19) “Green Tea” by Joseph S. Le Fanu Plot:As recorded by the medical secretary of (the fictional) Martin Hesselius, the German physician, this is one of the doctor’s many cases, beginning with a meeting of a country clergyman, the Rev. Mr. Jennings in London. Hesselius and Jennings seem to hit it off well enough. JenningsContinue reading “Review of “Green Tea” by Joseph S. Le Fanu Halloween Countdown”
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Review of “In the Penal Colony” by Franz Kafka Halloween Countdown
18) In the Penal Colony by Franz Kafka Plot:The Officer of the Penal Colony eagerly shows off and explains a complicated torture and execution device to the Traveler. Nearby stands the Condemned Man, guarded by the Solider. Neither the Condemned Man nor the Soldier speak French and don’t understand the conversation between the Traveler andContinue reading “Review of “In the Penal Colony” by Franz Kafka Halloween Countdown”
Review of “The Night Wire” by H. F. Arnold Halloween Countdown
17) The Night Wire by H. F. Arnold Plot:Told by a night manager at newspaper in a western seacoast town, this is set in the days when news came in by telegraph. The narrator describes John Morgan as a “doubler,” that is, someone who can listen to two feeds and type their contents on twoContinue reading “Review of “The Night Wire” by H. F. Arnold Halloween Countdown”
Review of “The Golden Bough” by David H. Keller Halloween Countdown
16) The Golden Bough by David H. Keller Plot: Newlyweds Paul and Constance (Martin) Gallien are on a road trip through Europe to find the house in a forest that Constance dreamed of the first night they were married. Paul is “of royal blood,” something not important as it once was, but he apparently stillContinue reading “Review of “The Golden Bough” by David H. Keller Halloween Countdown”
Review of “The Secret of Kralitz” by Henry Kuttner Halloween Countdown
15) The Secret of Kralitz by Henry Kuttner Plot: As his father was dying, he warned Franz, now the twenty-first Baron of Kralitz, that the House of Kralitz was cursed. He couldn’t tell him how it was cursed and warned him against trying to seek out the nature of the curse. When it was timeContinue reading “Review of “The Secret of Kralitz” by Henry Kuttner Halloween Countdown”
Review of “Gabriel-Ernest” by Saki Halloween Countdown
14) “Gabriel-Ernest” by Saki Plot:On their way to the train station, the artist Cunninghan warns Van Cheele there is a wild beast in his woods. It’s the only thing he’s been able to say on the drive. Van Cheele has chattered the whole time. “A stray fox or two and some resident weasels. Nothing moreContinue reading “Review of “Gabriel-Ernest” by Saki Halloween Countdown”
Review of “The Frontier Guards” by H. Russell Wakefield Halloween Countdown
13) “The Frontier Guards” by H. Russell Wakefield Plot: While playing golf, James Brinton asks his old friend William Lander about a charming little cottage they pass by. Lander concedes that it’s charming on the outside, but it’s haunted by whole pack of ghosts who are lethal to those who rent it. Over dinner, LanderContinue reading “Review of “The Frontier Guards” by H. Russell Wakefield Halloween Countdown”
Review of “The Dream-Gown of the Japanese Ambassador” by Brander Matthews Halloween Countdown
12) “The Dream-Gown of the Japanese Ambassador” by Brander Matthews Plot: World traveler Cosmo Waynflete has just returned to New York, having amassed a collection of curiosities from nearly every corner of the globe. Exhausted, he dons the elaborately embroidered silk robe of the title—one he bought “in a little curiosity-shop in Nuremberg”—and stares intoContinue reading “Review of “The Dream-Gown of the Japanese Ambassador” by Brander Matthews Halloween Countdown”
Review of “His Unquiet Ghost” by Mary Noailles Murfree
11) “His Unquiet Ghost” by Mary Noailles Murfee Plot: A group of young men is hauling some, um, homemade brew packed in a “coffin-box” late at night when they happen across a party of “revenue-raiders.” The “rev-enuers” casually ask them what they’re hauling. “What we-uns mus’ all be one day, stranger—a corpus.” They then nameContinue reading “Review of “His Unquiet Ghost” by Mary Noailles Murfree”
Review of “The Night Call” by Henry van Dyke Halloween Countdown
10) “The Night Call” by Henry van Dyke Plot: Doctor Leroy Carmichael has recently established his practice in New Jersey. The important people of town don’t quite take him seriously. One night, he receives a summons to attend a visiting “Baroness de Mortemer.” The Baron himself drives him to a house in obvious disrepair inContinue reading “Review of “The Night Call” by Henry van Dyke Halloween Countdown”
Reviews of Old and New Stories. Mostly Old 