Dark Sentiments 2011 – Day 31: Anniversary Day
Randy | October 31, 2011
It being the third anniversary of the LFM wedding, you’ll all understand, our hands are far too busy to type.
Dark Sentiments 2011 – Day 29: The Chair
Randy | October 29, 2011
The Chair By LFM Malcolm found a shop one day He’d never seen before. It sold antiques and bric-a-brac, And dusty tomes of lore. He went inside to look about And as he made his rounds He found a chair marked, “Cursed Antique” “Reduced to 20 pounds.” Superbly carved from pitch black wood, It looked […]
Dark Sentiments 2011 – Day 28: Hellfire, Damnation, and All That
Randy | October 28, 2011
For my own part, I regard stories that involve people making a pact with the Devil, or an ever burning Hell pit of damnation, as suitable fodder for entertainment, but nothing else. As a case in point, in the course of my research for Dark Sentiments 2011, I found the original, accept no substitutes, Dante’s […]
Dark Sentiments 2011 – Day 26: Hunter’s Moon
Randy | October 26, 2011
Hunter’s Moon By LFM By light of moon a hunter came Snow shod through winter woods, Bound home from hunt and trading trip For meat and needful goods. Moon shadows of bare birchen limbs Lay cast across the trail That led to hearth and home and wife, And respite from travail. His dearest Meg prayed […]
Dark Sentiments 2011 – Day 25: The Shag Harbour Incident
Randy | October 25, 2011
The skies over Nova Scotia were a source of great interest on the night of 4 October 1967 as large numbers of witnesses, including members of the Royal Canadian Mounted police (RCMP), observed moving and hovering lights in the sky off most of the province’s south shore, from Lunenburg west to Shag Harbour. At approximately […]
Dark Sentiments 2011 – Day 24: A Night on the Town
Randy | October 24, 2011
A Night on the Town By LFM In a realm that’s near to ours There dwells a nasty thing. It has no horns, nor pointy tail, No scales or batty wing. It’s not exactly evil, mind, Though neither is it good, And when it thinks of vengeful deeds Its loins become as wood. You […]
Dark Sentiments 2011 – Day 23: Trick and Treat
Randy | October 23, 2011
A friend of mine recently brought something to light that I had forgotten about until this morning. Back in 2008, a team led by French marine archaeologist Franck Goddio announced discovery of a bowl dating from between the late 2nd century B.C. and the early 1st century A.D, inscribed with what they believe to be the […]
Dark Sentiments 2011 – Day 20: A Recent Zombification
Randy | October 20, 2011
Yesterday we looked at zombies and zombification – the dark art of creating a zombie. Part of that was the bizarre tale of Clairvius Narcisse who turned up alive 18 years after his “death” with reports of his zombification, 2 years enslaved as a zombie, his escape, and 16 years trying to find his way […]
Dark Sentiments 2011 – Day 18: Peter Kagan and the Wind
Randy | October 18, 2011
On Day 28 of last year’s series I explored True Love as a Dark Sentiment. Today, somewhat in that vein but more than a little laced with melancholy, I’m going to expose you to a haunting tale titled Peter Kagan and the Wind written by the multi-talented Gordon Bok, and that only first came to […]
Dark Sentiments 2011 – Day 16: The Duel
Randy | October 16, 2011
The Duel By LFM Two men went out to fight one day, A grave insult to fix. Too wroth to even fetch their swords, They settled it with sticks. Their battle raged throughout the day, So bent on settled scores, Their weary seconds pubward went, And spent three hours with whores. Returning, as they crested […]