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Doom of the House of Duryea
Earl Peirce
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"Then you've been following my work?"
"Yes, Arthur; I've received monthly reports ever since you left me. From my study in Paris I've been really close to you, working out your problems as if they were my own. And now that the twenty years are completed, the ban which kept us apart is lifted for ever. From now on, son, we shall be the closest of companions—unless your Aunt Cecilia has succeeded in her terrible mission."
The mention of that name caused an unfamiliar chill to come between the two men. It stood for something, in each of them, which gnawed their minds like a malignancy. But to the younger Duryea, in his intense effort to forget the awful past, her name as well as her madness must be forgotten.
He had no wish to carry on this subject of conversation, for it betrayed an internal weakness which he hated. With forced determination, and a ludicrous lift of his eyebrows, he said,
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Perhaps some people found it predictable, but I thought this story was eerie with a good twist on an otherwise overdone genre - which made it thoroughly enjoyable. Made me want to read some of Pierce's other works.
Excellent mid-thirties serial fiction with a fairly unique take on vampirism and father-son relations from pulp rag, Weird Tales.
Easily one of the best old horror stories I’ve read/listened to in ages.
And a much more interesting take on vampires compared to anything I’ve read recently.
Brilliant vampire story with some great twists. Can Arthur survive the curse that lies upon his family? What about his father and their common trip to Maine? Cecilia is dead and Arthur is a grown man. But there are shocking details in the old book Arthur finds in the Gladstone bag of his father. A v
A tale of vampirism that is a cut above the average do to its interesting take on it. It treats it as a disgusting and repulsive disease rather than something romantic, beautiful or something to long for. I’ve never seen vampirism depicted in such a harshly ostracized way.
I just love the dread this classic short story conjures! My favorite horror stories are those that have nothing to do with blood and guts (although this one definitely has blood in it!), but instead, rely on language and imagery and pacing to get your hair standing up on the back of your neck. So at
I had never heard of this story before it popped up in the Weird Fiction megapack, and my god what a unsuspected treat! A dark and disturbing tale of vampirism as father and son reunite after many years apart. The horrifying rumors about his father and his bloodline can be finally be laid to rest...more
Why this truly magnificent story by Earl Peirce from 1936 is not more well known, is incomprehensible. Though it appeared in the pulp magazine, Weird Tales, you can throw your preconceptions — and prejudices — in regard to pulp out the window. This is one of the finest short stories dealing with vam