Macabre Stories
- London Sirius 2023
- 158 p 18/12/1,6 cm Hardbound
The Tomb (1917): Ever since he was a young boy, Jervas Dudley has been a daydreamer. While still a child, he discovers the entrance to an old mausoleum belonging to the Hyde family, and begins sleeping beside the tomb. Dagon (1917): An unnamed narrator describes an event that happened to him when he was a merchant marine officer early in World War I. A Reminiscence of Dr. Samuel Johnson (1917): Littlewit, an elderly man, recounts his memories of Dr. Samuel Johnson. Sweet Ermengarde or, The Heart of a Country Girl (1921): A parody of romantic melodramas, Ermengarde Stubbs laments on her relationships with the villainous Squire Hardman, would-be rescuer Jack Manly, and her fiancé Algernon Reginald Jones. Memory (1919): Two ancient creatures who are not used to the modern world converse on the changes they have each seen. Old Bugs (1919): Old Bugs, a heavy drinker, is seen as a warning story during the onset of prohibition. The Transition of Juan Romero (1919): Two miners uncover a seemingly bottomless chasm. The Terrible Old Man (1921): Three robbers attempt to steal from an old man who is feared and shunned by the locals. The Temple (1925): A "found manuscript" written by Karl Heinrich Graf von Altberg-Ehrenstein, a lieutenant-commander in the Imperial German Navy during World War I. Facts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and his Family (1920): Arthur Jermyn discovers that some family secrets should not be uncovered. The Street (1919): The history of a street in New England, and the strange occurrences that have happened there. The Picture in the House (1920): A genealogist seeks shelter from an approaching storm in a seemingly abandoned house. The Tree (1920): Two Ancient Greek sculptors are working on a commission when one of them falls ill. The Music of Erich Zann (1921): An unnamed university student in Paris finds affordable lodgings, and befriends another tenant named Erich Zann. In the Vault (1925): An undertaker is trapped in the vault where coffins are stored in winter awaiting burial in the spring, and is mysteriously injured when he escapes. The Very Old Folk (1927): Every year terrible hill people from the countryside of Ancient Rome attack and kidnap people to preform cruel rituals. The Evil Clergyman (1933): An unnamed narrator and his companion explore an attic full of theological and classical books. The Book (1938): An unfinished story in which the narrator examines an ancient book. Ibid (1938): A mock biography of a Roman scholar named Ibidus.