"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."
"The Death’s Head" by Friedrich August Schulze from Tales of the Dead (1813), translated by Sarah Elizabeth Utterson. You can read it today on my Patreon....
The Phantom Piper is a legendary figure from Tudor England, often associated with ghostly music and haunting various locations, particularly in the West Midlands of England. One of the most famous legends involves the Phantom Piper of the Wrekin, a hill in Shropshire. According to local folklore,...
The Ceffyl Dŵr is a creature from Welsh folklore, known as the "Water Horse", a ghostly horse-like being which haunts rivers, lakes, and misty moors, luring unsuspecting victims to their doom. It's often described as an ethereal, shape-shifting entity that can appear solid one moment...
"The Spectre Bride" by Friedrich August Schulze comes from German Stories (1826), translated by Robert Pearse Gillies. You can read it today and tomorrow on my Patreon. ...
Dulle Griet, literally "Mad Meg," is a figure from Dutch folklore and art, often depicted as a terrifying figure leading an army of women into Hell. In the most famous depictions, she is shown as a woman dressed in ragged clothes or clad in armour; she...
“Wan the maiden was, Of saintly paleness, and there seem’d to dwell In the strong beauties of her countenance Something that was not earthly.” Southey’s Joan of Arc. “The clock has toll’d; and, hark! the bell Of death beats slow.” -- Mason’s Elegies. The novel comes from Tales of the Dead (1813), translated by...
The Gwrach y Rhibyn, also known as "The Hag of the Mist," is a figure from Welsh folklore often compared to the Irish Banshee. She is a harbinger of death, as her shrieks and wails warn of impending doom for those who hear them. She is described...
I really liked season 1 of Carnival Row, starring Orlando Bloom and Cara Delevigne, and this is the music that plays in the end credits. The artist calls herself Patty Gurdy and plays the hurdy-gurdy, a weird hand-crank string instrument with a keyboard that sounds...
Do you like Jane Austen enough (or not enough) to enjoy parodies and retellings? Did you like Pride and Prejudice and Zombies? Well maybe, just maybe, you'll enjoy Melinda Taub's The Scandalous Confessions of Lydia Bennet, Witch. The story tries to bring justice to Lydia...
We continue our selection of painters who captured ghosts on canvas, this spooky season, and this week I give you Richard Tennant Cooper (1885 - 1957), painter of diseases and maladies in very bright colours. Come and take a look at him on my Patreon,...
