The Sea Spicer

The Sea Spicer
Yours truly

Sunday, February 14, 2016

Funny and thought provoking, something between campy and campfire...

My brother used to tell super creepy "campfire tales" crammed with suspense, icky details and ghosts.  Roosters is one such tale.   A haunted young man is saddled with a family legacy and secrets.  A pair of teen cousins visit dear old granny and embark on a country adventure with all its unsupervised charm, dogs and catfish. A sister falls for the haunted young man.  A secret club of powerful and merciless men celebrates untoward festivities on a summer new moon, apparently a tradition since the nation's founding.

According to Molly Hall, internet astrology expert, the new moon has astrological meaning as a charged time of magic and a "symbolic portal of new beginnings", ideal for rituals.
See  http://astrology.about.com/od/foundations/p/NewMoon.htm.

The daily rituals in Roosters--the young woman's pre-date oblations, the trespassing boys saying and doing the forbidden, state dinners, the opera--converge to upend the club's vile control.  Or was it all part of the ghastly Head Cock's plan, all along?

Happy Valentine's Day!  http://roostersbook.com/





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