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RIP Remainders
I let the end of October whoosh right by without comment, and with it, the end of RIP VI. Before we get too much further down the road, I want to take a minute to review. It was a great … Continue reading
Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell
Magic shall be written upon the sky by the rain but they shall not be able to read it; Magic shall be written on the faces of the stony hills but their minds shall not be able to contain it. … Continue reading
Horns
“Ignatius Martin Perrish spent the night drunk and doing terrible things.” Most of which he can remember the next morning, though one thing eludes him. He remembers visiting the shrine at the site of his girlfriend’s horrific murder a year … Continue reading
The Dark Room
Jane “Jinx” Kingsley emerges from a coma in an exclusive private clinic, unable to remember the previous two weeks. She doesn’t believe the doctor when he tells her she attempted suicide–twice–after her fiancé announced he was canceling the wedding and … Continue reading
Lying Dead
The silence of the deep forest is broken by the insistent ring of a cell phone. The forester who investigates is horrified by the discovery of a dead woman–not only because she’s been murdered, but also because he knows her, … Continue reading
Let Her RIP!
It’s time, it’s time! If you’re a regular visitor to Bookish Dark, you know we’re careening joyfully into my favorite time of year, autumn, and with it, the Readers Imbibing Peril Challenge. Our obliging host, Carl, got the festivities underway … Continue reading
RIP V: Epilogue
Another Readers Imbibing Peril Challenge has come and gone, handily retaining its place as my favorite reading challenge of the year. Honestly, it doesn’t even have close competition; I look forward to RIP all year long, and it never disappoints! … Continue reading
Fox Evil
Evil has come to sleepy Shenstead Village. The lady of the manor, Ailsa Lockyer-Fox, has died under mysterious circumstances. Her husband is tried and acquitted of murder–if indeed, it was murder–and has been the victim of a vicious harrassment campaign … Continue reading
House of Wax
Professor Henry Jarrod is a gifted sculptor who pours his passion into creating marvelously life-like wax models of historical figures. He doesn’t mind that his sober little wax museum only draws a couple hundred visitors on a good day; he’s … Continue reading
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
Merricat Blackwood has lived in seclusion with her sister Constance and uncle Julian since someone poisoned the rest of the Blackwood family six years ago. The family was felled by arsenic in the sugar bowl, and Constance was the natural … Continue reading