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The Master of the Macabre by Russell Thorndike Nov 16, 2021 22:57:49 GMT

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Post by 𝘗rincess 𝘵uvstarr on Nov 16, 2021 22:57:49 GMT

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Tayler Kent flees London in a blinding snowstorm, hoping to escape the ghosts that haunt his home. Instead, he finds things may have gone from bad to worse when he crashes his car, breaks his ankle, and is forced to take refuge at a medieval monastery now inhabited by the eccentric Charles Hogarth, known as “The Master of the Macabre.” As Kent’s ankle heals, Hogarth entertains him with fine food, brandy, and a series of gruesome stories connected with an odd assortment of old relics on display in a curio cabinet. But the terrors are not confined to Hogarth’s tales: the monastery is haunted by the evil spirit of an apostate monk and besieged by more corporeal foes, who will stop at nothing to get their hands on one of the Master’s treasures. . . .

Best known for his series of novels featuring the smuggler Dr. Syn, Russell Thorndike (1885-1972) in The Master of the Macabre (1947) delivers an irresistible mix of horror, adventure, and black humour that is certain to please fans of classic ghost stories and supernatural fiction. This first-ever republication of the novel includes the original jacket art and a new introduction by Mark Valentine.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Valancourt Books (30 July 2013)

Language ‏ : ‎ English

Paperback ‏ : ‎ 226 pages

ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1939140471

ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1939140470

Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 14 x 1.21 x 21.6 cm

Originally published in 1947.

And if e'er you should come down to the village or the town, With the cold rain for your garland, and the wind for your renown, You will stand upon the thresholds with a face of dumb desire, Nor be known by any fire. What would you see in your proud land, Petrarch, If you came back again to Italy, And in the Garden of the Medici Could listen to the nightingale or lark And dream of Laura in the fragrent dark?

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The Master of the Macabre by Russell Thorndike Nov 17, 2021 6:14:41 GMT

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Post by dem bones on Nov 17, 2021 6:14:41 GMT

Russell Thorndike and his sister Sybil feature prominently in the Richard Hand & Michael Wilson book you put me on to, London's Grand Guignol (it's excellent, btw). Found an undated copy of another of his novels not so long back, but yet to read it.

Russell Thorndyke - The Shadow Of Dr. Syn (Rich & Cowan, n.d.)

From the first, I set myself against "literature"; the story was the thing, and no amount of style could persuade me to select a story that lacked genuine, unadulterated horror. For those who wanted something high-brow there was plenty. - Christine Campbell Thomson

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The Master of the Macabre by Russell Thorndike Nov 17, 2021 12:10:04 GMT

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Post by 𝘗rincess 𝘵uvstarr on Nov 17, 2021 12:10:04 GMT

Nov 17, 2021 6:14:41 GMT dem bones said:

Russell Thorndike and his sister Sybil feature prominently in the Richard Hand & Michael Wilson book you put me on to, London's Grand Guignol (it's excellent, btw).

That's how I recognised the name.

And if e'er you should come down to the village or the town, With the cold rain for your garland, and the wind for your renown, You will stand upon the thresholds with a face of dumb desire, Nor be known by any fire. What would you see in your proud land, Petrarch, If you came back again to Italy, And in the Garden of the Medici Could listen to the nightingale or lark And dream of Laura in the fragrent dark?