"๐ธ๐ '๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐' ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐." - May Sinclair ๐ท๐ท๐ท๐ท๐ท๐ท๐ท Mine too, May, mine too. ๐ป Today, the weather has been howling, pouring, and generally kicking up a fuss. I have been tucked up with 'In the Night Wood' - a fairy tale, an ode to literature, and a tragedy of loss articulated through magical realism, the gothic, fantasy and, I hope, folk horror too... I'll save further comment until I'm done. ๐ป It has been a perfectly Novemeber-y day; Halloween lingers in the air, the spooky season is in full swing and Christmas and winter seem suddenly close. ๐ป I also aattended a fascinating lecture on Victorian and Edwardian female authors of ghost stories. The Christmas tradition of spectral storytelling of course came up, as did one fine British gentleman - a staunch supporter of his female contemporaries. I imagine Sinclair would consider his own tales well told too... ๐ป Today's image serves as a conceptual depiction of November, existing between the Tradition of Terror and Decadence and Decay. It is also a sneaky little #thespookynerdsbookclub spoiler for the upcoming readalong, which @rabbitheartedreader, @engaginglit, & I are getting increasingly excited about cohosting next month! Details coming soon... ๐ป ๐ค: Are you breaking the "rules" and embracing Christmas/seasonal/holiday traditions early this year? If so, I salute you in your festive rebellion! ๐ค: Does the fact that 'attitude' is quoted in inverted commas lead anyone else to assume Sinclair is being consciously attitude-y (and love her for it)? . #natureisgothic #folkhorror #contemporarygothic #dalebailey #inthenightwood #bookstagram #englishliterature #victorianliterature #edwardianliterature #christmas #halloween #spookynerds #bookblogger #bookclub #readalong #teaser #spoiler #ghoststories #femaleauthors #charlesdickens #achristmascarol #classicliterature #decemberreads #maysinclair https://www.instagram.com/p/CHlf6fsgb3W/?igshid=1f8ums1we5rm8
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Book review: In the Night Wood by Dale Bailey Rating: ๐๐๐๐/5 . . I am reviewing this book after receiving a free copy through @netgalley @harpercollinsuk When I started reading this book I knew that it wouldn't be like any I usually read. The whole way through I wanted to read on and see how this book would end. The whole book was surrounded by grief of a child and the break up of a marriage. I wanted to help Charles and Erin but nothing could help them. As for all the missing children and the Horned King, I'm still not sure if it were real. The past suggested so. Everything points towards it. I loved how it has that british dark fairy tale vibe. I shared the denial of the narrator, Charles, disbelieving that any of it could be real. Overall, it was a very good book. You can feel all the emotions and everything feels real. . #amylittleford #amylittlefordauthor #dalebailey #inthenightwood #harpercollins #harpercollinsuk #netgalley #arc #bookobsessed #bookhoarder #bookstagram #bookish #booksofinstagram #bookreview #bookshelves #booklove #bookworm #bibliophile #authorofinstagram #author #prose #published #booktography https://www.instagram.com/p/Btt6W5oBQ45/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1pj82m1tj99vh
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A truly dark fantasy... #DaleBaileyโs #intothenightwood #houghtonmifflinharcourt #edelweiss #johnjosephadams https://www.instagram.com/p/BoxxbJGnoha/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=15r2i4wiw1qor
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Hunger: A Confession by Dale Bailey
Yeah... DON'T turn on the lights!!! #DaleBailey #Hauntings
Title: Hunger: A ConfessionAuthor: Dale BaileyIn: Hauntings (Ellen Datlow)Rating Out of 5:ย 4.5 (Amazing, but not quite perfect)My Bookshelves:ย HorrorDatesย read:ย 28th February 2021Pace:ย SlowFormat: Short storyPublisher:ย TachyonYear:ย 20135th sentence, 74th page:ย Thatโs when I remembered Momโs warning that I wasnโt to fool around down here.
Jeremy has always told the most horrifying stories rightโฆ
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ยฟHabรฉis disfrutado del lunes festivo? Espero que sรญ, y que hayรกis leรญdo mucho y tambiรฉn descansado. A mรญ hasta me ha dado tiempo a hacer una reseรฑa ๐ฑ parece que empiezo a hacer lo que debo ๐๐๐ Estas de la foto sin mis lecturas actuales: Vagabundos me tiene embelesada y con ganas de avanzar y En el bosque oscuro me tiene muy muy intrigada ๐ค ยฟQuรฉ tal vuestras lecturas? .. .. #instalibro #instabook #instagramers #igreads #instadaily #bookstagram #books #bookblogger #bookstagrammer #bookphotography #libros #booklover #bookish #bookaddict #bookaholic #bookworm #booknerd #bookishfeature #bookaddiction #bookstagramespaรฑa #TW #lecturadirecta #ๆตๆตช่็ฉน #vagabundos #enelbosqueoscuro #inthenightwood #dalebailey https://www.instagram.com/p/CGQQm0piY6h/?igshid=1urrinbx5x4kh
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Story by Dale Bailey
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Mr. Splitfoot by Dale Bailey
This short story has made me fascinated with the Fox sisters... #DaleBailey
Title: Mr. Splitfoot
Author: Dale Bailey
In: Queen Victoriaโs Book of Spells (Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling)
Rating Out of 5: 4.5 (Amazing, but not quite perfect)
My Bookshelves:ย Gaslamp,ย Ghosts, Historical fiction
Datesย read:ย 30th September 2019
Pace:ย Medium
Format: Short story
Publisher:ย Tor
Year:ย 2013
5th sentence, 74th page:ย The spirit hands and the voices and the Summerland itself.
Maggie andโฆ
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Giants in the Earth by Dale Bailey
What do we do when we find something beautiful? #DaleBailey
Title: Giants in the Earth
Author: Dale Bailey
In: The Monstrous (Ellen Datlow)
Rating Out of 5:ย 3.5 (Liked this)
My Bookshelves:ย Dark fantasy
Datesย read:ย 13th February 2020
Pace:ย Slow
Format: Short story
Publisher: Tachyon
Year: 2015
5th sentence, 74th page:ย โMaybe itโs hibernating,โ he said, abruptly reminded of something he had heard at Ronaโs church โ a story of an epoch impossibly distant, when gravesโฆ
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