“Solitude gives birth to the original in us, to beauty unfamiliar and perilous - to poetry. But also, it gives birth to the opposite: to the perverse, the illicit, the absurd.”
― Death in Venice and Other Tales
― Death in Venice and Other Tales
“...the special quality of works of Art being to produce the momentary conviction that anything else whatever could not possibly be so good.”
― The Purple Cloud
― The Purple Cloud
“The student of history knows no more refreshing recreation than that of nailing liars, like vermin, to the wall.”
― Chronicles of the House of Borgia
― Chronicles of the House of Borgia
The Flowers of Decadence
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Here lies the lost souls who cling to the decaying beauty of Decadent literature and poetry. A group for appreciators of pessimistic literature that c ...more
Classic Horror Lovers
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Do you like your horror on the aged side? This group is for readers who love older/classic horror stories and books. Generally, horror published befor ...more
Literary Horror
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A group for fans of literary horror. We will be discussing all things horrible and literary but especially those horrible volumes that either aspire t ...more
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