Category Archives: Mystery/thriller

Beneath the Rising, by Premee Mohamed

Posted on January 12, 2023 by skullsinthestars

Still catching up on all the reading I’ve not been able to focus on for ages, and I finally got to read a book by one of my Twitter friends, Premee Mohamed, Beneath the Rising (2020)! Part thriller, part horror, … Continue reading →

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Lake of the Dead, by Andre Bjerke

Posted on October 6, 2022 by skullsinthestars

It’s time for me to get back into blogging about weird fiction! I really fell off in my reading over the past few years, due to the stress of political turmoil, the pandemic, and life in general. Fortunately, I’ve been … Continue reading →

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The Radiant Shell, by Paul Ernst

Posted on December 2, 2021 by skullsinthestars

Another invisibility story! The number and variety of stories continues to amaze me. You know what we haven’t really seen yet? A good invisible spy story! “Raiders Invisible” came close, but its invisible spies were the bad guys; we need … Continue reading →

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The Invisible Robinhood, by Eando Binder

Posted on November 29, 2021 by skullsinthestars

Okay, this story seemed at first to be a pretty silly and stupid invisibility tale, but it leads down a fascinating historical rabbit hole. So follow along… The setting: the city, late at night. A young couple in love are … Continue reading →

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The Invisible Master, by Edmond Hamilton

Posted on November 26, 2021 by skullsinthestars

I keep finding new invisibility stories! Will I ever come to an end? Stay tuned! It is pretty clear at this point that stories about invisibility were a huge business in the early to mid 20th century, and every author … Continue reading →

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Invisible Death, by Anthony Pelcher

Posted on November 22, 2021 by skullsinthestars

Back into some posts about invisibility in fiction, based on those stories that I didn’t talk about in my (hopefully) upcoming book about the history and physics of invisibility! If you’ve been reading this blog recently, you might think that … Continue reading →

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Private Eye, by “Lewis Padgett”

Posted on November 21, 2021 by skullsinthestars

I thought I’d take a one day break from invisibility stories to talk about one of my favorite science fiction stories of all time: “Private Eye,” by Lewis Padgett, published in the January 1949 issue of Astounding Science Fiction. It … Continue reading →

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Disappearance at Devil’s Rock by Paul Tremblay

Posted on August 25, 2020 by skullsinthestars

My apologies for the long delay in writing — the chaos in the world and the busy nature of life has left me rather drained!  But I have managed to start reading some fiction again, and I thought I would … Continue reading →

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The Last, by Hanna Jameson

Posted on August 1, 2019 by skullsinthestars

Life has been rough lately… and by “lately,” I kinda mean the past two years, for various reasons, on and off. Because of that, I’ve struggled to focus on reading fiction, much to my own dismay. However, I opted to … Continue reading →

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The Cadaver of Gideon Wyck, by Alexander Laing

Posted on February 7, 2018 by skullsinthestars

Got a few physics blog posts in the pipeline, but in the meantime I’m still catching up on a lot of book blogging! I’ve had The Cadaver of Gideon Wyck (1934) in my library for some time, as I picked … Continue reading →

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