#Spooktober 22: The Spectre Barber
Today’s reading on my Patreon is “The Spectre Barber” by Johann Karl August Musäus translated and collected by Helen Smith in The Decameron of the West (1839).
Today’s reading on my Patreon is “The Spectre Barber” by Johann Karl August Musäus translated and collected by Helen Smith in The Decameron of the West (1839).
Christina Rossetti wrote “The Hour and the Ghost” in 1856. It was later published in 1862 in her collection Goblin Market and Other Poems. Here it is. BRIDE. O LOVE, love, hold me fast, He draws me away from thee; I cannot stem the blast, Nor the cold strong sea: Far away a light shines […]
by Sarah Elizabeth Utterson in Tales of the Dead (1813) “Of shapes that walk At dead of night, and clank their chains, and wave The torch of hell around the murderer’s bed.” Pleasures of Imagination. On the evening of the 12th of June 17—, a joyous party was assembled at Monsieur de Montbrun’s château to celebrate the marriage of […]
Ok, so, my phone died after the last day of Autodesk University, which means I lack some of the resources to craft this post properly, but I don’t want to leave some awesome things unmentioned, so you’ll get this for now and then I’ll do something better as soon as I’m back. What was my […]
The curtains were half drawn, the floor was swept And strewn with rushes, rosemary and may Lay thick upon the bed on which I lay, Where through the lattice ivy-shadows crept. He leaned above me, thinking that I slept And could not hear him; but I heard him say: “Poor child, poor child:” and as […]
Today’s reading on my Patreon comes from Tales of Terror (1899) by James Edward Preston Muddock. Neisse is a small town in Silesia. At the period of this story it lay somewhat out of the beaten track, and its inhabitants led a simple, primitive sort of life, although bickerings and wranglings, cheating and knavery were not […]
Just my top 3 from my Day 2 here at Autodesk University, in chronological order. We can dive in later. 1. Diverse Subcontractors and Where to Find Them With a focus on subcontractor selection, Wissam Akra started off by highlighting how, at least in the US, supplier diversity is a requirement by government law, and […]
“Oh whence do you come, my dear friend, to me, With your golden hair all fallen below your knee, And your face as white as snowdrops on the lea, And your voice as hollow as the hollow sea? “From the other world I come back to you, My locks are uncurled with dripping drenching dew. […]
Well, my class came and went and it was awesome. Not the delivery, I mean — I’ll leave that judgement to the participants — but I had a blast delivering it and my audience was wonderful. I think I was really able to articulate the key points between the complexity of designing for climate change, […]
Today’s reading on my Patreon is “The Spirit’s Summons” by Johann August Apel, from Leigh Hunt’s London Journal, Volume 2, 26 September 1835
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