#leah bodine drake

[weirdlookindog]

Leah Bodine Drake - The Seal-Woman's Daughter. Art by Matt Fox.

(Weird Tales - January 1947)

[akaanir-of-starfleet]

Beyond the black and naked wood In frosty gold has set the sun And dusk glides forth in cobweb hood... Sister, tonight the werewolves run! With white teeth gleaming and eyes aflame, The werewolves gather upon the howe! Country churl and village dame, They have forgotten the wheel and plow. They have forgotten the speech of men; Their throats are dry with a dreadful thirst; And woe to the traveler in the glen Who meets tonight with that band accurst! Now from the hollows creeps the dark; The moon like a yellow owl takes flight; Good people on their house-doors mark A cross, and hug their hearths in fright. Sister, listen!...The King-Wolf howls! The pack is running!...Drink down the brew, Don the unearthly, shaggy cowls,-- We must be running too!

They Run Again, by Leah Bodine Drake (1904-1964)

[violettesiren]

That was the night I ran Out of the house for good! Airy as loosened leaf From a bird-forsaken tree I sped through the moonlit grass— I was finished with love and grief And the wilful ways of man. Oh, I was gay and free! Oh, but my step was light! Never a blade of grass Trembled beneath my foot, A mink on a rabbit's track Never paused to let me pass; A vixen with cubs at play In a beech tree's twisted roots Didn't bother to hide away; A spider-web hung with dew Neither wavered nor broke As I went softly through, And not a dewdrop shook.

But when I came to the pond, Wading through lily and reed, And not a ripple stirred Over its silver and black— When gazing within its glass I saw no face looking back Nor the shadows of bending head— Then, then I knew I was dead!

Out! by Leah Bodine Drake

[chiropteracupola]

'their secret — how to show friendship while you flex your claws'

[the-chill-remains]

"Go not to the Nixie’s pool!

In those waters dim and cool

Gleams a pale and lovely face

Framed in hair like green fern-lace,

Arms of more than mortal grace

Smooth as lily, and as cool."

Leah Bodine Drake, Weird Tales May 1946

[magicwingslisten]

Leah Bodine Drake, “They Run Again”

[thefugitivesaint]

Joseph Eberle (1926-2006), ''Weird Tales'', Vol. 45, #6, 1954 Source

[letterful]

professional vibe diagnosis: madi @dearorpheus 🖤

KEY TERMS: gothic heroines, final girls, bluebeard narratives, death & the maiden, monster theory, dangerous appetites, antiquarianism, sawbones & their history, perfumery, poison bottles, cursed jewels, blood vials, soft & warm light, morbidness & coziness intertwined, with more than a dash of elegance & sophisticated taste 🖤

media recommendations under the cut!

(a sidenote: i did not include a lot of obvious choices, such as angela carter or helene cixous or anne carson or any gothic 101 authors, since i know for a fact you’re already familiar with them. to be perfectly honest, you’re one of the most well-read people i’ve ever met, so i wouldn’t be surprised if you were already familiar with most of these, but i did my best!)

Severance: Stories, Robert Olen Butler—talking heads! literally!

Fairy Tales for the Disillusioned: Enchanted Stories from the French Decadent Tradition,

The Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa (for some truly exquisite prose),

Imaginary Lives by Marcel Schwob (oh, Schwob is criminally underrated; also,  these tales remind me of early Borges)

Kieślowski films! La Double Vie de Véronique (1991), especially—this scene is... somewhat spoiler-y, but goodness. it is beautiful, in a grandiose way. also, can we talk about the lyrics of the featured piece? 

speaking of Polish movies: Cold War (2018) & Ida (2013) are also a must!

Arthur Machen’s short stories, and especially The Inmost Light,

M. R. James’ short stories, of course, but especially Count Magnus,

The Lottery and Other Stories by Shirley Jackson; the entire collection serves as one of my favourite retellings of the Daemon Lover ballad, although it’s not a very straightforward one—The Man in the Blue Suit (slash James Harris) is at most a peripheral figure, and his status as a supernatural entity is up in the air, since most of the stories are uncanny instead of explicitly supernatural (and yet, whenever he enters the stage, something shifts in the atmosphere & things go... very wrong, very quickly). I especially recommend The Tooth!

speaking of daemon lovers, here’s an academic analysis of this motif: Demon-Lovers and Their Victims in British Fiction (an extended excerpt is available on Google Books)

still speaking of daemon lovers: The Book of Tobit! and, specifically, the story of Asmodeus and Sarah of Media, who might or might have not inspired the line about the woman wailing for her demon-lover in Coleridge’s Kubla Khan. also! this... retelling of sorts: (x)

The Song of the Sun: Collected Writings by Leah Bodine Drake (her poems of fantasy are quite wonderful; here’s an example!),

speaking of fantasy-themed poems... these anthologies are very good indeed (& beautifully published!): Monster Verse / Dead & Undead / Killer Verse / Bewitched & Haunted,

Het Lied van Heer Halewijn (a proto-Bluebeard story, and the Dutch equivalent of Lady Isabel and the Elf Knight)

speaking of... these are some of my favourite transformative works dealing with this ballad: (x) (x) (x) (once again, it’s fanfiction, but it’s quality fanfiction, cross my heart & hope to die)

german-language musicals! goodness, they’re some full-throated, pulpy, gothic extravaganza. here’s my favourite scene from Tanz der Vampire, and here’s the english lyrics, and here’s the english-language demo (it is... not as good as the original, alas). i also recommend Elisabeth & Rebecca! speaking of pulpy musicals: can we talk about the riddle from the scarlet pimpernel? because it has no business being this catchy. 

alright, i’ve covered some lowbrow musicals, so let’s talk highbrow now: The Great Comet is based on a tiny excerpt from War & Peace, but good god. it /feels/ monumental in scope. this song is... yeah. yeah. it’s also sung-through (like Les Mis, or Evita), so you’re not missing out on anything, even if you only listen to the cast recording!

speaking of songs with great Madi energy... Take This Waltz by Leonard Cohen (based on a poem by Lorca!) definitely reminds me of you!

also. Memorial by Susanne Sundfør. it’s the drama! and Kate Bush, obviously, especially Hammer Horror (even more obviously) <3 and this rendition of Memory! 

i don’t know whether you own ps4, or even consider yourself someone keen on video games as a medium, but madi. madi. madi. bloodborne is practically tailor-made for you, and i’m not even exaggerating. dubious medicine! secret cults! victorian architecture! blood, blood everywhere! eldritch abominations beyond human comprehension! i’m going to fly you to poland just so you can play it. 

on a related note... netflix’s castlevania is. well, i genuinely cannot say whether it’s good, but it’s fun, and its aesthetic is basically gothic on steroids. very explicit, that is to say: sex and murder usually take place simultaneously.

some academic books of interest that were not already included in my previous masterpost:

The Ring of Truth: And Other Myths of Sex and Jewelry,

the Devil’s Advocates series,

The Work of the Dead: A Cultural History of Mortal Remains,

Dark Banquet: Blood and the Curious Lives of Blood-Feeding Creatures,

Rabid: A Cultural History of the World's Most Diabolical Virus,

Severed: A History of Heads Lost and Heads Found,

The Science of Monsters + Science of the Magical.

[bookmaven]

Weird Tales, January 1947 (Vol. 39, No. 9). Edited by D. McIlwraith. Cover art by A. R. Tilburne.

The Hog by William Hope Hodgson [long novelette; Carnacki]

The King of Shadows by Edmond Hamilton [novelette]

The House Beyond Midnight by Allison V. Harding [novelette]

Shadow of Melas by Roger S. Vreeland [novelette]

The Final Hour by Chester S. Geier

The Extra Passenger by Stephen Grendon [August Deleth]

Cellmate by Theodore Sturgeon

There Was an Old Woman by Charles King

The Handler by Ray Bradbury

The Seal-Woman's Daughter by Leah Bodine Drake [verse]

The Familiars - The Pigeon Flyers by H.P. Lovecraft

Illustrated by Lee Brown Coye, A.R. Tilburne, Boris Dolgov, Matt Fox, and others.

[weirdlookindog]

Joseph R. Eberle - Whisper Water

(Weird Tales - May 1953)

[weirdletter]

Spectral Realms, No. 13, edited by S.T. Joshi, Hippocampus Press, Summer 2020. Cover art and design by Daniel V. Sauer, info: hippocampuspress.com.

This thirteenth issue of Spectral Realms once again features many of the leading poets of our era—Richard L. Tierney, Ann K. Schwader, Adam Bolivar, Frank Coffman, Wade German, Leigh Blackmore, and K.A. Opperman. Several writers better known for their fiction—Darrell Schweitzer, Nicole Cushing, David Barker, Curtis M. Lawson, and Don Webb—contribute poetry of metrical precision and terrifying potency. Scott J. Couturier evokes the shade of William Hope Hodgson in “Amongst the Sargasso,” while Adele Gardner writes an acrostic dedicated to Poe in “Nevermore.” Among our prose poets, Maxwell I. Gold again stands out in his signature issue—the mingling of weirdness and technology. Manuel Pérez-Campos’s “After Verdun” evokes the horrors of war. Spectral Realms is now attracting an international cast of contributors. From Singapore, Christina Sng has long graced our pages, and here she is joined by Ngo Binh Anh Khoa from Vietnam, Andrey Pissantchev from Russia, and Tatiana Strange from Germany. The classic reprints feature poems by two colleagues of H.P. Lovecaft, R.H. Barlow and Arthur Goodenough. Donald Sidney-Fryer supplies an extensive review of David E. Schultz’s landmark edition of the work of Leah Bodine Drake.

Poems: King Pest – Richard L. Tierney The Protector – Ian Futter After Verdun: A Psychomantic Vision – Manuel Pérez-Campos Märchen (Fairy Tales) – Carl E. Reed Nevermore – Adele Gardner The Sleeper – Josh Maybrook City of Skulls – Maxwell I. Gold Among the Petroglyphs – Ann K. Schwader The Catacombs – Tatiana Strange Illusion of Light – Ronald Terry The Hidebehind: A Legend of the North Country – Frank Coffman Dream Snatchers – Ngo Binh Anh Khoa My Bantam Black Fay – Manuel Arenas Doubled Word – Rahul Gupta De Quincey Mutations: Our Ladies of Sorrow – Wade German Ithaca, Finally – Darrell Schweitzer All That I Have Lost – Christina Sng Astray – F. J. Bergmann Imperishable – David C. Kopaska-Merkel Wraith of the Versifier – David Barker The Tongueless Dead – Leigh Blackmore Sanctuary – Mary Krawczak Wilson O Iranon – Charles Lovecraft Sweet Discordia Lee – Oliver Smith The Harvester – K. A. Opperman The Song of Calamity Joe – Andrey Pissantchev Jenkin – Ross Balcom Amongst the Sargasso – Scott J. Couturier Notre Dame Is Burning! – Lori R. Lopez The Sweet Dreams of the Dead – David O’Melia The Witch-Gallows – Josh Maybrook Lord Death – Ashley Dioses Our Lady of the Acherontia – Allan Rozinski Legion – Benjamin Blake Where the New Gods Dwell – Maxwell I. Gold Imaginary Friend – Ngo Binh Anh Khoa Lines on Austin Osman Spare’s “Arbor Vitae” – Manuel Pérez-Campos In the Forest, Where Wild Things Live – Claire Smith Melinoë – Wade German Hell-Flower – Manuel Arenas Haunted – Ronald Terry He Who Waits – Frank Coffman Splenetic IV: After Baudelaire – Rahul Gupta The Graves – Steven Withrow A Conspiracy Penetrated – Carl E. Reed Frozen Voices – Leigh Blackmore Calling All Witches – Adele Gardner To the Wolves – Scott J. Couturier Red Land, Black Pharaoh – Ann K. Schwader Ouroboros – Frank Coffman The Draining Chair – Thomas Tyrrell Retrieval – F. J. Bergmann The Rider of the Pegasi – C. d. G. Nightingale Testament of Doom: A Paean to Clark Ashton Smith – Manuel Pérez-Campos The Passive Vampire – Wade German The Pores of Earth – Charles Lovecraft Moribond – Manuel Arenas The Variant – Maxwell I. Gold To Gaelle Lacroix, Lone Survivor of the Trufort Massacre – Steven Withrow Dr. Ripper, I Presume? – Carl E. Reed Red Tresses – Scott C. Couturier

Classic Reprints: Strife – R.H. Barlow It Will Be Thus – Arthur Goodenough

Reviews: The Sun Sings Loud and Clear – Donald Sidney-Fryer Terror and Poignancy – S. T. Joshi A Queen of Dark Poetry – Sunni K Brock

Notes on Contributors

[violettesiren]

I cannot give Clear pale honey From a neat hive In orchard sunny:

Rich and dark Is the comb I promise, Ripped from an oak And stung with malice.

O do not ask For a meadow-pool That lies at dusk Serene and cool:

Mine is the brine Of restless seas Distilled in wine To burn or freeze;

And I learned song From a falcon's throat, So do not long For the stock-dove's note.

Do not demand That I should wear A halo bland Upon my hair:

Pan kissed my brows When I was born, And each one wears A graceless horn!

If you could choose You'd have me be A garden enclosed, A symmetry

Of pleached green alleys And statued walks, With beds of lilies On smooth meek stalks:

But I'm a tangle Of nettle and briar Whose flowers spangle My boughs like fire;

And with the rose Which you would gather A sharp thorn grows; One from the other

May not be torn Or both you'll lose— So dare my thorn And wear my rose!

Gage to a Lover by Leah Bodine Drake

[banjosbourbonbarrelsandbluegrass]

Whole bunch of new collection guides!

Folks at the UK Libraries Special Collection Research Center have been BUSY. Below is a list of all the new and updated collection guides (a.k.a. finding aids in archives lingo) available on ExploreUK. Highlights include:

Victor and Carolyn Hammer papers, prominent printers who worked at UK’s King Library Press (a fine arts press still in operation)

Kentuckians for the Commonwealth records, a grassroots community     organization working for economic justice, education, and much more

Louisville Courier Journal Washington Bureau records, research     materials for news stories from the 1950s-2010s

Here’s the full list:

NEW FINDING AIDS

Hellmut Lehmann-Haupt papers (62m3); The Hellmut Lehmann-Haupt papers (dated 1909-1978; 8.8 cubic feet; 22 boxes) consist of manuscripts, books, pamphlets, photographs, negatives, books, and research material, which document his career as a bibliographer,     author, and teacher.

Lawrence Sidney Thompson Printing in Colonial Spanish America manuscript (63m259) The Lawrence Sidney Thompson Printing in Colonial Spanish America manuscript (dated 1962, undated; 0.35 cubic feet; 1 box) consists of the typescript, illustrations, and photographic negatives for the text written by Hensley C. Woodbridge and Lawrence S. Thompson.

George Blackburn Kinkead papers (64m101) The George Blackburn Kinkead papers (dated 1905-1940; 0.6 cubic feet; 2 boxes) contain addresses and scrapbooks belonging to George Blackburn Kinkead, a Lexington, Kentucky attorney.

Leonard R. Casper Robert Penn Warren: The Dark and Bloody Ground manuscript (64m140) The Leonard R. Casper Robert Penn Warren: The Dark and Bloody Ground manuscript (dated circa 1960; 0.3 cubic feet; 1 box) consists of two manuscript drafts and handwritten notes for Robert Penn Warren: The Dark and Bloody Ground, a critique of several major works by Robert Penn Warren.

Lancaster family papers (65m200) The Lancaster family papers (dated 1780-1916, undated; 1.35 cubic feet; 3 boxes) consists of letters and business papers, which document the Lancaster family of Georgetown, Kentucky.

Port Surgeon's Division, Hampton Roads Port of Embarkation photographs (65m24) The Port Surgeon's Division, Hampton Roads Port of Embarkation photographs (dated 1942-1946; 0.75 cubic feet; 3 boxes) consists of a historical report concerning the Hampton Roads Port of Embarkation during World War II and photographs used to illustrate the report.

James Lyle Cassidy railroad collection (68m53) The James Lyle Cassidy railroad collection (dated 1945-1966; 1.13 cubic feet; 3 boxes) contains pamphlets, short books, photographs, mementos, and magazines about trains and railways with a focus on the southern United States during the mid twentieth century.

Family Service of Lexington and Fayette County records (68m65) The Family Service of Lexington and Fayette County records (dated 1945-1961; 0.45 cubic feet; 1 box) include annual reports, board member correspondence, meeting agendas, and minutes relating to the work of the agency within the Fayette County, Kentucky community.

American Library Association Committee on Resources     of Southern Libraries records (68m89) The American Library Association Committee on Resources of Southern Libraries records (dated 1934-1938, undated; 0.23 cubic feet; 1 box) consists of a collection of surveys gathered for a report edited by Margaret I. King about sources available in Kentucky libraries in the 1930s.

Henry Clay papers (71m13) The Henry Clay papers (dated 1813-1852; 0.23 cubic feet; 1 box) consists of letters, financial notes, a print, campaign buttons, a ribbon, and a newspaper that all relate to Kentucky politician Henry Clay.

Victor and Carolyn Hammer papers (1997ms409) The Victor and Carolyn Hammer papers collection contains articles and book manuscripts by the prominent printer Victor Hammer, biographical manuscripts written about Victor Hammer after his death, Carolyn Hammer's papers collected for King Library while she was curator of rare books for the University of Kentucky, as well as, the financial and business records for Anvil Press.

Clifford Amyx papers (1999ua082) The Clifford Amyx papers (dated 1957-1997, undated; 6.37 cubic feet; 17 boxes, 3 flat boxes, 1 wrapped item) comprise correspondence, collected works, research materials, stamp collection, slides, and artworks that document the work of Amyx as a professor of art and art history in the University of Kentucky Art Department; his work to index and analyze the portraiture of Henry Clay and the imagery of Daniel Boone; and his work as an artist.

Zachary family papers (2007ms089) The Zachary family letters (dated 1934-1945; 1.13 cubic feet; 3 boxes) primarily consist of letters written during World War II from serviceman Alvin L. Zachary to his wife Nettie Rich Zachary of Liberty, Kentucky.

Calvin C. Morgan music collection (2009ms068) The Calvin C. Morgan music collection (dated circa 1900-1901; 0.26 cubic feet; 1 box) contains 14 items: 10 handwritten original music compositions by Calvin C. Morgan, two musical arrangements of Calvin C. Morgan original works by Robert Crawfor and Evan B. Spiers, and two pieces of text that appear to contain lyrical content by Calvin C. Morgan or seem related to other pieces in the collection.

Kentuckians for the Commonwealth records (2010ms005) The Kentuckians for the Commonwealth records (dated 1969-2014, undated; 30.71 cubic feet; 30 record storage cartons, 3 document storage boxes, 1 flat box) comprises operating records, newsletters, publications, videotapes, audio cassettes, scrapbooks, subject files, and posters that document the activities and operation of the grassroots community organization Kentuckians for the Commonwealth (KFTC).

Earl Wallace papers (2015ms084) Earl Wallace papers (dated 1895-2003, undated; 3.08 cubic feet; 19 boxes, 3 items, 1 tube) consists of correspondence, subject files, photographs, and audiovisual materials that document the life of Earl D. Wallace and the development and preservation of Shakertown at Pleasant Hill.

Jewish Federation of the Bluegrass records (2016ms010)  The Jewish Federation of the Bluegrass records (dated 1939-2015, bulk 1977-2011; 6.07 cubic feet and 13.7 gigabytes; 11 boxes, 2 items, and 14,228 digital files) contain administrative records, publications, bulletins, financial records, photographs, meeting minutes, committee records, ledger books, and digital files documenting the community events, activities, and operation of the Jewish Federation of the Bluegrass.

Elliott family papers (2016ms042) The Elliot family papers (dated 1894-1899; 0.68 cubic foot; 2 boxes) comprise the handwritten recipes, newspaper clippings, cookery, and cookbooks collected and used by the Elliott family of central Kentucky.

Governor Julian M. Carroll speeches (2016ms057) The Governor Julian M. Carroll speeches collection (dated 1974-1977, undated; 1.8 cubic feet; 4 boxes) consists of speeches and remarks made by Julian Carroll during his term as governor of Kentucky.

Harlin family letters (2016ms059) The Harlin family letters (dated 1863-1881; 0.01 cubic feet; 4 items) consists of four letters written by members of the Harlin family concerning the Civil War in Kentucky and Tennessee as well as experiences in California.

Abbott Lawrence papers (2016ms064) The Abbott Lawrence papers (dated 1844-1845; 0.1 cubic feet; 6 items) consist of 6 letters sent to Massachusetts industrialist and Whig Abbott Lawrence concerning the Henry Clay's financial problems following his failed presidential campaign in 1844.

Louisville Courier Journal Washington Bureau records (2016ms077) The Louisville Courier-Journal Washington Bureau records (dated 1952-2010, bulk 1990-2006; 19.35 cubic feet and 1.44 gigabytes; 19 boxes, 321 digital files) contain research materials for news stories about the Blue Grass Army Depot, 2006 Comair plane crash, Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant, and Kentucky legislators.

Tommy Sharp and Anne Louise McMurtry correspondence     (2017ms003) The Tommy Sharp and Anne Louise McMurtry correspondence (dated 1940-1946; 3.6 cubic feet; 8 boxes) comprises hundreds of almost daily World War II letters and enclosures written and sent by Anne Louise McMurtry and Tommy Sharp 

Lancaster family photographs (PA65M200) The Lancaster family photographs (dated circa 1880-1890; 1.5 cubic feet; 5 boxes) contains many cartes de visite, cabinet cards, various sized albumen and printing-out paper prints and one cased daguerreotype of children and adults from 1880 until 1890.

 UPDATED FINDING AIDS (many of which were collection level records that now have inventories)

Marie Hochstrasser papers  (2010ms002)   

Marita Garin papers (2012ms078)

Ellen Churchill Semple papers, 1900-1932  (46M139)

Laura Clay papers, 1906-1920 (bulk dates),1882-1941 (46m4)

Darbishire family papers, 1751-1948, 1883-1919 (bulk dates) (62m68)

Robert Stuart Sanders typescripts, 1963-1968 (63m350)

Edward Stewart Jones letters, 1918-1919  (66m13)

Cahill family papers, 1885-1935, 1894-1936 (bulk dates) (66m32)

Carl and Anne Braden Papers, 1954-1964  (66m38)

William Cassius Goodloe Civil War scrapbooks, 1860-1865 (66m39)    

James Frazier Kelly daybook, 1829-1879, 1829-1845 (bulk dates) (67m220)

Leah Bodine Drake papers, 1918-1964, 1934-1964 (bulk  dates) (68m100)    

James Mitchum Graves ledger, 1849-1877, 1873-1877 (bulk dates) (68m56)

Fayette County, Ky. precinct records, 1964-1965 (68m98)

Thomas Harris Barlow papers, 1845-1955, 1856, 1954-55 (bulk) (68m99)

Simeon Slavens Willis papers, 1915-1959, 1932-1943 (bulk dates) (69m9)

Rebecca Caudill papers, 1919-1984 (81m1)

Anna Dudley McGinn Lilly papers (1997ms234)

John D. Whisman Papers, 1936-1995 (1997MS282)

Eastern Kentucky Housing Development Corporation records (1997ms353)

W. Hugh Peal manuscript collection (1997ms474)

University of Kentucky Athletics player files (2007ua023)

Eugene Erwin and William Russell papers, 1834-1868 (2009ms011)

Robert Houlihan papers (2009ms167)

Georgia Davis Powers papers (2011ms024)

Robert F. Sexton papers (2013ms0834)

Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence records (2013ms0846)

Ronald D Eller papers (2013ua007)

Robert G. Wallis scrapbook (46m7)

Kentucky Academy of Science Records (49m38)

Caleb Powers Papers, 1900-1941, 1903-1908 (bulk dates) (51w15)

Joseph Bruce Mathews papers (62m98)

Brent Spence papers (63m300)

Jesse Kitchen Lewis papers (64m2)

Grant Cochran Knight papers (64m77)

Scott family papers (64m98)

Informal Club records (72m16)

John Craig Shelby papers (72m23)

Isabel Cook Bureau scrapbooks (74m2)

Kentucky Rivers Coalition records (89m2)

Goebel family papers (M-121)

Bruce Ferguson scrapbook (M-133)

Percy Haly scrapbook (M-137)

Rebecca Caudill papers [microfilm] (M-557)

Edwin Green Bedford papers (48m19)  

Grahamton Manufacturing Company records (53m18)  

Preston-Johnston family papers (60m150)      

Lyle family papers (62m49)

Cleanth Brooks papers (62m67)  

Marks Coal Company records (63m352)      

Carlos B. Embry papers (65m143)                

Smither family papers (65m148)  

Mary Kay Venable Weathers scrapbooks (46m34)  

Clara Warland White scrapbooks and  autograph books (46m5)                 

Mary Burch Breckinridge letters (59m64)

Todd family papers (62m40)

[kebee-s]

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I am out on the wind In the wild, black night; On the wings of the owl I take my flight, On the ghostly wings of the great white owl; And whether the night be fair or foul, Or the moon be up or the thunder growl, Happy I be, Happy I be When the changeling blood runs green in me! When meek folk sleep In their dull, soft beds, I creep over roots That the weasel treads, Where the squat green lamps of the toadstools glow--- And only the fox knows the ways I go, And nobody knows the things I know.... Wise I be, Wise I be When the changeling blood runs green in me! O Mother, slumber And do not wake!... Thin voices called From the rain-wet brake, And the child you cradled against your breast Is out in the night on the black wind's crest, For only the wild can give me rest.... Sad I be, Sad I be When the changeling blood runs green in me.

Leah Bodine Drake, “Changeling”

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Leah Bodine Drake - Revenant. Art by Joseph R. Eberle.

(Weird Tales - March 1951)