Sometimes even short stories can drag on and on and on in spots. This story seemed to apply a couple of what I always thought of as vampire traits and habits to werewolves as well. Holy water and needing to be invited in. How she lured them was interesting. She didn't just hope they wandered in...
I was sitting on the fence about whether or not to give this book three or four stars. It’s not an unalloyed “4” but neither is it a mere “3.” In the end, evidently, I went with four stars. It’s one of the better Arthurian-themed books I’ve read and there are some scenes in it that will stick with m...
An incredibly moving story that takes place in the Arthurian mythos and centres around the life of a minor character from Malory, for my money this may be the best novelistic interpretation of the Matter of Britain of the 20th century. The prose is somewhat archaic (Housman follows Malory's style), ...