Welcome back to Reading the Weird, in which we get girl cooties all over weird fiction, cosmic horror, and Lovecraftiana from its historical roots through its most recent branches.
This week, we’re reading Garry Kilworth’s “Hogfoot Right and Bird-Hands,” first published in 1987 in Christopher Evans and Robert Holdstock’s
Other
Edens anthology. Spoilers ahead; CW for amputation and mention of suicide.
“It would perch on the back of the bed-chair and flutter its fingerfeathers with more dignity than a fantailed dove, and though it remained aloof from the other creatures in the room it would often sit and watch their games from a suitable place above their heads.”
Covid-19 sees German investor mark down value of Point Campus DWS transfers Dublin student housing to subsidiary at 6% discount to price paid in 2019
Wed, Jan 13, 2021, 06:00
The owners of Ireland’s largest off-campus student accommodation complex have marked its value down by 6 per cent to reflect the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the sector.
Having paid a net purchase price of €142.26 million to acquire the Point Campus in December 2019 from BlackRock Real Estate and the O’Flynn Group, Deutsche Bank subsidiary DWS have now ascribed a net value of €134.61 million to the property.
The new and lower valuation was recorded with the sale of the complex by the German-headquartered investor on December 17th last to one of its own funds, the Grundbesitz Europa ICAV.
Welcome back to Reading the Weird, in which we get girl cooties all over weird fiction, cosmic horror, and Lovecraftiana from its historical roots through its most recent branches.
This week, we continue with Chapter 6 of Shirley Jackson’s
The Haunting of Hill House, first published in 1959. Spoilers ahead.
“Her eyes hurt with tears against the screaming blackness of the path and the shuddering whiteness of the trees, and she thought, with a clear intelligent picture of the words in her mind, burning, Now I am really afraid.”
On the morning after she holds a spectral hand in the dark, Eleanor sits on the steps of the summerhouse, Luke sprawled lazily beside her.
Marvel s first full-time Korean Super Hero, and part-time K-Pop sensation,
MARVEL Super War on December 24, and to mark the special occasion, she dropped a new single Flow, featuring vocals by Luna of K-Pop group f(x) fame, to get us in the right mindset.
Marvel.com had the opportunity to chat with both Luna and Victoria Grace on bringing both halves of Luna Snow to life for
MARVEL Super War, as well as Catherine Ke, part of the Development Team behind the game at NetEase.
In the video above, Luna, who lent her voice for the Flow vocals, shared the appeal of the K-Pop hero, [Luna s] powerful vocals and ice powers can heal and encourage fans around the world.
Welcome back to Reading the Weird, in which we get girl cooties all over weird fiction, cosmic horror, and Lovecraftiana from its historical roots through its most recent branches.
This week, we’re reading Oscar Wilde’s “The Canterville Ghost,” first published in the 23 February and 2 March 1887 issues of
The Court and Society Review. Spoilers ahead but read it for yourself first.
“My Lord,” answered the Minister, “I will take the furniture and the ghost at a valuation. I have come from a modern country, where we have everything that money can buy; and with all our spry young fellows painting the Old World red, and carrying off your best actors and prima-donnas, I reckon that if there were such a thing as a ghost in Europe, we’d have it at home in a very short time in one of our public museums, or on the road as a show.”