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Post by dem on Nov 23, 2019 5:49:56 GMT
Time to try scrape another of these things together. This tenth (!) effort respectfully dedicated to the memory of Charles Black who was and remains very much one of our own. It is not unlikely we will remember some other absent friends along the way. Old lags know the score by now, so following is rehashed for benefit of any newcomers who fancy a crack. For those with images turned off, etc. ASAP in this instance most likely means Tue-Wed next week. There's a pulp fair going on and certain folks' recovery time ain't what it was. |
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Post by dem on Nov 27, 2019 7:48:55 GMT
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Post by vaultadventcalendar on Dec 1, 2019 7:32:32 GMT
Where did that year go? So here we go again, fingers crossed, hope for the best, etc, etc. Usual thing. We will TRY to provide a story to download every day through to December 24. As luck would have it, scanner has thrown a moody, so vintage content reliant on donations and those short horrors already lurking on my hard-drive (quite a few, fortunately). Thanks to those kind souls who have already provided stories, photo's and illustrations: if you've done so, and are waiting on an email from me, please be patient - the next few days are likely to be chaotic, but I'll get back to you early next week. PLEASE KEEP SENDING GREAT STUFF IN.  Chrissie Demant: Should imagine a number of you are familiar with this one, but that makes it no less great a story. First published as Victoria in Harper's Bazaar, April 1948, and much favoured by Mary Danby, here is Ogden Nash with the sad and scary tale of the new girl's attempt to join a sorority. |
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Post by andydecker on Dec 1, 2019 10:43:25 GMT
Wow. Great little story. I have read YA novels who hadn't more to say in 300 pages about the topic 70 years later then this story does in a handfull.
And my thanks to Chrissie. Wonderful work!
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Post by ripper on Dec 1, 2019 12:34:13 GMT
My goodness, where has the last 12 months gone to? It seems like hardly any time since the last one.
What a strong start to this year's calendar. I haven't read this one in a very long time, so could remember little about it. Many thanks to Chrissie.
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Post by Middoth on Dec 1, 2019 13:13:21 GMT
The best event of the year.
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Post by David A. Riley on Dec 1, 2019 13:25:51 GMT
My goodness, where has the last 12 months gone to? It seems like hardly any time since the last one. What a strong start to this year's calendar. I haven't read this one in a very long time, so could remember little about it. Many thanks to Chrissie. I agree, what a strong start to this year's calendar. Brief, amusingly, evocatively written, a gem of a story. |
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Post by helrunar on Dec 1, 2019 15:14:37 GMT
Marvelous, and I love the thought that it's an M. R. James sort of a tale told in the manner of Ogden Nash.
Wonderful drawing from Chrissie, too!
cheers, H.
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Post by Jojo Lapin X on Dec 1, 2019 15:34:45 GMT
I never read this one before. I like it.
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Post by johnnymains on Dec 1, 2019 21:08:40 GMT
A great first story, not read it for donkeys!
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Post by vaultadventcalendar on Dec 2, 2019 6:39:40 GMT
Day two
We've our friend Shrinkproof to thank for providing today's ghoulish treat. In the good doctor's own words:
Here's another story you might be able to use for the advent calendar. I doubt very much whether even the most fanatical Vault inmate will have come across it, I've only ever encountered it once myself. It's an anonymous piece that appeared in the Drogheda Argus and Leinster Journal on 29th November 1947 (so hardly mainstream stuff...). There were no accompanying notes or anything, not even a reason why it was published.
Well played, the uncredited author! |
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Post by David A. Riley on Dec 2, 2019 10:35:14 GMT
Day two We've our friend Shrinkproof to thank for providing today's ghoulish treat. In the good doctor's own words: Here's another story you might be able to use for the advent calendar. I doubt very much whether even the most fanatical Vault inmate will have come across it, I've only ever encountered it once myself. It's an anonymous piece that appeared in the Drogheda Argus and Leinster Journal on 29th November 1947 (so hardly mainstream stuff...). There were no accompanying notes or anything, not even a reason why it was published. Well played, the uncredited author! Marvelously well-written and atmospheric with some realistically creepy descriptions that realy set the all thing up. Excellent. Another strong story for the Calendar! What a shame the author's name isn't known. |
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Post by andydecker on Dec 2, 2019 11:59:02 GMT
I never saw the twist coming. What a gem!
What was Drogheda Argus and Leinster Journal? I know it is a city in Ireland, but it is hard to imagine such a story between ... what? Advertising and tourist infos?
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Post by Shrink Proof on Dec 2, 2019 12:57:55 GMT
I never saw the twist coming. What a gem! What was Drogheda Argus and Leinster Journal? I know it is a city in Ireland, but it is hard to imagine such a story between ... what? Advertising and tourist infos?
It was a weekly newspaper for the province of Leinster in the south eastern corner of Ireland. Leinster contains Dublin but the paper seems to have been based in Drogheda, one of the other major places. Why they printed this, with no other information at all, is beyond me. You're right, it's a fine creepy tale (and nothing whatsoever to do with Ireland, either). |
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Post by ripper on Dec 2, 2019 15:51:50 GMT
What a creepy little tale, full of atmosphere and subdued menace. Those bodies floating in the tank sent a shiver down my spine. Thanks to Shrinkproof for bringing to our attention this story that probably would have remained in obscurity. Shame the author is unknown. I would love to know if he or she wrote more stories.
I remember in the 70s and 80s that our local papers would occasionally print short stories and articles that were way out of tune with their usual contents. Sadly, many local papers have now closed down or seem to be in terminal decline.
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