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Oscar Wilde's definition of a novel: "A short story padded." #BookWormSat #OscarWilde #Wilde #BookChatWeekly #booksky

#PhantomsFriday tomorrow, so here's Haruko Maeda's portrait of Queen Elizabeth I to grab the attention. Please use that hashtag to join the feed for all things ghostly. #Folklore, fiction, art, poetry, spooky locations - all are grist to the haunted mill. #FolkloreThursday #BookChatWeekly #artsky

A frankly terrifying illustration by Jan Parker of a triple-headed god/goddess from 'Witchcraft And Black Magic' by Peter Haining (1982). #31DaysOfHalloween #witchcraft #blackmagic #sorcery #BookChatWeekly

A gigantic moonlit figure sits cross-legged by a lake and what appears to be a burning tree in front of it. It has three grim faces and huge horns forming a crescent on its head. In the foreground there is a woman, tiny in comparison, holding high her hands in worship. A tiger is creeping in from the left and tropical birds are in the sky.

Nope, not true. Not true at all. Published in 1933, this is society palmist Cheiro's book of adventures with the supernatural - which of course he made up. Although this probably won't stop me from extracting some of the more imaginative bits from it one day! #PhantomsFriday #BookChatWeekly #1930s

The cover of 'True Ghost Stories' by Cheiro. It shows a woman waking up in bed and seeing a ghostly woman in crinoline gesturing to her. It states that the cover design by 'Countess Harmon'. Cheiro claimed to have inherited an Irish title, Count Harmon, which was entirely unsubstantiated. Those familiar with 'Baron Corvo' will be familiar with this sort of stunt.

My copy of the 1963 Four Square paperback edition of 'The October Country' by Ray Bradbury. I meant to post it yesterday! #RayBradbury #Bradbury #13DaysOfHalloween #BookChatWeekly #booksky #vintagepaperbacks

My 1941 first edition of 'Haunted England', the seminal work on English ghostlore by Christina Hole. I've recently used a number of its extraordinary, almost abstract, illustrations by John Farleigh for #PhantomsFriday and no doubt will continue to do so. #BookologyThursday #BookChatWeekly #folklore

"Listen! the wind is rising, and the air is wild with leaves, We have had our summer evenings, now for #October eves!" By Humbert Wolfe #October1st #BookChatWeekly #Autumn 🎃🍃🍂 🖼️ 'La Bourrasque' (The Gust of Wind) by Lucien Lévy-Dhurmer, 1896

Painting of a shocked looking lady dressed in black standing in an autumnal woodland while the wind whirls gusts of orange leaves all around her.

Image by Jesse van Dijk #BookChatWeekly #AncientSky #BookSky #MythologySky #FolkloreSky #WelshSky #CelticSky #KingArthurSky #ArthurianSky #Mythology #WelshMythology #CelticMythology #Folklore #WelshFolklore #CelticFolklore #Wales #Celtic #KingArthur #Arthurian #Arthuriana

'The Queer Story Of Brownlow's Newspaper' by H G Wells appeared in the Strand in 1932. It was accompanied by this rather splendid art deco illustration by Steven Spurrier. #HGWells #artdeco #BookChatWeekly #illustration

A man in a dressing gown is reading a newspaper. At his feet dance small transparent people. Through his window can be seen, in orange ink, an art deco train or ship, with propeller-driven aeroplanes flying overhead.

From her children's book 'The Enchanted Forest' by Ida Outhwaite (1921), which she both wrote and illustrated. #fairy #fairies #faerie #bat #marsh #illustration #womensart #BookChatWeekly

A fairy in a green skirt ride a bat across a marsh with reeds and a lily pond. The moon is rising at the back of the picture.

When an impoverished Irish nobleman agrees to sell a holy book that has been in his family for 1,000 years or more, its monkish author manifests from beyond the grave to convince the dealer otherwise. 'The Book Of Brother Mael-Isu' by Ethna Carberry (The Strand 1906) #PhantomsFriday #BookChatWeekly

A man tries to fight off a mysterious mist that is enveloping him.

"I knew It knew I was there... And I awoke trembling to feel that something in the darkness was poised an inch or two above me, and then drip, drip, drip, something began falling on my face." H R Wakefield - 'The Red Lodge' #PhantomsFriday #BookChatWeekly #booksky #horror #ghost #HRWakefield

A hideous painting by Jaroslav Panuska of a skull-like face with huge green eyes.

Good morning! Welcome to another #PhantomsFriday. I'm looking forward to another fascinating day of posts on all things #ghost: art, words, #folklore, haunted places and so on and so forth. Feel free to join the feed. #ghosts #haunted #legends #BookChatWeekly #booksky #artsky

From the POV of someone lying in bed, we see a young man with weird eyes parting the bed-curtains and looking in. In the foreground we can see two hands clutching the sheets as if in terror. The illustration is by John Farleigh.

#BookologyThursday 📚🐉
🐉✨ Dragons in J.K. Rowling’s #HarryPotter series—
Philosopher’s Stone (1997),
Goblet of Fire (2000),
and Deathly Hallows (2007)—aren’t just magical creatures; they symbolize power, danger, transformation, and the courage to face the unknown. #Dragons 🐉

🐲From Norbert (a) to the Hungarian Horntail, each dragon challenges characters to grow.
#BookChatWeekly 📖🫖

🎨 Norbert (a) by Alex Radfield

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🐉✨ In Norse mythology, Fáfnir was once a dwarf who, consumed by greed, transformed into a fierce dragon guarding a vast treasure hoard—his own cursed gold.

The hero Sigurd bravely slays Fáfnir, risking his life to claim the riches and confront the darkness of greed and heroism. A legendary tale of courage and peril.
#BookChatWeekly 📖🫖

🎨Illustration: istrandar/deviantart.com

Image by Alan Lee #LegendaryWednesday #BookChatWeekly #AncientSky #MythologySky #FolkloreSky #WelshSky #CelticSky #KingArthurSky #MonsterSky #Mythology #WelshMythology #CelticMythology #Folklore #WelshFolklore #CelticFolklore #Wales #Celtic #KingArthur #Arthurian #Monster #Serpent #Dragon

“Come,” said the Wind to the Leaves one day. "Come over the meadow and we will play. Put on your dresses of red and gold. For summer is gone and the days grow cold." 'An Autumn greeting' by George Cooper #AutumnEquinox🌬️🍂 #BookchatWeekly 🎨 Franklin Booth, 1911

Painting of three young women a swing laughing. They are wearing orange dresses that resemble October leaves.

"I saw how the slimy blackness grew, and the stones fell away round the hole, and there rolled in what seemed a wave, gulfing the men that lay dead or living, struck by fear, till it heaved and lipped over the step like a living tide of slime." - Adrian Ross, 'The Hole Of The Pit' #BookChatWeekly

18th Century painting by Cotman of the ruins of Aberystwyth Castle, on a low eminence with a glimpse of the sea, and representing as best I could find of the destroyed castle in the marshes of Ross's stories.

#BookChatWeekly #Superstitiology #AncientSky #SuperstitionSky #MythologySky #FolkloreSky #WelshSky #CelticSky #KingArthurSky #Folklore #CornishFolklore #WelshFolklore #CelticFolklore #Mythology #CornishMythology #WelshMythology #Celtic #Cornwall #Wales #Celtic #KingArthur #Arthuriana #Arthurian

"Our perfect companions never have fewer than four feet." - Colette (Painted by Jacques Humbert) #BookologyThursday #BookChatWeekly

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