Witches, Trolls, Elves, and Goblins of Elsah By Anthony Mays Did you ever wonder where witches, trolls, elves, and goblins go to retire? Long a secret, it has been rumoured they live in the mysterious and mystical village of Elsah, along the Great Mississippi River Road in middle America. The settlement, nestled in a valley […]
Category Archives: Fiction
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Sep
Sep
Ghosts By Henri R. A. Guy de Maupassant Part 1 Just at the time when the Concordat was in its most flourishing condition, a young man belonging to a wealthy and highly respected middle-class family went to the office of the head of the police, and begged for his help and advice, which was immediately promised him. […]
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Aug
Aug
The Confession – a ficiton story By Henri R. A. Guy de Maupassant Part 1 Marguerite de Thérelles was dying. Although but fifty-six, she seemed like seventy-five at least. She panted, paler than the sheets, shaken by dreadful shiverings, her face convulsed, her eyes haggard, as if she had seen some horrible thing. Her eldest […]
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Jul
Jul
Fear By Henri R. A. Guy de Maupassant Part 1 We went up on deck after dinner. Before us, the Mediterranean lay without a ripple and shimmering in the moonlight. The great ship glided on, casting upward to the star-studded sky a long serpent of black smoke. Behind us the dazzling white water, stirred by […]
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Jan
Jan
An Uncomfortable Bed By Henri R. A. Guy de Maupassant Part 1 One autumn I went to stay for the hunting season with some friends in a chateau in Picardy. My friends were fond of practical joking, as all my friends are. I do not care to know any other sort of people. When I […]