Top Ten Tuesday: The topics, themes, and settings that make me immediately interested in a book.
31 Days of Halloween – October 22
Ghost in the Land of Skeletons Christopher Kennedy For Russell Edson If not for flesh’s pretty paint, we’re just a bunch of skeletons, working hard to deny the fact of bones. Teeth remind me that we die. That’s why I never…
31 Days of Halloween – October 20
Manfred, by Lord Byron, is a chamber drama. It is written in the form of a play but it was never meant to be staged. It might be read by a solitary reader, or perhaps read out loud by a few friends after dinner, in a candlelit drawing room. This excerpt from the opening reflects…
31 Days of Halloween – October 11
It’s debated in the world of anthropology whether or not two cultures with no way to know about one another can come up with the same ideas. Egyptians and Mayan weren’t aware of the other’s civilization, but pyramids were central to both cultures. One aspect that seems to transcend all cultures is the idea of ghosts.…
31 Days of Halloween — October 26, 2013
Bhangarh Fort (and the surrounding ruins) are considered to be the most haunted place in India. So much so, that people are forbidden from visiting at night and the municipal sign instructs tourists that the spirits make it unsafe. At night, it is left to the monkeys… and the ghosts.