I've been rereading the works of Tim Powers at a great rate lately.  Expiration Date last week, Last Call the week before, The Stress Of Her Regard and Hide Me Among The Graves longer ago--during my move at the beginning of June, in fact--and Three Days To Never and Earthquake Weather more recently.  Other novels I mean to revisit soon are Dinner ( Read more... )

 "I always pictured Life as this great crackling formless thing," said Miss Flitworth nervously.  "Like an electrical storm in trousers."

--Terry Pratchett, Reaper Man (paraphrased from memory because I don't have the book at hand)

I've been wondering about this for a while.  There are certain terms that supernatural horror readers/writers tend to ( Read more... )