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I proceeded to think thus…

The First Detective: The Complete Auguste Dupin Stories by Edgar Allan Poe

July 27, 2019 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

This is a collection of the Dupin mystery stories from Edgar Allan Poe. I know that at some point in my life I read these, either for a class, or in that way that teenagers in the US who love to read have their “obsessed with Edgar Allan Poe” moments. And because I grew up in Virginia, lived in both Baltimore, and Richmond, we love love love Poe around these parts. But I don’t remember the specifics or the experience of reading these. They are […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: auguste dupin, Edgar Allan Poe

vel veeter's CBR11 Review No:433 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: auguste dupin, Edgar Allan Poe ·
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Oldies But Goodies

August 5, 2017 by sabian30 Leave a Comment

The Fantastic and Forgotten, edited by Judika Illes (2016) – Usually when I review anthologies, I summarize individual stories and give an overall judgement, but this anthology is such a unique concept, I must discuss the entire anthology as a whole. First of all, I’d never heard of Weiser Books who published this anthology.  They publish occult, esoteric, speculative, and New Age works.  This collection, however, publishes stories of forgotten authors from the 1800s, mostly English, and includes such surprising (and not forgotten) authors such […]

Filed Under: Horror, Mystery, Short Stories, Suspense Tagged With: bram stoker, Edgar Allan Poe, horror, Judika Illes, mystery, Suspense, vampires

sabian30's CBR9 Review No:30 · Genres: Horror, Mystery, Short Stories, Suspense · Tags: bram stoker, Edgar Allan Poe, horror, Judika Illes, mystery, Suspense, vampires ·
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