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• Horror Wednesday: Les Chambres Rouges

  

  In Alfred Tennyson’s 19th century lyrical ballad “The Lady of Shalott”, Elaine of Astolat lives in a tower near the legendary castle and court of King Arthur. Read more

  The 16 October 2024 by   Cathy Leaves
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• Spontaneity

  

  T and I were walking her dog (Billy) in the park today and I happened to mention that this week’s blog was to be on ‘Spontaneity’. She looked at me with a sligh... Read more

  The 16 October 2024 by   Ashleylister
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• Review: The Blue Trunk by Ann E. Lowry

  

  I was happy to receive this book as an ARC because it’s the kind of story I enjoy, one that involves researching family history and exploring family trauma. Read more

  The 17 October 2024 by   Curlygeek04
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• What We Talk About When We Talk About Crime by Jennifer Fleetwood

  

  It’s not often that I’ll spend more than 99p on a Kindle book, but when I read the description of criminologist Jennifer Fleetwood’s essay collection with... Read more

  The 22 October 2024 by   Litlove
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• A Sapphic & Sanguine Vampire Gothic to Satisfy All Your Cravings: Thirst by...

  

  Are you searching for a spine-tingling sapphic read to round out your October TBR? Look no further! Thirst is a gorgeous Gothic novel that follows two women... Read more

  The 20 October 2024 by   Lesbrary
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• All of the Sapphic Vampires, None of the Victorian Homophobic Overtones: An...

  

  Like many queer women, I'm sure, I have a strange relationship with the original . On the one hand, sapphic vampires are objectively sexy. On the other hand, th... Read more

  The 18 October 2024 by   Lesbrary
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• The Perfect Queer Gothic to Read on Halloween: My Darling Dreadful Thing by...

  

  I've been trying to spend the fall reading Gothic fiction, and as Halloween approaches, Johanna van Veen's queer Gothic horror novel, My Darling Dreadful... Read more

  The 17 October 2024 by   Lesbrary
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• Escaping Comphet Is In the Cards: The Lovers by Rebekah Faubion

  

  When an advertisement for Rebekah Faubion's The Lovers, a second chance romance about a tarot reader finding love again, came across my Instagram feed, I... Read more

  The 16 October 2024 by   Lesbrary
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• Queer Small Town Livin’: Like Other Girls by Britta Lundin

  

  Mara loves basketball-which is a problem, because she's currently not allowed to play. After getting in a fight during a game, her coach kicks her off the... Read more

  The 15 October 2024 by   Lesbrary
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• Horror Wednesday: Civil War

  

  Does Civil War count as a horror film? I was going to write about Coralie Fargeat’s The Substance (for which Demi Moore certainly deserves all the laurels),... Read more

  The 23 October 2024 by   Cathy Leaves
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