The only story in the collection without any sort of horror element, this is another tale of Brits abroad – in this case, Jerusalem. A group led by a stand-in vicar are touring the Holy Land, each with their own anxieties and reasons for being there. Perhaps the most memorable of the group is nine-year-old Robin – the only person there who seems to have read the gospels – who leads them in a chaotic attempt to find the Garden of Gethsemane. Not after Midnight" (5 stars)-This story was a bit long, but I liked how it played out. A school teacher who is away on vacation to Crete starts to realize there is something sinister with a married couple that is located nearby where he is staying. He finds out the person who stayed in his chalet came to a bad end and now he's wondering if the couple could have had something to do with it. There are some horror/supernatural elements afoot here. I still wonder about the married man. But once again, solid ending. Following them into the nearby town one night, Grey is confronted by the Stoll, who is keen to extol the virtues of his home-made supply: I would like to thank my wonderful guests, Charles Breakfield, Rox Burkey, and Richard Blank, for putting up with my shenanigans and being on the show. We had a conversation that was both entertaining and meaningful.

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Be sure to listen in and share the show with others who might enjoy or benefit from it. The show will also be available on YouTube and Facebook. Not After Midnight (1971) A schoolteacher on vacation to Greece finds not the rest and relaxation he was looking for but life changing circumstances, which were added by his curiosity of unexplained occurences. I had to read the beginning again to understand the ending completely. The title of this story is excellent, and for much of it du Maurier sustains the same tension and intrigue as ‘Don’t Look Now’– but I found the ending rather unsatisfying and quite plebian. El estanque (**). Unos niños, de vacaciones junto a su familia, se divierten jugando en el bosque, cerca de un estanque que obsesiona a Deborah. Narrado a modo de falso cuento infantil, no ha acabado de gustarme.

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I would like to thank my wonderful guests, Darren Gordon Smith and Steve Borys, for putting up with my shenanigans and being on the show. We had a wonderful conversation, and I think the answer is "LOVE." The Way of the Cross (1971) A pilgrimage to the Holy City changes all the characters but how much is influenced by the surrounding or by the unexpected self introspection. Daphne du Maurier is one of my favorite authors and she has never disappointed me thus far. These five longish short stories, each with a different focus but all surprising and unpredictable or at least to me.

Well, you have a lot of company, Many people find the ending cryptic, confusing, obscure. Its intended by the author to be that way. The underlying theme of 'distorted vision' which runs throughout the tale, is used by DuMaurier to disrupt normal, straightforward, linear, A-B-C storytelling. Thus, we feel a little bit of the same queasy disorientation which the characters in the story do; when they realize that 'what they see' is not trustworthy. The author is reminding us how much we are slaves to our strongest sense: vision, often at the cost of every other faculty. Timothy Grey, a preparatory school headmaster, takes a holiday to the Greek island of Crete with the intent of finding some solitude in which to paint. On arrival at his hotel, he asks to move his accommodation to a better chalet, near the water's edge, which the hotel management agrees to with some reluctance. The reason becomes clear when he discovers that the chalet's previous occupant had drowned while swimming at night. Also staying at the hotel is Stoll, a drunken and obnoxious American, and his silent and apparently deaf wife. They spend every day out in a small boat, ostensibly fishing. I would like to thank my wonderful guests, Dorothy Husen and Dr. George & Vanessa Naum, for putting up with my shenanigans and being on the show. We had a wonderful conversation you will enjoy and benefit from. This is an excellent story, deservedly renowned for its tension and creepiness, as well as a very good depiction of a British holiday in Italy. My main reservation with it is that du Maurier seems to think grieving a dead child is something only a mother would do. John tends to his wife, but doesn’t seem particularly bothered that Christine has died. But, that detail aside, a marvellous story.Don't Look Now (1971)- Is about a couple on vacation in Venice, trying to enjoy life after their daughter's death but circumstances and possible psychic happenings have put a wrench into those plans. I would like to thank my wonderful guests, Freddy Cruz and Jennifer Lieberman, for putting up with my shenanigans and being on the show. We had a conversation that was both entertaining and meaningful. I would like to thank my wonderful guests, Marlayne Giron and DC Glenn, for putting up with my shenanigans and being on the show. We had a conversation that was both entertaining and meaningful. A man sent to assist with a computer learns that science experiences in secluded locations never end well.

A husband and wife on holiday after a family loss find themselves in the middle of much more than they expected. No después de medianoche (****). Un profesor viaja a Creta en busca de descanso y para poder pintar. El hecho de que le asignen una cabaña cuyo anterior huésped murió ahogado, tendrá sus consecuencias. Muy buen relato. I would like to thank my wonderful guests, "Mosquito Steve" Moore & JF Garrard, for putting up with my shenanigans and being on the show. We had a conversation that was both entertaining and meaningful. We are then subject to a really awkward scene. Hank grabs the mixtape alluded to earlier and puts it in the karaoke machine. He dedicates the next song to Abby and the girl he made the mixtape for. He then sings the entirety of Lisa Loeb’s Stay (I Missed You). Anyone who grew up in the 90s will remember this song. It was, literally, everywhere and a massive sleeper hit. Now, all of a sudden, it is appearing in horror movies. It’s like a meme that I somehow missed. suppose he, or she, is going to change her wig?''Don't say anything,' Laura murmured. 'I'll follow her and find out. She mayHank, apparently, used to look at her like he worshiped her. He now barely looks at her at all. Abby worries that Hank is attracted to other women and not interested in her anymore. All while she is giving up everything she ever loved to be with him. Abby wonders what his intentions are with the relationship. She thinks he is a hunter and likely enjoyed the pursuit. Now they have been together a long time, he is bored. Hank denies this. The collection concludes with The Breakthrough, a story in which a scientist is given the assignment to work with a colleague whose reputation is somewhat tainted by rumours of strange or useless experiments he makes. This latter man, by the name of MacLean, lost his wife years ago, and as our narrator finds out he is now working on a way of preserving the basic vital energy – he is careful to make it clear that he does not think of it in terms of a soul – that exudes the body in the moment of death and usually gets lost in the air. What a waste of energy! Just imagine how the energy stored in this spark of life could be used more productively – probably even carbon neutrally! While this rather freakish pipe-dream may be the result of MacLean’s failure to come to terms with the loss of his wife in a way, in yet another way it shows capitalism and utilitarianism at their worst: Not content to exploit human energy and creativity while humans are alive, or to regard the dead body as a depot for human spare parts, the idea now lies in turning the divine spark itself into disposable energy. This is the most frightening thought I came across in the whole book, and du Maurier has a deft hand at developing the moral implications. (****) My review of Borges last year has forced me to think about how to score short story collections, as I think I was rather too hard on him. This, I think, is because I judged the collection as though it were a novel – but many people will not read it in one sitting. So perhaps a collection’s value is more about the value of the individual stories. Or to put it more directly: I think that that ‘in total’ view effectively weighted all the stories equally to find an ‘average’ score, when in fact, when it comes to our opinions of a collection, we tend to weight the good bits higher. We’re more likely to recommend a collection with one genius story and four rubbish ones than one with five mediocre stories – at least, I am.