![]() ![]() ![]() Thank goodness Paula Guran collected nineteen short stories that expand and twist the typical mummy in such a way that while preserving the time honored concept allows a creative spin that leaves the reader hanging on for dear life. That may be because not many writers tried to work with them. There just are not a plethora of mummy stories, not like vampires, werewolves or zombies. ![]() When the reader thinks about mummies in literature, the reader has to put effort into it. The new mummy movies have not changed that second image for me. The other is of the fantastic, wonderful Boris Karloff so very expressive while wrapped in linen. One is the mummy I saw in the Smithsonian when I was in 7th grade (many, many years ago). What does that noun, “Mummy”, conjure in your mind? In my very strange mind, I get side by side pictures. ![]()
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