Monday 31 October 2011

Horror-Fest for All Hallows. 2011 : Literature

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The quest through October 2011 ~ to read at least one short tale of terror (or allegedly so) every night on the lead up to Halloween ...

 

  •  The Man With the Moon In Him - William Sansom
  • Men Without Bones  - Gerald Kersh 
  • The Werewolf - Angela Carter
  • The Company of Wolves - Angela Carter
  • Wolf Alice -  Angela Carter
  • Burn the Ladle: The Witches of Tain - Dr Bob Curran (folklore)
  • The Vampire Lady of Rhode Island - Dr Bob Curran (folklore)
  • The Night Bookmobile - Audrey Niffenegger (graphic novel)
  • Stone Island - Ian Edginton and Simon Davis (graphic novel)
  • Criminal Macabre. My Demon Baby  - Steve Niles,  Nick Stakal and Michelle Madsen (graphic novel)
  • Goblin Market -  Christina Rossetti (poem)
  • The Shunned House - H P Lovecraft
  • The Evil Garden - Edward Gorey (illustrated tale)
  • The Iron Tonic - Edward Gorey (illustrated tale)
  • The Deranged Cousins - Edward Gorey (illustrated tale)
  • William Wilson - Edgar Allan Poe
  • Masque of the Red Death - Edgar Allan Poe
  • (Kwaidan) Yuki-Onna - Lafcadio Hearn (folktale)
  • (Kwaidan) Riki-Bara- Lafcadio Hearn (folktale)
  • (Kwaidan) Jiu-Roku-Zakura - Lafcadio Hearn
  • Red Hand - Neil Munro
  • William Barton, A Warlock (excerpt from Satan's Invisible World Discovered) - George Sinclar
  • Pickman's Model - H P Lovecraft
  • The Outsider - H P Lovecraft
  • Royal Jelly - Roald Dahl
  • The Babysitter - Jan Brunvald (Urban Legend)
  • The Hitchhiker with the Hairy Arms - Jan Brunvald (Urban Legend)
  • The Porcelain Doll - Leo Tolstoy
  • I See You Never - Ray Bradbury
  • En La Noche - Ray Bradbury
  • The Drifting Snow -August Derleth
  • The Sphinx Without a Secret - Oscar Wilde
  • The Reach - Stephen King
  • Uncle Einar - Ray Bradbury
  • The Homecoming - Ray Bradbury
  • The Ash Tree - M R James
  • John Charrington's Wedding - E Nesbitt
  • John Constantine: HellBlazer ~ The Red Right Hand / Season of the Zealot - Denise Mina, Leonardo Manco & Christina Cucina (Graphic Novel)
  • The Legend of Sawney Bean - Judy Hamilton (folktale)
  • The Kelpie and The Glaistig - Judy Hamilton (folktale)
  • Dracula's Guest - Bram Stoker
  • Skeletons Digging - Charles Baudelaire (poem)
  • The Carcass - Charles Baudelaire (poem)
  • The Vampire - Charles Baudelaire  (poem)
  • Spirits of the Dead - Edgar Allan Poe (poem)
  • The Conqueror Worm -  Edgar Allan Poe (poem)
  • The Raven -  Edgar Allan Poe (poem)
  • Jean Grenier - Sabine Baring Gould (folktale /history)
  • The Daughter of the Ulkolak - Sabine Baring Gould (folktale)
  • The Spectre Bridegroom - Robert Hunt (folktale)
  • The Inmost Light - Arthur Machen
  • The Birds - Daphne Du Maurier
  • The Troll - T H White
  • Cuckoo - Dulan Barker

 

 

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