Gertrude Atherton, a native San Franciscan, attended St. Mary’s in Benicia. She eloped with a man who had been courting her twice-divorced mother: George HB Atherton. They lived on the Atherton Estates, now known as Atherton CA. This story is a mysterious, Gothic tale about an author who becomes obsessed with children in some old portraits. As we move in to the haunting month of October our stories will get more and more…haunting…. Enjoy!
This week we bring you “My Old Man” by Ernest Hemingway. Hemingway was an iconic American journalist and author, known for his brief and...
Willa Cather was an intensely private individual. She often destroyed her old drafts, personal papers and letters. When she died, her will stipulated that...
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...