1 day ago by Lord Glanbrin

“Island, Tower, Pit, and Gate, Passage barred by locks of time, Gaia’s Mate, made of many, The builders of the Proto-Gods.” Charming, is it not? To think it was composed by a spider. Nevertheless, a spider who walked the whole of the El’Shem’Kri Tower. This is the first part of her great riddle. Wri ...

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4 days ago by Louise

Stoooopid Vanessa. Following me all over and taking over my college life and giving me nightmares forever. Firstly, freaking me out in extended project by going on about how she reads chat magazines and then nominating herself to be my supervisor ( which means I get to spend an extra special hour wi ...

Pish-posh tish-tosh I need ... - thirteenthend.livejournal.com · 2 references

7 days ago by Kidijs

If you have read anything from good ol’ Chuck’s writings, you should expect that his other books are at least a little fucked up. Haunted, my fellow readers, is no exception to that. The story involves seventeen people living in a writer’s retreat for three months, for the purpose of ‘writing great ...

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8 days ago by Lord Glanbrin

“The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown.” “We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far.” –H.P. Lovecraft Ahh, Howard. What is mankind mean ...

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13 days ago by demonik

Jules Verne – Carpathian Castle (Panther, Sept. 1963) Blurb: THE BRINK OF FEAR … A cry escaped him; then throwing himself back, as if he had been struck by lightning, he slipped along the chain, which instinct made him hang on to, and rolled down, down . . .. CARPATHIAN CASTLE… deep in the impenetra ...

My Name Is Death - pantherhorror.wordpress.com · 1 reference

15 days ago by Lord Glanbrin

A few years ago, one of a group of nameless fools asked me a question following a brief speech I gave concerning the Arms That Howl. He smirked as he asked the jesting question, “So how do we save ourselves?” I incinerated him at once. For his disrespect. And because he asked the wrong question. It ...

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24 days ago by Rob

*Title: An account of some strange disturbances in Aungier Street by J. S. Le Fanu Date Read: 28 October 2009 Available Online?: YES Briefly: To save on rent and to reside closer to their lecture venues, two cousins – both medical students – chose to live in one of the cousin’s father’s property pur ...

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26 days ago by Rob

*Title: On the Leads by S. Baring-Goulds Date Read: 23 October 2009 Available Online?: YES Briefly: Returning from living in Australia, the narrator rents Fernwood Manor, a desirable dwelling set in extensive grounds. Despite a warning from the owner, Framett, that he should not take up residence un ...

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26 days ago by Rob

*Title: Don’t Look Now by Daphne Du Maurier Date Read: 19 October 2009 Available Online?: NO Briefly: Still raw from the death of their young daughter to meningitis, a married couple spend some time in Venice to help cope with their lose. Everything seems to be going well until a pair of mysterious ...

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26 days ago by Rob

*Title: The Kit Bag by Algernon Blackwood Date Read: 20 October 2009 Available Online?: YES (PDF) Briefly: Following a rather grisly court case in which the defence managed to win a plea of insanity for murderer John Turk, the criminal KC’s secretary, Johnson, prepares for a skiing trip to the Alps. ...

RobAroundBooks - robaroundbooks.com · Rank: 25,019 · 93 references