Archive | Deadly Dickens

Writing with Ghosts

We are pleased to welcome back Sherri Browning Erwin with her second monster mashup classic Grave Expectations. Today she’s here to tell us a little about what it’s like to write with ghosts, or at least reworking the classics while honoring their creators.

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Expectations Great and Grave

As Dickens mixed realism with a good dose of fantasy to weave his satirical social commentaries of Victorian society how much more fantastical can a tale such as Great Expectations become? Well, Sherri Browning Erwin answers this question with her monster mashup Grave Expectations adding another elemental layer of darkness.

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Darcy's Regression

On Ghosts and Sins Past

If Pride and Prejudice had a fault, it would be that we never really know anything about Darcy’s parents or  his childhood.          Perhaps, he simply got taller, older–a more adult version of his child-adult self. Yes, we know about Wickholm and his sister, but he never allows us, the dear readers, […]

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