Jilli, I just sent you a box of stuff including Edwina Noone's Gothic Sampler. Mid sixties anthology of Gothic Romance short stories, all in the Dark Shadows vein. Looks like it was a fairly lively genre back then. (Maybe still? I don't know.)
Niska: Mr. Reynolds? You died, Mr. Reynolds. Mal: Seemed like the thing to do.
'War Stories'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
DavidS - Oct 26, 2006 1:55:27 pm PDT #1371 of 28144
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Atropa - Oct 26, 2006 3:02:20 pm PDT #1372 of 28144
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Jilli, I just sent you a box of stuff including Edwina Noone's Gothic Sampler. Mid sixties anthology of Gothic Romance short stories, all in the Dark Shadows vein. Looks like it was a fairly lively genre back then. (Maybe still? I don't know.)
squeeeeee! Oh yay! I'm a big fan of getting Boxes of Stuff in the mail, and I'm running short on Gothic Romance stuff to read.
DavidS - Oct 26, 2006 3:45:55 pm PDT #1373 of 28144
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
squeeeeee! Oh yay! I'm a big fan of getting Boxes of Stuff in the mail, and I'm running short on Gothic Romance stuff to read.
I also sent you the Vernon Lee collection I'd mentioned a long time ago. Plus Dawnrazor. Plus, JZ threw in a bunch of cool things including the little tiny Drusilla with her little tiny crazydolls. I suspect there's a Corpse Bride in there as well. (Key chain sized.)
Kate P. - Oct 26, 2006 5:00:41 pm PDT #1374 of 28144
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
(I sent her home with Thirsty
Waitaminute, I haven't heard of this one. Is it good? Should I track it down?
Jilli, definitely! I thought I had mentioned it here before, but maybe not. I think you'd really like it. It's one of the best variations on the teenage vampire theme I've read; it's very darkly funny and doesn't pull its punches. This is the opening paragraph:
"In the spring, there are vampires in the wind. People see them scuffling along by the side of country roads. At night, they move through the empty forests. They do not wear black, of course, but things they have taken off bodies or bought on sale. The news says that they are mostly in the western part of the state, where it is lonely and rural. My father claims we have them this year because it was a mild winter, but he may be thinking of tent caterpillars."
DavidS - Oct 26, 2006 6:24:26 pm PDT #1375 of 28144
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Kate, I sent you a box today too. Lots and lots of my mixed tape masters. Should keep your pickup truck rocking.
beth b - Oct 26, 2006 6:29:20 pm PDT #1376 of 28144
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
Jilli , You haven't read Thirsty? Damn it was good and there were no copouts. creeeeeppy.
Kate P. - Oct 26, 2006 6:40:38 pm PDT #1377 of 28144
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Kate, I sent you a box today too.
Wheee! Thank you! You know I love your tapes. And if my CD drive were working, I could burn you some stuff in return, but that's gonna have to wait a while, sorry.
Connie Neil - Oct 27, 2006 4:33:54 am PDT #1378 of 28144
brillig
Just when you thought it was save to go back into the comic store . . .
The Anita Blake comic book.
beth b - Oct 27, 2006 6:00:46 am PDT #1379 of 28144
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
jean -claude is supposed to look much more tidy.
Hayden - Oct 27, 2006 9:49:04 am PDT #1380 of 28144
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
A rather remarkable story on Garry Trudeau here: [link]