Araby (short story) Araby (short story) "Araby" is a short story by James Joyce published in his 1914 collection "Dubliners." Through first-person narration, the reader is immersed at the start of the story in the drab life that people live on North Richmond Street, which seems to be illuminated only by the verve and imagination of the children who, despite the growing darkness that comes during the winter months, insist on playing "until [their] bodies glowed." Even though the conditions of this neighbourhood leave much to be desired, the children’s play is infused with their almost magical way of perceiving the world, which
The Shambler from the Stars (Short Story) The Shambler from the Stars (Short Story) "The Shambler from the Stars" is a horror short story by American writer Robert Bloch, first published in the September 1935 issue of" Weird Tales". It was later included as part of his first published book, "The Opener of the Way" (1945), and his 1994 collection "The Early Fears". A Cthulhu Mythos tale, it introduced the forbidden tome "De Vermis Mysteriis" (Mysteries of the Worm). Later on in 1935, Lovecraft wrote the short story "The Haunter of the Dark" as a sequel and dedicated it to Bloch. Eventually, in 1950, Bloch wrote his