Here are posts labelled "Horror" on The Guide
Just the Facts:
- Name: Howard Phillips Lovecraft
- Known as: H. P. Lovecraft
- Birth: August 20, 1890, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
- Death: March 15, 1937, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
- Language: English
- Who he was: American author of science fiction; "The Call of Cthulhu"; The Shadow Out of Time; At the Mountains of Madness
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Once that's done, I'll be back to fill in the details--an essay,
links to online and Amazon books, and more. I'll be posting
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Until I get to it, there's always Wikipedia!
Just the Facts:
- Name: Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann
- Known as: E. T. A. Hoffmann
- Birth: January 24, 1776, Königsberg, East Prussia, Kingdom of Prussia
- Death: June 25, 1822, Berlin, Germany
- Language: German
- Who he was: Prussian author; The Nutcracker and the Mouse King; Die Elixiere des Teufels (The Devil's Elixirs); "Der Sandmann" ("The Sandman")
- Included in lists (What's This?): Bloom
Let's consider this a placeholder as I build out the site.
Once that's done, I'll be back to fill in the details--an essay,
links to online and Amazon books, and more. I'll be posting
updates on Facebook and Twitter.
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Until I get to it, there's always Wikipedia!
Just the Facts:
- Name: Ueda Akinari
- Also known as: Ueda Shūsei
- Birth: July 25, 1734, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
- Death: August 8, 1809, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
- Language: Japanese
- Who he was: Japanese author; Ugetsu Monogatari (Tales of Rain and the Moon); Harusame Monogatari (Tales of Spring Rain)
Let's consider this a placeholder as I build out the site.
Once that's done, I'll be back to fill in the details--an essay,
links to online and Amazon books, and more. I'll be posting
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Until I get to it, there's always Wikipedia!
Just the Facts:
- Name: Yuan Mei
- Dates: 1716-1797
- Place: China
- Language: Chinese
- Who he was: Chinese author; Zibuyu (What the Master Would Not Discuss), ghost stories; Suiyuan Shidan (Recipes from Sui Garden), a cookbook
Let's consider this a placeholder as I build out the site.
Once that's done, I'll be back to fill in the details--an essay,
links to online and Amazon books, and more. I'll be posting
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Until I get to it, there's always Wikipedia!
Just the Facts:
- Name: Neil Gaiman
- Birth: November 10, 1960 (age 55), Portchester, UK
- Language: English
- Who he is: English novelist and short story writer; The Sandman; Neverwhere; American Gods; Stardust; Coraline; The Graveyard Book; Good Omens; The Ocean at the End of the Lane
Let's consider this a placeholder as I build out the site.
Once that's done, I'll be back to fill in the details--an essay,
links to online and Amazon books, and more. I'll be posting
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Just the Facts:
- Name: Abraham "Bram" Stoker
- Birth: November 8, 1847, Clontarf, Dublin, Republic of Ireland
- Death: April 20, 1912, London, UK
- Language: English
- Who he was: Irish author; Dracula
- Included in lists (What's This?): Bloom
Let's consider this a placeholder as I build out the site.
Once that's done, I'll be back to fill in the details--an essay,
links to online and Amazon books, and more. I'll be posting
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Until I get to it, there's always Wikipedia!
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Just the Facts:
- Name: Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
- Known as: Mary Shelley
- Birth: August 30, 1797, Somers Town, London, UK
- Death: February 1, 1851, Chester Square, London, UK
- Language: English
- Who she was: English writer best known for the novel Frankenstein; other genres including short stories
- Included in lists (What's This?): Bloom; GC
Let's consider this a placeholder as I build out the site.
Once that's done, I'll be back to fill in the details--an essay,
links to online and Amazon books, and more. I'll be posting
updates on Facebook and Twitter. Follow along!
Until I get to it, there's always Wikipedia!