The Monday Poem – Corinna
This week’s Monday poem is Thomas Campion’s Corinna. I hope you like it! Continue reading The Monday Poem – Corinna
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5 Memes for Book Nerds
And a bonus comic strip: Happy reading everyone! Continue reading 5 Memes for Book Nerds
My Top 10 Weird Fiction Authors
Weird Fiction is one of my favourite genres to read and there’s no shortage of great authors in this field if you look hard enough! In no particular order, here are ten wonderfully weird authors. Premendra Mitra – The Discovery of Telenapota” by Bengali author Premendra Mitra is a good place to start if you want to skip over some of the more famous authors in The Weird. You won’t find much of Mitra’s work in English, and nothing at all in the U.S. apart from this tale. It’s a hallucinatory trip into rural India where you get to do some fly-fishing, fall … Continue reading My Top 10 Weird Fiction Authors
BOOK QUIZ – Who should YOU read next?
If you enjoy the content here at Examining the Odd, we probably have fairly similar tastes in books. This is great; it means you’re open to all sorts of genres and to discovering new authors. It’s also a curse; how on earth do you choose what to read next? Continue reading BOOK QUIZ – Who should YOU read next?
Lord Dunsany (Edward Plunkett)
The King of Elfland’s Daughter is my favourite so far, and it’s probably the most famous of his books too. It’s well known that Dunsany was a keen hunter and it’s not so well known that I’m a keen vegetarian and animal lover, so I’m sure I receive The King of Elfland’s Daughter (which contains a fair amount of hunting) quite differently to how he perhaps intended. Having said that, Dunsany was also an animal rights campaigner and was president of his local RSPCA branch, so he confuses me greatly! I guess it had something to do with the difference between animal and pet. Continue reading Lord Dunsany (Edward Plunkett)
Mike Russell and his Surreal Stories
Mike Russell is the author of two short story collections; Nothing Is Strange and Strange Medicine. His work is surreal and often humorous, with some stories even being described as erotic, absurd or disturbing. Mike has been performing his stories in the South of England for over a decade, wearing his famous top hat with its seeing eye. Continue reading Mike Russell and his Surreal Stories
The Mezzotint by M.R. James
It’s part of a collection of short stories, so plenty more to read there too! Continue reading The Mezzotint by M.R. James
The Shunned House – H.P. Lovecraft 2/5
Read Chapter One here. Chapter Two. Not till my adult years did my uncle set before me the notes and data which he had collected concerning the shunned house. Dr. Whipple was a sane, conservative physician of the old school, … Continue reading The Shunned House – H.P. Lovecraft 2/5
10 Short Stories challenge – day 10
Today I read Weird Dinner by L. L. Heberlein. Two people share a meal of what is clearly their last remaining bits of food, scrounged from somewhere. Continue reading 10 Short Stories challenge – day 10
10 Short Stories challenge – day 9
Today I read Palomino by Olivier De Beventine. I love everything about this story but I don’t want to say too much as I don’t want to ruin the many suprises! Continue reading 10 Short Stories challenge – day 9
Jay Snelling Art 