Areopagus (poetry)

Supposed organisation of poets centred on reforming English verse, founded in the 16th century.

In the Modern Vein

Short story by H. G. Wells first published in 1894, about a minor poet’s infatuation with a girl he meets at a tennis party.

Pollock and the Porroh Man

Short story by H. G. Wells first published in 1895, about a murdered witch-doctor whose severed head haunts the man responsible for his death.

A Catastrophe

Short story by H. G. Wells first published in 1895 about a struggling shopkeeper saved from bankruptcy by an unexpected legacy.

Tam o’ Shanter

Narrative poem by the Scottish poet Robert Burns, first published in 1791.

The Obliterated Man

Short story by H. G. Wells first published in 1895, about a shy young man who becomes a drama critic, and the effect that decision has on his personality.