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Annie Kapur
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Secondary English Teacher & Lecturer
🎓Literature & Writing (B.A)
🎓Film & Writing (M.A)
🎓Secondary English Education (PgDipEd) (QTS)
đź“ŤBirmingham, UK
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Stories (2039/0)
Book Review: "Doomed Romances" ed. by Joanne Ella Parsons
Full Title: Doomed Romances: Strange Tales of Uncanny Love edited by Joanne Ella Parsons “For some nights I slept profoundly; but still every morning I felt the same lassitude, and a languor weighed upon me all day. I felt myself a changed girl. A strange melancholy was stealing over me, a melancholy that I would not have interrupted. Dim thoughts of death began to open, and an idea that I was slowly sinking took gentle, and, somehow, not unwelcome possession of me. If it was sad, the tone of mind which this induced was also sweet. Whatever it might be, my soul acquiesced in it.” Carmilla by J Sheridan Le Fanu
By Annie Kapur5 months ago in Geeks
The Whisperers and Other Stories ed. by Mike Ashley
Full Title: The Whisperers and Other Stories: A Life in the Supernatural by Algernon Blackwood edited by Mike Ashley And the darkness puzzled him. He remembered the absence of accustomed windows, but it was only when the candle-light brought close the face of his watch, with two o’clock upon it, that he heard the sound of confused whispering in the corners of the room, and realised with a little twinge of fear that those who whispered had just been standing beside his very bed. The room was full.
By Annie Kapur5 months ago in Geeks
The Decline of Childhood Literacy
The link between the decline in childhood literacy and poverty has been well established since before the COVID lockdowns and yet, were exacerbated by them in ways that we could not imagine. Lack of resources, lack of role models and lack of incentive means that the BBC reported even before the lockdowns that more than half of the UK's children and teens did not enjoy reading in the spare time with disadvantaged children being more impacted than others. (BBC Newsround, 2023). There really is no sobering reality here, with numbers of children being able to read fluently and efficiently falling all over the UK since the coronavirus.
By Annie Kapur5 months ago in Psyche
M (1931)
Introduction From: IMDB Fritz Lang is undoubtedly one of the greatest filmmakers of all time and honestly, he is one of my personal favourite filmmakers too. His influence on film noir has been unequalled by any other director and his narratives told in strange ways in his films have been incredible to watch unfold. M is one of the first real crime films ever made in a classic style containing a modern storyline.
By Annie Kapur5 months ago in Geeks
Book Review: "The Flaw in the Crystal" ed. by Mike Ashley
Full Title: The Flaw in the Crystal and Other Uncanny Stories by May Sinclair edited by Mike Ashley “In the last death we shall be shut up in this room, behind that locked door, together. We shall lie here together, for ever and ever, joined so fast that even God can't put us asunder. We shall be one flesh and one spirit, one sin repeated for ever, and ever; spirit loathing flesh, flesh loathing spirit; you and I loathing each other.'
By Annie Kapur5 months ago in Geeks
Book Review: "Haunters at the Hearth" ed. by Tanya Kirk
Full Title: Haunters at the Hearth: Eerie Tales for Christmas Nights edited by Tanya Kirk He moved his head slowly, and looked me in the face, without speaking a word. I shall never forget that look while I live. I turned cold at heart under it. I turn cold at heart even now when I recall it. His eyes glowed with a fiery unnatural lustre. His face was livid as the face of a corpse. His bloodless lips were drawn back as if in the agony of death, and showed the gleaming teeth between. The Phantom Coach by Amelia B Edwards
By Annie Kapur5 months ago in Geeks
Book Review: "The Mammoth Book of Folk Horror" ed. by Stephen Jones
...The true evil has nothing to do with social life or social laws, or if it has, only incidentally and accidentally. It is a lonely passion of the soul — or a passion of the lonely soul — whichever you like. If, by chance, we understand it, and grasp its full significance, then, indeed, it will fill us with horror and with awe. But this emotion is widely distinguished from the fear and the disgust with which we regard the ordinary criminal, since this latter is largely or entirely founded on the regard which we have for our own skins or purses. We hate a murder, because we know that we should hate to be murdered, or to have any one that we like murdered. The White People by Arthur Machen
By Annie Kapur5 months ago in Geeks
Book Review: "A Walk in a Darker Wood" ed. by Duane Pesice et al.
Do I have to explain myself? It's a folk horror anthology filled with stories that for some reason, I have never even heard of. Some of these stories are seriously good and, to top it all off, there are also poems that sound like chants and incantations in the midst of these narratives. Folk horror is my favourite sub-genre of all time and to find that there are litters and litters of anthologies featuring the most wickedly written stories all over the place, I can honestly say that I really hope I don't run out of things to read because you best be sure I will be reading them all. I am going to however, ignore the fact that there's some weird art within this book because apart from Damnable Tales, I don't think any other book can really hypnotise me with its artwork and I won't criticise it in comparison to something as god-tier as Damnable Tales. It just isn't fair.
By Annie Kapur5 months ago in Geeks
Book Review: "Before and After" by Alison Wilson
At nineteen I was a romantic, immersed in books, poetry, dabbling on the edges of philosophy, dreaming of beauty, truth, goodness and above all, love - but only real love would do - eternal, unbreakable, prepared to suffer all the anguish without which love would not be love...
By Annie Kapur5 months ago in Geeks
5 Great Folk Horror Short Stories
Folk horror is a great sub-genre of literature and film which includes using the influence of folklore, mythology and fantasy in the realms of horror, terror and dark fiction. My favourite thing to do lately has been to spend my free time investigating, exploring and reading around all the great folk horror short fiction out there, and as you have probably seen from my account lately - that's pretty much what it's all been about. There are some really great folk horror short stories out there and I would spend forever explaining why each and every one is my favourite, but that would probably bore you. So, here are 5 great folk horror short stories that you probably want to read.
By Annie Kapur5 months ago in Horror
Book Review: "Close to Midnight" edited by Mark Morris
This anthology comes from a set of different anthologies which are each dedicated to the new age horror stories that come out of specific sets of time. This happens to be (I think) the third set of said stories and within the anthology there are twenty stories or so. I have to say that I was relatively excited to read them but I was also cautious as I knew a lot of new age horror stuff just plays with the gore shock factor and honestly, it annoys me and makes for sloppy writing. Close to Midnight has some good stories within though, making it better than average but, it takes some sticking out to find these good stories. You really do have to wade through other, less interesting narratives to get there.
By Annie Kapur5 months ago in Geeks
JFK (1991)
Introduction From: IMDB One of my all-time favourite movies is Oliver Stone's JFK and no matter its run-time, I will always watch it again and again. There is a lot to explore in the movie from the classic use of black-and-white, the prologue which presents us with an aspect of nonfiction realistic cinema and even that speech given by Donald Sutherland's character known only as X. It is one of those movies by Oliver Stone which explores the political realities of things we are not allowed to know otherwise; telling the true story of Jim Garrison who criticised the Warren Report and investigated the death of President Kennedy, it is a really interesting film with tons to analyse.
By Annie Kapur5 months ago in Geeks
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