irvine Welsh - Snuff/VAT 96 (from The Acid House). Snuff concerns a chap who's obsessed with watching films, mostly on video. Apart from going to work, that's all he does. His marriage has broken up, his workmates consider him eccentric and have dubbed him 'The Video Kid', he's putting on weight, he's losing the ability to express any emotion but he can't slough off this obsession. He's highlighting the films in a copy of Halliwell's Film Guide. Unwisely doing this at work, someone in the office remarks "What are you going to do when you've seen them all?" This causes our man a great deal of disquiet, but he has a plan... VAT 96. A couple finally give in to one of their friends pleas for them to attend a dinner party. Arriving at the flat, the male half of the couple asks after his counterpart, and gets a bit of a start, when the hostess clicks a switch which lights up a tank of liquid, in which a severed head is suspended. It winks at our boy. Welsh has been accused of channelling Roald Dahl with this one and it's a variation on William and Mary. I hope you have chosen a special story for Halloween and to round off your month of reading. I did last year, but really don't know where this year will lead me...
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