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

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MIDNIGHT!

(OK, time to plan the final five - I didn’t work this out in advance…)

Jan Van Eyck

Jan Van Eyck

Judgement

(detail)

Ooorgh, I’m not doing very well here - I know I’ve read a lot of decent horror stories, and they weren’t ALL new, or by just a couple authors, but now that I’m put to it I’m having a harder time finding nice short horrors than I thought! I’m saving CERTAIN PEOPLE for the last few days, 'natch. I’m hoping to avoid horror poetry, because, well, urrgghh… Meh, here’s a bit of classic, but rambling and largely plotless horror - the famed penny dreadful serial:

James Malcolm Rymer

THE STRING OF PEARLS;

OR,

THE BARBER OF FLEET STREET.

A DOMESTIC ROMANCE.

or,

The Sailor’s Gift.

A Romance of Peculiar Interest.

http://www.gutenberg.org/files/59828/59828-h/59828-h.htm