Eggp’s Reviews > The Weird: A Compendium of Strange and Dark Stories > Status Update
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10. Rabindranath Tagore - The Hungry Stones, 2 stars. Palace is haunted by horny unavailable ghost maiden(s).
11. Luigi Ugolini - The Vegetable Man, 2 stars. Traveling botanist is injured by his new discovery.
12. A. Merritt - The People of the Pit, 2 stars. Would-be explorers help escapee from their intended destination.
13. Ryunosuke Akutagawa - The Hell Screen, 4 stars. Overconfident painter gets his comeuppance.
— Jul 01, 2018 09:40AM
11. Luigi Ugolini - The Vegetable Man, 2 stars. Traveling botanist is injured by his new discovery.
12. A. Merritt - The People of the Pit, 2 stars. Would-be explorers help escapee from their intended destination.
13. Ryunosuke Akutagawa - The Hell Screen, 4 stars. Overconfident painter gets his comeuppance.
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66. Leena Krohn - Tainaron: Mail from Another City, 4 stars. Visitor writes (unanswered) letters from a city of insects.
— Sep 09, 2018 07:51AM
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Word: "Then I got up, went on to the balcony and immediately saw the balefire, high on the mountain in the darkness of the new moon."
1. An outdoor fire used in witches' rituals
— Sep 06, 2018 07:33PM
1. An outdoor fire used in witches' rituals
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44. Michel Bernanos - The Other Side of the Mountain, 2 stars. Seafaring boy's adventure takes several terrible turns.
52. Eric Basso - The Beak Doctor, 1 star. Sleeping sickness in a foggy/murky/smoky/misty over descriptive city.
98. Brian Evenson - The Brotherhood of Mutilation, 4 stars. Recent unwilling amputee is abducted to cult compound to investigate a mystery crime.
— Sep 06, 2018 09:24AM
52. Eric Basso - The Beak Doctor, 1 star. Sleeping sickness in a foggy/murky/smoky/misty over descriptive city.
98. Brian Evenson - The Brotherhood of Mutilation, 4 stars. Recent unwilling amputee is abducted to cult compound to investigate a mystery crime.
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54. George R.R. Martin - Sandkings, 4 stars. Sadist collects exotic animals to fight each other, or torture.
57. Michael Shea - The Autopsy, 4 stars. Pathologist does his job for victims/cause of mine explosion.
68. Lucius Shepard - Shades, 3 stars. Vietnam vet returns to see ghost from his past.
95. Jeff VanderMeer - The Cage, 4 stars. Unscrupulous antique dealer buys from the recently bereaved/afflicted.
— Sep 03, 2018 10:31PM
57. Michael Shea - The Autopsy, 4 stars. Pathologist does his job for victims/cause of mine explosion.
68. Lucius Shepard - Shades, 3 stars. Vietnam vet returns to see ghost from his past.
95. Jeff VanderMeer - The Cage, 4 stars. Unscrupulous antique dealer buys from the recently bereaved/afflicted.
Eggp
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108. Stephen Graham Jones - Little Lambs, 3 stars. Men guard a structure that may not exist.
109. J. Robert Lennon - The Portal, 4 stars. Exploring as a family sours after a few trips.
110. K.J. Bishop - Saving the Gleeful Horse, 3 stars. Big beastie saves a piñata.
111. China Miéville - Afterweird: The Efficacy of a Worm-Eaten Dictionary, 1 star. Etymology is/isn't real, weird isn't/is a thing, worms, blah blah.
— Sep 03, 2018 06:04AM
109. J. Robert Lennon - The Portal, 4 stars. Exploring as a family sours after a few trips.
110. K.J. Bishop - Saving the Gleeful Horse, 3 stars. Big beastie saves a piñata.
111. China Miéville - Afterweird: The Efficacy of a Worm-Eaten Dictionary, 1 star. Etymology is/isn't real, weird isn't/is a thing, worms, blah blah.
Eggp
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104. Liz Williams - The Hide, 2 stars. Concerned boyfriend sends girl to stay with sister.
105. Reza Negarestani - Dust Enforcer, 1 star. Middle Eastern baddies and their snake-dicks.
106. Micaela Morrissette - The Familiars, 4 stars. Little boy with a possessive invisible friend.
107. Steve Duffy - In the Lion's Den, 3 stars. Zoo animals behave oddly after man breaks in.
— Sep 01, 2018 09:01PM
105. Reza Negarestani - Dust Enforcer, 1 star. Middle Eastern baddies and their snake-dicks.
106. Micaela Morrissette - The Familiars, 4 stars. Little boy with a possessive invisible friend.
107. Steve Duffy - In the Lion's Den, 3 stars. Zoo animals behave oddly after man breaks in.
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Wiki: "Her New Age soul was enchanted by it all, by the faux-Arthuriana of Glastonbury and the rather more real claims of Cadbury, by the startling caverns of the
Mendips
and the flat lands between, where the lake villages had once stood."
Caves of the Mendip Hills > Wookey Hole
— Aug 31, 2018 07:54PM
Caves of the Mendip Hills > Wookey Hole
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100. Daniel Abraham - Flat Diane, 4 stars. Father inadvertently creates effigy of daughter.
101. Margo Lanagan - Singing My Sister Down, 4 stars. Family turns punishment into party for guilty girl.
102. T.M. Wright - The People on the Island, 3 stars. Couple finds inert bodies posed around island.
103. Laird Barron - The Forest, 3 stars. Man is introduced to his friends' new insect interests.
— Aug 27, 2018 07:42PM
101. Margo Lanagan - Singing My Sister Down, 4 stars. Family turns punishment into party for guilty girl.
102. T.M. Wright - The People on the Island, 3 stars. Couple finds inert bodies posed around island.
103. Laird Barron - The Forest, 3 stars. Man is introduced to his friends' new insect interests.
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Word: "On the passenger side overgrown pastures dwindled into
moiling
vapors."
1. To toil, to work hard
2. To churn continually; to swirl
3. To defile or dirty
— Aug 27, 2018 08:34AM
1. To toil, to work hard
2. To churn continually; to swirl
3. To defile or dirty
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Wiki: "She wore a cold white mask similar to the
mask Bengali woodcutters
donned when they ventured into the mangrove forests along the coast. The tigers of the forest were stealthy. The tigers hated to be watched; they preferred to sneak up on prey from behind, so natives wore the masks on the backs of their heads as they gathered wood."
— Aug 27, 2018 06:20AM
