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MALDOROR 4:4 – FOUR CENTURIES ON A SHAPELESS THRONE

Balladeer’s Blog resumes its examination of the macabre 1868 French language work The Songs of Maldoror. People who want to see our vile main character suffer will definitely enjoy this part.  FOUR...

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MALDOROR 4:5 – PROJECTION OF A SHRIVELED SILHOUETTE

Balladeer’s Blog resumes its examination of the macabre 1868 French language work The Songs of Maldoror. We’re now on the 4th Canto, 5th Stanza.  PROJECTION OF A SHRIVELED SILHOUETTE Maldoror, in an...

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MALDOROR 4:6 – WALLOWING IN A MIRE MOST FOUL

Balladeer’s Blog resumes its examination of the macabre 1868 French language work The Songs of Maldoror. God – Maldoror’s archrival – gets the better of him in a very crafty way this time around....

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MALDOROR 4:7 – THE AMPHIBIOUS MAN

Balladeer’s Blog resumes its examination of the macabre 1868 French language work The Songs of Maldoror. This time around our main character encounters a fellow supernatural being with a horrific...

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MALDOROR 4:8 – SPREADING MY WINGS INTO MY TORTURED MEMORY

Balladeer’s Blog resumes its examination of the macabre 1868 French language work The Songs of Maldoror. SPREADING MY WINGS INTO MY TORTURED MEMORY This stanza starts out with vague hints about what is...

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MALDOROR 5:1 – BETWEEN YOUR LITERATURE AND MINE

Balladeer’s Blog resumes its examination of the macabre 1868 French language work The Songs of Maldoror. BETWEEN YOUR LITERATURE AND MINE “Hey, Maldoror! You da MAN!” We are now on the 5th Canto, 1st...

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MALDOROR 5:2 – FOUR SOULS ERASED FROM THE BOOK OF LIFE

Balladeer’s Blog resumes its examination of the macabre 1868 French language work The Songs of Maldoror. FOUR SOULS ERASED FROM THE BOOK OF LIFE Maldoror, our supernatural protagonist, encounters four...

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MALDOROR 5:3 – INTERMITTENT ANNIHILATION OF HUMAN FACULTIES

Balladeer’s Blog resumes its examination of the macabre 1868 French language work The Songs of Maldoror. INTERMITTENT ANNIHILATION OF HUMAN FACULTIES We are now on the 3rd Stanza of the 5th Canto. Our...

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MALDOROR 5:4 – A PEDESTAL OF IDEAL PERVERSITY

Balladeer’s Blog resumes its examination of the macabre 1868 French language work The Songs of Maldoror. The forces of Hell once again attack Maldoror this time around. A PEDESTAL OF IDEAL PERVERSITY...

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MALDOROR 5:5 – PERFIDIOUS SNARE

Balladeer’s Blog resumes its examination of the macabre 1868 French language work The Songs of Maldoror. PERFIDIOUS SNARE Maldoror, our supernatural protagonist, begins this stanza by expressing his...

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MALDOROR 5:6 – FUNERAL FOR THE LIVING

Balladeer’s Blog resumes its examination of the macabre 1868 French language work The Songs of Maldoror. FUNERAL FOR THE LIVING Maldoror is enjoying another visit through a random graveyard and, being...

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MALDOROR 5:7 – BLACK TARANTULA

Balladeer’s Blog resumes its examination of the macabre 1868 French language work The Songs of Maldoror.  BLACK TARANTULA We are now on the 5th Canto, 7th Stanza of The Songs of Maldoror. The...

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MALDOROR 6:1 – THE FUTURE STRINGS OF FICTION

Balladeer’s Blog resumes its examination of the macabre 1868 French language work The Songs of Maldoror.   THE FUTURE STRINGS OF FICTION Isidore Ducasse We are beginning the 6th and final Canto of The...

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MALDOROR 6:2 – SEWING MACHINE AND UMBRELLA

Balladeer’s Blog resumes its examination of the macabre 1868 French language work The Songs of Maldoror. SEWING MACHINE AND UMBRELLA Did I mention that I think Death-Stalker would make a good Maldoror?...

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MALDOROR 6:4 AND 6:5

Balladeer’s Blog resumes its examination of the macabre 1868 French language work The Songs of Maldoror. CANTO SIX: STANZA FOUR Maldoror and Mervyn, drawn by Monsieur Le Six. I’ve decided the Stanzas...

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MALDOROR 6:6 AND 6:7

Balladeer’s Blog resumes its examination of the macabre 1868 French language work The Songs of Maldoror. CANTO SIX: STANZA SIX Maldoror is in his lair in Paris, observing himself in a mirror. He...

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MALDOROR 6:8 AND 6:9

Balladeer’s Blog resumes its examination of the macabre 1868 French language work The Songs of Maldoror. This is the NEXT TO LAST installment. CANTO SIX: STANZA EIGHT “Maldoror and His Smile” by Lord...

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MALDOROR: THE FINALE

Balladeer’s Blog concludes its examination of the macabre 1868 French language work The Songs of Maldoror. (“Mal d’Auror”, meaning Evil’s Dawn or The Dawn of Evil.) CANTO SIX: STANZA TEN The best cover...

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GOTHIC HORROR: ISABELLA OF EGYPT (1812)

Halloween Month begins! In addition to covering all of my usual topics I spend each October sprinkling in neglected horror movies, stories and novels. Isabella of Egypt is a very obscure 1812 Gothic...

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THE STRANGE ORMONDS (1833): GOTHIC HORROR

THE STRANGE ORMONDS (1833) – By Leitch Ritchie Halloween Month continues! The last neglected Gothic Horror tale I examined was Isabella of Egypt back on the first of October. Let’s dive back into them...

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