Author Archives: Little_Debbie

No Pictures, Please!

Well, the semester is wrapping up and I have finished editing the short story pages for the wiki. This took a while, of course with stories varying in length, but it is finished. Mainly at this point, I am not … Continue reading

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Editing & Deadlines

So we are finally getting content up on the page. I must say this is the most chaotic part of the process, indeed. I am finally up to speed with using “track changes” in Microsoft Word. I feel that is … Continue reading

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Editing & As always pushing through the work

I’m sure I’m not alone whenever the thought of “overwhelmed” comes to mind when thinking and working on the final piece of our coming website: editing, editing, and hey! More editing! Now that that is off my chest, the editing … Continue reading

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Unlocking doors to find more Locked Ones…

I have been quite pleased with the several directions I’ve come up with and been suggested to take in researching more for “The Necromancer.” I’ve been especially interested in finding historical context for this story. I have come across several … Continue reading

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Picking My Poison-”The Necromancer”

Upon opening the first volume of Bentley’s Miscellany I was able to get my hands on, I was absolutely hooked. There was a plethora of short stories galore. Of course, there were short stories in other periodicals, but Bentley’s was the … Continue reading

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Bentley’s Miscellany 1837-1868, A Literary Journal Before Its Time

Richard Bentley was the creator of the periodical, and I would classify as literary magazine, Bentley’s Miscellany. The bread and butter behind how this periodical came to be was a competitive edge idea to his rival, Henry Colburn of New … Continue reading

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“Seven Sleepers” & Cornelius the Alchemist

In Mary Shelley’s “The Mortal Immortal,” Cornelius Agrippa’s connections with magic and occult practices seem to possibly hold some Christian-esque connection or purpose for his works. Whereas he may have been seen by those of his time as evil or … Continue reading

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Oscar Wilde, ‘an Irish swashbuckler—a fighter’ (Edwards 2004)

Oscar Wilde was a native born Irishman, Dublin specifically. He was many things in his life, including an accused homosexual and sodomizer. Moreso than anything, Wilde was in touch with people and the world around him, which seemed to raise … Continue reading

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“A Terribly Strange Bed” & Justice Being Served

I was especially intrigued by this story above all the others for the mere fact that through family tradition there has always existed a gambler in me. I love playing poker and going to casinos, and gambling has also caused … Continue reading

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The Walt Whitman Archive

This archive proves to me to be a very useful and effective site that fulfills nearly every purpose and then some. The Walt Whitman Archive at first appearance has an excellent home page with a wonderful picture of Walt Whitman … Continue reading

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