![]() ![]() ![]() "Urban legends," Brunvand says, "have a persistent hold on the imagination because they have an element of suspense or humor, they are plausible and they have a moral." Urban legends are "too good to be true" stories that travel by word of mouth, by print, or by the internet and are attributed to an FOAF: friend of a friend. ![]() īrunvand is best known for popularizing the concept of the urban legend, a form of modern folklore or story telling. Jan Harold Brunvand (born March 23, 1933) is a retired American folklorist, researcher, writer, public speaker, and professor emeritus of English at the University of Utah. The Study of American Folklore: An Introduction. ![]()
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7/7/2023 0 Comments Wicked saints goodreads![]() ![]() ![]() There is so much eye horror in this book I don't know what happened. If you like cosmic horror, forests that want to eat you, and very sad very pretty boys and very tired very done with everything girls then i have a book for you.Įdit: 6.19.19: ~we have a cover~ and i'm just going to come out ahead of arcs and put the necessary content warnings here because we're dealing with about the same level of blood/self harm as Wicked Saints, about the same level of alcoholism (Serefin is Having A Time), i guess the same level of gore? That one is rough because each person's understanding of what gore is in a book is different, I didn't think WS was particularly gory but some readers did! So! Keep that in mind I think RG is about the same level in regards to that, some minor drug use as a magic avenue (it's mushrooms, but still!), the big one in this book is body horror/eye horror. ![]() It's weird! it's cerebral! everyone is sad! it nearly killed me! it's a good 100 pages longer than WICKED SAINTS! ![]() 7/7/2023 0 Comments Night Beach by Kirsty Eagar![]() ![]() BUT even though those books gave me that wonderfully giddy feeling of falling in love, and endless fodder for idle daydreaming, they also made me deeply uncomfortable. Back in the day, I completely lost my head over Twilight. Although, I do get why these stories are so popular. It’s just that so often, especially in YA, these narratives are limited to emotionally abusive relationships where some supposedly smart and fiercely independent girl allows herself to be controlled and infantilised by an emotionally stunted jerk who periodically retreats to have a good sulk over how damaged and dangerous he is. I often tell people I’m not into love stories. And I still get excited every time I look at it. It’s been almost a month since I finished reading it. How am I going to do it justice? Kirsty Eagar’s Summer Skin is one of those books. Sometimes I love a book so much, I get nervous about reviewing it. ![]() 7/6/2023 0 Comments Malice series heather walter![]() ![]() I thought it was a standalone book, it's not.It's not, and it contains mature scenes (YAY! □) I should start by saying that I made a couple of assumptions before reading this book: It's not every day that you get a queer, feminist Sleeping Beauty re-telling from the villain's perspective! And I-ĭo you see now why I was so excited to read this?! Perhaps, together, we could forge a new world.īecause we all know how this story ends, don’t we? Aurora is the beautiful princess. If my power began her curse, perhaps it’s what can lift it. Even though it was a power like mine that was responsible for her curse.īut with less than a year until that curse will kill her, any future I might see with Aurora is swiftly disintegrating-and she can’t stand to kiss yet another insipid prince. ![]() Aurora says I should be proud of my gifts. Humiliated and shamed by the same nobles who pay me to bottle hexes and then brand me a monster. One who isn’t bothered that I am Alyce, the Dark Grace, abhorred and feared for the mysterious dark magic that runs in my veins. ![]() Not the way they care about their jewels and elaborate parties and charm-granting elixirs. Let me tell you, no one in Briar actually cares about what happens to its princesses. ![]() You’ve heard this before, haven’t you? The handsome prince. A curse that could only be broken by true love’s kiss. Once upon a time, there was a wicked fairy who, in an act of vengeance, cursed a line of princesses to die. ![]() 7/6/2023 0 Comments Bellweather rhapsody![]() For everyone has come to the Bellweather with a secret, and everyone is haunted. Fifteen years ago, a murder/suicide in room 712 rocked the grand old Bellweather Hotel and the young bridesmaid who witnessed it. The search for answers entwines a hilariously eccentric cast of characters-conductors and caretakers, failures and stars, teenagers on the verge and adults trapped in memories. A high school music festival goes awry when a young prodigy disappears from a hotel room that was the site of a famous murder/suicide fifteen years earlier. Is it a prank, or has murder struck the Bellweather once again? Then one of the orchestra’s stars disappears-from room 712. ![]() ![]() Now hundreds of high school musicians, including quiet bassoonist Rabbit Hatmaker and his brassy diva twin, Alice, have gathered in its cavernous, crumbling halls for the annual Statewide festival the grown-up bridesmaid has returned to face her demons and a snowstorm is forecast that will trap everyone on the grounds. A high school music festival goes awry when a young prodigy disappears from a hotel room that was the site of a famous crime, in a whip-smart novel sparkling with the dark and giddy pop culture pleasures of The Shining, Agatha Christie, and Glee.įifteen years ago, a murder/suicide in room 712 rocked the grand old Bellweather Hotel and the young bridesmaid who witnessed it. Set in 1997 at the once grand and now-crumbling Bellweather Hotel in the Catskills while it hosts a weekend conference for student musicians, Bellweather Rhapsody is a genre-bendy mystery, thriller, love and ghost story, that’s also as close to a musical in novel form as I could write. ![]() ![]() ![]() Imaginative, passionate and frequently called ‘bonkers’ by her friends, Evie’s interests include reading, eating, saving the world, and fantasising about people who only exist between the pages of her books. A self-confessed ‘method writer’, Evie has taken it upon herself to live a full and messy life, from which romantic and personal failures become fodder for her laugh-out-loud plotlines. Evie Alexander is an award-winning author of sexy romantic comedies with a very British sense of humour. ![]() 7/6/2023 0 Comments These old shades heyer![]() ![]() We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. If it is multi volume set, then it is only single volume, if you wish to order a specific or all the volumes you may contact us. These Old Shades Heyer, Georgette ISBN: 9780330202695 Kostenloser Versand für alle Bücher mit Versand und Verkauf duch Amazon. As these are old books, we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or missing or black spots. Author of over fifty books, Georgette Heyer is the best-known and best-loved of all historical novelists, who made the Regency period her own. ![]() This book is printed in black & white, sewing binding for longer life, printed on high quality Paper, re-sized as per Current standards, professionally processed without changing its contents. ![]() No one has ever created more vibrant characters. These Old Shades is a typical Heyer novel in the sense that it is heavenly witty. These Old Shades, her second book, appeared in 1926, and already she’s at her full maturity. Reprinted in 2018 with the help of original edition published long back. Heyer wrote over fifty books, the first published in 1923 and the last in 1970. Unique Leather-Bound Edition having Spine and corners bind with leather with Golden Leaf Printing on round spine. 370 CHOOSE ANY COLOR OF YOUR CHOICE WITHOUT ANY EXTRA CHARGES, JUST CLICK ON MORE IMAGES FOR OPTIONAL COLORS and inform us your choice through mail. ![]() ![]() ![]() We do have high standards though, just like in the wiki. In fact, we really want you to become a writer for us. We incorporate quotes from the story, knowledge and links with all of Foundation lore, and our own educated speculation about how it all fits together to create a professionally-written, engaging, and exhaustive declassification.Īwesome - we'd be glad to have you. Our pieces - posted about every two to three days - incorporate a SparkNotes-style summary of the article, along with heavy analysis of the meaning of their plot elements or symbols. These stories and ideas found across the site can be breathtaking and multilayered, but also confusing or hidden between the lines, and we want to provide an easy-to-read and interesting way for you to understand them. We are a team of writers that create long-form explanations of complex SCPs, tales, and other pieces on the SCP wiki in order to clarify their ultimate meaning or demonstrate what these pieces accomplish. /r/DankMemesFromSite19 - our sister subreddit.SCP Explained (a wikidot by SCP admins).Join our Discord! External Resources/Links ![]() ![]() ![]() I've been hands-on throughout, donning many new creative hats to produce, direct, art-direct and edit for the first time. I opted to self-fund the film for possible development into a bigger feature. ![]() Tom describes the short as: "A year-long trip in terms of production but seven years of work in total. Tom is now proud to present his first stint in the director's chair with 'Teddy Bears Picnic', a proof-of-concept short film selected to premiere at this year's Fright Fest in London (UK) The film will then be released online shortly after for everyone to see. He's also the author of VHS: Video Cover Art (2015) the first book of its kind to comprehensively bring together the artwork on UK VHS covers from the '80s to the '90s. ![]() Thomas Hodge is better known as 'The Dude Designs' poster artist behind Hobo with A Shotgun (2011) The Innkeepers (2011) The Heat (2013) WolfCop (2014) The Other Side of The Door (2016) and They Live. If you go down to the woods today, you're sure of a grim surprise. Synopsis: A mother and daughter, playing games in the forest. Teddy bears picnic will be Premiering at Fright Fest in London on the 28th August, with a Worldwide online release to follow for possible development into feature. ![]() ![]() Would be a pretty nice sight, Rupert said, and Tom was very annoyed at how that made him laugh a little and drop his gaze. I was just offering to buy you a drink.Īnd then, what, watch me drink it in silence? Tom said. Tom decided he was going to call him… Rupert. Who said anything about chatting you up? the man said. The kind where you chat people up, Tom said. It was a bit like staring at a magic eye puzzle made of elbows and arched eyebrows. He wasn’t unhandsome, Tom supposed, on further examination, once you’d gotten used to how all his weird parts and features fit together. What kind is that, then? said the man, undeterred. This isn’t that kind of bar, you know, Tom said, and took a sip of his drink. He was also definitely too old to be trying to pick up a young vital piece of ass like Tom’s own self, while Tom was trying to just peacefully get tipsy while not sitting on his own sofa. He was long and gangly-limbed, with a hopeful horsey smile and, confirmed, a stupid quiff. Tom finally craned his head over to look at his suitor. I’ll buy you a drink and then drink it for you. Well, fine, said the man, who Tom could glean from peripheral vision had a stupid haircut. I do seem to already have a drink, if you hadn’t noticed. Tom did not yet look over to see the source of this offer, instead neatly poking at the ice in his vodka cranberry with his straw. ![]() ![]() Buy you a drink? came the slightly nasal voice from Tom’s left. ![]() |