House of the Fall of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe
During the whole of a dull, dark, and soundless day in the autumn of the year, when the clouds hung oppressively low in the heavens,
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During the whole of a dull, dark, and soundless day in the autumn of the year, when the clouds hung oppressively low in the heavens,
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Continue readingA long time ago there lived a king who was famed for his wisdom through all the land. Nothing was hidden from him
Continue readingOnce upon a time in the middle of winter, when the flakes of snow were falling like feathers from the sky, a queen sat at a window sewing, and the frame
Continue readingEvelyn sat solemnly, staring out the frost-lined window. Wind howled across the sagging eaves as snow
Continue readingThere was a man who had three sons, the youngest of whom was called Dummling, and was despised, mocked, and sneered at on every occasion.
Continue reading“Hansel and Gretel” is one of the most famous fairy tales collected by the Grimm brothers. It likely has roots in older oral folktales
Continue readingBy the side of a wood, in a country a long way off, ran a fine stream of water; and upon the stream there stood a mill. The miller’s house was close
Continue readingThe Sea Raiders by H. G. Wells — Until the extraordinary affair at Sidmouth, the peculiar species Haploteuthis ferox was
Continue readingAn evening catches you again softly wrapped in your flannel comforter. Somewhere in this house
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