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I adore Dr Haggard’s Disease – Constance is also very good – in terms of other writers I’m currently reading Joel Lane’s The Lost District which is fantastic – Birmingham Gothic – hard to believe those two words would ever be paired – Cathi Unsworth is also amazing – Weirdo is probably her best though my favourite is The Singer – Without the Moon & That Old Black Magic are her two most recent & are well worth reading – That Old Black Magic uses the Who Put Bella in the Wych Elm legend as its central plot reference as well as featuring Helen Duncan & her subsequent status as the last woman to be tried for witchcraft in England – in the 40s! – as well as Harry Price whose character is a large part of the undertow of the novel – then there’s Duch – I can never thank Cathi enough for introducing me to Duch as it became the name of the Grimalkin I share the house with who’s currently sleeping on the bed upstairs – M John Harrison & Ryu Murakami are great as well & if you haven’t read Ballard’s High Rise you must – it’s a near perfect 20th century Gothic novel & sadly one a lot of people seem to ignore in relation to his other stuff – there’s more but have a glance at those ones