Tagged “RP Gillies”

The Cavern of Steenfoll 11 June 2021
"The Cavern of Steenfoll," subtitled "A Scottish Legend," is a dark and lovely tale from the pen of German Romantic writer Wilhelm Hauff. If you've been following my research on Evening Tales for the Winter, then it will also be a...
Notes on The Boarwolf 15 October 2020
"The Boarwolf" is a great story, and also a bit of a puzzle. Everett Bleiler attributed this early tale of lycanthropy (and porcanthropy?) to Johann August Apel, in the Tales of Terror entry of his 1983 Guide to Supernatural Fiction (p. 441)....
Notes on The Nikkur Holl 22 September 2020
"The Nikkur Holl" is a delightful yarn, full of allusions to folklore and cultural details of fishing village life in the Shetland Isles, supernatural dealings, and ghostly visitations. It comes from the first volume of Tales of a Voyager to the...