(Being a small Twitter diversion for October – the first title incorporates several Angela Slatter stories which prompted the exercise)
Second-hand and Antiquarian
– The Book of Spells and Skin and Words
– A Catalogue of Sins of Birds
– The Compleat Changer’s Almanack
– A Monograph on Rare Sea-Wrack
– A Treatise on the White Blood Moon
– A Guide to Whales (with Whaling Runes)
– The History of a Hearthside Ghost
(Inscribed: To She Who Haunts Me Most)
Of the books you requested, these
Are currently in stock, so please
Find them enclosed. We will retain
Your list on the offchance we gain
– A first ed. Necronomicon
– A Tour Guide On the Rubicon
(Please write, if others spring to mind).
Sincerely, yours, the undersigned.