It has a nice illicit feel to it. I think what made me go all "La Femme Nikita" on it was his line about "you're off the hook".
Note to self: religion freaky.
Buffy ,'Never Leave Me'
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deborah grabien - Dec 07, 2004 7:44:36 am PST #8545 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
deborah grabien - Dec 07, 2004 8:56:04 am PST #8546 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Aha! Still batting a thousand in the review department. From the Denver Post:
"The Famous Flower of Serving Men," by Deborah Grabien (St. Martin's Minotaur, 213 pages, $22.95)
When British director-producer Penny Wintercroft-Hawkes is bequeathed a London theater by a French aunt she scarcely knew, as well as the funds to renovate it, she is elated, as it will give her acting company a permanent base and a chance to branch out a bit. Of course, there turns out to be a catch: The theater is inhabited by a vengeful ghost from medieval times determined to right some ancient wrongs. Penny and her boyfriend, folksinger Ringan Laine, realize they have to lay this desperate spirit to rest before they can get on with their lives, and they set out to learn exactly who their ghost is and what her sad history might have been.
The history that Penny turns up goes back to the Peasants' Rebellion of 1381, an event that predated the Victorian-era theater by centuries. But the building stands on the former site of a prison in which inmates were burned alive during the fire set by the peasants, and not only the theater but the whole neighborhood is still haunted by that terrible event. The story is nicely creepy, with the darkness balanced by its cheery portrait of bright, talented young urbanites.
erikaj - Dec 07, 2004 10:13:55 am PST #8547 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
I know what I need to write now I think...it's hard for me to actually do it. Because what if my research isn't any good and it can't happen that way, and only a moron would believe it? What if this? What if that? What if my characters are like when kids play with action figures?
Topic!Cindy - Dec 07, 2004 11:18:58 am PST #8548 of 10001
What is even happening?
Because what if my research isn't any good and it can't happen that way, and only a moron would believe it?It'll be a best seller!
deborah grabien - Dec 07, 2004 11:24:03 am PST #8549 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
um, erika, that's what your beta readers are for. Some sanity and fact checking.
erikaj - Dec 07, 2004 11:34:44 am PST #8550 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Crutches: Kind of mass produced, yeah? Because I'm thinking so..
deborah grabien - Dec 07, 2004 11:35:59 am PST #8551 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Unless you have a fuckload of spare money and/or some really special needs and a very open-handed insurance company, yes.
Hang on, I'll see about it...
deborah grabien - Dec 07, 2004 11:38:20 am PST #8552 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Connie Neil - Dec 07, 2004 11:45:33 am PST #8553 of 10001
brillig
Crutches: Kind of mass produced, yeah? Because I'm thinking so..
ARe you wondering how easy it is to get your hands on them? Our local thrift store has oodles.
§ ita § - Dec 07, 2004 11:47:02 am PST #8554 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I got mine at the pharmacy.