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I might finish this book yet today, but you'll have to wait two full weeks for the review. My long vacation starts tomorrow!

Chris Lambert quoting Tony Redman in his treatise on M.R. James: "Wherever you've got a margin between two types of culture and two types of landscape you often get a deeper awareness of the supernatural and the spiritual". This rings true to me, who lived overseas most of my childhood and loved (and still love) to wander the "spaces between". I could go on, but should probably do a blog post about this some time.

Great. That's half a dozen Czech horror movies that I now feel compelled to watch. Svanmajer is included, as to be expected. His "Faust" was brilliant!

Would love to see an essay on "A Field in England," though the essay on "Kill List" will have to do for now, I suppose.

"Hell's Angel Blake" is not an essay, it's a gateway and a time machine . . .

Very much looking forward to reading this next section, Phil Legard's essay "The Haunted Fields of England: Diabolical Landscapes and the Genii Locorum". I mean, that title alone . . .

John Harrigan's "The Sacred Theatre of Summerisle" is a profound look into ritual itself based upon the Wicker Man celebration. It is an incredibly insightful piece and lends some reassurance to those of us who do believe that ritual itself carries power to infuse life with meaning. Fabulous essay!

Now I have hours and hours of spooky kids shows to watch. I need to finish "Children of the Stones," of which I've seen a few episodes (and greatly enjoyed). How did British television make such awesome shows with such a small budget, while American TV sucked/sucks, by and large? I guess they had to actually write good plots and hire good actors . . .

Since I really dig Mount Vernon Arts Lab music, it's cool to read an interview with the composer, who sounds like a very interesting person, indeed.

Jim Moon's essay on M.R. James is excellent. He makes a compelling case for James being not-merely-a-teller-of-ghost-stories. Incidentally, if you'd like to see an excellent adaption of one of James' more famous tales, here it is. Enjoy!