C.W. Reeve

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Pushcart-nominated author of weird tales & folk horror, co-host of #WyrdWednesday (He/Him) 👻

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The Searching Dead (2016) by Ramsey Campbell. Three young people in post-WW2 England discover a plot to materialize ghosts and awaken a great evil. A blend of weird fiction, supernatural detective tale, and coming-of-age story.

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Part of a painting by Les Edwards that was used as the slipcase art for The Searching Dead by Ramsey Campbell. A white flower looks like an eerie face.
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“Sometimes they come back”
The Monkey's Paw" by W. W. Jacobs (1902)
An elderly couple possess a talisman that will grant three wishes. They are warned there will be dire consequences if they use it. Foolishly they wish for money & receive it as compensation for the death of their son.

Illustration for "The Monkey's Paw" by Maurice Greiffenhagen. A elderly couple are in great distress. The father holds up the monkey’s paw to wish their son back in the grave.
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Wyrdlings!

"The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague”, Poe famously wrote and for the anniversary of his own death, we give you:

“Sometimes they come back – Return from the Great Beyond”

as this week’s #WyrdWednesday topic.

Come, tell tales of the living dead! 💀

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These two 1st-2nd c. CE Roman marble theatrical masks represent comedy and Melpomene, muse of tragic theater. They were discovered in the peristyle of a ruined Roman villa of La Estación in Antequera, Spain. Note the little face of the actor behind the large open mouth of the comedy mask! 😆 🏺 📸 me

Marble mask of the personification of comedic theater. It’s somewhat grotesque, the mouth opening in a large open and wide grin, with bugged-out eyes and deep laugh lines around the eyes and forehead. He has a pompadour hairstyle, taller than the face itself, and it falls to the level of the mask’s chin, with incised wavy lines. A small frowning face of an actor with a snub nose can be seen inside the large mouth. Centro de Interpretación del Teatro Romano, Málaga, SpainMarble mask representing the personification of tragic theater. It’s the face of a woman, specifically Melpomene, muse of tragic theater, her eyes open wide and her mouth opening in a horrified scream. She has a two-tiered wig of wavy or ringleted hair with a center part. Centro de Interpretación del Teatro Romano, Málaga, Spain
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