Tag archive: Polidori
Dreadful Thoughts Story Club 16: Pigeons from Hell
Right. It has been pointed out to me, by morbid sorts, that the last two authors this club has fixed its gorgon-like gaze on both exited our weary world by means of suicide. Charlotte Perkins Gilman deciding on an overdose… continue reading »
Dreadful Thoughts Story Club 8: The Vampyre
Poor Polidori. That’s the title of D. L. MacDonald’s (critical) biography of the sometime author and physician we turn our attentions to on this damp, grey and windy night. And a fitting title it seems to have been when one… continue reading »
Dreadful Thoughts: The Autumnal Rebirth
For the eight session of our Dreadful Thoughts story club we’re heading way back to the Villa Diodati – summer residence of Byron & Co. and scene of a spooky story competition that helped produce not only Frankenstein, but John… continue reading »
