![]() ![]() When it fails, he decides to make a run for it to Midian, a city that appeared in his dreams. Horrified, Boone tries to kill himself by jumping in front of a moving car. While institutionalized, he is confronted by his psychiatrist to a series of photos of murders he might've or might've not committed. ![]() So, Cabal is the story of Boone, a man suffering from an unknown mental illness. Because what else am I gonna do while Bob and Chris go through the killer Books of Blood? ![]() That is why I'm reviewing another Clive Barker classic today: Cabal. That thing was supposed to last me five months. This year, we were supposed to do Clive Barker's Books of Blood, but I liked them way too much, got carried away and finished the first volume already. Last year, we did Peter Straub without any incident except maybe that it was a little boring at times. ![]() Our goal is simple: better understand why our chosen writer is revered and/or debunk the myth that he was ever good. Each year, This is Horror's Bob Pastorella and I (alongside Penboys Review's Chris Novas in 2018) read through key works of one great horror writer. ![]()
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Burns also contributed to George Thomson's five-volume A Select Collection of Original Scottish Airs for the Voice (1793–1841). He collaborated with James Johnson on a folk music collection called the Scots Musical Museum (published in six volumes between 1787-1803). In the final years of his short life, Burns worked extensively on traditional Scottish songs, ensuring the preservation of over 300 songs, including " Auld Lang Syne". Publication in A Selection of Scots Songs Harmonized Improved with Simple and Adapted Graces by Peter Urbani, Edinburgh, c. ![]() |