I Come Bearing Gifts: The Demon of Brockenheim

[eldritchhobbit]

Recently Gary Dowell, editor of the wonderful Far Fetched Fables: The Audio Fantasy Fiction Magazine (sibling to StarShipSofa), invited me to contribute a fantasy-related "Looking Back on Genre History" to his podcast. It occurred to me that this was the perfect opportunity to share with everyone an almost-but-not-quite-lost work of epic Gothic

Comments

[lin4gondor]

Thanks for the PDF! It looks like an intriguing tale!

[eldritchhobbit]

My pleasure! I think it's a fascinating read. I hope you enjoy it!

[equusentric]

Woot! Sounds like a great listen and an enjoyable read, thanks!

[eldritchhobbit]

Yay! You're most welcome. :) I hope you enjoy!

[ext_1253632]

I haven't had time to read any of this yet, but I wanted to thank you for posting this! I love investigating the Gothic literature. I just finished Radcliffe's The Italian. I've read some obscure things too, but I wasn't aware of this one at all.

Have you ever read "The events at Poroth Farm" by T.E.D. Klein? It's an interesting Lovecraftian tale in which the narrator keeps a running tally of the Gothic books he is reading and his reactions to them. It was later expanded into a novel, but 'tis better to read the novella first. It's been collected three times I believe. I love that one of his story collections was called Reassuring Tales.

[eldritchhobbit]

My pleasure! I love The Italian. Although now when I read the descriptions of Schedoni, I can't help but think of Severus Snape!

Have you ever read "The events at Poroth Farm" by T.E.D. Klein?

Oooh, I have not. But it sounds like something I'd really enjoy. It's going on my "find this and read it" list. Thanks so much for the recommendation!