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Some Enchanted Evening
In The South SeasRobert Louis Stevenson There is no doubt these islanders are fond of drink, and no doubt they refrain from the indulgence; a bout on a feast-day, for instance, may be followed by a week or a month of rigorous sobriety. Mr. Wilmot attributes this to Paumotuan frugality and the love of hoarding; Continue reading
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The Dark Side Gets Its Way
The Body-SnatcherRobert Louis Stevenson Gray, for that was the stranger’s name, invited Fettes to join them at dinner, ordered a feast so sumptuous that the tavern was thrown into commotion, and when all was done commanded Macfarlane to settle the bill. It was late before they separated; the man Gray was incapably drunk. Macfarlane, sobered Continue reading
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All of Us Light, All of Us Free
A Child’s Garden of VersesRobert Louis Stevenson Close by the jolly fire I sitTo warm my frozen bones a bit;Or with a reindeer-sled, exploreThe colder countries round the door. When to go out, my nurse doth wrapMe in my comforter and cap:The cold wind burns my face, and blows[92]Its frosty pepper up my nose. Black Continue reading
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Luke 2:8-20
A Christmas SermonRobert Louis Stevenson A strange temptation attends upon man: to keep his eye on pleasures, even when he will not share in them; to aim all his morals against them. This very year a lady (singular iconoclast!) proclaimed a crusade against dolls; and the racy sermon against lust is a feature of the Continue reading
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Filtering Through All Your Aversions
The Black ArrowA Tale of The Two RosesRobert Louis Stevenson “Let them be what they will, they can fight,” returned Lord Foxham. “Help me, then; and if between us we regain the maid, upon my knightly honour, she shall marry you!” Dick bent his knee before his prisoner; but he, leaping up lightly from the Continue reading
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Love is a Drug
The Suicide ClubRobert Louis Stevenson “But I was determined to meet you. When a woman has once so far forgotten herself as to make the first advance, she has long ago left behind her all considerations of petty pride.” Silas was overwhelmed by the size and attractions of his correspondent and the suddenness with which Continue reading
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Most Prolly Look Like Her
CatrionaRobert Louis Stevenson Her family, I remembered, had remarked on Catriona’s eyes and even named her for their colour; and she herself had been much in the habit to address me with a broad pronunciation, by way of a sniff, I supposed, at my rusticity. No doubt, besides, but she lived in the same house Continue reading
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I’ma Dress Up Like a Robber
KidnappedRobert Louis Stevenson We fell in company at once, our ways lying together as far as to Kingairloch. As we went, he stopped and spoke with all the wayfarers and workers that we met or passed; and though of course I could not tell what they discoursed about, yet I judged Mr. Henderland must be Continue reading
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I Was Hoping
The United AmateurMay 1917H. P. (Howard Phillips) Lovecraft The author is likewise responsible for the omission of the following couplet after line 26: “Around his greatness pour idsheart’ning woes,But still he tow’rs above his conquering foes.” The rest of the magazine is devoted to prose of practical nature, containing suggestions by Editor Harrington and Rev. Continue reading
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Who’s Your Judas?
The Night of The Long KnivesFritz Leiber I knew what he was thinking—that Alice still had just her pliers on and that in these close quarters his knives were as good as my gun. “Give me your right hand, Alice,” I said. Without taking my eyes off Pop I reached the knife without a handle Continue reading
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