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15 Oct, 11 tweets, 4 min read
Time once again for my occasional series "Women with great hair fleeing gothic houses!"

And today I'm fleeing 1971... #ThursdayThoughts
Is she walking on water there?

The Night Of The Enchantress, by Katherine Troy. Coronet Gothic, 1971.
Why does no good ever come of ESP in pulp novels?

Glimpse Into Terror, by Clarissa Ross. Magnum Books, 1971.
This is how to flee a gothic mansion…

Ravenswood, by Janet Louise Roberts. Avon, 1971.
The Haunting of Drumroe, by Claudette Nicole. Fawcett Gold Medal, 1971.

Who says a gothic lady can't rock a white nightie in the snow?
Fleeing down a river of wine...

Bridge Of Fear, by Dorothy Eden. Ace Gothic, 1971.
Probably better than The Phantom Menace...

The Phantom Room by Elizabeth Erin Mande. Popular Library, 1971.
"That was a public information film..."

Diablo Manor, by Dorothy Daniels. Warner Books, 1971.
Big, big sulk going down here. Big sulk...

Madness At The Castle, by Susan Claudia. Signet Gothic, 1971.
Note: this is a sea-circled island. None of your oxbow lake nonsense here...

Terror On Duncan Island, by Caroline Farr. Signet Gothic, 1971. Cover by Allan Kass.
More gothic fleeing another time. Always ask the homeowner's permission first...

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Night Of The Crabs, by Guy N Smith. NEL, 1976.
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