The Pickle Index
Before I begin, here’s a few things you need to know about Eli Horowitz. Eli Horowitz is a self-taught carpenter Eli Horowitz founded a publishing company Eli Horowitz wants to … Continue reading
Musings upon the Short Stories of Saki
Having always enjoyed the short stories of Saki, I was hard pressed to select just one to review. As most people know, Saki is the pen name of Hector Hugh … Continue reading
The love of weird in Karen Russell’s short stories
Karen Russell is a North American novelist and short storyist whose two published collections – St Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves (2006), and Vampires in the Lemon Grove … Continue reading
Vulpes Random: Jurassic Jesuits
Alix Montague has written a solemnly ludicrous narrative of the adventures of four nineteenth-century Jesuit priests shipwrecked off the coast of South America, in fine High Victorian style. Into the … Continue reading
What I Read on my Summer Vacation (a round-up)
Just because the Foxes were on holiday doesn’t mean we weren’t reading. Unlike some of my fellow Foxes, I wasn’t traveling, so in a way, I had more opportunity to … Continue reading
The Talisman Ring
The Talisman Ring (1936) is not one of Heyer’s most well-known novels. It’s one of those for which you can’t quite remember who the hero was, whether he was Regency Buck … Continue reading
Jeeves in the Offing by P.G. Wodehouse
When I scanned my waiting-to-be-reviewed pile, to see what would be best to share with you lot this week, my eye fell on an orange Penguin I’d been reading back … Continue reading
Coming Up on Vulpes Libris
I know I am a little obsessed with moons, but Autumn is the time for moon-lovers, with great big bright full moons that mean it’s not a disaster if I … Continue reading
The 400lb Gorilla
I enjoyed D C Farmer’s novel The 400lb Gorilla, because it gave me several hours of fun and unputdownable reading. It’s a fantasy romp in and out of A&E wards and … Continue reading
The Other Tree
Reading D K Mok’s excellent campus / desert science fiction novel The Other Tree was a delirious fun-ride, bouncing between the modes of Dan Brown (but so much more intelligent … Continue reading
The Mortal Instruments
Guest poster Holly brings us up to speed on yet another teen / YA fiction phenomenon that blends fantasy, high schools, screaming and casual wear cover art. In the marketing … Continue reading
Irish short stories
Disclaimer: I know nothing about Irish fiction as a taught subject. This is the first time I’ve read any, apart from a bit of James Joyce and Molly Keane. So I’m … Continue reading
Patricia Brent, Spinster by Herbert Jenkins
Normally I try to come up with different posts for my Vulpes Libris outings from the ones I use on my own blog, Stuck-in-a-Book, but this little gem of a … Continue reading
The Sea Lady
I don’t know about you, but the prospect of reading an H G Wells novel often makes me a little nervous. His novels are a bit too obvious a challenge … Continue reading
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