A Brief History On November 15, 2010, Manchester University Press published a hardcover edition of Andrew Smith’s The ghost story, 1840-1920. In this book, Smith shares his wealth of knowledge with his readers as he attempted to critique the history of the ghost story over a substantial period of time. This effort did not please critic Matt Foley, who considered the course of eighty years, starting from 1840 to be “wide in its scope,”[1] which it certainly is. Smith, however, seems to be quite knowledgeable on the topic of gothic literature, having produced numerous works in that department and gained…
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A Brief History On May 14, 1816, romantically linked English authors Mary Godwin and Percy Shelley arrived at Geneva, Switzerland. The poet Lord Byron (pictured on the right in the image above with Godwin in the middle and Shelley on the left) joined the young lovers on May 25th, with his young physician, John William Polidori. Eventually, the friends decided to have a competition to see who could write the best horror story. After thinking for days, Godwin, who would later that year marry Shelley, dreamt about a scientist who created life and was horrified by what he had made; her dream…
A Brief History What follows is (as far as we are aware) a continuation of a work of fiction written several years ago by a young lady interested in the supernatural in the style of the stories found in Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (1981) or a more modern creepypasta. For Chapter 1, please click here. Digging Deeper: Full text of Chapter 3 of The Nightmare of the Baby Head This chapter is about all of the morbid mom’s cruelly killed kids. Her first kid to suffer from the bizarre baby head was just like Jack from the first chapter…
A Brief History Action comedy film fans of John Carroll University, here is your chance to be among the first in Cleveland, Ohio to see Action Point on Thursday, May 31, 2018 at 7:00 PM at Regal Great Northern Mall Stadium 10 + RPX in North Olmsted, Ohio! Please visit this link for the chance to download a pass. Passes are limited and seating is first-come, first-served and not guaranteed. Please arrive early to increase your chance of entry. Digging Deeper In Action Point, D.C. is the crackpot owner of Action Point, a low-rent, out-of-control amusement park where the rides are designed with minimum…
A Brief History Science fiction action body horror film fans of John Carroll University, here is your chance to be among the first in Cleveland, Ohio to see Upgrade on Wednesday, May 23, 2018 at 7:30 PM at Cinemark At Valley View and XD in Valley View, Ohio! Please visit this link for the chance to be placed on the guest list at the Cleveland advance screening. Winners will receive an email by 6 PM on Monday, May 21, 2018 notifying them that their name will be placed on a guest list at the door. This invitation is good for the winner…
