Re: Horror stories by John Buchan
Posted by:
jdworth (IP Logged)
Date: 18 March, 2018 11:12PM
I realize this is a subject which we addressed in another thread, but I would like to throw my support in for attempting Buchan's Witch Wood. My first rime 'round, I found the dialect a bit difficult for the first page or two, but quickly adjusted, and found the experience more than worth it. It's a subtle novel in some ways, but often very powerful. I would say the same for Stevenson's "Thrawn Janet", which I think is in many ways one of his best works in the weird vein.
On another note... though it only mildly touches on the weird -- or, rather, weird atmosphere -- have you ever read his early book, Grey Weather? You might give that a try at some point. As with The Runagates' Club (or, for that matter, much of Chambers' The King in Yellow), it is by no means a book of the weird, but it has some lovely atmospheric touches you may enjoy. I've never read his The Gap in the Curtain, but I've seen some favorable comments on that one over the years, as well....