"All this he saw, for one moment breathless and intense, vivid on the morning sky; and still, as he looked, he lived; and still, as he lived, he wondered."

Simpatici burloni della provincia milanese

Io: <accosto con l’auto e tiro giù il finestrino>   Scusi, per Abbiategrasso vado bene?
Lui: <inforca gli occhiali e mi guarda>   Mah, sì, signorina, altroché… e poi noi non siamo mica esigenti
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Spooktober 25 – The Phantom Farm House (2)

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Alix Harrow’s The Once and Future Witches

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Spooktober 24 – The Phantom Farm House (1)

“The Phantom Farmhouse” is a short story written by Seabury Quinn, first published in the October 1923 issue of Weird Tales. It is one of Quinn’s most famous standalone works outside of his popular Jules de Grandin detective series. I had been at the new

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6 Comments
  • nini00000
    Posted at 17:37h, 17 March Reply

    eheh… bel blog… e io amo renzilastrega… quando preparavo la maturità, con un’amica facevamo sempre pausa guardando ransie… bei ricordi!!!

    ma davvero l’emozione ti fa diventare sorda? :-)

  • Shelidon
    Posted at 17:42h, 17 March Reply

    Oddio, devo confessarti che ho scoperto l’esistenza di Ransie la strega in questo preciso istante, con google. Non ho capito che cosa te l’ha fatta associare al mio blog, ma non fa niente.

    Per quanto riguarda la sezione medica del tuo commento… no, non sono mai diventata sorda per l’emozione. Però certi commenti mi rendono confusa, non so se fa lo stesso.

  • impbianco
    Posted at 19:11h, 17 March Reply

    … come non conosci Rensie La Strega???? XD Devi rimediare! :P

    X-Bye

  • Shelidon
    Posted at 19:20h, 17 March Reply

    Ma che vi piglia a tutti, oggi? :P

  • HowlingWolf
    Posted at 11:21h, 18 March Reply

    Un Mito! Hai incontrato un genio del male!

    Spero tu abbia riso di gusto, la classe va premiata…

  • Shelidon
    Posted at 11:44h, 18 March Reply

    Ho riso di gusto, sì, non si poteva non farlo. Un tempismo perfetto.

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