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Paul Magrs

Autor von Sick Building

131+ Werke 3,418 Mitglieder 131 Rezensionen Lieblingsautor von 4 Lesern

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Paul Magrs is a lecturer in English Literature and Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia.

Beinhaltet die Namen: Pauk Magrs, Paul Margs, Paul Magrs

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Werke von Paul Magrs

Sick Building (2007) 317 Exemplare
Never the Bride (2006) 289 Exemplare
The Scarlet Empress (1998) — Autor — 185 Exemplare
Mad Dogs and Englishmen (2002) — Autor — 179 Exemplare
The Blue Angel (1999) 177 Exemplare
Verdigris (2000) — Autor — 153 Exemplare
Something Borrowed (2007) 148 Exemplare
Exchange (2006) 115 Exemplare
Conjugal Rites (2008) 78 Exemplare
Hell's Belles! (2009) 63 Exemplare
Strange Boy (2002) 61 Exemplare
The Stones of Venice (2001) — Autor — 60 Exemplare
Horror of Glam Rock (2007) 55 Exemplare
Doctor Who: Tales of Terror (2017) — Mitwirkender — 53 Exemplare
The Bride That Time Forgot (2010) 50 Exemplare
The Wormery (2003) — Autor — 46 Exemplare
666 Charing Cross Road (2011) 45 Exemplare
To The Devil - A Diva (2004) 38 Exemplare
The Zygon Who Fell to Earth (2008) 38 Exemplare
Enter Wildthyme (2011) 37 Exemplare
Marked for Life (1995) 36 Exemplare
Excelis Dawns (2002) — Autor — 34 Exemplare
All the Rage (2001) 33 Exemplare
The Boy That Time Forgot (2008) — Autor — 32 Exemplare
The Diary of a Dr. Who Addict (2009) 30 Exemplare
The Wishing Beast / The Vanity Box (2007) — Autor — 30 Exemplare
Hands Up! (2003) 28 Exemplare
Could It Be Magic? (1998) 27 Exemplare
The Circus of Doom (2009) 27 Exemplare
Does It Show? (1997) 27 Exemplare
Brenda and Effie Forever! (2012) 27 Exemplare
Ringpullworld (2009) 25 Exemplare
Lost on Mars (2015) 25 Exemplare
Find and Replace (2010) 24 Exemplare
The Stuff of Nightmares (2009) 24 Exemplare
Wildthyme on Top (2005) 24 Exemplare
Doctor Who: Robin Hood (2022) 23 Exemplare
Twin Freaks (2007) 22 Exemplare
The Story of Fester Cat (2014) 22 Exemplare
The Lady of Mercia (2013) — Autor — 21 Exemplare
The Dead Shoes (2009) 21 Exemplare
Hive of Horror (2009) 21 Exemplare
A Sting in the Tale (2009) 20 Exemplare
Iris Wildthyme and the Celestial Omnibus (2009) — Herausgeber — 19 Exemplare
The Demon of Paris (2010) 18 Exemplare
Sepulchre (2010) 17 Exemplare
Aisles (2003) 17 Exemplare
A Shard of Ice (2010) 17 Exemplare
The Relics of Time (2010) 17 Exemplare
Starfall (2010) 16 Exemplare
Wildthyme at Large (2005) 16 Exemplare
The Peterloo Massacre (2016) — Autor — 16 Exemplare
Wildthyme Beyond! (2012) 15 Exemplare
Fellowship of Ink (2017) 15 Exemplare
Playing Out (1997) 14 Exemplare
The Panda Book of Horror (2009) — Herausgeber — 13 Exemplare
The Elixir of Doom (2014) 13 Exemplare
Twelve Stories (2009) 12 Exemplare
Iris: Abroad (2010) — Herausgeber — 12 Exemplare
Modern Love (2000) 12 Exemplare
From Wildthyme with Love (2013) 12 Exemplare
The Memory Bank and other stories (2016) — Autor — 10 Exemplare
Tsar Wars (2011) 10 Exemplare
Martian Girl (2016) 9 Exemplare
Aladdin Time (2011) 8 Exemplare
Muse of Fire (2019) — Autor — 8 Exemplare
Doctor Who: Demon Quest (2011) 8 Exemplare
The Hexford Invasion (2011) 8 Exemplare
The Broken Crown (2011) 8 Exemplare
Survivors in Space (2011) 8 Exemplare
The Land of Wonder (2009) 6 Exemplare
Mrs Danby and Company (2015) 6 Exemplare
The Heart of Mars (2018) 6 Exemplare
A Treasury of Brenda and Effie (2017) 6 Exemplare
Baker's End: Gobbleknoll Hall (1744) 5 Exemplare
Baker's End: The King of Cats (2016) 5 Exemplare
The Thing from the Sea (2018) 5 Exemplare
The Winged Coven (2019) 4 Exemplare
Baker's End: Tatty Bogle (2017) 4 Exemplare
The Ninnies (2012) 4 Exemplare
Christmassy Tales (2020) 3 Exemplare
Sleeper Agents (2022) 3 Exemplare
Stardust and Snow (2019) 2 Exemplare
Fancy Man (2018) 2 Exemplare
Just Another Winter's Tale (2017) — Mitwirkender — 2 Exemplare
A Few More Winter Tales: Twelve More Christmas Tales (2018) — Mitwirkender — 2 Exemplare
The Further Adventures of Iris Wildthyme — Herausgeber — 2 Exemplare
Femme Fatale 2 Exemplare
The Vanity Box 1 Exemplar
A World of Her Own (2004) 1 Exemplar

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Short Trips and Side Steps (2000) — Author "The Longest Story in the World" — 137 Exemplare
More Short Trips (1999) — Author "Femme Fatale" — 137 Exemplare
Short Trips (1998) — Author "Old Flames" — 136 Exemplare
Encounters of Sherlock Holmes (2013) — Mitwirkender — 71 Exemplare
The Doctor Who Storybook 2008 (2007) — Mitwirkender — 60 Exemplare
Short Trips: Zodiac (2002) — Mitwirkender — 58 Exemplare
Short Trips: Companions (2003) — Mitwirkender — 58 Exemplare
Short Trips: Seven Deadly Sins (2005) — Mitwirkender — 48 Exemplare
Short Trips: Farewells (2006) — Mitwirkender — 47 Exemplare
The Doctor Who Storybook 2009 (2008) — Mitwirkender — 45 Exemplare
Short Trips: Snapshots (2007) — Mitwirkender — 38 Exemplare
The Doctor Who Storybook 2010 (2009) — Mitwirkender — 34 Exemplare
Der heimliche Spiegel. Erotische Erzählungen. (1998) — Mitwirkender — 21 Exemplare
Cinema Futura (2010) — Mitwirkender — 19 Exemplare
Re:Collections: The Best of Short Trips (2009) — Mitwirkender — 19 Exemplare
Voices from the Past (2011) — Mitwirkender — 18 Exemplare
Perfect Timing 1 — Mitwirkender — 13 Exemplare
TLS Short Stories (2003) — Mitwirkender — 12 Exemplare
Perfect Timing 2 (1999) — Mitwirkender — 11 Exemplare
Doctor Who: Tales from the TARDIS, Volume One (2004) — Mitwirkender — 11 Exemplare
Lady Stardust (2012) — Mitwirkender — 10 Exemplare
Iris Wildthyme: Wildthyme Reloaded (2015) — Mitwirkender — 6 Exemplare
The Obverse Book of Ghosts (2010) — Mitwirkender — 6 Exemplare
Short Trips [abridged audiobook] (1998) — Mitwirkender — 5 Exemplare
Wilde Stories 2016: The Year's Best Gay Speculative Fiction (2016) — Mitwirkender — 5 Exemplare
Zenith Lives!: Tales of M.Zenith, the Albino (2012) — Mitwirkender — 5 Exemplare
The Myriad Carnival (2016) — Mitwirkender — 4 Exemplare
Iris Wildthyme: The Complete Series Two (2009) — Mitwirkender — 4 Exemplare
The Eighth Doctor Collection (2008) — Mitwirkender — 3 Exemplare

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This is a strange, quirky but engaging book that I mentally retitled as ‘Strange Tales From Whitby, Told By An Even Stranger Person‘.

The story is told by Brenda who owns and runs a small B&B in Whitby. The book opens with Brenda introducing herself:

I love it here.

It’s the only place I could have settled down. I’ve never found a town like it, never in my long. long life

My name is Brenda. Hello!

Since the beginning of summer I have lived here, deliciously inconspicuous: just one more Bed and Breakfast lady in a resort that teems with Bed and Breakfasts Here, the streets are narrow and intricate; the rooftops are ramshackle and the wind is biting. The seagulls are as big as Yorkshire terriers and, for a good nine months of the year, this town is steeped in a thick sea mist… and that’s probably a good thing.

There are things here you don’t necessarily want to see.

Keep your head down, Brenda. That’s what I tell myself. Fry those sausages and eggs and bacon. Make those beds. Be welcoming. Be at home.

Any horror fan reading this is going to wonder if Brenda was drawn to Whitby because it’s a picturesque port on the Yorkshire coast, or because it was the port where Dracula’s ship the Demeter ran aground with not a soul aboard except the near-dead captain lashed to the wheel.

Whitby: picturesque seaside town

Whitby: where Dracula landed in England
To me, ‘Never The Bride’ read like a TV series of the strange and weird kind, aimed at gathering a cult following amongst those who are amused by the benignly bizarre and who enjoy uncovering genre references. Each chapter is a complete ‘episode’ in which Brenda and her friend and neighbour, Effie get involved with Whitby’s strangest visitors and residents, solving a mystery while moving the overall story arc forward. As the two of them discover the true price of visiting The Deadly Boutique for a makeover, or the downside of working as an elf at the Christmas Hotel, or the secrets the family staying at Brenda’s B&B is trying to hide or what a ghost-hunting reality TV crew will find in Effie’s antique shop, we gradually discover who Brenda really is and the legacy Effie has inherited from the generations of women who lived in Whitby before her.

The adventures are mild and amusing with some moments of tension. A bit how Dr Who was before the Doctor became The Oncoming Storm and The Destroyer Of Worlds. I liked Brenda. Effie can be a bit of a pain but somehow that made her friendship with Brenda more convincing.

By the end of the book, Brenda’s origin story and Effie’s legacy have been revealed and the two of them are established as the go-to team for dealing with anything weird in Whitby and we have reason to believe that there will be a lot of weird in Whitby.

‘Never The Bride’ made me smile. It was original and well-told, if slightly chaotic. I’m sure I’ll be back for more but this is the kind of series that I can’t read back to back without it losing its edge – like eating a whole box of chocolates in one sitting.
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MikeFinnFiction | Mar 10, 2024 |
It was fine. Paul Magrs' story was weak, as usual, and not helped by his compulsive need to be meta.
 
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