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Monday Aug 23, 2021
"The Whisperer in Darkness" Part 1 by H. P. Lovecraft
Monday Aug 23, 2021
Monday Aug 23, 2021
"The Whisperer in Darkness" is a novella by American writer H. P. Lovecraft. Written February–September 1930, it was first published in Weird Tales, August 1931. The story introduces the Mi-go, an extraterrestrial race of fungoid creatures.

Friday Aug 20, 2021
"The Ninth Skeleton" / A Weird Tale by Clark Ashton Smith
Friday Aug 20, 2021
Friday Aug 20, 2021
"The Ninth Skeleton" is an early work by the American author, Clark Ashton Smith. In the story, which debuted in Weird Tales in September 1928, a man has a bizarre encounter with a procession of skeletons in an otherwise familiar setting.

Thursday Aug 19, 2021
"The Fire Vampires" by Donald Wandrei
Thursday Aug 19, 2021
Thursday Aug 19, 2021
"The Fire Vampires" is a short story by American writer Donald Wandrei. It first appeared in Weird Tales in February 1933, and was described by the magazine: "Out of the sky struck a dread electric scourge that burned the life out of countless thousands and left charred skeletons to mark its passing."

Wednesday Aug 18, 2021
"Creeping Fingers" by Loretta Burrough
Wednesday Aug 18, 2021
Wednesday Aug 18, 2021
"Creeping Fingers" is a short story by American author, Loretta Burrough. It was Burrough's first published story, appearing in Christine Campbell Thomson’s 1931 collection, AT DEAD OF NIGHT. The tale tells of a weary guest, left with no choice but to spend the night in a hotel room with a questionable reputation.

Tuesday Aug 17, 2021
"The Bell-Tower" by Herman Melville
Tuesday Aug 17, 2021
Tuesday Aug 17, 2021
"The Bell-Tower" is a short story by American author, Herman Melville. It tells of an enigmatic architect whose unconventional aspirations result in tragedy.

Monday Aug 16, 2021
"The Picture in the House" by H. P. Lovecraft
Monday Aug 16, 2021
Monday Aug 16, 2021
"The Picture in the House" is a short story written by H. P. Lovecraft. It was written on December 12, 1920, and first published in the July issue of The National Amateur, 1921. In the tale, a genealogist seeks shelter from an approaching storm in an apparently abandoned house.

Friday Aug 13, 2021
"The Corpse Light" / The Tale of a Haunted Mill by Dick Donovan
Friday Aug 13, 2021
Friday Aug 13, 2021
"The Corpse Light" is a short story by British writer Dick Donovan (aka J. E. Preston Muddock). It's the tale of a sceptical physician, and a windmill known as 'The Haunted Mill'.

Thursday Aug 12, 2021
"The Mark on the Wall" by Virginia Woolf
Thursday Aug 12, 2021
Thursday Aug 12, 2021
"The Mark on the Wall" is a short story by British author, Virginia Woolf, in which a trivial observation triggers a tidal wave of introspection, and self-reflection. The story first appeared in 1917 as part of the collection, Two Stories.

Wednesday Aug 11, 2021
"The Transfer" by Algernon Blackwood
Wednesday Aug 11, 2021
Wednesday Aug 11, 2021
"The Transfer" is a short story by Algernon Blackwood. The tale, which was first published in the magazine, Country Life, in 1911, tells of a child’s fascination with a barren patch of land in a big garden known as the Forbidden Corner.

Tuesday Aug 10, 2021
"The Sunken Land" by George W. Bayly
Tuesday Aug 10, 2021
Tuesday Aug 10, 2021
"The Sunken Land" by George W. Bayly was first published in the May-June-July, 1924 edition of Weird Tales. It is the story of a strange journey into the heart of Canada's Northwest Territories.