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Paul Magrs

Autor(a) de Sick Building

131+ Works 3,417 Membros 131 Reviews 4 Favorited

About the Author

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

Inclui os nomes: Pauk Magrs, Paul Margs, Paul Magrs

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Séries

Obras de Paul Magrs

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

Associated Works

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

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Membros

Resenhas

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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3Oranges | outras 4 resenhas | Jun 24, 2023 |
 
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lulusantiago | 1 outra resenha | Mar 11, 2023 |

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Estatísticas

Obras
131
Also by
35
Membros
3,417
Popularidade
#7,452
Avaliação
½ 3.6
Resenhas
131
ISBNs
216
Idiomas
1
Favorito
4

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