Buffy in the strangest places

Thanks to Maud Newton I now know that Edward Gorey's favourite tv-show was Buffy the Vampire. CITIZEN-TIMES didn't quite get the Slayer-concept, but at least they give some decent information to the Fans.

The article in question is a review of The Many Deaths of Edward Gorey, a ballet and "study in strangeness".

A message for frenchani

I have purchased season 1 of Battlestar Galactica.

To make my purchase even better: The Dutch version comes with mini-series and season 1 in one box.

Murder Mystery in the Rust Belt

In a hot and sweaty Summer with nothing interesting going on, a murder mystery in a sleepy town attracts people like wasps flock to a glass of soda. As does the disappearance of Old Man Lawson in Michael Collins' novel The Keepers of Truth. His no-good son Ronny is immediately murder-suspect number one. The threatening figure of the son who keeps proclaiming his innocence enlivens the town. Suddenly the outside world shows some interest in a dead town located in the American Rust Belt. Stories of town gazette The Truth get picked up by The Times and other big newspapers. Unfortunately the success doesn't last. Without one bit of evidence and no body the investigation comes to a halt.

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