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Dorian Gray: A Better Picture

The following is of very niche interest. It began as an email, but then blossomed (metastasized!), because I was annoyed … and nothing propels me toward obsessive productivity quite as much as annoyance does. In summary: The selection of critical essays and, especially, the bibliography in the last two editions […]

Blackwood’s Greenwood: “The Man Whom the Trees Loved”

Algernon Blackwood (1869-1951) is best known today for two short stories, “The Wendigo” and “The Willows”, both considered among the best works of horror, supernatural, or weird fiction in English. Not far behind those in reputation are a couple of his stories of the occult detective John Silence (especially “Ancient Sorceries”). Beyond […]