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REVIEWS
by Brian J. Showers
Illustrations by Duane Spurlock
Introduction by Jim Rockhill
Cover art by Scott Hampton
Mercier Press, March 2008
ISBN: 978-1-85635-578-0 (hardback)
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"Of the three writers featured in his previous work, Literary Walking Tours of Gothic Dublin, Sheridan Le Fanu is undoubtedly the greatest influence on The Bleeding Horse. Le Fanu was a native of Ireland who belonged to the Protestant ascendancy and in Showers there is something of the same alienated familiarity and fascination with his surroundings."
-Reggie Oliver, All Hallows
Brian J. Showers' storytelling powers shine as he weaves historical, architectural, and sensual details into a series of ghost stories collected from the Dublin neighbourhood of Rathmines.
-James Grainger, Rue Morgue
"Showers's book is a tribute to Le Fanu. As in that 'father of the English ghost story', there is humor, extreme sensitivity, and doubt versus faith. Is the supernatural real? Can we trust anybody or anything? Even God? Or is there a God?"
-Gary W. Crawford, Dead Reckonings
"So authentic are the locations, history and folk-lore aspects of the seven subtly interlinked supernatural tales and anecdotes that it's impossible to tell, from internal evidence alone, where fact ends and fiction takes over."
-Rosemary Pardoe, A Ghostly Company
"Ghosts can be tricky, but Showers shows himself to be an able medium who allows a new glimpse of the malevolent world beyond, the zone of horror, where 'Misery's demons need give no purpose'. Highly recommended."
-Simon Cooke, Le Fanu Studies
"The Bleeding Horse is a work of metafictional psychogeography; Showers himself acting as our guide not only through the streets of Rathmines but through his own investigations and adventures. I have no hesitation whatsoever in recommending The Bleeding Horse to lovers of classic ghostly tales and modern fiction alike."
-John Reppion, Fractal Matter
"The Bleeding Horse is a worthy piece of work, especially if the reader likes some history spiced with human interest and the supernatural."
-William D. Behling, Beloit Daily News
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