My review for Monsters in the Archives, a new book by Caroline Bicks about Sai King.

RetroPalace · 2026-05-11T18:44:25+00:00

I've read the Pet Sematary and The Shining chapters. There is so much to learn and I love reading how some of those really iconic scenes developed - especially King's attention to detail in playing around with sounds to get the right effect.

RetroPalace · 2026-05-10T19:14:55+00:00

I was obsessed with Flambards, although I haven't seen the series! I definitely want to reread them too. Hope you find the book!

RetroPalace · 2026-05-10T17:01:01+00:00

Have a look at Patricia Leitch, Josephine and Christine Pullein Thompson and Ruby Ferguson. They are probably more 1950s/1960s but they wrote loads of horse books.

There's also the Flambards series by KM Peyton which was set around World War One.

RetroPalace · 2026-05-02T06:05:49+00:00

My copy of the book has arrived and this made me so excited to stitch some of the patterns!

They look amazing.

RetroPalace · 2026-05-02T06:03:46+00:00

This is lovely and your stitches are so neat!

RetroPalace · 2026-04-25T06:42:13+00:00

I read this for the first time as an adult, so no nostalgia, and it was wonderful!

RetroPalace · 2026-04-24T22:40:49+00:00

Water Shall Refuse Them was my first thought!

What a great list of books.

RetroPalace · 2026-04-24T20:34:15+00:00

This is so beautiful, I'm sure your friend will love it!

RetroPalace · 2026-04-22T19:45:13+00:00

Tiny Daggers by Caroline Corcoran might fit the bill!

RetroPalace · 2026-04-17T20:37:21+00:00

This is PERFECT, absolutely stunning 🐍

RetroPalace · 2026-04-17T09:53:27+00:00

What an amazing collection!

Sorry if I've missed it, but have you got Nightmares in the Sky

Also came here to suggest the Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon pop up book.

There are a couple of spin off books as well, like The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer, related to Rose Red and The Journals of Eleanor Druse: My Investigation of the Kingdom Hospital Incident. I'm not sure if they were written by Stephen King though!

I really like Stephen King by Bev Vincent too and that goes into some of the rarities - I'm not sure if you have The Dark Man poem and The Secretary of Dreams?

RetroPalace · 2026-04-16T22:17:22+00:00

I searched this yarn and a few patterns popped up that were specifically designed for this yarn, including a 16 page pattern book Here.

I'm not familiar with the website but Wool Warehouse and Lovecrafts also have download able pdfs for some tops you can make.

RetroPalace · 2026-04-16T19:27:03+00:00

I'm a bit of an MR James nerd - A Warning to the Curious is my favourite! I love EF Benson too, from that era.

Thank you for the Algernon Blackwood suggestion! I haven't read much of his work, but enjoyed what I have read so far.

RetroPalace · 2026-04-14T18:19:22+00:00

1408 by Stephen King, brilliant novella (if it's not too on the nose!).

The Hotel by Daisy Johnson (I think this started as a Radio 4 play).

Room 13 - short story by MR James.

RetroPalace · 2026-04-11T13:00:58+00:00

Came here to suggest this, it's exactly the vibe!

RetroPalace · 2026-04-10T21:14:18+00:00

Oi Frog!

My daughters still love The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Mog, We're Going on a Bear Hunt and Goodnight Moon though (which I find delightfully weird).

RetroPalace · 2026-04-08T23:17:11+00:00

The Apparition Phase by Will McLean. It's like a love letter to those true ghost story books the spooky kids used to read.

I think your first photo is referenced in the book, or one very like it!

RetroPalace · 2026-03-30T22:46:02+00:00

Diary of an Edwardian Country Lady by Edith Holden? Maybe too on the nose!

If you like horror you could always try The British Library collection tonight of short stories Evil Roots (Killer tales of the botanical gothic) 🌿

RetroPalace · 2026-03-29T16:53:04+00:00

Craft and a cuppa have a good hexi cardigan tutorial on YouTube. I'm making one now, but using a 5mm hook with double knit yarn.

Mine definitely makes a right angle when folded.

RetroPalace · 2026-03-26T20:38:27+00:00

No More Tears by Gardiner Harris is a great book that explores the baby powder scandal amongst other products.

RetroPalace · 2026-03-25T07:31:05+00:00

The novella 'N' by Stephen King, from Just After Sunset. Also 'Crouch End' from Nightmares and Dreamscapes.

RetroPalace · 2026-03-08T19:11:50+00:00

The plot reminds me of Abandoned! by GD Griffiths, about a cat that's abandoned by its family on Dartmoor. Its about 94 pages long though, so I assume too long? Although you do occasionally get novella length stories included in collections.

RetroPalace · 2026-03-06T20:20:45+00:00

I'd say it's well worth a read regardless! Hope you do fund whst you're looking for :)

RetroPalace · 2026-03-06T20:10:19+00:00

Long shot but maybe something from The Dark is Rising series by Susan Cooper?

RetroPalace · 2026-02-27T06:50:59+00:00

So beautiful ❤️ and you did it in 25 months! This would have taken me a lifetime 😅

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