The Haunted Chamber Each heart has its haunted chamber, Where the silent moonlight falls! On the floor are mysterious footsteps, There are whispers along the walls! And mine at times is haunted By phantoms of the Past As motionless as shadows By the silent moonlight cast. A form sits by the window, That is not seen by day, For as soon as the dawn approaches It vanishes away. It sits there in the moonlight Itself as pale and still, And points with its airy finger Across the window-sill. Without before the window, There stands a gloomy pine, Whose boughs wave upward and downward As wave these thoughts of mine. And underneath its branches Is the grave of a little child, Who died upon life’s threshold, And never wept nor smiled. What are ye, O pallid phantoms! That haunt my troubled brain? That vanish when day approaches, And at night return again? What are ye, O pallid phantoms! But the statues without breath, That stand on the bridge overarching The silent river of death? – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1873 Related… Read More ›
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Like Something Strange, Undreamt-of: The Nightmare Illustrations of Stephen Gammell
If you came of age in the 80’s and 90’s, you might remember a little series called Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark. Ostensibly a children’s book, this series paired creepy folkloric tales and urban legends told by Alvin Schwartz with… Read More ›
Dead Cthulu Waits Dreaming: HP Lovecraft Audio Archive
Darlings, let’s start out the week with a little treat: a free audio archive of the works of H. P. Lovecraft! Via the dashing and always-in-the-know Magnus over at Sellergren Design, this collection from Archive.org includes over 100 mp3 files of… Read More ›