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 ...
*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 ...
*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 ...
*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 ...
*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. ...
*Title: The Tomb of Sarah by F. G. Loring Date Read: 18 October 2009 Available Online?: YES (PDF) Briefly: Written in the form of diary entries, the narrator’s father relates the tale of the time they had to move the tomb of Countess Sarah Kenyon; a tomb which bears the warning that ‘the sepulchre s ...
*Title: At the End of the Passage by Rudyard Kipling Date Read: 17 October 2009 Available Online?: YES Briefly: The story concerns four men with lonely posts on the Indian railway who meet up once a week for card playing and company. Through lack of sleep, and the fear that he is being chased by a f ...
Over at the web site Listal.com someone has compiled what might be a complete list of the Gothic Horror films made in Italy in the past five decades. Two things occurred to me as I ran through it. 1. Were there only 36 made?!? 2. There are a couple I haven't seen yet!! But closer examination brought ...
By Tom Nix Forget the Lips, George C. Scott puts in one of his trademark great performances in a tale of a child murdered for money and power. He plays John Russell, a composer who rents out a huge mansion to write his first symphony after a huge personal tragedy. It’s in the house that a spirit att ...
How did you like the first story? The first few threads of a tapestry slowly blanketing every one of us. I include myself in this assessment because even I cannot escape what comes. I am, however, one of the few who desires it. There are those who oppose me in this. Perhaps I will tell you of their ...
