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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ron Clinton [mailto:clinton65@comcast.net]
> Sent: Sunday, April 26, 2009 4:26 PM
> To: 'rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com'
> Subject: RE: RARA-AVIS: Horrible Terrible Awful things happening to
children.
>
> GRIMM MEMORIALS, R. Patrick Gates. Mass-market horror pbo.
>
> I'd never recommend it as I felt it was utter exploitative trash that went
beyond the
> pale, and my sensitivities on the subject are already
hyper-sensitive...but it sounds
> like the type of book you want.
>
> Ron C.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com [mailto:rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com]
On
> > Behalf Of David Wright
> > Sent: Sunday, April 26, 2009 4:21 PM
> > To: rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: RARA-AVIS: Horrible Terrible Awful things happening to
children.
> >
> > Hey, there.
> >
> > I'm assisting a dramaturg working on a really great play called "The
> Pillowman,"
> > in which a character spins these creepy Kafkaesque fairy tales where
icky
> > unspeakable things happen to children, like being buried alive and
crucified and
> like
> > that. (The author is hauled in and interrogated by the State because of
this - it is a
> > great play).
> >
> > Anyhoo, I'm looking for stories, tales and novels that have a similar
bent.
> Obvious
> > examples would be things like Struwwelpeter/Shock-Headed Peter, and some
of
> > the darker Grimm stories. More contemporary crime fiction would be fine,
too, if it
> is
> > just filled with those themes, though it is really the Tale sort of
thing that is most
> > wanted. Thought I'd try you fine folks, knowing you've got some creepy
stuff
> > stashed away in your mental attics.
> >
> > Thanks much,
> >
> > David Wright http://shelftalk.spl.org "Que
Scay-Je?"
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
> >
> >
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> >
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> >
> >
> >
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