 24 Apr 2007 @ 21:05, by Unknown
Synopsis:
Narrated by Snuff, loyal watch dog and companion of Jack, A Night in the Lonesome October (Roger Zelazny, 1993) details the sometimes poignant, sometimes macabre, and pervasively charming actions of an array of characters drawn from classic horror and folklore sources. Snuff interacts with a witch, a druid, a werewolf, Sherlock Holmes, Count Dracula, Dr. Frankenstein and his gentle yet ungainly creation, and several others readily recognizable from a rich tradition of literature.
A "Game" is to be played, in which the Players - some mortal, some undead, but all professionals in the dark arts - and their animal familiars are quietly gathering on the outskirts of the city in preparation.
The title for A Night in the Lonesome October is taken from Edgar Allan Poe's poem "Ulalume":
Our talk had been serious and sober,
But our thoughts they were palsied and sere -
Our memories were treacherous and sere, -
For we knew not the month was October,
And we marked not the night of the year
(Ah, night of all nights in the year!) -
We noted not the dim lake of Auber
(Though once we had journeyed down here) -
Remembered not the dank tarn of Auber,
Nor the ghoul-haunted woodland of Weir.
These Players in "the Game" collaborate and plot, make alliances and murder enemies, all with an eye on the final ritual to take place on Halloween night under the full moon, the combination which drew them to the appropriate area to engage in contest. There are two kinds of players: those who wish to release the dark forces into the world at the death of the moon, and those who wish to shut them out - and at the beginning, no one knows which is which.
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