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  • A Trio of Stories - Count Eric Stanislaus Stenbock

    There is something about the number 3.The Ancient Greeks believed 3 was the perfect number, and in China 3 has always been a lucky number, and they know a thing or two.Most religions also have 3 this and 3 that and, of course, in these more modern times, three’s a crowd may be too many, except when it’s a ménage à trois. It seems good things usually come in threes. Whatever history and culture ... Read more

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  • The Other Side: A Breton Legend (Cryptofiction Classics - Weird Tales of Strange Creatures)

    This early work by Eric Stanislaus Stenbock was originally published in 1893 and we are now republishing it as part of our Cryptofiction Classics series. 'The Other Side: A Breton Legend' is a short story in the werewolf genre. The Cryptofiction Classics series contains a collection of wonderful stories from some of the greatest authors in the genre, including Ambrose Bierce, Arthur Conan Doyle, ... Read more

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  • Of Kings and Things

    Strange Tales and Decadent Poems by Count Eric Stanislaus Stenbock

    An introduction to the Decadent writer Stanislaus Eric Stenbock for the general reader, offering morbid stories, suicidal poems, and an autobiographical essay.Described by W. B. Yeats as a “scholar, connoisseur, drunkard, poet, pervert, most charming of men,” Count Stanislaus Eric Stenbock (1860–1895) is surely the greatest exemplar of the Decadent movement of the late nineteenth century.A friend ... Read more

    $19.19 CAD

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    Trio of Stories, A - Count Eric Stanislaus Stenbock

    A great introduction to a great author

    Unabridged

    1 hour 3 min

    There is something about the number 3.The Ancient Greeks believed 3 was the perfect number, and in China 3 has always been a lucky number, and they know a thing or two.Most religions also have 3 this and 3 that and, of course, in these more mod ... Read more

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    Sad Story of a Vampire, The

    Unabridged

    21 min

    Count Eric Stenislaus Stenbock (1860-1895) was an aristocrat of German-Estonian origin who lived in England. He wrote weird, macabre fantasy fiction and was a favorite of H. P. Lovecraft. He was well known for his eccentric lifestyle, keeping snakes, salamanders, and toads in his bedroom, and owned a bear, a reindeer, and a fox. He had a life-size doll with him at all times which he claimed was ... Read more

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    ‘Viol d’Amor’

    Interesting story from a 19th Century Swedish author and Oxford graduate

    Unabridged

    21 min

    The bookshelves of British literature are incredible collections that have gathered together centuries of very talented authors. From these Isles their fame spread and whilst among their number many are now forgotten or neglected, their talents endure. Among them is the wonderfully named decadent author Count Eric Stanislaus Stenbock. ... Read more

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    Other Side, The

    Unabridged

    30 min

    In the macabre tale The Other Side, Stenbock explores the werewolf theme in the sinister setting of a village on the edge of a stream. On the side where the village is, everything is peaceful and pleasant. But on the other side, where the forest is, there are werewolves, witches and other sinister beings.When the young boy Gabriel is tempted to cross the brook to pick a beautiful and mysterious ... Read more

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    A Ghost Story

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    Enchanted Stories from the French Decadent Tradition

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