All these classic stories are in the public domain,
available in their entirety online or as free ebooks
(15-21 October 2018)
Farquhar is to be hanged after soldiers discover him tampering with a bridge; as the rope drops, he falls into the river below: can he escape?
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose Bierce#Free Scary Stories @everywriterhttps://t.co/cVOFLw2wgE pic.twitter.com/Mw27vQl2nw— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. 🎃 (@Alexandria_SZ) October 15, 2018
Boris has a liquid that turns goldfish and flowers to marble; he wants to put something larger in it for his next sculpture: why does Geneviève object?
The Mask by Robert Chambers#free scary stories @wikisource_en
(Bust: Veiled Vestal by Raffaelle Monti)https://t.co/95iBsGTmVW pic.twitter.com/aCkHRz20sz— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) October 16, 2018
In the midst of Plague, Prospero throws a masquerade ball for the followers who have walled themselves in his great palace, but what stranger dares dress himself all in red?
The Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allan Poe#free scary stories @everywriter
https://t.co/62da526bBU pic.twitter.com/bioaNUTFlI— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. (@Alexandria_SZ) October 17, 2018
After a time machine malfunctions and disintegrates the world’s top scientists, people take their revenge and rebuild his invention, but who will triumph in the end?
The Pendulum by Ray Bradbury#free scary stories @wikisource_en
Author photo: NYTimeshttps://t.co/8AbScXWp9X pic.twitter.com/njU0UnxpCH— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. 🎃 (@Alexandria_SZ) October 18, 2018
Archeologist Phillip is used to “robbing graves,” but when the beautiful Anthi wants him to rob a body from a grave her husband was excavating, he gets overconfident.
At the End of the Corridor by Evangeline Wilna Ensley#free scary stories @wikisource_en https://t.co/44uUPTGIYr pic.twitter.com/DCXIKiyXaf— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. 🎃 (@Alexandria_SZ) October 19, 2018
Julia is nervous about her daughter’s imaginary friend, Tommy, who supposedly lives in their pond, but when she sees the strange boy, too, she wonders what he wants with her child.
Unhallowed Holiday by Olga Marie Cabral#free scary stories @wikisource_en https://t.co/It4cwsvSMT pic.twitter.com/opyxI3swqp— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. 🎃 (@Alexandria_SZ) October 20, 2018
When a newlywed follows his wife into the woods, he sees a gathering of witches awaiting the Devil, or does he?
Young Goodman Brown by Nathaniel Hawthorne#free scary stories @wikisource_en https://t.co/TXA1FbJPCq
Woodcut: The History of Witches & Wizards, 1720 (Wikimedia) pic.twitter.com/Zsh3R1LGnc— Alexandria Constantinova Szeman, Ph.D. 🎃 (@Alexandria_SZ) October 21, 2018
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