In a Glass Darkly: Green Tea, the Familiar, MR Justice Harbottle, the Room in the Dragon Volant, Carmilla (Hardcover)

from whitewavedarling

The stories here hold some of the beginnings of what we now consider the horror genre, and they stand up to time as tales that are both chilling and fascinating. That said, the best of the bunch are easily "The Familiar" and "Carmilla"; "The Familiar" is haunting and strange--it stays with you, a...

from whitewavedarling

The stories here hold some of the beginnings of what we now consider the horror genre, and they stand up to time as tales that are both chilling and fascinating. That said, the best of the bunch are easily "The Familiar" and "Carmilla"; "The Familiar" is haunting and strange--it stays with you, a...

from Kristelh

Reason read: TBR takedown, January 2023. Reading 1001 This is a series of short stories and novellas published in 1872. The stories are from the posthumous papers of a fictional occult detective Dr. Martin Hesslius. 1. Green Tea (green tea gives him the ability to 'see' that he is being followed...

from JVioland

Good, scary stories. Some may find it too mild considering today's formula for throat-slashing as being somehow novel. I recommend it to see how true originality compares to the boiler-plate drivel that is produced today.

from SeriousGrace

In a Glass Darkly is made up of five short stories (although "Dragon Volant" is long enough to be classified as a novella) that are a mix of ghost stories, horror, mystery and fantastic. Each story is a little stranger than the last which makes for the perfect Halloween-time read especially with ...