Okay, another book to go onto my ever-increasing reading list.

Greg over at Book Obsessions writes:

Devil’s Footsteps by E.E. Richardson offers up a dark and entertaining tale reminiscent of Stephen King’s It, the Candyman movies and of course the Bloody Mary urban legend. Speaking of the latter…After reading this book, I felt compelled to do some research on the Bloody Mary legend. The version of the legend that I have always heard requires the person who is summoning Bloody Mary to say her name 13 times while holding a candle in front of a mirror in a dark room. After the 13th utterance of the name, Bloody Mary will appear in the mirror and basically stare you down. However, I learned through my research that other variations of the legend include Bloody Mary scratching off the face of the person who summoned her, driving the person mad, or even dragging the person through the mirror to live with Mary for all eternity…Yikes!

If you’re a fan of the Bloody Mary tale, then Devil’s Footsteps sounds very much like a fun, scary read!

If you have already read it and you’d like to let us know whether you enjoyed it or not, please share your comments below.

Hello All,

Just wanted to quietly let everyone know about a new blog I’ve launched - or, more accurately, co-launched.

It’s called Voodoologic.org and it’s a collaborative effort between me and a man who’s been one of my closest friends for almost 30 years [1].

If you get a chance, pop on over. It’s still a work-in-progress, but probably always will be, so that’s okay.

Season’s greetings to one and all,

Murray

Footnotes:

1.	And it will be interesting to see if things stay that way now we’re writing a blog together.
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On the 12th of April, 2003, I posted a farewell message on the front page of the Urban Legends Research Centre, explaining that I was going through a sad period in my life, and that I felt it was time for me to set down my self-imposed quest to investigate urban legends, even if only for a little while.

A little while became a year, and a year grew into 2. However, as I said back on that day, I knew a time would come when I would want to start again.

The time has come. I want to start again.

Last time, my goal was to build a reference library of urban legend research. This time, I intend to kick back, relax a little, and explore the things that catch my interest. I have this desire to share these things with the wind and the rain, and because the wind and the rain never remember, I will share them here, too.

I hope you’ll join me for a journey into the things we sometimes believe. Leave comments, disagree, share with others.

Most of all, I hope you enjoy the time you spend here, and that you’ll come back occasionally, to see where the journey has taken us.

Much warmth,

Murray @ ULblog.org