SPARROWHAWK: A VICTORIAN GHOST STORY BY PAUL FINCH REVIEW

Sparrowhawk (2010) is a novella by Paul Finch set during the Christmas season of 1843 England. It follows John Sparrowhawk, a veteran who served with the British Empire during the Afghan War. Despite his military heroics, Sparrowhawk’s life spiraled into turmoil afterwards. His wife died while he was away, and his subsequent gambling landed him […]

FREE AUDIO READING OF CHARLES DICKENS’ A CHRISTMAS CAROL FROM HYPNOGORIA

For as long as I can remember, I’ve had a special love for the ghostly, holiday classic A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. Every Christmas season I still make a point to watch some version of it, and there have been a lot of them. Whether it be the 1951 film Scrooge starring Alastair Sim, […]

CHRISTMAS GHOST STORIES: REVIVING A DEAD TRADITION

If you were to ask most people to explain why the classic Christmas song “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year” by Andy Williams includes the line “There’ll be scary ghost stories and tales of the glories of Christmases long, long ago,” they may mumble something about Charles Dickens A CHRISTMAS CAROL (1843) or […]