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Weird #62: “The New Rays” by M. John Harrison (1982)

On October 18, 2022October 12, 2022 By matthewrettinoIn The Archaeology of Weird Fiction Project, UncategorizedLeave a comment

A weird emanation of energy straight out of Blue Man Group, the "blue bodies" are doubles that haunt the narrator of "The New Rays."

Weird #52: “The Psychologist Who Wouldn’t Do Awful Things to Rats” by James Triptree, Jr. (1976)

On August 9, 2022July 21, 2022 By matthewrettinoIn The Archaeology of Weird Fiction Project, UncategorizedLeave a comment

A harrowing tale questions why science can be so cruel to animals

Weird #49: “Don’t Look Now” by Daphne du Maurier (1971)

On June 13, 2022June 13, 2022 By matthewrettinoIn The Archaeology of Weird Fiction Project, UncategorizedLeave a comment

Daphne Du Maurier’s line is almost literally hypnotic

Weird #43: “Same Time, Same Place” by Mervyn Peake (1963)

On May 2, 2022April 27, 2022 By matthewrettinoIn The Archaeology of Weird Fiction Project, Uncategorized1 Comment

The perfect date keeps her biggest secret until just before marriage

Weird #36: “The Hungry House” by Robert Bloch (1951)

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Probably the best haunted house story about the alienating effect of mirrors that you will ever read.

Weird #27: “Smoke Ghost” by Fritz Leiber (1941)

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Fritz Leiber's story about the ghosts of the modern city.

Weird #9: “The Spider” by Hans Heinz Ewers (1915)

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Fiction

“The Goddess in Him”

NewMyths.com, September 2020

Bards and Sages Quarterly October 2018 cover

“The Pilgrim's Yoke”

Bards and Sages Quarterly, October 2018

A Bactrian bodhisattva's head

“In the Ruins of Shambhala”

600 Second Saga, September 2017

Poems

“Sir Arthur Evans”

Lantern Magazine, May 4th, 2021

Photo by Egor Myznik on Unsplash

"Dream: If you feed the banana to the computer, a hitman receives his orders”

Lantern Magazine, December 29th, 2020

Photo by Louis Hansel on Unsplash

"Horologium”

Lantern Magazine, December 20th, 2020

Photo by Rhii Photography on Unsplash

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