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A Fevered Blur through Names Obscurred
The Gray and Guilty SeaScott William Carter Then he bent over and dropped his voice to a whisper–not that it mattered, because there was no one else in the diner. “Tell you what I’m going to do,” he said. “I got a game I play Wednesday nights down at Sapphire Head. A lot of fat Continue reading
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I Hear the Voices when I’m Dreaming
Preternatural Affairs – Book 2: Silver BulletSM Reine “I signed the NDA,” I said, choking down a bitter mix of denial and fear. “I’ve done everything they asked.” “Someone threaten you?” I was pretty sure I wasn’t supposed to tell anyone I’d talked to the vice president. “It’s been a rough week.” “It’s only going Continue reading
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Pleased to Meet You
The Devil’s DreamDavid Beers “I’m ‘spensive in here, cost too much money, and I don’t think I’ll be cuttin’ anymore, so they’re shippin’ me on.” Martin was a guide as much as Dr. Teasler. One showed her the path and the other showed her what the path looked like when you walked in it. Martin’s Continue reading
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First & Last Chance
We’re done kicking Edgar for a while. StatelineDave Stanton I went back to the main room and pulled the cushions off the couch and easy chair. There was nothing but crumbs and pennies. Under an end table, an open phone book lay face down. I picked it up, and it was opened to the yellow Continue reading
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Nevermore
I do not have my own copy of Volume 1 of The Raven Edition of The Works of E.A.P. Edgar Allan Poe’s Complete Poetical WorksEdited by John H. Ingram Al AaraafEdgar Allan Poe Footnote 10: And golden vials full of odors which are the prayers of the saints.–Rev. St. John. Footnote 11: The Humanitarians held Continue reading
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By the Last Breath of the Four Winds that Blow
From Volume 2 of The Raven Edition of The Works of E.A.P. The Cask of AmontilladoEdgar Allan Poe “Pass your hand, “I said, “over the wall; you cannot help feeling the nitre. Indeed it is very damp. Once more let me implore you to return. No? Then I must positively leave you. But I must Continue reading
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A Dream Within A Dream
From Volume 3 of The Raven Edition of The Works of E.A.P. Narrative of A. Gordon PymEdgar Allan Poe This bear, upon admeasurement, proved to be full fifteen feet in his greatest length. His wool was perfectly white, and very coarse, curling tightly. The eyes were of a blood red, and larger than those of Continue reading
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Elementary Penguin
From Volume 4 of The Raven Edition of The Works of E.A.P. Mellonta TauntaEdgar Allan Poe Now I do not complain of these ancients so much because their logic is, by their own showing, utterly baseless, worthless and fantastic altogether, as because of their pompous and imbecile proscription of all other roads of Truth, of Continue reading
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Preface
From Volume 5 of The Raven Edition of The Works of E.A.P. PoemsEdgar Allan Poe TOTHE NOBLEST OF HER SEXTHE AUTHOR OF“THE DRAMA OF EXILE”–TOMISS ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNINGOF ENGLANDI DEDICATE THIS VOLUMEWITH THE MOST ENTHUSIASTIC ADMIRATION ANDWITHTHE MOST SINCERE ESTEEM1845 E.A.P. These trifles are collected and republished chiefly with a view to their redemption from Continue reading
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Grooving Up Slowly
It’s the Ides of February, I’m about to look out the window and see if I’m snowed in or not. Northanger AbbeyJane Austen “Then we are on very unequal terms, for I understand you perfectly well.” “Me? Yes; I cannot speak well enough to be unintelligible.” “Bravo! An excellent satire on modern language.” “But pray Continue reading
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