TALES OF THE DARK GOAT O' PENN'S WOODS, NIGHT EIGHTEEN

aetris posted a pic said Thu, Oct 17th 2019 at 9:20pm ET

MIDNIGHT!

~~(18 October 1851: first publication of my wife’s favorite book.)~~

Gorey

Man, imagine being named Onions. Perhaps, however, it inspired George Oliver Onions to write some savory tales? OK, that was horrible. Anyway, he’s best known for “The Beckoning Fair One,” which Robert Aickman (I’m a BIG Robert Aickman fan) declared “one of the (possibly) six great masterpieces in the field”. It’s also actually the ONLY one of the nine stories in his ghost story collection, Widdershins, that I much like. So, thanks once again to Roy Glashan, here is the whole collection:

OLIVER ONIONS

WIDDERSHINS

gutenberg.org/cache/epub/14168/pg14168-images.html

Edward St. John Gorey

Surprisingly apropos! And who doesn’t love Gorey?

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mediocrebot said Thu, Oct 17th 2019 at 9:20pm ET:

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mossygreen said Thu, Oct 17th 2019 at 10:41pm ET:

If only Robert Aickman were in the public domain…

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- @mossygreen - Can’t be long now - Aickman died in '81, had no children, divorced his wife (who died in '83 anyway) in '57 and his mistress died in 2014.
  
  aetris said Fri, Oct 18th 2019 at 8:31am ET
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- @aetris It’s just a waiting game now. But will you be goat for it?
  
  mossygreen said Fri, Oct 18th 2019 at 11:07am ET
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- @aetris @mossygreen I don’t care who you are, that’s some funny stuff right thar.
  
  therealjrn said Fri, Oct 18th 2019 at 11:27am ET
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