Introduction by T.S. EliotWe gather here not in the flesh, but in the imagination, which is the truest meeting place of minds. Across time and place, these authors—Walker, Dahl, Jackson, Vonnegut, Faulkner, Chopin, and Connell—spoke through stories that continue to unsettle us, to peel away our easy certainties. Their tales are brief, yet they open into vast … [Read more...] about Short-Story Debate: Seven Authors on Freedom & Civilization
Roald Dahl The Landlady
Roald Dahl’s The Landlady: A Dark Stage Play of Endless Guests
Prologue(Lights low. A single gas lamp glows at center stage. The faint sound of ticking clocks fills the silence. A Narrator’s voice emerges, calm but threaded with unease.)NARRATORIn every city there are houses the world forgets.Their curtains are always drawn just so, their lamps always lit,and yet no one recalls the names of those who pass through the … [Read more...] about Roald Dahl’s The Landlady: A Dark Stage Play of Endless Guests