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Ah, I see. I thought you meant it was a recording of MRJ. Yes, there are a few recordings of Blackwood telling tales.

It was loosely adapted from Ancient Sorceries. But bears little resemblance.

Didn't Jamee die in 1936?

They must feel constantly exhausted.

I'll be attending!

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I can see where Blackwood generally might be hard to adapt given the metaphysical angles.

There are a couple or three TV adaptations for sure. Pleasance as Carnaki, etc...

Looking forward to this! Very few Blackwood adaptations out there. I suppose the most famous is Lewton's Cat People. What else?

Anyone else going to see @themountaingoats.bsky.social in Dublin at the Vicar Street next October? Cause I am!

This day next week we'll be at the Dublin Small Press Fair at the Pearse Street Library. @dublinsmpressfair.bsky.social

Apart from vendor, who has plans to drop in to browse the books?

OXN at the National Concert Hall

Jaysus.

It's a pity that Le Fanu's wayward, alcoholic son Phillie, who followed him to the grave after a few short years, scattered his personal papers and diaries. Only a handful have shown up, but sadly no story notes and manuscripts that would give insight. Would love to see such things emerge!

I think the connection between Carmilla and Dracula has long been pondered, postulated, overstated, so it's really nothing new to state it. What would be truly interesting now is definitive evidence, but that's still elusive. A real trick might be to mention Carmilla without mentioning Dracula!

There are a couple of assumptions in there that need to be bridged, but it seems likely. I'd like to see something more certain.

Stoker's library contained a copy of "The Watcher" (Downey, 1894) and in an unpublished interview with Noel Stoker, he said his father recommended to him Uncle Silas.

Solid choices. Uncle Silas was frequently mentioned in JSLF's obituaries, and that still seems to be his best novel. Good that it was recognised at the time too.

Le Fanu Le Fanu Le Fanu Recent publications by and about J. Sheridan Le Fanu deserve some attention here. Tartarus Press has just published Some Strange Disturbance...

Le Fanu! Le Fanu! Le Fanu!

There's a lot going around at the moment. Have you read him? Got a favourite ghost story or gothic novel?

Of the four recent publications, we've published three of them. Our friends at Tartarus did the other. Lovely schtuff.

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One of the things I like about being a publisher is the relationships I've forged with other publishers. We share information, offer advice, and commiserate. They're a support network that share passion. They understand. They're also friends. So here's to Steve, Ray, Ros, Adam, Maria, and Jonas!

Watching the @nunkie.bsky.social live broadcasts of an M. R. James story is one of my favourite holiday traditions.

I buy tickets for my family in Wisconsin so we can watch together from opposite sides of the Atlantic.

I hope you'll join us!

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5-starts review to our last pamphlet of the year, SOME THOUGHTS ON HORROR, over at @librarything.com: www.librarything.com/work/3516421....

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Count Magnus by M.R. James The ghost stories of M R James amuse and terrify as powerfully today as when they were first written over a century ago. Nunkie Theatre Company brings two…

Still four performances and a few tickets left for "Count Magnus" in Belfast.
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When will we get a del Toro remake of this one?

I was fortunate enough to interview him in 2006. GDT is always considered and thoughtful; he speaks so warmly about horror and has a deep understanding of the genre in various mediums. I love his commentaries too. He's staunch antifa in his art.

They did! I'm very slowly incorporating it into rotation. It's taking me some warming. I loved Brown Acid Test though.

Huge Puppy fan here. Also Tear Garden, Download, Plateau, Ogre, Cyberaktif, and Key's solo work. 🖤