1. Sheridan le Fanu:in A Glass Darkly
... Greek and Roman deities, which caused him to stay up extremely late most nights drinking copious amounts of green tea, he began to have visions of a black spirit-monkey with red glowing eyes. The disruptions the visions caused apparently grew worse with time, to the point that Reverend Jennings takes his own life. Several explanations are offered within the text as ... the reverend has stimulated a "spiritual fluid" in his brain that "by various abuses, among which the habitual use of such agents as green tea is one" has opened his third eye and made him vulnerable to attacks from evil ...
- Word Count: 1988
- Approx Pages: 8
- Grade Level: Undergraduate