RE: RARA-AVIS: Horrible Terrible Awful things happening to children.

From: Ron Clinton (clinton65@comcast.net)
Date: 26 Apr 2009

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    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: Ron Clinton [mailto:clinton65@comcast.net]
    > Sent: Sunday, April 26, 2009 4:26 PM
    > To: 'rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com'
    > Subject: RE: RARA-AVIS: Horrible Terrible Awful things happening to
    children.
    >
    > GRIMM MEMORIALS, R. Patrick Gates. Mass-market horror pbo.
    >
    > I'd never recommend it as I felt it was utter exploitative trash that went
    beyond the
    > pale, and my sensitivities on the subject are already
    hyper-sensitive...but it sounds
    > like the type of book you want.
    >
    > Ron C.
    >
    > > -----Original Message-----
    > > From: rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com [mailto:rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com]
    On
    > > Behalf Of David Wright
    > > Sent: Sunday, April 26, 2009 4:21 PM
    > > To: rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com
    > > Subject: RARA-AVIS: Horrible Terrible Awful things happening to
    children.
    > >
    > > Hey, there.
    > >
    > >     I'm assisting a dramaturg working on a really great play called "The
    > Pillowman,"
    > > in which a character spins these creepy Kafkaesque fairy tales where
    icky
    > > unspeakable things happen to children, like being buried alive and
    crucified and
    > like
    > > that. (The author is hauled in and interrogated by the State because of
    this - it is a
    > > great play).
    > >
    > >    Anyhoo, I'm looking for stories, tales and novels that have a similar
    bent.
    > Obvious
    > > examples would be things like Struwwelpeter/Shock-Headed Peter, and some
    of
    > > the darker Grimm stories. More contemporary crime fiction would be fine,
    too, if it
    > is
    > > just filled with those themes, though it is really the Tale sort of
    thing that is most
    > > wanted. Thought I'd try you fine folks, knowing you've got some creepy
    stuff
    > > stashed away in your mental attics.
    > >
    > > Thanks much,
    > >
    > > David Wright http://shelftalk.spl.org                            "Que
    Scay-Je?"
    > >
    > >
    > >
    > >
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    > >
    > >
    > >
    > > ------------------------------------
    > >
    > > RARA-AVIS home page: http://www.miskatonic.org/rara-avis/
    > > Yahoo! Groups Links
    > >
    > >
    > >



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