Short Story of the Month
The Island of the Giants
The sloop-of-war of Her Majesty Setter landed on that island on 11th June of the year 1857, nine days after it had been led astray by an unexpected gale while on her course to Mumbai, where we should load supplies for our sail to Andamans and the Malay Archipelago. I was hired as a ship’s doctor, despite being a biologist by profession. I took this job because it was the only possible way to visit faraway lands, where, as I hoped, I could find peace for my curious soul...
Being of the Month
Shoki
He was a doctor in China during his lifetime, and although Shoki is an entity of Japanese mythology, there is no mistake. Indeed, the god Zhong Kui arrived from the mainland to the Japanese islands in the sixth century along with Buddhism, which renamed itself after the gentleman named in the title, leaving most of the other attributes unchanged...
Other Stuff
Sherlockiana: Police Officers
Even though Holmes became the patron of all literary detectives that came after him, he didn't consider himself as one. He thought of himself as a higher form of a sleuth.
Quote of the Month
"Pity. Pity. You've missed a lot. Everyone should be made to study the Classics if I had my way."
Poirot shrugged his shoulders. "Eh bien, I have got on very well without them."
" Got on! Got on! It's not a question of getting on. That's the wrong view altogether.
The Classics aren't a ladder leading to quick success like a modern correspondence course!
It's not a man's working hours that are important — it's his leisure hours. That's the mistake we all make."
— Agatha Christie. The Labours Of Hercules
How to Properly Feed a Demon
Twenty-five short short stories for short short breaks. Starring aliens and people, gods as well as demons.
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