The Three Sisters: Fantasy, Horror, and Marchen:
Bit by bit, we've been rediscovering those old paths, and realizing that fairy tales really were urban fantasy, as we currently define it. "Fantasy set in what is essentially the real world, mingling with real people, in real situations." Well, once upon a time, "the real world" wasn't a city, it was a big, scary wood where there might be wolves, or robbers, or any one of a thousand other things. "Real people" weren't businessmen and police, they were woodcutters and tinkers and little old women whose granddaughters brought them baskets full of goodies. The world changed, the stories moved on...but the roots remained.
The Magicians
was quite fun. It's like a more adult realist mash-up of Narnia and Harry Potter, with a Brooklyn writer vibe. There's a problem (for me) with pacing toward the end, but I'm sure plenty of people here would like it.
Fritz Leiber fans may be interested in these.
The "official" Dracula sequel as compiled from Stoker's own notes, by the Stoker estate.
The "official" Dracula sequel as compiled from Stoker's own notes, by the Stoker estate.
I still don't know how I feel about that. I mean, I know I'll end up reading the damn thing, but I still don't know if I approve of the idea.
Mina and Jonathan Harker's son backstage at a production of Dracula directed by Stoker? It sounds bad.
I think Stoker was heavily involved in the theater. So it's not as much of a leap as, say, backstage at a production of Dracula directed by Emily Dickinson.
backstage at a production of Dracula directed by Emily Dickinson.
...but I'd find that HYSTERICAL.
Because I would not stop for Vlad
He kindly stopped for me.
The carriage held but just ourselves
And my mortality.
We slowly drove, he knew no haste,
And I had put away
My crucifix, my necklace too,
For his voracity.
