Plot: Sir Edric murdered his wife, Alice, and sent their son away. He loves his present wife, Eve. For some unexplained reason, he began keeping wolves on his estate. Eve begged him to “destroy” the animals, but he liked them until they attacked Eve without biting her (huh?). He then shot them all himself. NowContinue reading “Review of “The Undying Thing” by Barry Pain: Halloween Countdown”
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Review of “The Wolf-Man” by Erckmann-Chatrian: Halloween Countdown
Plot:Around Christmas time in the year 18—, our hero Fritz lies fast asleep at the Cygne in Fribourg in the Black Forest when someone awakens him, telling him: “I have good news for you; I am going to take you to Nideck, two leagues from this place. You know Nideck, the finest baronial castle inContinue reading “Review of “The Wolf-Man” by Erckmann-Chatrian: Halloween Countdown”
Review of “The Fall of the House of Usher” by Edgar Allen Poe: Halloween Countdown
For October 12 Plot: The unnamed narrator arrives at the home of a childhood friend, Roderick Usher, after receiving a letter requesting that he come and cheer the friend up. Usher is not well and appears anxious and depressed. The narrator’s first glance of the house is dispiriting. It is old and covered with mossContinue reading “Review of “The Fall of the House of Usher” by Edgar Allen Poe: 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”
Reviews of Old and New Stories. Mostly Old 