It is London, 1885 — an alternate history, where the computer age has come 150 years early. In this world of airships,... more
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We begin this special series of readings from great Victorian and Edwardian authors with two very early stories by poet,... more
The Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale “The Snowman” tells the melancholy story of a snowman’s ill-suited romance with a kitchen... more
William Dean Howell’s 1892 story about a little girl who wished it could be Christmas every day has an interesting... more
Professor Challenger meets an inventor whose creation may prove so catastrophic as to imperil the entire British Empire, in this... more
A witty parable about the problem of assuming too much about one’s spouse, “When the Door Opened” was written by... more
In this special seasonal BRASS Stacks, our Lord Brass (Charles Leggett) reads M.R. James' wonderfully spooky tale of a academic's... more
In the conclusion to our Missives mini-series, the Angel of Blood writes a final letter to Lady Brass–but will it... more
A correspondence between Lady and Lord Brass reveals yet another mystery, and another clue in solving the greater question: who... more
Lady Brass delves into a correspondence kept in a locked drawer of her House of Memory–letters from the woman who... more
The (other) Great Detective shares her thoughts on what clues are and how to know when you’ve encountered one–and encounters... more
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