TITLE:ONE EYE GREY
AUTHOR:Various
PUBLISHER:F&M Publications
YEAR:Quarterly
ISBN: N/A
HOW TO FIND IT: Independent Bookshops, such as Treadwells, The Newham Bookshop etc.
The Phantom Says:
This quarterly review of short stories, usually of the supernatural or ghostly variety, styles itself "A Penny Dreadful for the 21st Century." I can never resist buying it, and it does occasionally have Greenwich-based tales (though, clearly, never enough for a Phantom...) The stories range from utterly superb-I-wish-I-wrote-that through to the odd slightly patchy tale, but even if you don't like one, the next one's not far off. 90% of it is London-based (I didn't like it so much when it ventured off to Brighton) and I love the fact that the desire for small publications like this and Smoke - A London Peculiar (with slightly more broad-subject matter) is still there. More power to their elbow.
TITLE:The Worm of Death
AUTHOR:Nicholas Blake
PUBLISHER:Hamlyn
YEAR:1961
ISBN:0 600 20082 5
HOW TO FIND IT: Difficulty rating:Average - out of print but not impossible to find second hand.
The Phantom says:
Read my review of this book here
TITLE: The Secret Agent
AUTHOR: Joseph Conrad
PUBLISHER: Various
YEAR: 1907
ISBN: various
HOW TO FIND IT: Difficulty rating: Easy - in print - many versions
The Phantom says:
Read my review of this classic here...
TITLE: The Lord of Greenwich
AUTHOR: Juliet Dymoke
PUBLISHER: New English Library
YEAR: 1980
ISBN: 45003764 9
HOW TO FIND IT: Difficulty rating:Average - out of print but fairly easy to find second hand.
The Phantom says:
Se my review of this work here.
TITLE:London Irish
AUTHOR:Zane Radcliffe
PUBLISHER:Black Swan
YEAR:2002
ISBN:3579108642
HOW TO FIND IT: Difficulty rating: Easy - in print
The Phantom says: See my review here.
TITLE: The Blackheath Poisonings
AUTHOR: Julian Symons
PUBLISHER:Penguin
YEAR: 1978
ISBN: 014 00.5171 6
HOW TO FIND IT: Difficulty rating: Average - out of print but second hand copies not hard to find.
The Phantom says:
See my review of this oddity here...
TITLE: The Time Wreccas
AUTHOR: Val Tyler
PUBLISHER: Puffin
YEAR: 2005
ISBN: 13 978 0 141 31857 8
HOW TO FIND IT: Difficulty rating: Easy - in print
The Phantom says:
See my review of this book here.
TITLE: The Time Apprentice
AUTHOR: Val Tyler
PUBLISHER: Puffin
YEAR: 2006
ISBN: 978 0 141 31858 5
HOW TO FIND IT: Difficulty rating: Easty - in print
The Phantom says:
Read my review of this book here.
TITLE: The Dead of Summer
AUTHOR: Camilla Way
PUBLISHER: Harper
YEAR: 2007
ISBN: 13 978 0 00 724172 9
HOW TO FIND IT: Difficulty rating: Easy - in print
The Phantom says:
See my review here.
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- The Greenwich Phantom
- Greenwich is one of the coolest "uncool" places there is in London. It's not profoundly unfashionable - rather somewhere where it doesn't occur to people that there is anything more than a few museums, a nice park and the Cutty Sark. The really adventurous might know about the Trafalgar Tavern or venture out to Greenwich market on a Sunday afternoon, but essentially, Greenwich is still relatively undiscovered for one of the great regions of London. I adore Greenwich - but I'm not blind to its faults either. In this journal I take an affectionate but honest - at times brutally so - look, giving my own personal low-down on the things to do - and one or two of the things NOT to do in Greenwich. I am being unashamedly parochial here. I will talk about the tourist sites, of course - how could I not when we have a World Heritage Site on our doorstep - but also about the things which make our town great - the little things. Interesting vistas, cool shops, bizarre novelties and quirky one-offs which make this place buzz. Greetings, by the way, to all of you who have travelled with me from Livejournal - and thank you for making the journey.
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