I
found the reading for tonight's countdown to Halloween in an Oxfam in
Bath more than ten years ago. So it is a rarity which you might struggle to find. The book is titled Ghosts, Vampires, and Werewolves: Eerie Tales from Transylvania. And boy does it deliver! Not
all tales are scary but those who are... Apart from the creatures of the
title you'll find in it the guardian spirit of a forest who is not shy
of killing with extreme prejudice to fulfill his duty, devils in all
forms and a number of other critters and weird primitive customs. It's chilling but fascinating, giving you a lot of information about the land and its people's culture that is free from the "contaminations" of a certain Gothic novel (which I nevertheless love). Special mention to The Red Emperor's Son, a
bizarre dreamlike fairy tale that is literally the stuff of nightmares.
Thursday, 19 October 2017
Eerie Tales from Transylvania
I
found the reading for tonight's countdown to Halloween in an Oxfam in
Bath more than ten years ago. So it is a rarity which you might struggle to find. The book is titled Ghosts, Vampires, and Werewolves: Eerie Tales from Transylvania. And boy does it deliver! Not
all tales are scary but those who are... Apart from the creatures of the
title you'll find in it the guardian spirit of a forest who is not shy
of killing with extreme prejudice to fulfill his duty, devils in all
forms and a number of other critters and weird primitive customs. It's chilling but fascinating, giving you a lot of information about the land and its people's culture that is free from the "contaminations" of a certain Gothic novel (which I nevertheless love). Special mention to The Red Emperor's Son, a
bizarre dreamlike fairy tale that is literally the stuff of nightmares.
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