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@tiinasalokannel I'll be honest, that combo is...

@crystalizing3 I hear you. Wish I could channel the energy of the Riot Cats, or perhaps the Psychotic Christmas Puddings.

@owlie57 @hansmollman I aspire to join #TeamKCCOPrawn in the New Year 🦐☕

20) 'SANDY THE TINKER', Charlotte Riddell (1882)
"He was the Evil One; the name seemed to be taken up by the echoes and repeated from rock to rock and crag to crag; the whole air seemed full of that one word; and then a great horror of darkness came about us" #GothicAdvent

@NinaAntonia13 I think these types of cards stemmed from the Victorians seeing Christmas as a time for fun and thrills, which ranged from telling scary stories to exchanging cards that would be silly and bizarre. All about making a friend chuckle in amused confusion

#WyrdWednesday In Vernon Lee's 'A Wicked Voice' (1890), an opera composer staying in Venice insults a renowned 18th century called Zaffarino, only to find himself haunted by Zaffrino's ghostly voice and visions of the singer's sinister past.

5) 'THE OTHER SIDE', Eric Stanislaus Stenbock (1893)
"the wolf-keeper whose face was ever veiled in shadow spake some words in a voice that seemed to come from afar..but all he could distinguish was his own name..and her name Lilith. Then he felt arms enlacing him." #GothicAdvent

#FaustianFriday In Count Eric Stanislaus Stenbock's 'The Other Side' (1893), Gabriel is a boy in a beautiful Breton village that lies opposite an evil shadow land, separated by a brook. That is, until Gabriel crosses over, picks a witch flower and meets the beautiful Lilith 1/7

...while the figure stood out from the background as if tangible, although, having washed it, I knew that it had been smoothly painted." Continuing his work, he finds the portrait of a woman, with "bloodless, lips, and eyes like dark caverns without a spark of light in them" 4/7

"I could see his staring eyes...He vanished behind the mound, and for a moment there was silence...then began a shrieking and a sustained and cheerful hooting from the Martians."
– 'War of the Worlds' (1898) #31DaysofHalloween #FaustianFriday 7/7