tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3173887948269031901.post4839683115591365249..comments2024-03-26T01:21:57.869+00:00Comments on Supernatural Tales: Building a Spooky Library - Famous Namesvaldemarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03829872956512652469noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3173887948269031901.post-11473685714345434622013-09-16T08:19:17.561+00:002013-09-16T08:19:17.561+00:00Oddly enough, I have a collection of stories by Sa...Oddly enough, I have a collection of stories by Sansom but can't recall ever reading it. Time to give him a try - assuming I haven't already. Memory's going...valdemarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03829872956512652469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3173887948269031901.post-76036796893770162362013-09-15T21:24:00.029+00:002013-09-15T21:24:00.029+00:00I've been reading William Sansom again, and on...I've been reading William Sansom again, and one of the many pleasures of his work is not knowing whether any particular story will be "strange" or not. Even his many slice-of-life stories have an oddly paranoid sense of utter immersion in the details of ordinary life, to the point where these details begin to glow and to shiver with odd possibilities. I'm surprised that he's not better known amongst "genre" readers: I think they would like him!Mark Fuller Dillonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00913217677399118759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3173887948269031901.post-39456472623636316872013-09-15T17:14:56.473+00:002013-09-15T17:14:56.473+00:00The author who instantly springs to mind is W.W. J...The author who instantly springs to mind is W.W. Jacobs, the man known primarily for writing 'The Monkey's Paw', a story completely unrepresentative of his other work, which mostly featured gnarled old tars hanging around in some harbour town - at least, if memory serves me correctly.<br /><br />Ghost stories seemed to have been a fixture in most Victorian magazines ,but it's rare to come across a really good, modern ghost story. Maybe we live in a sceptical age?Aonghus Fallonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09434527113873901741noreply@blogger.com