Halloween Countdown, Day 28

I hope you enjoy the Text of the Day.

The Eldritch Dark
by Clark Ashton Smith (1893-1961)

Now as the twilight's doubtful interval
Closes with night's accomplished certainty,
A wizard wind goes crying eerily;
And in the glade unsteady shadows crawl,
Timed to the trees, whose voices rear and fall
As with some dreadful witches' ecstasy,
Flung upward to the dark, whence glitters free
The crooked moon, impendent over all.

Twin veils of covering cloud and silence thrown
Across the movement and the sound of things,
Make blank the night, till in the broken west
The moon's ensanguined blade awhile is shown....
The night grows whole again.... The shadows rest,
Gathered beneath a greater shadow's wings.


On a lighter note, how about some "Graveyard Rock"?

And with apologies to H.P. Lovecraft...

Etsy, Potter, and Science Fiction - Oh My!

I have a few quick and happy notes to share...

* My brilliant and talented sister now has an Etsy shop: check out StormySkyDesigns!

* Tomorrow and Tuesday are Harry PotterFest 2012. My main lecture is tomorrow morning, but I'll be there for all the festivities. MuggleNet has the schedule posted here.

* Looking forward to Spring 2013 at the Mythgard Institute...



Registration is now open for my Spring 2013 "Science Fiction, Part II: From the New Wave to Tomorrow" online course for graduate students and auditors worldwide via the Mythgard Institute. You can check out all of the information here, including the lecture themes and readings!

Here is the promo video: