Chamber of Horrors: Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural
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GoryDetails
of Nashua, New Hampshire USA on 1/31/2018
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
GoryDetails of Nashua, New Hampshire USA on 1/31/2018 This Book is Currently in the Wild!
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I got this hardcover from the charity-sale shelves at a local Hannaford's. It contains a number of classic tales of terror, as well as some that are new to me. Among my favorites:
Lovecraft's "The Dunwich Horror," a classic from his "Cthulhu mythos", which has inspired screen adaptations (though they're not as effective as the written word).
"Royal Jelly" by Roald Dahl, a darkly comic tale of a beekeeper's attempt to improve his child's health.
M. R. James' "A Warning to the Curious," one of his most chilling ghost stories, this one about a hapless young man who finds one of the legendary three crowns, and is so foolish as to try and take it away...
"The Red Lodge" by H. Russell Wakefield is a very unnerving account of a family's stay at a house that's haunted by some truly terrifying beings; this is one that gave me nightmares the first time I read it.
"Sredni Vashtar" by Saki is another old favorite, about a neglected boy who becomes fond of a pet - and takes deliciously gruesome revenge when his guardian tries to deprive him of it.
Among those stories that were new to me:
Seabury Quinn's "The Cloth of Madness," which is not one of his "Jules de Grandin" tales but a standalone chiller about a man who stumbles upon a cursed cloth and uses it to take terrible vengeance.
"The Interruption" by W. W. Jacobs surprised me - it's a domestic thriller about a man who murders his wife and then discovers he isn't going to get away with it. Since Jacobs is best known for "The Monkey's Paw," a more overt supernatural (or is it???) chiller, this one's a bit of a sidestep, but effective for all that.
And there are many more unnerving tales here - great reading for a stormy night!
Lovecraft's "The Dunwich Horror," a classic from his "Cthulhu mythos", which has inspired screen adaptations (though they're not as effective as the written word).
"Royal Jelly" by Roald Dahl, a darkly comic tale of a beekeeper's attempt to improve his child's health.
M. R. James' "A Warning to the Curious," one of his most chilling ghost stories, this one about a hapless young man who finds one of the legendary three crowns, and is so foolish as to try and take it away...
"The Red Lodge" by H. Russell Wakefield is a very unnerving account of a family's stay at a house that's haunted by some truly terrifying beings; this is one that gave me nightmares the first time I read it.
"Sredni Vashtar" by Saki is another old favorite, about a neglected boy who becomes fond of a pet - and takes deliciously gruesome revenge when his guardian tries to deprive him of it.
Among those stories that were new to me:
Seabury Quinn's "The Cloth of Madness," which is not one of his "Jules de Grandin" tales but a standalone chiller about a man who stumbles upon a cursed cloth and uses it to take terrible vengeance.
"The Interruption" by W. W. Jacobs surprised me - it's a domestic thriller about a man who murders his wife and then discovers he isn't going to get away with it. Since Jacobs is best known for "The Monkey's Paw," a more overt supernatural (or is it???) chiller, this one's a bit of a sidestep, but effective for all that.
And there are many more unnerving tales here - great reading for a stormy night!
Journal Entry 2 by GoryDetails at LFL - Middlesex St. (657) in Lowell, Massachusetts USA on Monday, October 29, 2018
GoryDetails at LFL - Middlesex St. (657) in Lowell, Massachusetts USA on Monday, October 29, 2018
Released 5 yrs ago (10/30/2018 UTC) at LFL - Middlesex St. (657) in Lowell, Massachusetts USA
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
I left this book in the Little Free Library (which was empty when I got there - will have to bring more books next time!). Hope someone enjoys it![See other recent releases in MA here.]
*** Released for the 2018 Spook-Tacular October release challenge. ***
