Another story by Marie Corelli, included in her A Christmas Greeting from 1901. In a beautiful clear lake swam a large family of Ducks. At the head of them all was the Mother-Duck, quacking proudly, and all the ducklings tried to imitate her voice, which they considered superior to that of the nightingale. “Quack! Quack!” said she—“We […]
Ok, so, I’ve been playing Dragon Age: Veilguard, the latest title in a franchise I love to bits, and I’ve been at it since the day it came out. I’m around 100 hours of gameplay, and I just finished Chapter 10/14. I’m avoiding major spoilers but I know the serious shit has yet to go […]
Ada Buisson was an English author, born on March 26, 1839, in Battersea, Surrey. She is primarily recognized for her contributions to the genre of ghost stories during the Victorian era, so she’s right up our alley this Christmas. Buisson’s literary career was unfortunately brief, as she passed away at the young age of 27 […]
James Edward Preston Muddock, known by his pen name Dick Donovan, was a British journalist and fiction writer born on May 28, 1843, in Southampton, England. Muddock is best remembered for his contributions to the detective and horror fiction genres, having published nearly 300 stories and 37 novels under the Donovan name between 1889 and […]
Well, it seems I mismanaged my planned content for the last two days, so here we are. We’re going to open two boxes at once while we wait for this evening’s planned story. It’s another two charming tales from George Webbe Dasent‘s Popular Tales from the Norse (1912) and the fist one is one of […]
Another story by Marie Corelli, included in her A Christmas Greeting from 1901. In the dead midnight, at that supreme moment when the Hours that are past slip away from the grasp of the Hours yet to be, there came rushing between Earth and Heaven the sound of giant wheels,—the glare of great lights,—the stench and […]
A few years ago, I did a commentary on this Norse folktale. This year, I give you the whole text. It comes from the 1912 English edition. Once on a time there was a poor couple who had a son whose name was Halvor. Ever since he was a little boy he would turn his […]
H.D. Everett, born Henrietta Dorothy Huskisson on March 4, 1851, was a British author known for her ghost stories and novels, particularly under the pseudonym Theo Douglas. She gained popularity during the late Victorian and Edwardian eras, though she’s vastly underrated nowadays. Her literary career began relatively late in life, around the age of 44, […]
Algernon Blackwood (1869-1951) was a British author renowned for his supernatural fiction and ghost stories. Born in Shooter’s Hill, Kent, he had a diverse career that included experiences as a farmer, hotel operator, and journalist before fully committing to writing. His first collection of stories, The Empty House, was published in 1906. This Christmas ghost […]
Marie Corelli, born Mary Mackay in 1855 in London, was an English novelist known for her romantic and melodramatic fiction. She adopted her pen name early in her career, claiming a Venetian heritage to enhance her literary persona, and her first novel, A Romance of Two Worlds (1886), established her as a bestselling author introducing […]