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Post by dem on Feb 18, 2017 18:15:07 GMT
Couple more from Lighthouse HorrorsCharles Francis Coe - Madhouse Light: ( Munsey’s, July 1929). When Sanders the lighthouse assistant is returned ashore a gibbering lunatic, lovesick young hot head Will Kelsey volunteers to replace him. Kelsey has just broken up with Alice Reid over a stupid misunderstanding. Man, will she be so distraught by his self-imposed exile! Kelsey congratulates himself on adapting so easily to his new circumstances. This lighthouse keeper lark would be a piece of piss were it not for his superior and solitary companion, Pederson, whose infuriating hyper-efficiency and monosyllabic non-conversation drive him bats! Convinced that the old timer has gone the same way as Sanders, Kelsey takes to carrying a knife ... Anonymous - The Lighthouse Keeper's Secret: No author, source or date given for this four page quickie. Captain Brace hires seaman Ben Dare to impersonate him on the rare occasions a ship has cause to visit the tower. Money for old rope were the lighthouse not haunted by the vengeful ghost of a murdered woman. Decent enough, but neither are a patch on 'Harley L. Court's super-spicy mystery, Lorelei of Lynnwold Light |
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Post by Middoth on Oct 15, 2018 18:48:32 GMT
Does anybody has read "The Light-House" by Edgar Allan Poe and Richard L. Tierney? |
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Post by Jojo Lapin X on Oct 16, 2018 20:28:42 GMT
Does anybody has read "The Light-House" by Edgar Allan Poe and Richard L. Tierney? No. But I am involved in my own "posthumous collaboration." With William Shakespeare. |
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Post by cauldronbrewer on Oct 17, 2018 10:44:12 GMT
Does anybody has read "The Light-House" by Edgar Allan Poe and Richard L. Tierney? No. But I am involved in my own "posthumous collaboration." With William Shakespeare. Me neither, but I have read “The Light-House” by Edgar Allan Poe and Robert Bloch. Not one of either writer’s finest moments. Now, “The Man Who Collected Poe,” on the other hand... |
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Post by jamesdoig on Oct 18, 2018 8:34:00 GMT
Does anybody has read "The Light-House" by Edgar Allan Poe and Richard L. Tierney? I've a copy of it in Etchings & Odysseys 2, but it's packed in a box on top of a book shelf and hard to get to. Can't recall the story though. |
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Post by Dr Strange on Jul 3, 2020 10:22:39 GMT
...but of course they're all unmanned nowadays...or are they? Unmanned yes, though not necessarily uninhabited... |
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Post by Craig Herbertson on Aug 22, 2020 19:54:07 GMT
...but of course they're all unmanned nowadays...or are they? Unmanned yes, though not necessarily uninhabited... Very good... The first job I applied for was lighthouse keeper. I was about 17. Kind of glad I didn't get it in view of my predilections for horror. |
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Post by Shrink Proof on Aug 22, 2020 21:12:05 GMT
Unmanned yes, though not necessarily uninhabited... Very good... The first job I applied for was lighthouse keeper. I was about 17. Kind of glad I didn't get it in view of my predilections for horror. Ah yes, the apocryphal adage that, in fact, contrary to popular belief, no-one is afraid of being alone in the dark. Folk are afraid of not being alone in the dark... |
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Post by Craig Herbertson on Sept 15, 2020 11:29:51 GMT
Very good... The first job I applied for was lighthouse keeper. I was about 17. Kind of glad I didn't get it in view of my predilections for horror. Ah yes, the apocryphal adage that, in fact, contrary to popular belief, no-one is afraid of being alone in the dark. Folk are afraid of not being alone in the dark... Brilliantly observed shrinkproof! Much later on the oil rigs where there was a lot of isolation but a whole pack of people I nearly lost my mind because I believed I was in hell. Despite being a monumental hermit, I know for certain that I would be insane after a month alone. Comforting thought.... |
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Post by andydecker on Sept 16, 2020 8:54:24 GMT
Despite being a monumental hermit, I know for certain that I would be insane after a month alone. Comforting thought.... Indeed a comforting thought, especially for being old and alone :-) |
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