In this story, our hero is…too empathetic? Unable to protect himself from seeing the inequities, the injustices, the impossible situation in which some people live? And not feel their agony? You be the judge. I think we should all be so “sensitive.” I hope you enjoy “A Nervous Breakdown” (please note: it ventures into prostitution, guilt and suicide. some very delicate subjects.)
There are a remarkable number of excellent women horror authors of the late Victorian/early Edwardian era. It is suspected that this happened in part...
Katherine Mansfield was a modernist writer from New Zealand, born into a prominent family in Wellington. She moved to England when she was 19...
Here we have two stories by Ambrose Bierce, in honor of Veterans Day: "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" and “The Crime at Pickett's...