Archives for April 2008
Old Temples and Fakirs and Jugglers
If you were given the gift of but one wish, one wish in this whole wide world, what would it be? If you’ve just shrieked “Wildly rich! Rich beyond the dreams of avarice!”, then I fear I can’t oblige you.… continue reading »
In this country Let Your Kuyftjupzqk
This blog’s recent forays into (among other things) the colourful worlds of horror and bestial fan fiction seem to be bearing stranger fruit than I had anticipated. Where previously I had been busily moderating and deleting (tedious) spam comments that… continue reading »
It Came From the 1950s
News has reached me of a tremendously groovy conference being organised by the good people from The Irish Journal of Gothic and Horror Studies (a publication that fills a significant gap in Irish academic life). Entitled “It Came from the… continue reading »
Dreadful Thoughts Story Club 4: Kerfol
Welcome ye night wanderers, ye fumblers in the deep & fear-filled dark. Welcome to the fourth instalment of the interweb’s dreadfulest story club. On the menu (Mmm…) tonight – Edith Wharton’s shaggy ghost-dog story “Kerfol”. Though, like many of her… continue reading »
Twinkle Twirl… you’re wonderful…!!!!!
I As the “Dreadful Thoughts” club badges begin to wing their way around this wide world (i.e. Ireland) my thoughts have turned from the sunlit plains of munificence to the shadowy valleys of greed. I’ve enjoyed being a giver –… continue reading »
Be Very Kerfol
As the first batch of badges make their way to their (un)lucky owners (and the mixtape continues to grow & mutate satisfactorily), Sinéad has announced details of the tale up for discussion at our next Dreadful Thoughts Story Club meeting… continue reading »
Dreadful Badges & Dreadfuller Music
Hewn from the molten plasticks of hell flame it has come. The dread mark that speaks of pain, of pestilence and of putridity. Long hath man (and woman) sought the avoidance of its vile company…its terrible curse! Those who bear… continue reading »
Dreadful Thoughts Story Club 3: Sredni Vashtar / Tell-Tale Heart
Evenin’ all. Given that one of very short stories up for discussion tonight (“Sredni Vashtar”) concerns a great ferret god who lays “some special stress on the fierce impatient side of things”, it’s probably unwise of me to waffle on… continue reading »




