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"Welcome to Black Spring, the seemingly picturesque Hudson Valley town haunted by the Black Rock …
Okay, this book got real weird real fast. I have so many questions, but I guess I'll just have to keep reading.
"Welcome to Black Spring, the seemingly picturesque Hudson Valley town haunted by the Black Rock Witch, a seventeenth-century woman whose …
Discworld's only demonology hacker, Eric, is about to make life very difficult for the rest of Ankh-Morpork's denizens. This would-be …
Discworld's only demonology hacker, Eric, is about to make life very difficult for the rest …
Time for some lighter reading again.
The Woman in Black is a 1983 gothic horror novel written by Susan Hill. The plot concerns a mysterious spectre …
The Woman in Black is a 1983 gothic horror novel written by Susan Hill. The plot concerns a mysterious spectre …
Laura Purcell: Silent Companions (2017, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc)
"When newly widowed Elsie is sent to see out her pregnancy at her late husband's crumbling country estate, The Bridge, …
Laura Purcell: Silent Companions (2017, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc)
"When newly widowed Elsie is sent to see out her pregnancy at her late husband's crumbling country estate, The Bridge, …
Here there be dragons ... and the denizens of Ankh-Morpork wish one huge firebreather would return from whence it came. …
Here there be dragons ... and the denizens of Ankh-Morpork wish one huge firebreather would return from whence it came. …
It's bad enough being new on the job, but Teppic hasn't a clue as to what a pharaoh is supposed …
It's bad enough being new on the job, but Teppic hasn't a clue as to …
Content warning Pyramids (Discworld) - slightly spoilerish
“I’m here to rescue you,” said the demon.
The man peered up at him.
“Rescue?” he said.
“Yes. Why are you here?”
The man hung his head. “I spoke blasphemy against the king.”
“How did you do that?”
“I dropped a rock on my foot. Now my tongue is to be torn out.”
The dark figure nodded sympathetically.
“A priest heard you, did he?” he said.
“No. I told a priest. Such words should not go unpunished,” said the man virtuously.
We’re really good at it, Teppic thought. Mere animals couldn’t possibly manage to act like this. You need to be a human being to be really stupid. “I think we ought to talk about this outside,” he said. “Why not come with me?”
The man pulled back and glared at him.
“You want me to run away?” he said.
“Seems a good idea, wouldn’t you say?”
The man stared into his eyes, his lips moving silently. Then he appeared to reach a decision,
“Guards!” he screamed.
— Pyramids by Terry Pratchett (Discworld -- 7)
I know this is meant to be humorous, but damn...
It's bad enough being new on the job, but Teppic hasn't a clue as to …
Started this one a while ago and then fell out of reading for a while.
