Epigram On Two Narratives

Out there the monsters lurk, arachnid malice,
waiting for the unwary with infernal
lust.  So it is described in "Go Ask Alice,"
and in the "Pages Of A Young Girl's Journal."

 

Starward

 

[jlc]

Author's Notes/Comments: 

I have come to believe that Robert Aickman's major vampire tale, the "Pages" might have been influenced by the (now proven fictional) diary of an addicted adolescent, Alice.

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