Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad
Exhausting, fascinating, and visceral.
Author:Mr Mustard
The Black Arrow by Robert Louis Stevenson
How not to have fun in medieval England.
A Walk with the Beast by Various Authors
Creaky clichés, bafflingly obtuse protagonists, and absurd setups.
Final Destination Bloodlines (2025)
Death’s back, baby, and he’s still running on autopilot.
The Thing from the Lake by Eleanor M Ingram
Or how I learned to fear conversation.
The Haunted and the Haunters, or, The House and the Brain by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
What a long title for a short story. Compensating?
The Purple Cloud by MP Shiel
MP Shiel yells at the sky for about 200 pages.
Body Chemistry (1990)
This should come with a warning label: “May Cause Uncontrollable Laughter”.
Thunderbolts* (2025)
The Not-Avengers assemble, for some reason.
Lilith by George MacDonald
Warning: contains philosophical musings and mildly creepy Victorian romance.