Автор: Френсис Мэрион Кроуфорд

Истории о кровожадных призраках рассказывали еще до того, как люди придумали письменность, как правило, темной ночью у костра, жутким голосом и с завываниями, чтобы слушателям было еще страшнее. Позднее появились буквы, затем возникла литература и многие писатели стали придавать древней жути романтический вид, населяя…

Francis Marion Crawford (1854 – 1909) was an American writer noted for his many novels, especially those set in Italy, and for his classic weird and fantastic stories. Although Francis Marion Crawford is principally remembered as a master of fantastical literature, that portion of his vast output is quite small, limited to a handful of horror and ghost stories, such as his well-known short works “The Upper Birth”, “Man Overboard!” and the above mentioned “For the Blood is the Life.” His writings that depict Italian life and culture, however, are much more numerous. “For the…

Francis Marion Crawford (August 2, 1854 – April 9, 1909) was an American writer noted for his many novels, especially those set in Italy, and for his classic weird and fantastic stories. «Man Overboard!» – This is one of his stories. Peculiar happenings aboard the schooner Helen B. Jackson when one night during a storm, the small crew found themselves diminished by one. Somebody had gone overboard, and it was surmised that it was one of the twin Benton brothers. But oddly enough, it seemed that the ‘presence’ of the missing twin continued to exist on board during the…

Francis Marion Crawford (1854 – 1909) was an American writer noted for his many novels, especially those set in Italy, and for his classic weird and fantastic stories. «The Doll’s Ghost» included in the short story collection Wandering Ghosts. Mr. Puckler is a doll doctor, and the dolls he repairs become very, very life like. A beautiful doll named Nina is broken Lady Gwendolen. Can Mr Puckler, the doll doctor, mend the doll? What happens after Nina’s deep gash is healed and Else (Puckler’s daughter) tries to return the doll to its owner? Among the most…

Francis Marion Crawford (1854 – 1909) was an American writer noted for his many novels, especially those set in Italy, and for his classic weird and fantastic stories. The Screaming Skull is a paranormal object, a human skull which per legend speaks, screams, or otherwise haunts its environs. The Screaming Skull haunts the house in which it is closeted in a sealed hatbox. Among the most significant works Francis Marion Crawford: Man Overboard!, The Doll’s Ghost, The Upper Berth, For the Blood Is the Life, The Screaming Skull, Ave Roma Immortalis, Khaled, A Tale of Arabia, Corleone:…

Francis Marion Crawford (1854 – 1909) was an American writer noted for his many novels, especially those set in Italy, and for his classic weird and fantastic stories. In 1894, he published the popular novel «The Upper Berth.» «Mr Crawford’s weird story of the Upper Berth is no doubt one of the best ghost stories we have had …. It is a novelty in the literature of supernatural. Crawford treats his subject a vigor and a realism that will make the flesh of ordinary reader creep and will stir the nerves even the most hardened and skeptical.» Every now and again, the…

Говард Филлипс Лавкрафт написал сотни завораживающих историй и только одну знаменитую статью. Но какую! В 1927 году он опубликовал эссе «Сверхъестественный ужас в литературе», над которым трудился более двух лет. В этом исследовании сформулирован главный принцип жанра хоррор: «В рассказе о сверхъестественном должно быть…