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Tag Archives: supernatural
Extreme emotional states in chapter 18 of To Ride the Lightning Bolt
Daphne Vane has never confronted a man pointing a gun at her before now. Then again, she just found out she’s one-quarter hell cat, not something that happens every day, either. Those two unprecedented events have an unprecedented outcome for … Continue reading
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Tagged fantasy, hell cat, horror, Magic, supernatural, Writing
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Daphne deals with the nature of gods in chapter 17 of To Ride the Lightning Bolt
What do you do when an eight-foot tall alien prostrates herself in front of you and grabs your foot with her hand? This is not a question Daphne Vane had ever expected to be asked, let alone have it become … Continue reading
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Tagged fantasy, Fiction, supernatural, Writing
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Daphne is beastly in chapter 16 of To Ride the Lightning Bolt
Daphne Vane literally had something happen to her for which there were no words. But even what could not be described still has devastating consequences. Daphne faces not just the ruin of her mission, but possibly the permanent loss of … Continue reading
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Tagged fantasy, Fiction, horror, Magic, supernatural, Writing
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Review: uncertain narrators in horror: novels by Hogg and Tryon
We tend to think of the unreliable narrator as a 20th century development. The unreliable narrator rejects the apparent objectivity of the omniscient narrator so beloved by the Victorians, warning us that all knowledge is subjective, all stories told from … Continue reading
Posted in Reading fiction, Reviews
Tagged Fiction, horror, James Hogg, occult, Reading, review, supernatural, Thomas Tryon
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Daphne attacks! in chapter 12 of To Ride the Lightning Bolt
Daphne Vane is tired of getting pushed around. The Council, her mother, Enforcement, and now her doppelganger have been making of her life a misery. And all because she’s not the nice little goddess she should have been. Well, they’re … Continue reading
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Tagged fantasy, Fiction, inhuman, Magic, supernatural, Writing
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Movie reviews: many Cat People
Back some time ago, I reviewed the Midwich Cuckoo films, an odd trilogy that consisted of the original Village of the Damned (1960), a remake with the same title in 1995, and an odd offshoot, Children of the Damned (1964). … Continue reading
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Tagged Ann Carter, Cat People, David Bowie, horror, Malcolm McDowell, movies, Nastassja Kinski, review, Simone Simon, supernatural, The Curse of the Cat People
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Strangers are not strangers in chapter 9 of To Ride the Lightning Bolt
Daphne Vane has just been informed by a troll that she’s not entirely human. This is not something that happens to most us. All of which raises the question of just who and what Daphne really is. But before she … Continue reading
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Tagged doppelganger, fantasy, Fiction, Magic, supernatural, troll, Writing
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Who’s got Daphne’s back is the question in chapter 8 of To Ride the Lightning Bolt
It’s Daphne’s family ties that have got her entangled in the Council’s plan for her marriage. But neither the Council nor Daphne knows just how complicated her family really is. Daphne finds herself confronted by two improbable allies in “The … Continue reading
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Tagged fantasy, Fiction, perfunctory date, supernatural, troll, Writing
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A torturous time in chapter 7 of To Ride the Lightning Bolt
Daphne Vane is not the sort of person who goes out of her way to intentionally offend people, neon blue hair dye job notwithstanding. But it seems her very existence is becoming offensive to a lot of people who have … Continue reading
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Tagged fantasy, Fiction, Magic, shattered chair, supernatural, Writing
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Minds out of control in chapter 4 of To Ride the Lightning Bolt
Daphne Vane was actually looking forward to her walk home from a one-night stand. She just didn’t think she’d be going to meet a fiancé she’s never seen while wearing the dressing gown of the guy she just got down … Continue reading
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Tagged fantasy, Fiction, Magic, missing chamber pot, supernatural, Writing
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