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Normal 0 false false false EN-GB X-NONE X-NONE England Under The Stuarts Subtitled The political, constitutional, and social history of England in the seventeenth century , this was first published in 1902, later revised in 1925, and a new edition in 1960 (the one I read) which reading between the lines of Preface is essentially the 1925 version with an expanded bibliography. Somewhat…
Normal 0 false false false EN-GB X-NONE X-NONE Bram Stoker’s Dracula In 15 th century Romania Vlad Dracula (Gary Oldman) returns from the war to discover his wife has killed herself, believing him dead. Told she will be damned to hell, he declares he will renounce God and rise from the grave, becoming a vampire. In the 19 th century lawyer Jonathan Harker (Keanu Reeves) is sent to Romania to meet…
Monster Of The Week 335 is OldWorldNewWorld, dying and struggling to be born, divided by the ocean, other translations suggest a different cast to the idea yet this speaks to people. Monster Of The Week is supported by my patreon which speaks to people with stories of the old world, the new and also monsters.
Normal 0 false false false EN-GB X-NONE X-NONE Ponyhenge by Faith Allington in Kaleidotrope The girls will learn about the foxglove princes when they are older. They whisper about the girls who kissed the princes before. They gather where the merry go round ponies are. What if they follow the prince this time. What if they watch him kiss the girl. What will they do then, at the henge of the…
Normal 0 false false false EN-GB X-NONE X-NONE Batman (1989) Mysterious millionaire Bruce Wayne (Michael Keaton) fights crime in Gotham city as vigilante The Batman . Organised crime boss Carl Grissom (Jack Palance) sends his henchman Jack Napier (Jack Nicholson) to Axis Chemicals to destroy evidence, intending that Napier will be killed. A complicated fight breaks out between gangsters (some…
Normal 0 false false false EN-GB X-NONE X-NONE A Knight Of The Seven Kingdoms Ser Arlen of Pennytree, a hedge knight (wandering sword for hire) dies, leaving his squire Dunk alone. Dunk goes to Ashford, intending to take part in the tourney there, hoping to win and so get money from ransoming the armour and horses of whoever he defeated. Along the way he encounters a drunk knight in an inn, and a…
Normal 0 false false false EN-GB X-NONE X-NONE Liner Notes for Who Is Andromeda Puce? Who is Andromeda Puce? I invented her for my novel The Convoluted Adventure Of The Vengeful Yankee Financier , the difficult second album of the Schneeman trilogy. She appears from nowhere, a mistress of disguise, and in the present of the novel she’s always one step behind, trying to get hold of the (possibly…
Normal 0 false false false EN-GB X-NONE X-NONE The Terror (1963) Duvalier (Jack Nicholson) a French soldier of Napoleon is lost on the beach, and is found by Helene (Sandra Knight). Duvalier tries to learn about her; it turns out Helene resembles Ilsa (also Sandra Knight), the 20 years deceased wife of Baron von Leppe (Boris Karloff). It’s generally believed that von Leppe murdered her when she…
Normal 0 false false false EN-GB X-NONE X-NONE Wyvern’s Grave by William Morris in Swords And Sorcery Eiliv the herald is escorted by Iona to see if the mountain pass is clear. It is the realm of a wyvern, and if so no army can march through. Yet it reeks of death, so much so that hunting for supplies is hard. Even if the wyvern is dead there are still dangers on the mountain – and worse still,…
Monster Of The Week 334 is A/BTesting, might be loud might be soft, loves to test hates to be tested, thinking of a career change maybe get into teaching or something. Monster Of The Week is supported by my Patreon , which is loud and soft, sometimes testing, and has stories, monsters and more.
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