The novel, a paranormal thriller, is
set in Hungary and Romania (1893-1894) and revolves around Imre, a half-gypsy
horse trader, whose family is set upon by a powerful Romany choovahanee, or
sorceress, named Anyeta. On the verge of death and cursed by Anyeta
with glanders--a hideously disfiguring disease which afflicts both horses
and humans--Imre narrates the tale that has led up to the realization that
in order to save his wife and daughter and the other members of the gypsy
troupe he has come to know and love, he must confront and overcome his
worst childhood memory--watching his father use the device which Imre
himself, now a horseman, has sworn he will never use: the gentling box.
“A keenly conceived and richly executed
cornucopia of the blackest magic. Mannetti’s prowess as a
writer hauls the reader into a shimmering, phantasmagoric demesne of
relentless suspense and high-creep-factor chills, and doesn’t let go until
the final page. This story is a dark work of art.”
–Edward Lee, author of CITY INFERNAL and
BRIDES OF THE IMPALER.
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A new classic horror story every night. The last several are below. |
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February 17th: Elliot O’Donnell - The Door That Would Never Keep Shut |
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February16th: E. Lynn Linton - The Devil in His Cups. |
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February 15th Jessie Adelaide Middleton - From a Politician’s Notebook |
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February 14th J. D. Beresford - The Barrage |
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February 13th: P‘u Sung-ling - The Fight With the Foxes |
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February 12th: E. Lynn Linton - The Ghost of the Black-Browed Maid. |
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February 11th: P‘u Sung-ling - The Virtuous Daughter-In-Law. |
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February 10th: Elliot O’Donnell - The Phantom Teeth of Knightsbridge |
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February 9th: E. Lynn Linton - The Succubus. |
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February 8th: Jack London - Amateur Night |
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February 7th: P‘u Sung-ling - The Gambler’s Talisman. |
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February 6th: Unknown - The Smith and the Demon |
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February 5th: Edward Lucas White - Disvola |
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February 4th: Unknown - The Awful Drunkard |
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February 3rd: A old Asian tale of vengeance from...P‘u Sung-ling - The Quarrelsome Brothers |
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February 2nd: A ghost story from...Jessie Adelaide Middleton - The Mysterious Visitor |
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February 1st: Sir Hugh Clifford - Droit Du Seigneur |
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January 31st: Algernon Blackwood - The Secret |
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January 30th: Guy De Maupassant - The Unknown |
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January 29th: Robert Hichens - Smaïn |
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January 28th: Sir Hugh Clifford - The Ghoul. |
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January 27th: Jessie Middleton - Two Yorkshire Stories. |
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January 26th: P‘u Sung-ling - Singular Case of Ophthalmia. |
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January 25th: Unknown - The Shroud. |
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January 24th: William Hope Hodgson - Mirdath the Beautiful. |
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January 23rd: H. G. Wells - A Moonlight Fable. |
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January 22nd: E. Lynn Linton - Brave Old Katherine Liddell. |
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January 21st: Jessie Middleton - The Phantom House. |
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January 20th: P‘u Sung-ling - Playing at Hanging. |
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January 19th: E. Lynn Linton - The Secret Sins of Major Weir. |
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January 18th: P‘u Sung-ling - The Singing Frogs. |
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January 17th: E. Lynn Linton - Clowts and the Serpent. |
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January 16th: P‘u Sung-ling - Planting a Pear-Tree. |
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January 15th: E. Lynn Linton - Lizzie Mudie and Her Victims. |
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January 14th: P‘u Sung-ling - The Lo-Ch’a Country and the Sea-Market. |
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January 13th: Edith Wharton - His Father’s Son |
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January 12th: P‘u Sung-ling - The Master Thief. |
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January 11th: E. Lynn Linton - The Dumb Girl of Pollok. |
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January 10th: E. Lynn Linton - The Lanthorne and the Bahr-Recht. |
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January 9th: P‘u Sung-ling - The Marriage Lottery. |
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January 8th: Jessie Middleton - Haunted House in the Suburbs. |
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January 7th: Unknown - The Fiddler in Hell. |
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January 6th: E. Lynn Linton - The Devil of Glenluce. |
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January 5th: Unknown - Elijah the Prophet and Nicholas. |
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January 4th: P‘u Sung-ling - The Performing Mice. |
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January 3rd: Unknown - The Ride on the Gravestone. |
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January 2nd: E. Lynn LintonManie Haliburton. |
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January 1st: Guy De Maupassant - A New Year’s Gift. |
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December 31st: P’ou Song-lin - Autumn-Moon. |
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December 30th: Ghost stories from...Jessie Middleton - Three Strange Stories. |
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December 29th: P‘u Sung-ling - The Young Lady of the Tung-t’ing Lake. |
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December 28th: Unknown - The Two Friends. |
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December 27th: Edith Wharton - The Letters. |
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December 26th: E. Lynn Linton - Jonet Watson and the Devil in Green. |
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December 25th: Jessie Middleton - The Old Lady in Black. |
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December 24th: Guy De Maupassant - My Wife. |
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December 23rd: One for the body parts page... P‘u Sung-ling - Foreign Priests. |
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December 22nd: A. B. Mitford - The Marriage Ceremony. |
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December 21st: P’ou Song-lin - Hong the Currier. |
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December 20th: E. Lynn Linton - Miscellaneous. |
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December 19th: Edith Wharton - The Daunt Diana. |
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December 18th: A. B. Mitford - On the Birth and Rearing of Children. |
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December 17th: William Hope Hodgson - The Maid of the Olden Days. |
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December 16th: Jessie Middleton - The Ghost of Egmont Castle. |
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December 15th: Unknown - Frost. |
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December 14th: E. Lynn Linton - Bessie Bathgate’s Nips. |
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December 13th: Unknown - The Metamorphosis of the Dnieper, the Volga, and the Dvina. |
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December 12th: P‘u Sung-ling - Fêng-Shui. |
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December 11th: A dark tale from...Sir Hugh Clifford - In Chains. |
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December 10th: Jessie Middleton - The Rector’s Ghost. |
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December 9th: Unknown - Princess Helena the Fair. |
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December 8th: E. Lynn Linton - The Trial of Spirits. |
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December 7th: P‘u Sung-ling - Dreaming Honours. |
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December 6th: Unknown - The Léshy. |
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December 5th: E. Lynn Linton - Sixteen Hundred and Forty-Three |
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December 4th: Fitz-James O’Brien - Mother of Pearl. |
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December 3rd: E. Lynn Linton - Katherine Grieve and John Sinclair. |
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December 2ndt: Jessie Middleton - Ghostly Footsteps. |
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December 1st: E. Lynn Linton - The Midwife’s Double Sin. |
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November 30th: P‘u Sung-ling - The She-Wolf And The Herd-Boys. |
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November 29th: Unknown - Emilian the Fool. |
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November 28th: E. Lynn Linton - Elspeth Cursetter and Her Friends. |
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November 27th: Unknown - Sozh and Dnieper. |
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November 26th: P‘u Sung-ling - Engaged to a Nun. |
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November 25th: E. Lynn LintonSinclair’s Stories. |
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November 24th: Sir Hugh Clifford - The Amok of Dâto’ Kâya Biji Derja. |
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November 23rd: E. Lynn Linton - Bessie Skebister. |
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November 22nd: Unknown - The Witch Girl. |
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November 21st: Jessie Middleton - The Ghost in Tavistock Place. |
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November 20th: Unknown - The Soldier’s Midnight Watch. |
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November 19th: E. Lynn Linton - The Misdeeds of Marion Richart. |
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November 18th: Jessie Middleton - Nell Gwynn’s Ghost—And Other Mysterious Visitors. |
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November 17th: P‘u Sung-ling - The Hidden Treasure. |
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November 16th: A ghost story from...Elliott ’Donnell - How Eliza Came Home, |
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November 15th: Sir Hugh Clifford - The Flight of the Jungle-Folk. |
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November 14th: Unknown - Vazuza and Volga. |
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November 13th: Jessie Middleton - The Matrimonial Ghost. |
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November 12th: E. Lynn Linton - The Misdeeds of Marion Richart. |
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November 22th: Unknown - Wednesday, |
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November 10th: Sabine Baring-Gould - Prester John |
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November 9th: Sir Hugh Clifford - At a Malayan Court. |
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November 8th: E. Lynn Linton - Sandie and the Devil. |
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November 7th: UnknownWednesday.. |
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November 6th: E. Lynn Linton - Katherine Grant and Her Stoup. |
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November 5th: P‘u Sung-ling - The Boatmen of Lao-Lung. |
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November 4th: Unknown - Woe. |
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November 3rd: E. Lynn Linton - Lady Lee’s Penny and the Witches of 1629. |
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November 2nd: Sir Hugh Clifford - A Malayan Actor-Manager |
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November 1st: Unknown - One-Eyed Likho. |
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October 31st: A nice creepy ghost story from...Elliott ’Donnell - The Corner of the Wall. |
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October 30th: Lord Dunsany - The Unhappy Body. |
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October 29th: P‘u Sung-ling - The Lingering Death |
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October 28th: E. Lynn Linton - Thomas Grieve’s Enchantments (1623). |
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October 27th: Unknown - The Water King and Vasilissa the Wise. |
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October 26th: Jessie Middleton - A Story of St. James’s Square. |
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October 25th: Thomas Simon Gueulette - Adventures of Kolao, the Wild Man. |
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October 24th: Unknown - Vasilissa the Fair. |
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October 22nd: Lord Dunsany - The Day of the Poll. |
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October 21st: Jessie Middleton - The Severed Head. |
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October 20th: Thomas Simon Gueulette - History of the Beautiful Hengu. |
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October 19th: E. Lynn Linton - Margaret Wallace and Her Dear Burd. |
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October 18th: Sir Hugh Clifford - The Lone-Hand Raid of Kûlop Sûmbing. |
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October 17th: P‘u Sung-ling - A Dwarf. |
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October 16th: E. Lynn Linton - Bessie Smith. |
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October 15th: Unknown - The Hasty Word. |
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October 14th: E. Lynn Linton - The Pitiful Fate of Margaret Barclay. |
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October 13th: Jessie Middleton - The Ghost That Grinned. |
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October 12th: A tale of torture and magic...Sir Hugh Clifford - Tukang Burok’s Story. |
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October 11th: Lord Dunsany - In Zaccarath. |
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October 10th: Unknown - The Baba Yaga |
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October 9th: P‘u Sung-ling - The Boon-Companion. |
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October 8th: E. Lynn Linton - Bartie Paterson’s Charm. |
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October 7th: Lord Dunsany - The Field. |
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October 6th: Sir Hugh Clifford - A Daughter of the Muhammadans. |
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October 5th: P‘u Sung-ling - The Self-Punished Murderer |
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October 4th: Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch - The Carol. |
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October 3rd: P‘u Sung-ling - The Sea-Serpent. |
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October 2nd: Unknown - Marya-Morevna. |
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October 1st: Anna (Bonus) Kingsford - A Village of Seers. |
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September 30th: E. Lynn Linton - Beigis Tod and Her Compeers. |
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September 29th: Jessie Middleton - A Ghost Seen in Borrowdale, Cumberland. |
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September 28th: E. Lynn Linton - White Witches. |
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September 27th: Sir Hugh Clifford - The Further Side of Silence. |
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September 26th: Unknown - The Norka. |
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September 25th: Sir Hugh Clifford - The Flight of Chêp, the Bird. |
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September 24th: A nautical tale from...Lord Dunsany - Poor Old Bill. |
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September 23rd: P‘u Sung-ling - Mr. Chu, The Considerate Husband. |
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September 2nd: Unknown - The Escape of Isaac Berry. |
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September 21st: E. Lynn Linton - The Misdeeds of Isobel Grierson. |
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September 20th: Brander Matthews - A Primer of Imaginary Geography. |
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September 19th: Anna (Bonus) Kingsford - Steepside. |
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September 18th: Sir Hugh Clifford - The Inner Apartment. |
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September 17th: Unknown - Ivan Popyalof |
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September 16th: Lord Dunsany - The Beggars. |
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September 15th: Ghost stories...Jessie Middleton - Two South African Stories. |
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September 14th: E. Lynn Linton - The Troubles of Aberdeen. |
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September 13th: Unknown - The Water Snake. |
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September 12th: P‘u Sung-ling - Miss A-Pao; or, Perseverance Rewarded.. |
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September 11th: Unknown- The Miser. |
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September 10th: Lord Dunsany - Carcassonne. |
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September 9th: Brander Matthews- A Confidential Postscript. |
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September 8th: Thomas Simon Gueulette - Story of Massumah |
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September 7th: A. B. Mitford - Japanese Sermons. |
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September 6th: A strange ghost story from...Lord Dunsany - The Hashish Man. |
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September 5th: Jessie Middleton - The Marble Mantelpiece. |
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September 4th: P‘u Sung-ling - The Three Genii. |
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September 3rd: Unknown - The Escape of John Bennett. |
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September 2nd: Thomas Simon Gueulette - Conclusion of the Adventures of Utzim-Ochanti. |
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August 31st: Brander Matthews - The Kinetoscope of Time. |
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August 30th: A Russian folktale...Unknown - The Treasure. |
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August 29th: Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch - A Happy Voyage. |
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August 28th: Some witchery from...E. Lynn Linton - The Grace Wife of Keith and Her Cummers. |
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August 27th: Elliot O’Donnell - The Two Ghost Houses of Red Lion Square |
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August 26th: Thomas Simon Gueulette - Story of Faruk. |
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August 25th: P‘u Sung-ling - Feasting the Ruler of Purgatory. |
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August 24th: Unknown - The Fool and the Birch-Tree. |
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August 23rd: E. Lynn Linton- The Two Alisons. |
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August 22nd: Jessie Middleton - The White Lady of Bolling Hall. |
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August 21st: Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch - These-an’-Thats Wife. |
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August 20th: A Russian folk-tale about a vampire...Unknown - The Headless Princess |
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August 19th: Lord Dunsany - The Idle City. |
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August 18th: Unknown - The Three Copecks. |
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August 17th: William Hope Hodgson - The Dark Pyramid |
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August 16th: Leigh Hunt - The Daughter of Hippocrates |
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August 15th: P‘u Sung-ling - The Lingering Death. |
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August 14th: Unknown - Friday. |
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August 13th: A tale of witchery from...E. Lynn Linton - The Devil’s Secretary. |
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August 12th: Unknown - The Mizgir. |
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August 11th: P‘u Sung-ling - Miss Chiao-No. |
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August 10th: Lord Dunsany - The Sword and the Idol. |
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August 9th: Edith Wharton - The Legend. |
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August 8th: Guy De Maupassant - Friend Patience |
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August 7th: Algernon Blackwood - Jimbo’s Longest Day. |
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August 6th: P‘u Sung-ling - The Tiger of Chao-Ch’êng |
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August 5th: Thomas Simon Gueulette - History of Mandarin Fum-Hoam. |
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August 4th: A strange nautical tale from...Lord Dunsany - Idle Days on the Yann. |
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August 4th: Elliot O’Donnell - A Hampstead Haunting |
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August 3rd: A vampire theme in a Russian folktale...Unknown - The Soldier and the Vampire |
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August 2nd: Jessie Middleton - The Ghost with the Evil Face. |
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August 1st: Witchery from...E. Lynn Linton - The Crimes of Lady Fowlis |
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July 31st: Madeline Yale Wynne - The House That Stephen Built. |
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July 30th: Lafcadio Hearn - Esther’s Choice |
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July 29th: P‘u Sung-ling - The Fighting Quails. |
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July 28th: Elliot O’Donnell - The Haunting of B— School. |
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July 27th: Jessie Middleton - The Haunted House at Hindhead. |
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July 26th: P‘u Sung-ling - The Magnanimous Girl. |
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July 25th: E. Lynn Linton - Bessie Roy |
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July 24th: Elliot O’Donnell - Miscellaneous Hauntings |
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July 23rd: P‘u Sung-ling - The Salt Smuggler |
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July 22nd: Edith Wharton - The Debt |
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July 21st: An obscure vampire tale...Unknown - The Dog and the Corpse. |
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July 19th: Wilkie Collins - Miss Jéromette and the Clergyman. |
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July 19th: E. Lynn Linton - Alison Pearson and the Fairy Folk. |
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July 18th: Lord Dunsany - Bethmoora |
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July 17th: Unknown - The Golovikha |
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July 16th: Elliot O’Donnell - Hauntings in Other Parks and Commons. |
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July 15th: Lafcadio Hearn - Esther’s Choice |
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July 14th: Brander Matthews - The Dream-Gown of the Japanese Ambassador |
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July 13th: Jessie Adelaide Middleton - Ghostly Music. |
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July 12th: Unknown - The Spirit and the Treasure. |
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July 11th: Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch - Yorkshire Dick |
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July 10th: Lord Dunsany - Where the Tides Ebb and Flow. |
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July 9th: Algernon Blackwood - Let Not the Sun—. |
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July 8th: P‘u Sung-ling - The Marriage of the Fox’s Daughter |
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July 7th: Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch - The Boy by the Beach. |
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July 6th: Edward Lucas White - The Flambeau Bracket |
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July 5th: P‘u Sung-ling - The Tiger Guest |
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July 4th: A Russian folktale about witchcraft...Unknown - The Blind Man and the Cripple |
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July 4th: Wilkie Collins - Mr Percy and the Prophet |
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July 3rd: Elliot O’Donnell - Nights in Hyde Park. |
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July 2nd: P‘u Sung-ling - Adulteration Punished. |
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July 1st: Algernon Blackwood - The Lease. |
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June 30th: Edith Wharton - Full Circle |
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June 29th: H. F. W. Tatham - The Fourth Wise Man |
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June 28th: R. H. Benson - Under Which King. |
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June 27th: P‘u Sung-ling - Collecting Subscriptions. |
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June 26th: Edith Wharton - The Blond Beast. |
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June 24th: A short Asian tale from...P‘u Sung-ling - Death By Laughing. |
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June 24th: Elliot O’Donnell - The Figure on the Stairs |
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June 23rd: P‘u Sung-ling - The Man Who Was Changed Into A Crow. |
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June 22nd: E. Lynn Linton - The Story of Lady Glammis & Bessie Dunlop and Thom Reid |
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June 21st: H. F. W. Tatham - The Lady Alicia |
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June 20th: Richard Garnett - Truth and Her Companions |
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June 19th: P‘u Sung-ling - The Dead Priest |
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June 18th: Guy De Maupassant - The Kiss |
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June 17th: Algernon Blackwood - News v. Nourishment |
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June 16th: Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch - The Omnibus |
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June 15th: Jack London - Local Color |
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June 14th: R. H. Benson - With Dyed Garments |
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June 13th: A. B. Mitford - The Story of the Faithful Cat |
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June 12th: Algernon Blackwood - Her Birthday |
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June 11th: Jessie Adelaide Middleton - Ghosts Seen by Famous People. |
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June 10th: Unknown - Spirit of the Orchard. |
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June 9th: Elliot O’Donnell - Atmosphere. |
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June 8th: Lord Dunsany - Blagdaross |
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June 7th: P‘u Sung-ling - The Elephants and the Lion. |
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June 6th: Unknown - The Fox-Physician. |
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June 5th: Wilkie Collins - Mr Captain and the Nymph |
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June 4th: P‘u Sung-ling - The Fortune-Hunter Punished. |
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June 3rd: R. H. Benson - In the Morning |
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June 2nd: Richard Garnett - The Rewards of Industry |
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June 1st: Algernon Blackwood - Faith Cure on the Channel. |
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May 31st: Sax Rohmer - Dope |
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May 30th: Elliot O’Donnell - The Man Behind The Door, Or No.— Brockley Road, S.E. |
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May 29th: Wilkie Collins - The Devil’s Spectacles. |
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May 28th: J. D. Beresford - Reference Wanted! |
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May 27th: Algernon Blackwood - The Invitation |
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May 26th: A. C. Benson - Brother Robert. |
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May 25th: A strange Asian tale from...P‘u Sung-ling - The Donkey’s Revenge |
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May 24th: H. F. W. Tatham - The Ordeal |
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May 23rd: A short Russian folktale about vampires...Unknown - The Two Corpses |
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May 22nd: Madeline Yale Wynne - Sabriny, Dad & Co |
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May 21st: R. H. Benson - In the Convent Chapel. |
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May 20th: Algernon Blackwood - The Impulse |
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May 18th: Lord Dunsany - The Madness of Andelsprutz |
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May 18th: Elliot O’Donnell - The Two Ghost Houses of Red Lion Square |
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May 17th: P‘u Sung-ling - The Pious Surgeon |
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May 16th: H. F. W. Tatham - The Priest’s Curse |
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May 15th: A. C. Benson - Renatus |
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May 14th: Richard Garnett - The Philosopher and the Butterflies. |
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May 13th: Unknown - The Priest with the Greedy Eyes. |
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May 12th: P‘u Sung-ling - The Censor in Purgatory. |
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May 11th: Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch - The Paradise of Choice. |
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May 10th: J. D. Beresford - As the Crow Flies. |
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May 9th: J. D. Beresford - The Convert |
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Dark poetry from...Walter de la Mare - Awake!, Forgiveness, Good-Bye, The Monologue , In the Dock, The Wreck, The Voice, The Hour-Glass, Drugged, The Moth, Not That Way, The Suicide, Who’s That? and A Sign. |
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