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This dreary, gloomy collection of rain-drenched, fog-shrouded and desolate tales constituted a not exactly cheerful read. Instead of the Jamesian 'Pleasing Terror', these twelve tales were more into the literally bloody traditions that one can encounter during travel or otherwise.My favourites were~1. Walking with the Cross;2. Southswold;3. Last of the Line.Overall, it seems that due to age and changing temperament, I am drifting farther and farther away from these well-written but excessively s...
Certainly, this book is for the connoisseur of fine, high-quality literature. Peter Bell is a cut above (and then some) the average writer of horror fiction. If you like your ghost stories told around a blazing fireplace in an old English tavern, and are familiar with the work of M.R. James and Russell Kirk, I do believe there is no reason why you wouldn't be quite impressed with this fine collection of short stories. Old, abandoned graveyards, bizarre ancient rites along the Cornwall coast and
✭✭✭½“Walking with the Cross” (2016) ✭✭✭½“The Madonna of Picardy” (2012/2016 rev.) ✭✭✭“Party Line” (2016) ✭✭✭✭“The Sands o’ Dee” (2014/2016 rev.) ✭✭✭½“The Island of One Sheep” (2013/2016 rev.) ✭✭✭✭“Glamour of Madness” (2012/2016 rev.) ✭✭✭✭“Southwold” (2016) ✭✭✭✭½“The Books of Balgowrie” (2015/2016 rev.) ✭✭✭“Abide with Me” (2014/2016 rev.) ✭✭✭½“Materials for a Ghost Story” (2016) ✭½“Princess on the Highway” (2014/2016 rev.) ✭✭✭½“Last of the Line” (2016) ✭✭✭½