They were strange days—curious dream-like days—and they followed each other silently, like shadows over grain fields. Edith Allonby, The Fulfilment, 1905.https://bsky.app/profile/memizon.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/memizon.bsky.social/post/3mvkizaj5mc2wSorting out my mags, chronologically placing 32 issues of The Inner Light from 1933 to 1940 in a cassette. It was the publication for members of Dion Fortune’s magical order. Only available to members it had a small print run, and copies are now rare. More about it here: https://iapsop.com/archive/materials/inner_light_fortune/15 Sep 2026 11:20 +0000at://did:plc:vpvdios2on4nb4gopdecna63/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvkizaj5mc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/memizon.bsky.social/post/3mvdk6ymvis2pBrilliant women writers of the supernatural: Twilight (1916) by Julia Frankau (pen name Danby); The Thing from the Lake (1921) by Eleanor Ingram; The Undying Monster (1922) by Jessie Douglas Kerruish; Avernus by Mary Bligh Bond (1924); Oldham (1927) by Catherine M. Verschoyle.12 Sep 2026 16:53 +0000at://did:plc:vpvdios2on4nb4gopdecna63/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvdk6ymvis2phttps://bsky.app/profile/memizon.bsky.social/post/3mv4n5axthk2zA glimpse of decades of my collecting Elliott O'Donnell, the famous ghost hunter. And it's not even all.09 Sep 2026 22:57 +0000at://did:plc:vpvdios2on4nb4gopdecna63/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv4n5axthk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/memizon.bsky.social/post/3mv33nhcdac2gWhat I wrote ten years ago. How time flies.09 Sep 2026 08:11 +0000at://did:plc:vpvdios2on4nb4gopdecna63/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv33nhcdac2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/memizon.bsky.social/post/3mus2u5gros2gThere were so many ufo zines back in the fifties and sixties: here are a few titles from my library.05 Sep 2026 18:03 +0000at://did:plc:vpvdios2on4nb4gopdecna63/app.bsky.feed.post/3mus2u5gros2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/memizon.bsky.social/post/3mukqmpffnk2aThe 1920s trilogy of brilliant women horror writers: ‘The Thing From The Lake’ by Eleanor M. Ingram (1921); ‘The Undying Monster’ by Jessie Douglas Kerruish (1922); ‘Oldham’, by Catherine Verschoyle (1927).02 Sep 2026 20:11 +0000at://did:plc:vpvdios2on4nb4gopdecna63/app.bsky.feed.post/3mukqmpffnk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/memizon.bsky.social/post/3mukmxg57o22sWe spotted ‘The Undying Monster’ by Jessie Douglas Kerruish (1922). But let’s not forget what came before: ‘The Thing From The Lake’ by Eleanor M. Ingram. She died young (in her thirties) and her novel, lauded by Lovecraft, was published posthumously the year before: in 1921.02 Sep 2026 19:06 +0000at://did:plc:vpvdios2on4nb4gopdecna63/app.bsky.feed.post/3mukmxg57o22shttps://bsky.app/profile/memizon.bsky.social/post/3mu6lkhyjxk2uI got many questions about this book from my library. Here’s the explanatory title page, its advertisement and info from an antiquarian bookseller. Ghosts, cross-dressing, necromantic magic, etc. Famous bibliographer of the fantastic Stuart Teitler called it ‘a work of genius’.29 Aug 2026 00:09 +0000at://did:plc:vpvdios2on4nb4gopdecna63/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu6lkhyjxk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/memizon.bsky.social/post/3mtk5zxho4k2iDisgusting. What a vile monster. [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Aug 2026 21:14 +0000at://did:plc:vpvdios2on4nb4gopdecna63/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtk5zxho4k2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/memizon.bsky.social/post/3mtg2ioqpnc2pThis stunning beauty arrived today. One of my passions is to collect hollow earth literature. ‘Beyond the Verge’, was published in 1896. Illustrated, this early science fiction novel places the ten lost tribes of Israel in the hollow earth. There’s a hole at the (north)pole!19 Aug 2026 06:00 +0000at://did:plc:vpvdios2on4nb4gopdecna63/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtg2ioqpnc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/memizon.bsky.social/post/3mtf7bexw5c2uThe Mississippi lynchings of black people. It’s a tradition down south. [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Aug 2026 21:52 +0000at://did:plc:vpvdios2on4nb4gopdecna63/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtf7bexw5c2u