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Silas Marner

Rags to Riches and Anger to Forgiveness Author: George Eliot Silas Marner is a simple man. A weaver, good at his craft. A churchgoer, an engaged man. Nothing out of the ordinary, at least as far as everyone knows. But Silas does have spells, moments where he experiences something like a trance and losses time. In his time and place, this could be misconstrued as demonic, an aberration that requires the strictest judgement. No one must know. When Silas falls into one of his trances while watching over the ill church dean, who later dies, he awakens to a corpse and [...]

2022-08-13T10:39:57-07:00August 13th, 2022|Tags: , , , |

Rabid: A Cultural History of the World’s Most Diabolical Virus

A Virus: History, Horror, & Hope Authors: Bill Wasik & Monica Murphy It goes without saying that humankind has always lived in the shadow of fear, and one of our greatest fears is the inexplicable and terrifying specter of disease. Even know, we don’t fully understand the viruses that surround us or the seemingly new ones that are constantly rearing their ugly heads. The past was no exception. The term rabies and rabid has become part of our culture, both in obvious ways (have a little Stephen King and his good boy turned emissary of death, Cujo) and more subtle maneuvers [...]

2022-08-13T09:30:13-07:00August 13th, 2022|Tags: , , , , , , |

Mystic River

The Lies That Bind Author: Dennis Lehane I discovered Dennis Lehane through Book of the Month’s recommendation of Since We Fell. The book languished on my shelf long enough for me to completely forget the premise and to be excited and surprised at every turn. What I thought I was getting was the standard thriller, what I got was something darker, sexier, more gritty and ultimately more surprising. I was hooked. That’s when I saw that Lehane’s claim to fame was Mystic River, a title that had a ring of familiarity to it. Of course, all you movie goers know why [...]

2022-08-13T08:20:24-07:00August 13th, 2022|Tags: , , , |
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