It is always a pleasure to spread the word about good books, doubly so when they are written by friends. Today I want to tell you about Dark Draughts, a collection of short stories by John Goodrich. (Crossroad Press, 2018)
For years, my appreciation of horror lay somewhere between the casual and the academic. Oh, I knew the classics well enough, but was not really familiar with much modern horror. Then I started reading John’s stories, of which Dark Draughts is an evocative debut collection.
Here are tales steeped in Lovecraftian mythos and ghoulish sojourns to the Old West, ancient Egypt, and the acrid battlefields of WWI. There’s even a piece of extreme grotesquery – “Champagne” – for good measure. [Note: I find “Champagne” funny as hell, but it is definitely not for the squeamish.]
Rendered in crisp, redolent prose, these 16 stories are chilling, witty, and unsettlingly modern. John delves…
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I can definitely say that horror has never been my cup of tea though.
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I understand completely. Knowing John and having read his work over the years, I think a part of me is warming to at least his horror. 🙂
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At least I can avoid horror books and films. Horror in politics is harder to escape unfortunately, and there’s certainly more than enough of that at the moment. 😦
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Ain’t that the truth. A daily assault. Makes one just want to curl up and stay under the covers until the monsters are vanquished.
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I just read an article I found heartening. Perhaps it will have the same effect on you (and Jennifer?) The best bit starts at “There is a sub-text percolating in many, many schools…”
http://www.wakingtimes.com/2018/06/07/illiteracy-leads-to-censorship/
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