It's Time For The Annual Smoke & A Shiver Thread!

[shanez]

I'm a late getting this party started but better late than never.

I'm having some 10 year old Penzance for the first smoke in a bearded pirate skull meer by Yanik with a glass of A. de Fussigny Borderies cognac for tonight's stories:





Tradition dictates we start with Poe's classic "The Raven" so here are 2 of my favorite narrations followed by a very enjoyable version I also really enjoy:

Christopher Lee:

James Earl Jones:

The Simpsons:

 

[shanez]

Now that tradition is handled, how about something more modern and a bit unsettling?

This one gets a bit delightfully squeamish towards the end. The story is not only read by one of my favorite narrators but he's also the author.

 

[shanez]

Tonight it's Jim's Special Flake in a jack-o-lantern meer by Kenan with a glass of Angel's Envy:





I thoroughly enjoyed this story. I thought it was very well written and gives us a kind of "continuation" of another famous story in a tasteful way:

 

[FLDRD]

“A monstrous, unhealthy looking uvula!”
Not all the way through it yet, but keep them coming.
Thanks for sharing.

 

[FLDRD]

Garage door is open but not shivering - yet.

 

[shanez]

not shivering - yet.

It's friggin 92 at 7 pm where I'm at so shivering is a challenge.

 

[shanez]

Not everyone is a Lovecraft fan but I am and this is my favorite of his works:

 

[hauntedmyst]

That's a Sports Illustrated Model. That's enough to scare you.

 

[Tbaggins]

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That's a Sports Illustrated Model. That's enough to scare you.

Still would.

 

[InWithBothFeet]

Whoever knew Saruman was reading poetry in his off time when he wasn't making Uruk Hai or staring into a palantír.

 

[hauntedmyst]

This is a great channel for October

 

[Tbaggins]

Been skimming through these old school magazines.

FULL ISSUES

www.famousmonsters.com

 

[Sig]

Upper 40s-mid 50s during the day around here lately, so the "shiver" isn't an issue.
It's getting close to the time of the year when I do not smoke a pipe for several months. From November-March I'm on the piping wagon.

 

[kcghost]

It's going to be in the mid 80's today, so we aren't in the running. I expect by Halloween we will be ready.

 

[shanez]

Tonight it's Haunted Bookshop Cake in Scarecrow meer by Yanik with some Grands Domaines VSOP cognac:





An excellent combination to be accompanied by what is probably my favorite actual ghost story:

 

[shanez]

This one sets the mood very well and I really like the narrator's monolog afterwards. He sometimes rambles a bit but in a good way. It makes you feel like you're getting to know him a bit.

 

[shanez]

Ascanian No. 2 in devil eating skull meer by Yanik with a glass of Duvel:





Another story by one of my favorite authors tonight. Narrated by Tony Walker of Classic Ghost Stories with an interesting if not informative monolog following the story:

 

[shanez]

I really like this excerpt. It's short, poetic, creepy, and most excellent:

 

[shanez]

Here's one by another of my favorite authors (I seem to have a lot of them, don't I?) and I'll probably get some more of her work posted. It's narrated by Jasper L'Strange of Encrypted Horror. He has such a great voice for such things.

 

[FLDRD]

Dang, I take a couple nights off and I've got some catching up to do. Thanks for the recommendations...