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18 November 2007

Ask MeCha: Story ID. I vaguely remember reading either a short story or novel about a woman who was a research assistant and/or wife to a professor who was studying the bog people in ...Scotland? Romance/horror, from what I remember. Any memories stirring?

post by: occhiblu at: 16:05 | 7 comments

No memories, but with a quick search, I found this. Could it be Haunted Ground or Lake of Sorrows by Erin Hart? Good luck.

posted by LoriFLA 18 November | 16:35

I know this isn't it, but your description reminds me of Patrick McGrath's Asylum: Wife of the guy in charge of a psych institution falls in love with one of the patients. Death, romance and madness ensue.

posted by youngergirl44 18 November | 16:39

That novel actually sounds awesome, but I don't think it was it.

I feel like it was an author similar to Margaret Atwood or Anne Proulx....

On preview: Also sounds awesome, youngergirl!

posted by occhiblu 18 November | 16:42

I've read Haunted Ground by Erin Hart, and that's the novel I thought of as well. Not exactly the same, though.

posted by amro 18 November | 16:51

I also liked Mcgrath's Port Mungo. Also a dark romance, but with an ending that made me cry angerly. It was good.

posted by youngergirl44 18 November | 16:54

Ah ha. It was Atwood. "The Bog Man," a story in Wilderness Tips, which I guess I haven't reread nearly recently enough.

But thank you all for the other recommendations! It's been so foggy here that reading archaeological horror seems somehow perfect.

posted by occhiblu 18 November | 17:38

Asylum was incredible, a book that made a fool of me in public; I'd flip a page and hiss "OOOOOO!" under my breath, then look around to see everyone on the bus looking askance at me.

Highly recommended. (The book. The glances askance were okay, too.)

posted by Elsa 18 November | 18:38

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