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A Sordid History of The First Vampire Tale
A Sordid History of The First Vampire Tale Behold, the story behind the first fully realized vampire story in English, John William Polidori’s 1819 story, “The Vampyre.” (P.S. Lord Byron’s infamy knows no end!) The Poet, the Physician and the Birth of the Modern Vampire (The Public Domain Review) “From that famed night of ghost-stories in a Lake Geneva villa in 1816, as well as Frankenstein’s monster, there arose that other great figure of 19th-century gothic fiction – the vampire – a creation of Lord Byron’s personal physician John Polidori. Andrew McConnell Stott explores how a fractious relationship between Polidori and his poet employer lies behind the tale, with Byron…
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The Uncovering of The Concho Stone
The Uncovering of The Concho Stone Have You Heard of The Concho Stone? Neither had we, and in fact, hardly anyone has heard of it and less so have actually seen it — the stone has been purposefully covered with earth for the last fifty years in order to allude vandals. It may finally be uncovered at last… Will 5000-year-old Cochno Stone carving see the light of day once more? (Ancient Origins) “With dozens of grooved spirals, carved indentations, geometric shapes, and mysterious patterns of many kinds, the Cochno Stone, located in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, is considered to have the finest example of Bronze Age cup and ring carvings in…
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2014 » October
Archive for October, 2014 The Resurrection of an Egyptian Princess… May you be merry this Halloween and dance alongside the spirits… Also, we hope you watch and enjoy this film! — The Monster by Georges Méliès. (It’s about an attempt to bring an Egyptian princess back to life…) “A 1903 film directed by French filmmaker Georges Méliès and, as is common with his films, starring the man himself. The story centres on the chaotic, and ultimately futile, attempt to bring a dead Egyptian Princess back to life. According to the Lubin Catolog: An Egyptian prince has lost his beloved wife and he has sought a dervish who dwells at the…
