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The Devil's Dictionary: Story

by Ambrose Bierce SPOOKERSUCCESSSTORY -n. A narrative, commonly untrue. The truth of the stories here following has, however, not been successfully impeached. One evening Mr. Rudolph…

Favorite Opera Stories

AïdaIl Barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville)La BohèmeBoris GodunovCarmenCavalleria Rusticana (Rustic Chivalry)La Cenerentola (Cinderella)Les Contes d'Hoffmann (Tales of Hoffmann)Cosi…

Brewer's: Bragi's Story

Always enchanting, but never coming to an end. “But I have made my story long enough; if I say more, you may fancy that it is Bragi who has come among you, and that he has entered on his…

Brewer's: Milesian Story

or Tale (A). One very wanton and lubricious. So called from the Milesiæ Fabulæ, the immoral tendency of which was notorious. (See above.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E.…

Name That Scary Story

Sometimes when you want a good scare, a spooky story is just the right thing to pull off the shelf and curl up with. Can you name these scary tales by only a short summary of them? Find out right now…

Hildegard of Bingen, Saint

(Encyclopedia) Hildegard of Bingen, SaintHildegard of Bingen, Sainthĭlˈdəgärthˌ, bĭngˈən [key], 1098–1179, German nun, mystic, composer, writer, and cultural figure, Doctor of the Church, known as…

Starship Troopers

Director:Paul VerhoevenWriter:Edward NeumeierDirector of Photography:Jost VacanoEditors:Mark Goldblatt and Caroline RossMusic:Basil PoledourisProduction Designer:Allan CameronProducers:Alan…

PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction

The PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, established in 1980, annually honors an American fiction writer with a $15,000 prize. Three judges choose five finalists before…