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35. Doctor Forrest interview with Richard T Kelly for Book Cafe (BBC Radio Scotland)
For another six days – until the sands of the hourglass are run and time expired – you will be able to follow this link to listen to my conversation with Clare English about The Possessions of Doctor Forrest, in … Continue reading
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20. ‘The Omen’, and the dubious benefit in being of the Devil’s party
At one point in an interesting documentary study of horror films he presented for the BBC last year the actor/writer Mark Gatiss sat down with David Seltzer, author of The Omen (hit novel + movie), and put to him the … Continue reading
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10. Sherlock Holmes & The Case of the Spirits
We know that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle had more than a passing interest in the spirit world. But when it came to recording the adventures of Sherlock Holmes, he evoked the shade of the supernatural only to tantalise his readers … Continue reading
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7. The demonology of William Hjortsberg
‘Hjortsberg – William Hjortsberg,’ murmured the bookseller. ‘It’s a strange one…’ Quite. At least, that’s what I recall the guy saying to me. This would be 1986, a pre-digital era when the system of making a purchase at Foyles’ famous … Continue reading
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