Tag archive: Saki
Dreadful Thoughts Story Club 9: Gabriel-Ernest
Misanthrope? Misogynist? Satirist? Supernaturalist? Tonight, on Dreadful Thoughts, we’re not only getting out the club magnifying glass to squint at the werewolf myth (through the prism of “Gabriel Ernest”), but also asking (in strong, but non-judgmental, terms) what Hector Hugh… continue reading »
Dreadful Thoughts: Fústar vs. The Wolf Man
Being (occasionally) a collaborative sort who (occasionally) values input, I canvassed regular and semi-regular Dreadful Thoughts “members” as to what tale they’d most like to cover in Story Club session number 9. After last week’s encounter with a Byronic “Vampyre”,… 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 »
Dreadful Thoughts: Two for the Price of Wan
Though our last meeting provided much to feast on and chew over – alien abduction; the joys/frustrations of narrative ambiguity; the merits of sharing one’s tent with a burly Swede (etc) – it is time we pressed further along our… continue reading »
