Then in his arms Hermes bore the dreaming maiden through the skies. Gentle breezes from the tower of Aiolos wafted them high above warm, scented seas, till suddenly they came upon Zeus holding court on the double-headed Parnassus; his golden throne flanked by Apollo and the Muses on the rig...
Authors like August Derleth and Stephen King have tried to take up H.P. Lovecraft’s famous horror tropes while ignoring his open prejudice. But recently, writers Matt Ruff and N.K. Jemisin and the Amazon Studios series Carnival Row started repurposing L
Robert paused half-way across the room and looked at me very gravely. “I saw them fade away—into nothingness—Mr. Canevin,” he said with solemnity; “and with them—everything. There isn’t any more ‘inside,’ sir—thank God, and you, sir!” And young Robert, at last yielding ...
“For the rest of the day I was like a man in a dream. It’s a wonder to me that I succeeded in accomplishing anything at all. My body was merely an automaton, a well-trained machine, going about its appointed tasks, while my mind soared into far-away realms of delightful day-dre...