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“De La Mare made his name as a poet, but he wrote quite a lot of weird fiction, and it doesn’t get quite as much attention as it might. I think he’s every bit as great as Aickman or Machin. He was a poet, so he had an extraordinary gift for language, and he certainly took his time writing stories. There was no dashing through one of his stories; the aesthetic confidence and control that he has is perfect. He knows exactly what he’s doing, all the time. He’s a good example of stories that are very normal for the most part, in undramatic settings – and at the end, it’s kind of hard to say what just happened.” Read more...
