REVIEW OF VIVIFIED BY MYRA G

REVIEW OF VIVIFIED BY MYRA G - "Beautiful little story. It's about what is and what could be if only the main character has the sense to realize what is important in life. 5 out of 5 stars."

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3296439463

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Robert Louis Stevenson 1886

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories by Robert Louis Stevenson
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Robert Louis Stevenson 1886
A London lawyer investigates strange occurrences involving his old friend and the evil Edward Hyde.
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REVIEW OF HALLOWMAS BY BOOK LADY TERI

REVIEW OF HALLOWMAS BY BOOK LADY TERI - “I loved this short graphic tale! Reading it gave me the same chills up my spine that I got when as a child listening to scary campfire stories, or saying Bloody Mary three times into a mirror! 5 out of 5 stars.”

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THE NINTH SKELETON BY CLARK ASHTON SMITH

THE NINTH SKELETON BY CLARK ASHTON SMITH - A young man sets out on a hike, along a treacherous California trail. He has plans to meet up with his fiancé. Reality slips away, as his surroundings transform into something more evil. He inexplicably finds himself in a decaying graveyard, with an indecipherable language written on the stones. A skeleton parade saunters past him in the climax, skeletons with oddly feminine characteristics. The Ninth Skeleton by Clark Ashton Smith was first published in Weird Tales in 1928. Want to read more? Clark Ashton Smith is available widely online in variety of formats, some of which now are available in the public domain.

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http://www.eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/156/the-ninth-skeleton

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From the Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne 1865

From the Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

From the Earth to the Moon by Jules Verne 1865
Gun enthusiasts dream up an idea to shoot themselves to the moon with a space gun, in an attempt to survive a moon landing.
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REVIEW OF HALLOWMAS BY CATHERINE P

REVIEW OF HALLOWMAS BY CATHERINE PRATT - “I like to call this book, a good campfire story. It would spook the little ones. I actually liked the book and wish there was more to the story than what it is. It kinda reminds me of the story, Christmas Carol. Except the story does not have 3 ghosts to haunt the character, only one. Also, this story is with tweens not adult. Great book!! 5 out of 5 stars.”

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3287946371

The Ninth Skeleton by Clark Ashton Smith full text

The Ninth Skeleton

It was beneath the immaculate blue of a morning in April that I set out to keep my appointment with Guenevere. We had agreed to meet on Boulder Ridge, at a spot well known to both of us, a small and circular field surrounded with pines and full of large stones, midway between her parents' home at Newcastle and my cabin on the north-eastern extremity of the Ridge, near Auburn.

FRANKENSTEIN’S MONSTER

TWO CENTURIES OF FRANKENSTEIN’S MONSTER - Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, the novel, was anonymously published by Mary Shelley in 1818.  Her name appeared in the second edition. Two years earlier 18 year old Mary rented a Swiss villa, along with her husband, the Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley. Their guests included: Lord Byron, also a poet, and his mistress/ Mary’s stepsister, Claire Clairmont. John William Polidori, author of The Vampyre and vampire fiction pioneer, also joined them. They summered on Lake Geneva taking the boat out on the water, discussing ideas, writing stories, and telling ghost stories late into the night. Long spells of incessant rain kept the guests captive inside the villa. Lord Byron encouraged them to write a ghost story. That evening was particularly restless, and the young wife couldn’t sleep. Mary was visited by a reanimated corpse, in a waking dream, a creature so compelling she put him in writing. The byline refers to Prometheus, a mythological creature, who formed humans from clay, which provided them with fire. In Shelley's Gothic science fiction/ horror story, scientist Victor Frankenstein creates an unnamed monster from pieced together collected cadavers. Henceforth referred to as Frankenstein’s Monster, a hideous abomination. When he can’t socialize in human society, he exacts his due from Dr. Frankenstein, leaving the reader unsure who to root for. Just because he’s different, he is chased by villagers carrying flaming pitchforks. Hammer Horror produced 7 films with the character, but the best studio to film the role was Universal Pictures.  Don’t miss the 1931 pre-code version, starring Boris Karloff. His look is what comes to any reader’s mind, recalling the name Frankenstein. I credit Shelley with the creation of Gothic horror, and for its influence on speculative fiction to this day. She preceded Edgar Allen Poe (The Black Cat, 1843) by two decades. John William Polidori (The Vampyre,  1819) is said to have inspired Sheridan Le Fanu (Carmilla, 1872), who in turn inspired Bram Stoker (Dracula, 1897).  The stories written by these men, forebearers of genre, moved into a space created by an 18-year-old girl named Mary.

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https://chadschimke.blogspot.com/2015/07/frankenstein-1931.html

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The Ninth Skeleton by Clark Ashton Smith MP3

PseudoPod 331: The Ninth Skeleton - PseudoPod

The Ninth Skeleton by Clark Ashton Smith It was beneath the immaculate blue of a morning in April that I set out to keep my appointment with Guenevere. We had agreed to meet on Boulder Ridge, at a spot well known to both of us, a small and circular field surrounded with pines and full [...]

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Writing Sample stood on the cliff at the edge of her continent. Her gown flapped in the gentle breeze, air brushing her feet and legs. The Niharan sun hung low on the waterline, a rim of churning water, against a darkening blue sky. She inhaled the salty air through her nose, filling her lungs.

COOKING WITH RODENTS BY NANCY ETCHEMENDY

COOKING WITH RODENTS BY NANCY ETCHEMENDY - I’ve read lots of short stories, and this isn’t like most of them. The preposterous absurdities deepen and compound, in the best possible way. Written in form of a cookbook, this author whips up a delightful dish. It’s a fresh, one-of-a-kind take on what it takes to kept yourself fed, after the apocalypse. ‘Cooking with Rodents’ by Nancy Etchemendy was originally published in Rat Tales anthology in 1994. Check out Nancy’s website: https://www.etchemendy.com/

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The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson (2010)

The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson (2010)
Cast out by his people, a Shin man is sent to murder the king of one of the world's most powerful nations. He possesses magic such as Honorblade, used to cut anything, and Surgebinding, that renders him able to bind things together.
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