Vernon Lee

Nov 22, 2023 | lrb.co.uk | Vernon Lee |Dinah Birch

‘Aren’t you tired​ of them? One hears nothing else nowadays.’ The peevish Mrs Snowdon, a character in Mary Louisa Molesworth’s ‘The Story of the Rippling Train’ (1887), is grumbling about the popularity of ghost stories. Nevertheless, she is gripped by the one that follows. Accounts of the supernatural proliferated in the 19th century, as the certainties of orthodox religion were undermined and the hard realities of industry and commerce became increasingly oppressive.

Oct 20, 2023 | powells.com | Vernon Lee |Catie Disabato |V. Castro |trang tran

by V. CastroThe Haunting of Alejandra is an affecting, moving, horrifying tribute to what it takes to live as a woman today, while carrying and grappling with demons from past generations. Alejandra is a wife and a mother who feels unmoored and lost. Her mind is doing what it can to undermine and belittle her — little does she know that these cruel, inner whisperings all come from La Llorona.