old secondary school friends
perform
until it’s all over and then they call for the
authorities. Continue reading The Monday Poem – it’s been Jean fangirling over James – a chance poem
At fifty, a man should be too old to go around flying off the handle, or wandering around on the ceiling. But what could a man do when he had a son who insisted on being a genius? Continue reading Short Story Saturday – All That Goes Up by Kirby Brooks
at the edge of a forest
whose trees are slender ideas
and each leaf a thought at bay Continue reading The Monday Poem – to sex brawl and dare by Ghérasim Luca
This week’s story is Lord Dunsany’s Poltarnees, Beholder of Ocean. Continue reading Short Story Saturday – Poltarnees, Beholder of Ocean
Our final short story is Nelson Slade Bond’s (1908-2006) Lighter Than You Think. lighter than you think by NELSON BOND SOME JOKER in the dear, dead days now virtually beyond recall won two-bit immortality by declaring that, “What this country needs … Continue reading 5 Days of Short Stories. 5: Lighter Than You Think by Nelson S. Bond
A Diagnosis of Death by Ambrose Bierce ‘I am not so superstitious as some of your physicians – men of science, as you are pleased to be called,’ said Hawver, replying to an accusation that had not been made. ‘Some … Continue reading 5 Days of Short Stories. 4: A Diagnosis of Death by Ambrose Bierce
Our third short story is Mike Russell’s Flock. Flock Anthony Tobias Bradshaw sits, as usual, on the 7:00 a.m. train, on his way to work. Dressed in his black raincoat, pin-striped suit, white shirt, black tie and black shoes, … Continue reading 5 Days of Short Stories. 3: Flock by Mike Russell
Take a look at these… Continue reading Amazing Antique Book Covers
Our second short story is Robert W. Chambers’ weird and disturbing The Repairer Of Reputations. Chambers’ work has enjoyed a resurgence in popularity since the hugely successful True Detective series aired a few years ago. I adored series one but I’m too … Continue reading 5 Days of Short Stories. 2: The Repairer Of Reputations by Robert W. Chambers
No other life forms know they are alive, and neither do they know they will die. This is our curse alone. Without this hex upon our heads, we would never have withdrawn as far as we have from the natural—so … Continue reading 10 Weird Fiction Quotes
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