#dalebailey

"𝕸𝖞 '𝖆𝖙𝖙𝖎𝖙𝖚𝖉𝖊' 𝖙𝖔𝖜𝖆𝖗𝖉𝖘 𝖌𝖍𝖔𝖘𝖙 𝖘𝖙𝖔𝖗𝖎𝖊𝖘 𝖎𝖘 𝖔𝖓𝖊 𝖔𝖋 𝖊𝖓𝖙𝖍𝖗𝖆𝖑𝖑𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖎𝖓𝖙𝖊𝖗𝖊𝖘𝖙 𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝖆𝖉𝖒𝖎𝖗𝖆𝖙𝖎𝖔𝖓 𝖎𝖋 𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖞 𝖆𝖗𝖊 𝖜𝖊𝖑𝖑 𝖙𝖔𝖑𝖉." - May Sinclair 🕷🕷🕷🕷🕷🕷🕷 Mine too, May, mine too. 👻 Today, the weather has been howling, pouring, and generally kicking up a fuss. I have been tucked up with 'In the Night Wood' - a fairy tale, an ode to literature, and a tragedy of loss articulated through magical realism, the gothic, fantasy and, I hope, folk horror too... I'll save further comment until I'm done. 👻 It has been a perfectly Novemeber-y day; Halloween lingers in the air, the spooky season is in full swing and Christmas and winter seem suddenly close. 👻 I also aattended a fascinating lecture on Victorian and Edwardian female authors of ghost stories. The Christmas tradition of spectral storytelling of course came up, as did one fine British gentleman - a staunch supporter of his female contemporaries. I imagine Sinclair would consider his own tales well told too... 👻 Today's image serves as a conceptual depiction of November, existing between the Tradition of Terror and Decadence and Decay. It is also a sneaky little #thespookynerdsbookclub spoiler for the upcoming readalong, which @rabbitheartedreader, @engaginglit, & I are getting increasingly excited about cohosting next month! Details coming soon... 👻 🤔: Are you breaking the "rules" and embracing Christmas/seasonal/holiday traditions early this year? If so, I salute you in your festive rebellion! 🤔: Does the fact that 'attitude' is quoted in inverted commas lead anyone else to assume Sinclair is being consciously attitude-y (and love her for it)? . #natureisgothic #folkhorror #contemporarygothic #dalebailey #inthenightwood #bookstagram #englishliterature #victorianliterature #edwardianliterature #christmas #halloween #spookynerds #bookblogger #bookclub #readalong #teaser #spoiler #ghoststories #femaleauthors #charlesdickens #achristmascarol #classicliterature #decemberreads #maysinclair https://www.instagram.com/p/CHlf6fsgb3W/?igshid=1f8ums1we5rm8

Book review: In the Night Wood by Dale Bailey Rating: 🌟🌟🌟🌟/5 . . I am reviewing this book after receiving a free copy through @netgalley @harpercollinsuk When I started reading this book I knew that it wouldn't be like any I usually read. The whole way through I wanted to read on and see how this book would end. The whole book was surrounded by grief of a child and the break up of a marriage. I wanted to help Charles and Erin but nothing could help them. As for all the missing children and the Horned King, I'm still not sure if it were real. The past suggested so. Everything points towards it. I loved how it has that british dark fairy tale vibe. I shared the denial of the narrator, Charles, disbelieving that any of it could be real. Overall, it was a very good book. You can feel all the emotions and everything feels real. . #amylittleford #amylittlefordauthor #dalebailey #inthenightwood #harpercollins #harpercollinsuk #netgalley #arc #bookobsessed #bookhoarder #bookstagram #bookish #booksofinstagram #bookreview #bookshelves #booklove #bookworm #bibliophile #authorofinstagram #author #prose #published #booktography https://www.instagram.com/p/Btt6W5oBQ45/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1pj82m1tj99vh

A truly dark fantasy... #DaleBailey’s #intothenightwood #houghtonmifflinharcourt #edelweiss #johnjosephadams https://www.instagram.com/p/BoxxbJGnoha/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=15r2i4wiw1qor

Story by Dale Bailey