M.F.K. Fisher's "The Lost, Strayed, Stolen" is my ultimate ghost story. When I went to see if it was available, I found it was in The Literary Ghost: Great Contemporary Ghost Stories, which has some other great stuff. There's also Poe ("The Fall of the House of Usher" and "Masque of the Red Death"), Ray Bradbury and M.R. James, pretty much the father of modern ghost story.
Dawn: I feel safe with you. Spike: Take that back!
'First Date'
We're Literary 2: To Read Makes Our Speaking English Good
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."
Ginger - Apr 14, 2004 12:17:17 pm PDT #2240 of 10002
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
bon bon - Apr 14, 2004 12:30:58 pm PDT #2241 of 10002
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
"The Supernatural in Literature."
Gothic novels, e.g., The Monk, The Mysteries of Udolpho, or The Italian.
Strix - Apr 14, 2004 12:38:17 pm PDT #2242 of 10002
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Poe is on my list -- the one that's written down at home, not the malfunctioning one ni my head. Cool.
BB, if I do a novel, it would have to be a short one. The unit would be about 6 weeks long.
deborah grabien - Apr 14, 2004 12:40:15 pm PDT #2243 of 10002
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
BB, if I do a novel, it would have to be a short one.
Is Dracula too long? Because there's the whole Victorian terror of female sexuality as a subtext.
bon bon - Apr 14, 2004 1:03:00 pm PDT #2244 of 10002
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
I forgot it was a short section. Those are sexy novels, but pretty dense. Bright students will like them.
Erin, where do you live again? KCK?
Polter-Cow - Apr 14, 2004 1:08:32 pm PDT #2245 of 10002
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I took a class on the Gothic in American Literature, so I'm pulling from that when I ask if "The Yellow Wallpaper" would work. There's nothing overtly supernatural, I guess, but there's that vibe.
As for ghost movies, anything but The Haunted Mansion.
deborah grabien - Apr 14, 2004 1:13:53 pm PDT #2246 of 10002
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Oh, crap - I'm getting senile. Polter-Cow put me in mind of this.
Algernon Blackwood?
meara - Apr 14, 2004 5:57:31 pm PDT #2247 of 10002
Hey y'all--just popping in to say that even if I haven't read things in here, or don't immediately go read things people recommend, I'm still glad I read this thread--stupidly, yesterday, I checked my baggage while the book I planned to read was STILL IN IT. Argh. So I was running around the Dallas Fort Worth airport trying to find a book to read, and saw some Nevada Barr mysteries that I remembered y'all talking about, so took a chance and bought one ("Deep South"). Quite good! Am planning to look for more next time I hit the used bookstore...
Emlah - Apr 14, 2004 8:13:40 pm PDT #2248 of 10002
To every idea a shelf...
For short stories, maybe an Oscar Wilde story like The Canterville Ghost? Also, Roald Dahl. Mmmm, creepy Roald Dahl. My favourite when I was younger was The Wish.
JoeCrow - Apr 14, 2004 10:08:06 pm PDT #2249 of 10002
"what's left when you take biology and sociology out of the picture?" "An autistic hermaphodite." -Allyson
Have you considered John Bellairs' The House With a Clock in Its Walls ? One of the creepier YA supernaturals that I remember. Short, too. Apparently, the new paperback edition is illustrated by Ed Gorey. Dammit, like I don't have enough things to buy...
Interestingly enough, I went to school with his son, Frank. Never actually met the man hisself, though.