#BookWormSat In MR James' "Oh Whistle and I'll come to you My Lad" an arrogant academic finds a whistle incribed in latin: "Who is this who is coming" Blowing the whistle he summons something ancient and terrifying. The dark presence follows him on the beach and appears in his room #Halloween

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'Restore her therefore to the earth, from which thou didst so foolishly recall her; and be sure to recollect thy oath: for, shouldst thou forget it but once, she would return, and thou wouldst be inevitably lost.' -Wake Not the Dead, Ernst Raupach. 🎨Victor Gilbert #BookWormSat

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"I leant forward, and peered over, and down into the Pit, just beneath where I stood; and saw no further than a hideous, white swine-face that had risen to within a couple of yards of my feet. As the Thing saw me, it gave an uncouth squeal, which was answered from all parts of the Pit." #BookWormSat

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‘When by thy scorn, O murd'ress, I am dead And that thou think'st thee free From all solicitation from me, Then shall my ghost come to thy bed’ John Donne, The Apparition. #BookWormSat 🖼️ A ghost appearing to a man in bed, George Dance, 1741 - 1825.

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“At vesper time on Sunday e’en, We heard a banshee cry! Beyond the churchyard dim and dark, ‘Neath whispering elms, and yew-trees stark, Where our star shone-a corpse-like spark- Against the wintry sky.” -Alice Guerin Crist, “The Banshee” 🖌️Līga Kļaviņa, “Banshee” #BookWormSat

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