Friday, 2 March 2012

Intermission

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White Threshold is taking a break. I hope to be back with more news shortly. My other literary blog, Starling City , is still up and running...
Sunday, 19 February 2012

Jan Potocki:The Manuscript Found in Saragossa

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When the chest was opened, a skeleton appeared, who came towards me in a menacing way. I drew my sword. The skeleton ripped off its left arm...
Friday, 10 February 2012

Muriel Spark: Robinson

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In my posting on Riddley Walker , I mentioned my love of the kind of books that have maps at the front. Take a look at this one - not just a...
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Wednesday, 1 February 2012

Jonathan Carroll: Bones of the Moon

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Like most writers, I've woken up many times in the grip of a dream that seems like perfect material for a novel or a poem. Maybe you get...
Monday, 30 January 2012

Patrick Hamilton: Hangover Square

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Depersonalization is a psychological symptom in which the sufferer's sense of self is affected. The world suddenly feels remote and unre...
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Friday, 27 January 2012

Jerome Charyn: War Cries Over Avenue C

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Sometimes I think I started this blog for Jerome Charyn. Or at any rate that he is the author who most perfectly sums up what the blog is ab...
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Monday, 23 January 2012

Shirley Jackson: We Have Always Lived in the Castle

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Merricat, said Connie, would you like a cup of tea? Oh no,said Merricat, you'll poison me. Merricat, said Connie, would you like to go ...