Sunless Solstice

Author: Library British
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780712354103
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 256

Book Description
Another festive edition to the Tales of the Weird series, following on from Spirits of the Season and Chill Tidings. A unique selection ranging from the spooky haunted houses of Victorian Christmastime to experimental twentieth-century horrors. It offers a truly international scope of stories, from the pine forests of Canada to the peaks of the Alps. Like any other boy I expected ghost stories at Christmas, that was the time for them. What I had not expected, and now feared, was that such things should actually become real. Strange things happen on the dark wintry nights of December. Welcome to a new collection of haunting Christmas tales, ranging from traditional Victorian chillers to weird and uncanny episodes by twentieth-century horror masters including Daphne du Maurier and Robert Aickman. Lurking in the blizzard are menacing cat spirits, vengeful trees, malignant forces on the mountainside and a skater skirting the line between the mortal and spiritual realms. Wrap up warm - and prepare for the longest nights of all.

The arse end of the year

Author: Peter Goulding
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0244061254
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 160

Book Description
A look at the season of Christmas and winter through the medium of light verse, 'The Arse End of the Year' chronicles the build up to the festive season, the solstice, the day itself and the post-Christmas slothfulness, together with aspects of the cold and dreary winter season so beloved by, well, not many people actually. From the reindeer shaped blips on the air traffic controllers' screen, to the disappearing cheese portions; from forgetting auld acquaintance to the difficulty of burying dead bodies in frosty weather, Peter Goulding gives us a uniquely personal insight into the season in his inimitable style, not that many people would want to imitate it.

Celebrate the Solstice

Author: Richard Heinberg
Publisher: Quest Books
ISBN: 0835630935
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 218

Book Description
This book is an accessible, engaging tool to help people enrich their lives through the observance of ancient, astronomically determined Earth festivals. It assists us to recover an experience that had deep meaning for the ancients and that is now increasingly relevant to a world facing environmental challenges. Seasonal festivals are not meant to be cultural relics. They are joyous, fun, mischievous, profound, life-affirming events that connect us deeply with the Earth, the heavens, and the wellspring of being within us. This book encourages us to undertake full-bodied, ecstatic seasonal renewal by providing information on the history and meaning of the solstices with practical suggestions on how to celebrate them now.

The Winter Solstice

Author: Ellen Jackson
Publisher: First Avenue Editions
ISBN: 0761302972
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36

Book Description
Presents facts and folklore about the shortest day of the year, a day that has been filled with magic since ancient times.

Prism International

Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 416

Book Description

Chill Tidings

Author: Tanya Kirk
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780712353236
Category : Christmas stories
Languages : en
Pages : 288

Book Description
'The tiles of the hall floor were as pretty as ever, as cold as ever, and bore, as always on Christmas Eve, the trickling pattern of dark blood.' The gifts are unwrapped, the feast has been consumed and the fire is well fed - but the ghosts are still hungry. Welcome to the second new collection of dark Christmas stories in the Tales of the Weird series, ushering in a fresh host of nightmarish phantoms and otherworldly intruders bent on joining or ruining the most wonderful time of the year. Featuring classic tales from Algernon Blackwood, Rosemary Timperley, Sheridan Le Fanu and Elinor Glyn alongside rare pieces from the sleeping periodicals and literary magazines of the Library collection, it's time to open the door and let the real festivities begin.

The Nature of the Beast

Author: Milton Mayer
Publisher: Univ of Massachusetts Press
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 384

Book Description

How to Celebrate the Winter Solstice

Author: Thomas Harrop
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1300351772
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 74

Book Description
Celebrate the winter solstice with family and friends for happiness and without religious activities.

The Summer Solstice

Author: John Matthews
Publisher: Quest Books
ISBN: 9780835608152
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 156

Book Description
Looks at myths, legends, and ceremonies that honor the sun, and includes a history of ancient cultures that worshiped the sun and songs, meditations, and activities for various festivals.

Fireside Ghost Stories for Christmas Eve

Author: Charles Dickens
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781977752819
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 318

Book Description
Ghost stories at Christmas can be traced back to pagan times - Yule and Saturnalia - when the Winter Solstice (like Hallowe'en and Wulpurgis Night) was viewed as a moment in space and time where the thinness of the boundaries between the supernatural and human worlds became remarkably plastic, and all manner of strange things were said to be seen and heard in the winter air. while we no longer have the old stories spoken in the old homes around the old fires by the old myth-keepers, let us sit around and enjoy some of the stories that would have sent shivers up the great-great-grandchildren of those little ones sitting around the Yule fire - the supernatural literature of the Victorians and Edwardians. Enclosed in this volume are tales of dark winter nights and harrowing encounters between the worlds of Man and the Hereafter. There are tales of cursed antiquities, otherworldly toy stores, possessed dolls, deals with the devil, and murderous cabin fever. I hope your Christmas is - as M. R. James put it "may be the cheerfuller for a story-book" which takes you back to a different world - one not mapped out, trending, or tweeted about, one dark, forbidding, and evocative. Perhaps I may be a luddite for saying it, but I find something strangely comforting in that. Something consoling and hushing and chilling. Perhaps you will, too.