Tuesday, 29 April 2025

Alrightreads: Tartarusaurus

Sarban, The Sound of His Horn

1952 / Audiobook / 154 pages

****

I was expecting the pastoral occult respite of Ringstones again. so the inhuman body horror caught me off guard. One of those certified classics I'm not in a rush to read again.


John Gale, A Damask of the Dead

1991-2002 (collected 2002) / Ebook / 100 pages

****

This ornate prose poetry is just what a boutique press is made for. I'd have appreciated it more if I had any romance in my soul or a nose for perfume, but there was still plenty of sorcery, spooky castles 'n' shit.

Faves: 'The City on the Farthest Shore of a Sable Lake,' 'The Old King's Prophecy: A Faery Tale,' 'A Damask of the Dead'


Arthur Machen, Ornaments in Jade

1897-1924 (collected 1924) / Ebook / 54 pages

****

The common thread of free-thinking misfits seeking occult pastoral solace makes this a nice little concept album, though that hardly distinguishes it from his others.

Faves: 'The Idealist,' 'The Ceremony,' 'Torture'


Christopher Blayre (Edward Heron-Allen), The Cheetah-Girl

1923 / Audiobook / 71 pages

**

Prescient genetic science fiction for the purposes of perving over a Thundercat.


Nicola Lombardi, The Gypsy Spiders and Other Tales of Italian Horror

2015-21 (collected 2021) / Audiobook / 276 pages

**

Blurred together too much to pick favourites.