Witches dance and werewolves howlVampires bite and ogres growlGhosts and ghouls come into the lightJoining the fun on Halloween night Children line up to trick or treatLaughing and skipping down the streetBehind each mask, who will it beTake off the mask and who will you see One day each year the two worlds meetMonsters come…
Montague Rhodes James was an English medievalist scholar and author, employed at both Eton and Cambridge (where he eventually became Vice-Chancellor). His ghost stories are widely considered to be among the best in the English language, and they have been very influential on subsequent horror. He drew upon his own studies and work as inspiration…
We celebrate normality Steady people with steady jobs Steady opinions, steady habits Steady people make the world go round The abnormal, now, that’s different Ones who need looking after Ones who can’t cope Who don’t conform, don’t fit Who march to their own beat Sing their own song Troubling, inexplicable, antisocial It’s just too hard…
Night is falling Light the candles one by one Stoke up the fire Keep the dark at bay Out there is the unknown The borders are thin on nights like this And who knows what waits Out in the foggy black At the end of the track In the unknown forest What lies in wait…
“The Time Traveler’s Wife” is a story that asks: what would your life be like if you kept on travelling in time, not with a machine, not with intent, but accidentally and randomly. Henry experiences random journeys into his past and future since his childhood, and as part of this process, meets his (eventual wife)…
They drew great pictures on the ground Carefully charted, calculated accurately Too large for mortal eyes to understand But these were not for humdrum men These were for the gods Looking down from their lofty thrones on men like insects scurrying about decorating the earth to show the divine that they understood, they were listening.…
Galloping horses drag an open carriage Full of bright balloons eager to escape their tethers Streamers float behind, struggling to keep up No one is driving, no one in control This party is going its own way Heedless of who is trampled under foot Careening towards the edge of a cliff Pop the champagne and…
“Seconds” is a thriller and science-fiction (of sorts), directed by John Frankenheimer (known for “The Manchurian Candidate”, “Birdman of Alcatraz”, and “Ronin”) and starring Rock Hudson. It tells the story of an older man in a life he doesn’t like, having a mid-life crisis. He is approached by a mysterious company that offers him a…
You know it’s not real But it’s a thought you don’t want to see So you tell yourself, loudly That he loves you, that he cares That your life together has not been wasted You shout it loud To drown the truth that will break you Once you cannot avoid it any longer He has…
Come to the river of Lethe These are the waters of unknowing Here you may lay down your life’s burdens All the suffering that existence brings Only sip from the river, just a drop And embrace the sweetness of oblivion Enter Eternity renewed Innocent as one new born Or turn from Lethe and come to…
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