Category Archives: Books

Short Story Time: “The Adventure of the German Student”

So, I was thinking about what to write about for Halloween. At first I was thinking “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,” but I’ve ready that story and it’s actually kind of boring. Then I saw a series of videos by a Tik Tokker called cosbrian that spoke about a story by Washington Irving: “The Adventure of the German Student.” So let’s talk about that one.

And yes, this is going live on November 1. However I’m actually writing the post on Halloween and that’s when patrons are going to see it, so I’m still counting it.

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Short Story Saturday: “The Black Cat”

We haven’t really talked about an Edgar Allan Poe story for a while, so let’s fix that. Of course, the one that I decided to choose is probably one of his most uncomfortable story, “The Black Cat.”

So, the story contains depictions of animal abuse and domestic violence, so it’s got that going for it.

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