Review: NOBODY TRUE / THE SECRET OF CRICKLEY HALL, by James Herbert
From Herbert’s worst novel, to his finest, The Secret of Crickley Hall is the one that makes up for Nobody True, and shows what Herbert was capable of at the top of his game.
From Herbert’s worst novel, to his finest, The Secret of Crickley Hall is the one that makes up for Nobody True, and shows what Herbert was capable of at the top of his game.
Along Poe-soaked hallways damp with rain gentle fingers trace down window bars as if its metal fused with rust and prayer could separate one’s sanity [Read more…]
I don’t know where he came from. The hood on his jacket covered his face, but you could tell by the smell that he didn’t [Read more…]
I walk along this path in these hallowed woods the earth scented with life and rot My life is but an echo through trees who [Read more…]
I begin to awake the echo of nails pound in time to my heartbeat I scream and beat raw at these walls knowing that no [Read more…]
You’d tear out your own eyes so that She can see Herself as you do Shadows cling to Her like heartbroken lovers and She walks [Read more…]
“Please. Don’t leave me,” she whispered. Her voice was so soft that I had to lean close to hear her. Her dark tendrils touched my [Read more…]
She buttoned up her blouse and fixed her hair into a stylish bun. “Jude, you’re staring,” she smiled. “Yeah,” I replied. Her green eyes locked [Read more…]
Violet black and lovely Your beauty reflects the stars’ Light With spider’s wings you Fly Bare feet on a frozen floor A blur of dark [Read more…]
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You see my flesh But I see your soul I will seduce you And rob you of the very thing That you have come to [Read more…]
Readers speak I literally glided through the pages. Holton is a really talented and experienced author. There were some great lines in this read. [Read more…]
The Blood Lights are the last thing you’ll see… They victimize all… Jezzie Mitchell is in anguish; with her brother’s murder still on her mind, [Read more…]
To the unassuming eye, it is like any other of its kind, a mere shadow. But for its host, it is much more. Playmate. Friend. [Read more…]
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