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Echoing a Curse

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Echo of a Curse
R. R. Ryan

R. R. Ryan’s birthday was a few days ago, and I said in that post that I would read Echo of a Curse and review it. So here goes. I read the Midnight House edition, which I’ve had for a number of years.

I wasn’t sure what to expect from this book. I ended up liking it very much.

Terry and Mary have grown up next door to each other in a small English town and are best friends. Terry wants things to be more than friends. He’s about to head off to fight in WWI. Just as he’s about to leave, he decides to ask Mary to marry him but changes his mind. He knows he might not be coming back and doesn’t feel it is fair to her to make such a commitment under those circumstances.

This is a decision he will regret. Continue reading →

The Shapes of Midnight by Joseph Payne Brennan

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Shapes of MidnightThe Shapes of Midnight
Joseph Payne Brennan
Berkley, 1980
mass market paperback, $2.25, 176 p.
Introduction by Stephen King

Joseph Payne Brennan has sadly become one of the more neglected writers of fantasy and horror from the second half of the 20th Century.  Fortunately there are were copies of his work available at reasonable prices.  Which is why a couple of weeks ago, after I’d read about half the stories in this book, I bought them.  By reasonable prices, I mean in the $10-25 dollar range for used hardcovers.  (Brennan created an occult detective named Lucius Leffing; I managed to snag a signed collection of some of those stories.)

When I did a search on Advanced Book Exchange for The Shapes of Midnight, the cheapest copy I found (there were only 4 of them at the time) was nearly $60.  Ouch.  Continue reading →