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David Hartley

    David Hartley was an English philosopher whose work delved deeply into the nature of the human mind and its operations. He focused his inquiries on exploring how external stimuli influence internal states, shaping human behavior and thought. His writings represent an early attempt to connect empiricism with a profound understanding of psychology and the philosophy of mind. His legacy lies in his pursuit of a scientific approach to comprehending the human psyche.

    Two Letters From D. Hartley, Esq., M.P. Addressed to the Committee of the County of York
    Hartley's Theory Of The Human Mind: On The Principle Of The Association Of Ideas
    The Prince of Lilies
    Incorcisms
    Fauna
    The Ghastling
    • The Ghastling

      Book Sixteen

      • 78 pages
      • 3 hours of reading

      This illustrated collection features nine chilling tales that delve into themes of grief, identity, and supernatural occurrences. Stories include a haunted doll that disturbs a young girl's life, a mother's sorrow observed by a nosy neighbor, and a chilling incantation that leads to unexpected horrors. Other narratives explore family trauma in a former sanatorium, unsettling encounters with mermaids, and the eerie consequences of a fancy dress party. Each story weaves elements of folk horror and the uncanny, creating a captivating and eerie reading experience.

      The Ghastling
    • In Hartley's dystopian short stories, animals and humanity go head-to-head. Only one party displays humanity... and it is not the humans. This is a darkly humorous collection of rich language, blurring the lines between nature, nurture and cruelty.

      Fauna
    • “You have to understand,” says the woman, “an incorcism is nothing like its counterpart. No bells and whistles, no drama. All it takes is willingness, which you already have in spades.”Strange stories about strange things for strange people. Tales of possession and obsession. Of destruction and restoration. Of the demons we hold inside us, and those we leave behind in others. An odd apocalypse freezes a supermarket on Mothers Day, a vanished village holds an ancient curse, an abandoned ice cream van tears a street apart. Rival rainbow setters, the woman who sowed a crop of elephants in her garden, and what happens if you keep on turning the clocks back. Perhaps you had a demon then lost it. Do you miss it?Our time here is brief and so are these curious fables. But the smallest of splinters are the hardest to dig out. Come and be snagged. Come, be unsettled. To be strange is to be human.

      Incorcisms