Two Envelopes And A Phone’s Reviews > Polar Horrors: Strange Tales from the World’s Ends > Status Update

Ha, I knew that as crazy as things had been in the North Pole section, as soon as we switched to the South Pole tales, it was going to get wilder than ever. I just finished ‘In Amundsen’s Tent’ by John Martin Leahy, and loved it. Great for fans of Who Goes There?/The Thing, though not quite as sophisticated. But very creepy. Next is ‘Creatures of the Light’ by Sophie Wenzel Ellis - premise sounds bonkers.

One more story set in the extreme North, before the book relocates to way way, WAY, down South. And what a treat - the final North story is by an Inuk writer from Nunavut, and takes place in the Canadian Arctic!

Arthur Conan Doyle did just fine with his entry - and next up is something by John Buchan. The quick intro to the story makes special note of Buchan's posthumously published novel Sick Heart River; I have read that one and highly recommend it beyond Buchan's spy output. More great Northern wilderness (and loneliness).

Time to tackle this book, after ignoring it for too long. The first story is by James Hogg, and I absolutely loved his novel The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner, so I’m excited to be reading something else by him: ‘The Surpassing Adventures of Allan Gordon’. It’s a long story, and I tend to like those. It does keep me from Amber and Fredric Brown a little longer, but that’s okay. Soon…