Editorial: BookRix
A boy claims to have contact to a troll and his uncle, a psychologist, tries to help him, but soon realizes, that he cannot help him with psychology, but only with faith in the light of creation. An interesting story influenced by real experiences concerning the phenomenon of the so-called "little people". Please review this book, if you liked it!
🎬 Experience the atmospheric visual edition of this tale by searching “Jonathan Dunne Horror” on YouTube. Title: The Clock Series Name: Timeless Terrors Series Entry: 153 Author: W. F. Harvey Narrator: Jonathan Dunne Original Publication: 1928 Public Domain: Yes Description: The Clock is one of W. F. Harvey’s finest examples of quiet psychological horror — a subtle and deeply unsettling tale in which an ordinary household object becomes the focus of a mystery that defies reason. The story centers on a man who notices something peculiar about a clock in his home. At first, the irregularity seems insignificant, the sort of detail that might easily be dismissed as forgetfulness or coincidence. Yet as the strange occurrence repeats itself, curiosity gradually turns to unease, and a simple question begins to demand an explanation. Harvey masterfully builds tension through restraint, allowing the mystery to unfold through observation rather than spectacle. The familiar surroundings of everyday life become increasingly disquieting as the narrator struggles to understand what he has witnessed and whether a rational explanation is possible. The horror emerges not from overt terror but from the creeping realization that something is profoundly wrong beneath the surface of the ordinary. Rather than relying on shocks or dramatic supernatural manifestations, The Clock draws its power from uncertainty, suggestion, and the fear of hidden truths. The result is an elegant and haunting story that lingers in the mind long after its final revelation, demonstrating Harvey’s remarkable ability to transform the commonplace into something deeply unsettling. 🎬 Experience the atmospheric visual edition of this tale by searching “Jonathan Dunne Horror” on YouTube.Ver libro
There is something about the number 3. The Ancient Greeks believed 3 was the perfect number, and in China 3 has always been a lucky number, and they know a thing or two. Most religions also have 3 this and 3 that and, of course, in these more modern times, three’s a crowd may be too many, except when it’s a ménage à trois. It seems good things usually come in threes. Whatever history and culture says WE think 3, a hat-trick of stories, is a great number to explore themes and literary avenues that classic authors were so adept at creating. From their pens to your your ears. 01 - 3 Stories - Describes Nature 02 - The Rendezvous by Ivan Turgenev 03 - Blue & Green by Virginia Woolf 04 - The Japanese Quince by John GalsworthyVer libro
Stella Benson was born on the 6th January 1892 in Easthope, Shropshire to parents who were landed gentry. Her early years involved frequent household moves which was difficult for the child as she suffered from ill-health. Some of her early education was spent at schools in Germany and Switzerland and by 10 she had developed a lifelong habit of keeping a diary. In the following years her parents separated, and she rarely saw her father. When she did, he encouraged to pause her writing until she had further experience and could better make sense of the world. When he died, she learned he had been an alcoholic. A winter spent in the West Indies provided material for her first novel ‘I Pose’ published the following year in 1915. During the War years she became involved in the women's suffrage movement and dedicated time outside of writing to support the troops and help the poor. In 1918 she decided to travel spending much time in California, where she also tutored at the University of California, and continued to write. In China she met her future husband and after marrying in London, journeyed with him to his various Custom postings through Nanning, Beihai, and Hong Kong and the Far East. The works continued to flow novels, short stories, travel essays all helped to build a deserved and burgeoning reputation. Although her works are now in the forgotten and neglected department her writing style, characters, and narratives more than capably demonstrate her obvious talents. Stella Benson died of pneumonia on the 7th December 1933, at Hạ Long in the Vietnamese province of Tonkin. She was 40.Ver libro
Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin was born on 26th May 1799 in Moscow into a family of Russian nobility. Raised by nursemaids and French tutors in French he learnt Russian only via the household staff. He graduated from the prestigious Imperial Lyceum, near St Petersburg and plunged into the vibrant and raucous intellectual youth culture of what was then the capital of the Russian Empire. In 1820, he published his first long poem, ‘Ruslan and Ludmila’, with much controversy about both subject and style. Pushkin was heavily influenced by the French Enlightenment and gravitated, with other literary radicals, towards social reform angering the Government. His early literary work and reputation was poetic and written as he travelled around the Empire or engaged himself in various rebellions against the Ottoman Empire. A clash with his own government after his poem, ‘Ode to Liberty’, was found among the belongings of the Decembrist Uprising rebels meant two years of internal exile at his mother's rural estate. His friends and family continually petitioned for his release, sending letters and meeting with Tsar Alexander I and then Tsar Nicholas I. In 1825, whilst at his Mother’s estate, Pushkin wrote his most famous play, the drama ‘Boris Godunov’. Upon meeting with Tsar Nicholas I, Pushkin obtained his release and began work as the Tsar's Titular Counsel of the National Archives. However, because of the earlier problems the tsar retained control of everything Pushkin published, and he was banned from travelling at will. Around 1828, Pushkin met the 16-year-old Natalia Goncharova, one of the most talked-about beauties of Moscow. After much hesitation, Natalia accepted his marriage proposal after she received assurances that the government had no intentions to persecute the libertarian poet. When the Tsar gave Pushkin the lowest court title, Gentleman of the Chamber, he became enraged, feeling that the Tsar intended to humiliate him. In the year 1831, during Pushkin's growing literary influence, he met Nikolai Gogol. Recognising his gifts Pushkin supported him and published his short stories in his own magazine ‘The Contemporary’. By the autumn of 1836, Pushkin was falling into greater and greater debt and facing scandalous rumours that his wife was having an affair. In January 1837, Pushkin sent a ‘highly insulting letter’ to his wife’s pursuer, Georges-Charles de Heeckeren d'Anthès. The only answer could be a challenge to a duel. It took place on 27th January. D'Anthès fired first, critically wounding Pushkin; the bullet entered at his hip and penetrated his abdomen. Two days later Alexander Pushkin died of peritonitis. He was 37.Ver libro
The bookshelves of British literature are incredible collections that have gathered together centuries of very talented authors. From these Isles their fame spread and whilst among their number many are now forgotten or neglected their talents endure. Among them is Elsie Norris.Ver libro
***Highly Commended in the Ellipsis Zine Flash Collection Contest*** A mother watches her son grow from a sweet child into a troubled adult... A jilted lover finds hope one magical evening... A cobbler breathes life back into a pair of lucky shoes... Animal Behaviour titles each of its short stories with animal facts, but the experiences they describe are very much human. The cast of characters is diverse but the world they inhabit is universal: one in which all of us will recognise fragments of our own lives in some form, an echo of our shared humanity. This second edition contains six new stories, unpublished anywhere else. “Bold in voice, rich in metaphor, daring in approach, Animal Behaviour is a startling debut. In these very short tales, Amanda McLeod demonstrates an uncanny understanding of life and the living. By turns strange, beautiful, aching and transcendent, these stories and the humans how inhabit them will leave their mark on your mind and heart long past the final page. Highly recommended.” —Kathy Fish, author of Wild Life: Collected Works from 2003-2018Ver libro
