Ann Patchett, on writing:

I craft everything in the beginning.

I know where the characters are going before I start writing the book.

- Ann Patchett. 

Recommended reading – Mini Farming: Self-Sufficiency on 1/4 Acre (2010)

 

Mini Farming: Self-Sufficiency on 1/4 Acre

by Brett L. Markham.

 

ISBN-10: 1602399840
ISBN-13: 978-1602399846
 
Description:
 

Here is a holistic approach to small-area farming that will show you how to produce 85 percent of an average family’s food on just one quarter acre – and earn $10,000 in cash annually. This is not back-to-the-land utopianism, but a tested and pragmatic method that can be applied in small lots in rural, suburban, and even urban areas. Even if you have never been a farmer or a gardener, Brett Markham’s advice will teach you what you need to know:

• Saving, buying, starting, and selecting seeds.
• Maintaining and improving soil.
• Preventing and eradicating pests and diseases.
• Compost, crop rotation, and timing.
• Using organic methods.
• Garden planning to meet dietary requirements.
• Raising poultry.
• Raising and pruning fruits and nuts.
• Canning, freezing, and dehydrating.
• Selling your excess and produce for top dollar.
• And more!

More than just a how-to guide for self-sufficiency, Mini Farming teaches you the underlying principles of mini farming so you will have the knowledge to make you own unique applications. Materials, tools, and techniques are detailed with over a hundred photographs, tables, diagrams, and illustrations.

Born on this day – Guy de Maupassant:

 

Guy de Maupassant

Writer

August 5, 1850 – July 6, 1893

Credits:

Books:

100 Creepy Little Creature Stories (1994); 100 Twisted Little Tales of Torment (1998); 101 Mystery Stories (1986); 21 Great Stories (1969); 40 Short Stories (2004); 65 Great Tales Of Horror (1981); A Bottomless Grave (2001); A Century of Horror (1971); A Comedy of Marriage and Other Tales (2004); A Day in the Country (1990); A Family (1914); A Life (1883); A Little Night Reading (1974); A Parisian Affair (2004); A Second Century of Creepy Stories (1930); A Widow (date?); A Woman's Life (1883); Alien Hearts (1889); Among the Headstones (2021); And the Darkness Falls (1946); Angels of Darkness (1995); Bel-Ami (1885); Beyond the Curtain of Dark (1966); Blood and Roses (1995); Boule de Suif (1880); Boule de Suif / Mademoiselle Fifi (1996); Chamber of Horrors (1984); Classic Horror Stories (2024); Classic Tales of Horror (1976); Countess Satan and Other Tales (2004); Death Walks Tonight (1996); Demons of the Night (1973); Devilish Doings (1985); European Tales of Terror (1969); Everyman's Book of Classic Horror Stories (1965); Famous Modern Ghost Stories (1921); Fantastic Tales (1993); Fifty Great Short Stories (1952); Further Selection of the Chroniques of Guy De Maupassant (2003); Ghost Stories (1988); Ghostly by Gaslight (1971); Great Ghost Stories (1984); Great Short Stories of the World (1986); Guy de Maupassant's Selected Works (2016); H. P. Lovecraft's Book of the Supernatural (2010); H. P. Lovecraft's Favourite Horror Stories, Volume 2 (2025); H.P. Lovecraft's Book of Horror (1993); Headstones (2022); Horror Stories (1988); Isaac Asimov Presents the Best Science Fiction of the 19th Century (1981); Love Stories (1997); Madame Hermet (1910); Mademoiselle Fifi (2004); Mademoiselle Fifi and Others (2002); Mademoiselle Perle and Other Stories (2020); Masterpieces of Terror and the Supernatural (1985); Masterpieces of Terror and the Unknown (1992); Men at War (1942); Miss Harriet (1951); Monsieur Parent (1911); Moon Stricken (2017); Moonlight (2023); Necklace / Pearls (2008); News from the Moon (2007); Normandy Stories (1995); Original Maupassant Short Stories (2004); Pierre et Jean (1888); Points of View (1966); Quintet (1956); Realms of Darkness (1985); Rose (1884); Selected Short Stories (1970); Selected Short Stories from the 19th Century (2000); Selected Stories (2021); Selected Writings (2002); Short Stories of the Tragedy and Comedy of Life (2000); Simon's Papa (1879); Sixty-Five Great Tales of the Supernatural (1979); Some Things Strange and Sinister (1973); Stories Strange and Sinister (1965); Strong as Death (1889); Tales of Supernatural Terror (1972); Tales to Freeze the Blood (2006); Terror! (1966); The 13th Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories (1980); The 19th Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories (1983); The 5th Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories (1970); The Artist (1903); The Best Horror and Supernatural of the 19th Century (1983); The Best Short Stories (1997); The Best Short Stories of Guy de Maupassant (1986); The Big Book of Victorian Mysteries (2021); The Book of Fantasy (1988); The Cocotte (1971); The Complete Short Stories of Guy de Maupassant (1955); The Complete Works (1917); The Dark Side (2007); The Dark Side of Guy de Maupassant (1947); The Devil (1992); The Devil's Children (1974); The Diary of a Madman (1976); The Edge of the Chair (1968); The Father (date?); The Hand (1992); The Horla (1911); The Hounds of Hell (1974); The Mammoth Book of Thrillers, Ghosts and Mysteries (1936); The Mountain Inn (1957); The Mystery Book (1934); The Necklace (1884); The Necklace and Other Short Stories (1992); The Necklace and Other Stories (2015); The Necklace and Other Tales (2003); The Odalisque Of Senichou (1903); The Odd Number (1922); The Old Maid and Other Stories (2006); The Penguin Book of French Short Stories 1 (2022); The Penguin Book of Ghost Stories (1984); The Penguin Book of Horror Stories (1984); The Puffin Book of Horror Stories (1994); The Sophisticated Cat (1992); The String (1993); The Vampire Archives (2009); The Viaticum and Other Stories (2006); The Window (1917); The Wolf (1889); The Works (1903); Thrillers (1994); Toine (1885); Two Friends (1883); Une Vie, A Piece of String and Other Stories (2003); Useless Beauty (1890); Vampires, Wine and Roses (1997); Victorian Nightmares (1977); Victorian Tales of Terror (1974); Werewolf! (1979); Where Nightmares Are (1966); Who Knows? (1890); Wolf's Complete Book of Terror (1979); Yvette (1893); Zombies (2012); Zombies! Zombies! Zombies! (2011).

Movies and television:

52 (2013); A Coward (1909); A Day in the Country (1946); A Flirtatious Woman (1955); A Woman Without Love (1952); A Woman's Life (2016); Aconteceu no Bosque (1963); Act of Separation (1970); Albert Herring (1963 / 1978 / 1985 / 2009 / 2015 / 2021 / 2024); Alien Hearts (2025); Alienation (2017); Alta comedia (1971); Alte Möbel (1958); Alucinada Pelo Desejo (1979); Amélie Léfèvre (1965); Angel and Sinner (1945); Armchair Theatre (1957); At the Eleventh Hour (1912); Baap Beti (1954); Bara en danserska (1926); Bastina (1969); BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1954); Becicka (1971); Bedtime Stories: Tales of Love and Hate (2024); Begierde (1951); Bel ami (1919 / 1939 / 1947 / 1955 / 1968 / 1971 / 1976 / 1979 / 1983 / 2005 / 2012); Bel-Ami Der Frauenheld von Paris (1955); Berthe (1976); Binarius (1991); Black Sabbath (1963); Boccaccio '70 (1962); Boston Blackie (1952); Boule de suif (1934 / 1964 / 2012); Ce cochon de Morin (1924 / 1932); Chafalonías (1960); Chez Maupassant (2007–2011); Cineficción Radio (2019–2024); Collections privées (1979); Condecorado (2006); Conrad Nagel Theater (1955); Das Fäßchen (1963); Das standhafte Fräulein (1959); Dedicstvo (1982); Dedictví slecny Innocencie (2003); Den underbara lögnen (1955); Der kleine Soldat (1971); Der Morin - Das Schwein (1963); Destník (1967); Deux amis (1946); Diabel (1988 / 2005); Diário de um Território Ocupado (1993); Diary of a Madman (1963); Die Brüder (1958); Die Erbschaft (1972 / 1981); Die gute Partie (1963); Die Heiratsannonce (1985); Die Kommode (1969); Die Nichten der Frau Oberst (1968); Die Nichten der Frau Oberst. 2. Teil - Mein Bett ist meine Burg (1969); Die Reisegesellschaft (1968); Dnes vecer hrám ja (1994–1995); Doch isterzannoy Pol'shi (1915); Dve z Paríze (1988); Ein Pariser Abenteuer (1982); El Horla (1969); El jardín de Venus (1983); El quinto jinete (1975); El vestido de novia (1959); El vicio y la virtud (1975); El vividor (1977); Estudio 1 (1972); Father (2018); Found on a Drowned Man (2024); Games of Desire (1991); Ganz in Familie (1987); General Electric Theater (1961); Gente onesta (1912); Golden Braid (1990); Gömböc (1961); Grande Teatro Tupi (1963); Guy De Maupassant's The Signal (2018); Hantises (1997); Have Gun - Will Travel (1959); He (1932); HE! (1988); Her Hour of Triumph (1912); His Great Duty (1910); Histoire d'une fille de ferme (1973); Histoire vraie (1973); Hodiny od Fourniera (1995); Hora once (1970–1971); Hotel du Commerce (1963); Hôtel du commerce (1969); I nostri mariti (1966); Idilio (1977); Idylle (1983); Il falso bugiardo (2008); In the Spring (1971); Indiscretion (2024); Inner Sanctum (1954); Invitation au voyage (2020); ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1970); ITV Television Playhouse (1961); Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre (1957); Katha Sagar (1986); Kimberly (1999); Kisobran, osveta i uzica (1962); La chevelure (1961); La Chevelure (2018); La criada de la granja (1953); La fuga (1944); La lune trouble (1995); La main (1920 / 1997); La maison Tellier (1981 / 2008); La Morte (2002); La mujer de a seis litros (1967); La mujer del puerto (1949); La Noche (2022); La Parure (2019); La soirée (1963); La terreur des dames (1956); La veuve Saverini (2020); L'ami Maupassant (1986); L'armoire (1979); Las grandes novelas (1971); Las sepulcrales (1970); L'auberge (1922); Le Horla (1993 / 2009 / 2010 / 2023); Le jour de noces (1977); Le père (1964); Le père Amable (1975); Le petit fût (1961); Le Plaisir (1952); Le port (1974); Les dimanches d'un bourgeois de Paris (2015); Les tombales (2002); Letter of a Madman (2012); L'expiation (1918); L'héritage (1965); Lilli Palmer Theatre (1955); Limbo: A Small Measure of Peace (2016); L'ordonnance (1921); Los especiales de Doria (1998); Los exclusivos del Nueve (1982); L'uomo che piaceva alle donne - Bel Ami (2001); Madame and Her Niece (1969); Madame Baptiste (1974); Madame Husson und ihr Tugendjüngling (1987); Mademoiselle Fifi (1944 / 1986); Mademoiselle Fifi ou Histoire de rire (1990); Malyutka Elli (1918); Marie B (2022); Martí, pare i fill (1985); Masculine Feminine (1966); Masterworks of Terror (1960); Matinee Theatre (1956); Maupassant (1963); Maupassant, portraits brisés (2021); Milácek (1972 / 2002); Mont-Oriol (1958 / 1980); Morning Vigil (2025); Mouche (1968); Musotte (1920); Na vodi (2018); Nadmerné malickosti: Cas grundlí (2004); Naiskohtaloita (1947); Nostra madre (1983); Novela (1963); Ojos cerrados (2018); Omnibus (1953); On sort ce soir (1982); One Life (1958); Onna no isshô (1928 / 1953 / 1967); Opfer der Liebe (1923); Oslava (1974); Oyuki the Virgin (1935); Palabras cruzadas (1975); Pastoral (2000); Pedakam/The Box (2000); Pegawai tinggi (1954); Père inconnu (2000); Pere Milon (1909); Perhe-elämää (1963); Perintö (1978); Persiki i perchiki. Kurtuaznye istorii (2003); Peter and John (2015); Petr a Jan (1987); Pierre & Jeanne (2021 / 1924 / 1943 / 1973 / 2004); Podivuhodný vecer se slecnami (1988); Pomsta (1971); Première neige (1976); Prípad paní Luneauové (1967); Prodej (1967); Prostredky lásky (1968); Proud Iza (2008); Racconti neri (2006); Räkna de lyckliga stunderna blott (1944); Rasvapallo (1962); Relatos Clásicos de Misterio y Terror (2022); Romanze in Moll (1943); Rosalie (1966); Ruanskaya deva po prozvishchu Pyshka (1989); Scary Stories Around the Fire (2022); Secrets of a French Maid (1980); Sesham (2023); Sljukine price (1978); Softly from Paris (1986–1990); Stimulantia (1967); Suspense (1960); Svi brane gospodjicu Mireille (1959); Sweet Games of Last Summer (1970); Ta de yi sheng (1958); Television Theater (1957–2000); The Beginning Was Sin (1954); The Bird of Prey (1918); The Chain (1996); The Devil (2005); The Diamond Necklace (1921); The Edge (1998); The Errol Flynn Theatre (1956); The Flower and the Violence (1962); The Flower Girl (1951); The Hand (2024); The Horla (1966); The Idyll (2016); The Inheritance (1964); The Inn (2012); The Journey (1959); The Knife Thrower (1951); The Letter (2014); The Necklace (1909 / 1957 / 1981); The Orderly (1933); The Private Affairs of Bel Ami (1947); The Prize (1950); The Secrets of Love: Three Rakish Tales (1986); The Son's Return (1909); The Spice of Wickedness (1983); The Unforeseen (1959); The White Orchid (1951); The Woman Disputed (1928); The Woman of the Port (1934); The World Our Stage (1958); Three Ripening Cherries (1979); Toine (1980); Treize contes de Maupassant (1963–1964); Trois femmes (1952); Trois mots en passant (2015); TV de Vanguarda (1954); U srcu moje plavuse (1984); Uit de wereld van Guy de Maupassant (1976–1978); Umorismo in nero (1965); Un après midi au parc (1998); Un commerce tranquille (1964); Une vie (2005 / 2024); Violent Blood Bath (1974); Volver (1992); Was it a Dream? (2020); Woman of the Port (1991); Yeojaui ilsaeng (1968); Yichuan zhenzhu (1926); Your Favorite Story (1953–1954); Your Show Time (1949); Ystävykset (1969); Yvetta (1967 / 1917 / 1928 / 1938 / 1971); Zbabelec (1990).

Born on this day – Marie Belloc Lowndes:

Marie Belloc Lowndes

Writer

August 5, 1868 – November 14, 1947

Credits:

Books:

A Passing World (1948); And Call It Accident (1936); Another Man's Wife (1934); Before the Storm (1941); Bread of Deceit / aka Afterwards (1925); Cressida: No Mystery (1928); Diaries and Letters, 1911-47 (1971); Duchess Laura: Certain days of her life / aka The Duchess Intervenes (1929); Duchess Laura: Further Days of Her Life (1933); Edmond and Jules De Goncourt (1925); Fifty Famous Detectives of Fiction (1938); From Out the Vasty Deep (1920); Good Old Anna (1915); H.R.H., the Prince of Wales (1898); His Most Gracious Majesty, King Edward VII (1901); I, Too, Have Lived in Arcadia (1941); Jenny Newstead (1932); Letty Lynton / aka Dishonoured Lady (1931); Lizzie Borden (1939); Love and Hatred (1917); Love is a Flame (1932); Love's Revenge (1909); Mary Pechell (1912); Motive / aka Why it Happened (1938); Novels of Mystery (1933); One of Those Ways (1929); Out of the War? / aka The Gentleman Anonymous (1918); Reckless Angel (1939); Some Men and Women (1925); Studies in Love and Terror (1913); Studies in Wives (1910); The Art of Photography (1897); The Black Cap (1927); The Chianti Flask (1925); The Chink in the Armour / aka The House of Peril (1912); The Christine Diamond (1940); The Empress Eugenie (1938); The End of Her Honeymoon (1913); The Ghost Book (1926); The Heart of Penelope (1904); The Injured Lover / aka The Second Key (1936); The Key (1930); The Labours of Hercules (1943); The Lodger (1913); The Lonely House (1920); The Marriage Broker / aka Fortune of Bridget Malone (1937); The Merry Wives of Westminster (1946); The Net Is Cast (1933); The Penguin Book of Classic Fantasy by Women (1977); The Philosophy of the Marquise (1899); The Price of Admiralty (1915); The Pulse of Life (1909); The Reason Why (1932); The Red Cross Barge (1916); The Story of Ivy (1927); The Terriford Mystery (1924); The Uttermost Farthing (1908); The young Hilaire Belloc (1956); Thou Shalt Not Kill (1927); Told in Gallant Deeds (1917); Vanderlyn's Adventure / aka The House by the Sea (1932); What of the Night? (1943); What Really Happened (1926); What Timmy did (1921); When No Man Pursueth (1910); Where Love and Friendship Dwelt (1943); Who Rides On a Tiger (1935); Why Be Lonely? (1931); Why They Married (1923); With All John's Love (1930).

Movies and television:

Armchair Mystery Theatre (1965); Der Mieter (1967); Ivy (1947); Letty Lynton (1932); Lux Video Theatre (1956); Man in the Attic (1953); Shameful Behavior? (1926); Studio One (1953); Suspense (1952); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1963); The House of Peril (1922); The Lodger (1944 / 2009); The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1927); The Phantom Fiend (1932).

Born on this day – Ellinor Vanderveer:

Ellinor Vanderveer

Actress

August 5, 1887 – May 27, 1976

Credits:

A Bedtime Story (1933); A Damsel in Distress (1937); A Family Affair (1937); A Night at the Opera (1935); A Notorious Affair (1930); A Pair of Tights (1929); A Song for Miss Julie (1945); A Song to Remember (1945); A Successful Calamity (1932); All the King's Men (1949); All This, and Heaven Too (1940); Aloha (1931); An Innocent Affair (1948); Annie Get Your Gun (1950); Apples to You! (1934); Arsène Lupin (1932); Artist's Muddles (1933); B.F.'s Daughter (1948); Baggage Buster (1941); Balalaika (1939); Bare Knees (1928); Behold My Wife! (1934); Belle Le Grand (1951); Belle of the Nineties (1934); Bolero (1934); Born to Be Bad (1950); Broadminded (1931); Bromo and Juliet (1926); Call Her Savage (1932); Caravan (1934); Casablanca (1942); Christmas Holiday (1944); Confession (1937); Crossroads (1942); Dad's Choice (1928); Deception (1946); Devil's Lottery (1932); Diplomacy (1926); Don Q Son of Zorro (1925); Down Argentine Way (1940); Downstairs (1932); Employees' Entrance (1933); Escape (1940); Escape Me Never (1947); Expensive Kisses (1930); Extravagance (1930); Fast Life (1932); Find the King (1927); Finishing School (1934); First Love (1939); Flesh and the Devil (1926); Flying with Music (1942); Four Star Playhouse (1952); Frankenstein (1931); From Soup to Nuts (1928); Gallant Journey (1946); Gentleman Joe Palooka (1946); Gigolettes of Paris (1933); Girl Shock (1930); Girls' Dormitory (1936); Going Bye-Bye! (1934); Going Wild (1930); Golden Harvest (1933); He Who Gets Slapped (1924); Hellzapoppin' (1941); Her Sister from Paris (1925); Hey Moe, Hey Dad! (2015); High Hats and Low Brows (1932); High Pressure (1932); His Silent Racket (1933); Holiday (1930); Hotel Continental (1932); Huye, faldas (1930); I Was an Adventuress (1940); I'll Take Vanilla (1934); Into Her Kingdom (1926); Is Everybody Happy? (1928); Jazz Heaven (1929); Journal of a Crime (1934); Judge Hardy's Children (1938); Kiki (1926); Kiss Me Again (1931); Lady of the Night (1925); Lady Windermere's Fan (1925); Larceny, Inc (1942); Let 'em Have It (1935); Lili (1953); Loco Boy Makes Good (1942); Looking for Sally (1925); Lost in a Harem (1944); Love Comes Along (1930); Love Me Tonight (1932); Luncheon at Twelve (1933); Madame Bovary (1949); Madame Q (1929); Maisie Gets Her Man (1942); Man of Iron (1935); Manhattan Monkey Business (1935); Married Flirts (1924); Maude Muller (1928); Men of Chance (1931); Mister Cinderella (1936); Mixed Nuts (1934); Monte Cristo / Bardelys the Magnificent (1926); Moonlight Murder (1936); Movie Crazy (1932); Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936); Mr. Lucky (1943); My Love Came Back (1940); Never the Twain Shall Meet (1931); Ninotchka (1939); No Census, No Feeling (1940); No Publicity (1927); No Time for Comedy (1940); Now We'll Tell One (1932); Okay Toots! (1935); Pack Up Your Troubles (1932); Party Girl (1930); Passion Flower (1930); Paths to Paradise (1925); Pest Control (1950); Platinum Blonde (1931); Pleasure (1931); Politiquerías (1931); Pop Goes the Easel (1935); Private Detective 62 (1933); Raffles (1939); Rascal Dazzle (1981); Rasputin and the Empress (1932); Remarks on Marx (2004); Remote Control (1930); Reunion in Vienna (1933); Rope of Sand (1949); Rumba (1935); Sally in Our Alley (1927); Sally of the Subway (1932); Scarface (1932); Scarlet Dawn (1932); Search for Beauty (1934); Secrets of the French Police (1932); Seeing the World / The Ol' Gray Hoss (1928); Seven Footprints to Satan (1929); Seven Sinners (1940); She Done Him Wrong (1933); Shoot the Works (1934); Sinners in the Sun (1932); Skinner's Dress Suit (1926); Skip the Maloo! (1931); Skylark (1941); Slightly Static (1935); So You Want to Throw a Party (1950); Son of India (1931); Soup and Fish (1934); South Sea Sinner (1950); Spring Fever (1927); Stella Dallas (1925); Stepping Sisters (1932); Street Girl (1929); Street of Women (1932); Sunny (1930); Svengali (1931); Synthetic Sin (1929); Tales of Manhattan (1942); Taxi Barons (1933); The Band Wagon (1953); The Battle of the Century (1927); The Beast with Five Fingers (1946); The Bishop's Wife (1947); The Caddy (1953); The Common Law (1931); The Cowboy Quarterback (1939); The Devil with Hitler (1942); The Dolly Sisters (1945); The Duchess of Buffalo (1926); The Eagle and the Hawk (1933); The Eddie Cantor Story (1953); The Exile (1947); The Feminine Touch (1941); The Girl Downstairs (1938); The Girl in the Pullman (1927); The Girl Said No (1930); The Golden Blade (1953); The Great Garrick (1937); The Great Waltz (1938); The Great Ziegfeld (1936); The Greeks Had a Word for Them (1932); The Hoose-Gow (1929); The Impatient Maiden (1932); The Irish in Us (1935); The Iron Mask (1929); The Jolson Story (1946); The Kid from Brooklyn (1946); The King's Vacation (1933); The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (1937); The Laurel and Hardy Show (1986); The Little Rascals (1955); The Lost Moment (1947); The Love Charm (1928); The Man on the Rock (1938); The Merry Widow (1925); The Mississippi Gambler (1953); The Mystery Train (1931); The Office Wife (1930); The Old Maid (1939); The Other Woman's Story (1925); The Phantom of Paris (1931); The Phantom of the Opera (1925); The Philadelphia Story (1940); The Princess Comes Across (1936); The Rage of Paris (1938); The Red Kimono (1926); The Rich Are Always with Us (1932); The Robe (1953); The Second 100 Years (1927); The Sky Hawk (1929); The Smart Set (1928); The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939); The Strange Door (1951); The Toast of New Orleans (1950); The Unholy Night (1929); The Way of All Pants (1927); The Woman Between (1931); Three Little Pigskins / Slippery Silks (1936); 'Til We Meet Again (1940); Times Square Lady (1935); Topper Takes a Trip (1938); Two Against the World (1932); Two Sisters from Boston (1946); Vagabond Lady (1935); Washee Ironee (1934); Watch on the Rhine (1943); Way Out West (1930); What a Bozo! (1931); When Comedy Was King (1960); When G-Men Step In (1938); Whom the Gods Destroy (1934); Wuthering Heights (1939); Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942); Yolanda and the Thief (1945); You Never Know Women (1926); You Were Never Lovelier (1942).

Born on this day – Conrad Aiken:

Conrad Aiken

Writer

August 5, 1889 – August 17, 1973

Credits:

Books:

A Heart for the Gods of Mexico (1939); A Reviewer's ABC (1958); American Fantastic Tales (2009); Among the Lost People (1934); Black Water 2 (1990); Blue Voyage (1927); Bring! Bring! (1935); Cats and Bats and Things with Wings / poems (1965); Charnel Rose, Senlin / poems (1982); Collected Criticism (1968); Collected Poems / poems (1953); Collected Short Stories of Conrad Aiken (1982); Costumes by Eros (1928); Earth Triumphant / poems (1914); Gehenna (1930); Great Circle (1933); Jig of Forslin (1916); John Deth, A Metaphysical Legend / poems (1930); King Coffin (1935); Mind at Bay (1969); Morning Song of Lord Zero / poems (1963); Perchance to Dream (1973); Preludes (1966); Reading I've Liked (1946); Scepticisms (1919); Selected Poems / poems (1930); Silent Snow, Secret Snow (1934); Skylight One / poems (1949); Spectral Realms No. 15 (2021); The Clerk's Journal / poems (1971); The Collected Novels of Conrad Aiken (1964); The Collected Stories of Conrad Aiken (1960); The Conversation (1940); The Masque of the Red Death (1964); The Selected Letters of Conrad Aiken (1978); The Short Stories of Conrad Aiken (1960); Thee (1967); Tom, Sue and the Clock (1966); Ushant (1952); Vampires, Wine and Roses (1997); White Fire (1991); Who's Zoo (1977).

Movies and television:

Great Ghost Tales (1961); ITV Play of the Week (1959); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1951); Mr. Arcularis (1967); Night Gallery / Segment: Silent Snow, Secret Snow (1971); Shoestring Theatre (1962); Silent Snow, Secret Snow (1964); Startime (1960); Studio One (1953–1956).

Born on this day – Valentine Tessier:

Valentine Tessier

Actress

August 5, 1892 – August 11, 1981

Credits:

Abus de confiance (1937); Archives du XXème siècle (1974–1977); Children of Love (1953); Club de femmes (1936); Contes pour le petit écran (1958–1959); Des quintuplés au pensionnat (1953); Désarroi (1947); Églantine (1972); Élisa (1957); French Cancan (1955); Grilles closes (1979); Jérôme Perreau héros des barricades (1935); Justice Is Done (1950); La haine de Fatimeh (1912); La rivale (1974); Le fils prodigue (1912); Le lit à colonnes (1942); L'embuscade (1941); L'idiot (1968); Lifesize (1974); Lucrèce Borgia (1953); Madame Bovary (1934); Maddalena (1954); Maigret and the St. Fiacre Case (1959); Ménilmontant (1936); Nero and Britannicus (1912); Nez de cuir (1952); Procès au Vatican (1952); The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1956); The Italian Straw Hat (1928); The Phantom Wagon (1939); The Snow Was Black (1954); The Spahi's Fiancée (1912); The Temptress (1951); The Vengeance of the Kabyle (1912).