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Continue reading →: There Is No Antimemetics Division by qntm
British Literature – published 2020 – science fiction I was inquisitive about this, as I had read several good reviews, though I usually don’t read this sort of mix of science fiction and cosmic horror. The premise also, was enticing, turning the idea of memes on its head. A meme…
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Continue reading →: Serra d’OsDespite the storms battering Portugal and most of Spain the northwest, Catalonia in particular has had a week of fine winter weather, though that does seem to be coming to an end tomorrow. On Friday morning I moved on from Bovera northwards through the city of Lleida to the foothills…
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Continue reading →: Pedro The Vast by Simón López Trujillo
Chilean Literature translated by Robin Myers – Horror – Published August 2025 Pedro is a widower with two children, 16 year old Pato who is on a long suspension from school, and 10 year old Cata. He works on a eucalyptus plantation in the Nahuelbuta mountains of central Chile (a…
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Continue reading →: The Hill in the Dark Grove by Liam Higginson
Welsh Literature – Published 2026 – Folk Horror Higginson’s debut novel is a slow burner, a dark and largely effective Welsh folk horror set in Snowdonia as I knew it (I have spent many wonderful days in these mountains) or Eryri as it is now known. At its heart though,…
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Continue reading →: Sirāt
Spain, France, Morocco – 2026 It’s taken me almost a week to gather my thoughts after seeing this, which is to its credit immediately. The thing was, that I’m still haven’t quite made my mind up about the way the film heads in its last part.. but enough about that,…
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Continue reading →: Steadily northwards, through some great country..I left Caudiel, northwest of Valencia on Tuesday morning and since then have travelled steadily north through Castellón, then the southeast of Aragon and into Catalonia, an area which I have visited before and is a favourite of mine with its little villages, hills and valleys, olive groves and maze…
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Continue reading →: Kings of the Yukon by Adam Weymouth
British Literature – non fiction – Published 2018 Adam Weymouth is receiving plenty of deserved accolades for his most recent book, Lone Wolf: Walking the Line Between Civilization and Wildness, published last year, and which I enjoyed a lot. So much so, that I looked at his back catalogue and…
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Continue reading →: Service by John Tottenham
British / American literature – Published 2025 This is a book that needs to be read through the prism of its author’s life. It is the story of a middle-aged man named Sean who works in an Echo Park bookstore and is struggling to write a novel. Tottenham himself, a…
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Continue reading →: Alto PalanciaAfter the storms, and after the hurly-burly of Mula, I was keen for some hills more conducive to outdoor activity, so headed to one of my favourite areas, the surrounds on Teruel. Specifically, I aimed for the Via Verde Ojos Negros, which runs between Teruel and Valencia. It actually runs,…
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Continue reading →: The Rabbit Trap
Folk Horror – Britain 2025 When I see a movie reviews getting a wide variety of reviews it always attracts my interest. That was the case with this. The bad reviews, and they were in the majority, intrigued me further; most wanted blood and gore, and more action, but got…
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I was so much older then…
Quote of the Week
Alice asked the Cheshire Cat, who was sitting in a tree, ‘What road do I take?’ The cat asked, ‘Where do you want to go?’ ‘I don’t know,’ Alice answered. ‘Then,’ said the cat, ‘it really doesn’t matter, does it?’
Lewis Carroll
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