The House Of Strange Stories


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Conversation with Ruskin Bond

Strange does not always necessarily mean horror. Claustrophobic settings and threatening situations can make for just as grisly tales that do not disappoint horror addicts. I think that it is the difference between the real and the imaginary which makes for strange territory.

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A group of friends sitting together at night and sharing their eerie, unnatural experiences, as in Andrew Lang’s ‘The House of Strange Stories’ can be quite a sinister experience. Two French brothers planning a murder within the family that ends up going horribly wrong, as in Stacy Aumonier’s ‘The Perfect Murder’, can make any reader go edgy. A reclusive lodger’s arrival coinciding with serial murders taking place in the city of London, in Marie Belloc Lowdes’ ‘The Lodger’ is as disturbing as it gets. No wonder Alfred Hitchcock’s very first suspense film was based on this story. It has in fact been filmed several times. When Sherlock Holmes gets involved in a mystery, rest assured you know you are in for an unbeatable treat, as you will find out in ‘The Red-Headed League’.

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Accompanying these tales are a few of my own—where I talk about Chakrata’s infamous cat feared for its vampire-like qualities, a ghost that took refuge in my grandfather’s house; a giant succubus that would rise from a pond near Rajpur and would envelope any human around; the ghost of the long-dead Julie who borrowed my overcoat one winter evening; and many more in my macabre vein!

I would suggest you pick a full moon night, when the moonlight streams in through your window…switch on dim lights and get ready to read these strange, very strange stories.

ASIN ‏ : ‎ 9353043530
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Rupa Publications India (20 September 2018)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 212 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9789353043537
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-9353043537
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 236 g
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 12.7 x 1.24 x 20.32 cm
Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ India