Each night father fills me with dread As he sits at the foot of my bed I don’t mind that he speaks In gibbers and squeaks But for seventeen years he’s been dead. – Edward Gorey Related Posts: – The Gashlycrumb… Read More ›
Poetry and Prose
“Her Strong Enchantments Failing” by A.E. Houseman
Poem III (known as Her Strong Enchantments Failing) Her strong enchantments failing, Her towers of fear in wreck, Her limbecks dried of poisons And the knife at her neck, The Queen of air and darkness Begins to shrill and cry, “O young… Read More ›
“Dead Man’s Hate” by Robert E. Howard
They hanged John Farrel in the dawn amid the marketplace; At dusk came Adam Brand to him and spat upon his face. “Ho neighbors all,” spake Adam Brand, “see ye John Farrel’s fate! “Tis proven here a hempen noose is… Read More ›
The Year of Halloween 