Book Club - Halloween Haunts
"...possibly the darkest Bradbury story ever."
And it sure was dark. Wow, I did not see that coming, although we're not really told exactly what happened. We're left to imagine, given the build up Bradbury provides, which he does so well in so few pages.
With classics in mind, such as The Legend of Sleepy Hollow we just read, I found a virtual source for Robert Louis Stevenson's The Body Snatcher.
It is believed to have been inspired by a Dr. Knox of Edinburgh, who received bodies for dissection that had been murdered by Burke and Hare.
The story begins on page 87.
We'll touch base again next week!
And if you want something more to read, Taha suggested Monster of Monsters, Part One: Mortem's Opening.
Happy Haunts!
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