House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski is jarringly unconventional and instills a deep sense of dread within its readers. Through the use of elaborate text arrangement, numerous footnotes, reference of non-existent books, and multiple narrators – Danielewski creates a dark and disorientating tale.
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Tag: supernatural
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House of Leaves By Mark Z. Danielewski
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Abdul Alhazred
By: Jason Zapata
As a man in Sana’a I heard their voices
The inhuman dialect flooded my mind
With images of a vast nameless city
Lying in the wastes of Roba El Khaliyeh -
Rydia and The Dancing Ghosts
By: Jason Zapata
To watch the dancing ghosts promenade and pirouette
Rydia enters the castle ruins bathed in moonlight
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Witch and Wizard By Gabrielle Charbonnet and James Patterson
James Patterson’s new novel, “Witch and Wizard” is intriguing to me conceptually. The story is based on two siblings named Whit and Wisty Allgood. Average teenagers living with their parents until the day their home is raided by the New Order. The brother and sister are accused of practicing magic by this oppressive new regime of the federal government that has come to power. Under the leadership of “The One Who Is The One”, they seek to imprison and execute all practitioners of magic.
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The Wendigo Possession
By: Jason Zapata
Gruesome murders occurred in the winter of 1878
The Indian swift runner would be hung at dawn
Guilty of cannibalism or being a wendigo’s pawn
I wanted to hear the mans side before he met his fate
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Angel Time By Anne Rice
Angel Time by Anne Rice is a departure from her previous work. In the past, Anne’s characters struggled with the fact that their very existences were irredeemable. Characters like Lestat fought against their innate evil, but were doomed to live with it. This new novel reflects Anne’s Christian conversion and offers her protagonist salvation. This is a surprising change for those who follow Anne’s work.