This was a fun little collection of strange tales — some dark, some whimsical, some with a bite of revenge. While not all of them are particularly macabre, a few do venture into the eerie. One story even had a bit of a timey-wimey twist I wasn’t expecting, which made it stand out. Overall, Wailing Ghosts was a quick and enjoyable read, filled with the kind of curious folklore energy that makes these Little Black Classics so satisfying. 4 stars.
This is a couple essays from the 1800s. Although he can be quite rambling at times, both essays still stand up in some ways today.
Short but far from simple, Aphorisms on Love and Hate offers classic Nietzsche in concentrated form — witty, biting, and uncomfortably insightful.
This is a curious little piece — more satire than true crime, more performance than essay.
This is an Icelandic saga from the 13th century about Gunnlaug, a sharp-tongued poet and aspiring courtier, and his betrothal genuine affection with Helga.
The short introduction in this book states that Hopkins was considered unpublishable in his time. Time… hasn’t helped much.
Yikes! This short collection of excerpts from Boccaccio’s Decameron gave me all I needed to know that I don’t have any desire to read the full work.
