#BOTD Ronald Chetwynd-Hayes, award-winning author of ghost & horror stories. The ‘King of Chill’ authored 10 novels & over 35 collections. He was known for finding fresh takes on established tropes. His work appeared on screen in the films The Monster Club & From Beyond the Grave. #books#horror#ghosts
#BOTD Algernon Blackwood was a prolific author of ghost stories, even becoming a late-in-life celebrity on radio and television performing live readings. He was an enthusiast of eastern and esoteric philosophy, and many of his stories inspire awe and wonder, as well as terror. Famous works include The Wendigo and The Willows. #ghosts#wendigo#bookstodon
#BOTD H. Russell Wakefield. Some consider Wakefield to be the last great ghost story author in the classic tradition of M.R. James and Le Fanu, and his admirers include Betjeman, Lovecraft and August Derleth. Works include A Clock Strikes Twelve and They Return at Evening. #ghosts#books#bookstodon
#BOTD Angela Carter, award-winning author, poet & journalist. Women are front and centre in her gothic horror and magical-realist tales, which broke taboos with their depictions of sexuality and graphic violence. Well-known works include The Bloody Chamber and The Magic Toyshop. #horror#author#books#bookstodon
A Rotterdam è #NatoOggi nel 1904 il pittore #WillemDeKooningnel 1926 si trasferisce negli USA dove diventa uno dei più importanti esponenti dell'espressionismo astratto
On April 2, 1972, Charlie Chaplin returned to the United States for the first time since the 1950s. He received an honorary Oscar days later where he received the longest standing ovation in Oscars history.
#BOTD Montague Summers. Described as "arguably the most seminal twentieth century purveyor of pop culture occultism", Summers was ordained as an Anglican deacon, but converted to Catholicism, styling himself as a priest despite having no diocese. Initially noted for literary scholarship, he became notorious for his books on witches, werewolves, vampires and demonology, for which he claimed to entirely believe. #books#occult
American #Fantasy, #ScienceFiction & #Horror writer. He wrote the #StarTrek episodes "Shore Leave" & "Amok Time”, featuring the first appearance of pon farr, the Vulcan mating ritual, #LiveLongandProsper & the 🖖 symbol. He also wrote Trek scripts that weren’t produced, one of these introducing the Prime Directive. The SF&F HOF inducted Sturgeon in 2000.
Sturgeon’s Law: "90% of [science fiction] is crud, but then, 90% of everything is crud."
#BOTD Margaret Irwin. Best remembered for her historical works – particularly Young Bess – Irwin also found success with supernatural stories. In the wake of WW1, she wrote popular timeslip romances, and ghost stories like The Book and The Earlier Service are considered classics of the genre. #books#bookstodon#ghosts