The Pale Ones: Pulped Fiction just got a whole lot scarier
Written by Bartholomew Bennett
Narrated by Homer Todiwala
3/5
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Pulp fiction just got a whole lot scarier...
Few books ever become loved. Most linger on undead, their sallow pages labyrinths of old, brittle stories and screeds of forgotten knowledge… And other things, besides:
Paper-pale forms rustle softly through their leaves. Ink-dark shapes swarming in shadow beneath faded type. And an invitation…
Harris delights in collecting the unloved. He wonders if you’d care to donate. A small something for the odd, pale children no-one has seen. An old book, perchance? Neat is sweet; battered is better. Broken spine or torn binding, stained or scarred - ugly doesn’t matter. Not a jot. And if you’ve left a little of yourself between the pages – a receipt or ticket, a mislaid letter, a scrawled note or number – that’s just perfect. He might call on you again.
Hangover Square meets Naked Lunch through the lens of a classic M. R. James ghost story. To hell and back again (and again) through Whitby, Scarborough and the Yorkshire Moors. Enjoy your Mobius-trip.
Bartholomew Richard Emenike Bennett was born in Leicester, the middle son of an American father and English mother. He has studied and worked in the US and New Zealand, and has a First Class Honours degree in Literature from the University of East Anglia. The Pale Ones is his first published work, although he has been writing fiction, long-form and short, since 2002.
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Harris is a horrible character (in the best way) he is described in a way that is recognisable and clear. It has a good dynamic between the two main characters that changes throughout the book and seems to show a real honesty (ignoring any potential other elements of what could be going on -no spoilers). It took me a while to really understand the story, and it felt like I needed more of a clear idea at the offset, who are the pale ones?! But that could have just been me. It does have a conclusion that ties everything together.