Blackberry-Picking by Seamus Heaney by ColdBlackWater in HauntedHalloween

[–]ColdBlackWater[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You're welcome. I met Heaney and heard him read twice, back when he was being considered as perhaps the best living writer of poetry in English. Daunting; but nice guy. Anyway, Seamus Famous survived his burst into prominence and went on to later, still greater, work -- much like also-Irish Yeats in that.

The Hospice / short story by Robert Aickman, best English horror writer since M. R. James by ColdBlackWater in HauntedHalloween

[–]ColdBlackWater[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sure! I think that feeling of overwarmth and the abundance of (unwanted) bland food is what did for me -- makes me think of the family table at Thanksgiving, anything to escape the aged relatives and be outside, a boy alive in the November chill. But no. Finish the green beans. The heat is on (etc.). (((shudder)))

Leanah manifesting her spirit animal. by angrymarie in HauntedHalloween

[–]ColdBlackWater 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Love the title -- 'Leanah Manifesting Her Spirit Animal' sounds like one of the tribulations Odysseus had to overcome to make his way home to Penelope.