#e f benson

[yourdailyqueer]

E. F. Benson (deceased)

Gender: Male

Sexuality: Gay

DOB: 24 July 1867  

RIP: 29 February 1940

Ethnicity: White - English

Occupation: Writer, archaeologist

[theshatterednotes]

E. F. Benson, British author

[frimleyblogger]

Who Killed The Curate?

My thoughts on Who Killed the Curate? by #JoanCoggin reissued by @GalileoPublishers #CrimeFiction #BookReview

A review of Who Killed The Curate? By Joan Coggin – 231210 Joan Coggin, who also went by the name of Joanna Lloyd, is a new crime writer to me. Who Killed The Curate?, sub-titled as a Christmas mystery and set at Christmas 1937, was originally published in 1944 and is now reissued by Galileo Publishers. It is the first of four novels to feature Lady Lupin, the improbable wife of the Vicar of…

[lotrmusical]

concatenations of circumstance have led me to embark upon something i'm referring to as 'bensontober', aka 'what if i read an e f benson story every day in the leadup to halloween'. we'll see how many i make it through and what sort of effect it has on my brain

[mindibindi]

[weirdlookindog]

Virgil Finlay - At the Farm House

(Famous Fantastic Mysteries - December 1946)

[alovelywaytospendanevening]

British gay/bi male writers and their social circles

As a great admirer of gay literature, the social circles of gay and bisexual male writers is something that piques my interest. Due to the dangerousness of the matter in the past and also because it revolves around a relatively small niche, it seems that there was high level familiarity between these figures. The United Kingdom, a country whose literary input has abundant homoerotic tones, is a very adequate setting to analyze such a configuration.

I've been building a graph on this subject for some time, and now it seems mature enough for me to post it. It's a diagram based on friendship connections — deep or superficial —, although romantic and family-related connections are also included. Just a mutual recognition of existence isn't enough to justify a connection (otherwise most of them would be linked to Wilde!), and rivalries were not considered too. All the writers included were born during the Victorian and Edwardian eras (1837-1910), where this interconnectivity seemed particularly strong.

This is just an early version, as I imagine there is still a considerable amount of information that I missed. Therefore, I'm very open to suggestions and comments on it!

(Three Irishmen were also included in the diagram: Stoker, Wilde and Reid)

[fredbensonenthusiast]

The invention of Radclyffe Hall

Simon Goldhill, writing about the Benson family, makes a very interesting comparison between the trial of Oscar Wilde, and the obscenity 'trial' of Radclyffe Hall, author of 'The Well of Loneliness', and the publicity surrounding it, which, he feels, created certain stereotypes of men and women who were same-sex attracted.

Secondly, Radclyffe Hall’s own photographic portrait, which circulated very widely at this time, emphasized the masculinity of her appearance and dress—with short-cropped hair and male clothes....... The contrast between the bustles, dresses, and elaborate coiffure of the late Victorian and Edwardian period and the trousers, flat lines, and short hair of the roaring twenties resulted in a mass of journalistic flummery—cartoons, editorial comment, shocking photographs, amused articles—about the new New Woman and the confusion of masculine and feminine in dress and behavior. Radclyffe Hall’s clothes and demeanor were in a line with such fashions but also became a defining characteristic of the “masculine woman” as the paradigm of sexual inversion. Much as Oscar Wilde’s trial helped fix a stereotype of the homosexual, so Radclyffe Hall was instrumental in the establishment of the image of the lesbian as a masculine woman, short-haired, dressed in male clothes, adopting a male demeanor, even wearing a monocle and smoking a cigarette.

Goldhill, Simon. A Very Queer Family Indeed: Sex, Religion, and the Bensons in Victorian Britain, 2016

[canon-in-too-deep]

Free The Room in the Tower Typeset

Presenting The Room in the Tower (and other stories) by E. F. Benson, typeset and sized for half letter (letter folio).

This was another suggestion from the ask box, and another book I have unfortunately never read before! But, I was very excited to get to do a collection of horror stories, as I got to break out the vintage, gothic ornaments and fonts. I took a chance and used some delightfully impish artwork I've been saving, which was fun to add and play around with. Interior pics of some of the chapter headings are below the break, and the typeset can be found for free here in yee ol' googe drive.

Also,if you find any errors, let me know! (I'm still so embarassed about messing up the Psmith typeset and not catching it till days later... And then with this typeset, I thought I had finished it and ended up having to redownload it three times in a row 'cause I kept finding little things I missed... Buuuuut we made it in the end! *Pats typeset on the header*. And if you'd like to see more free typesets, please consider dropping a like/reblog!)

[phantomato]

Hello there! I am 'asking for a friend' here, as I have just set up a new EF Benson sideblog and having seen your pinned post I feel sure you must have read David Blaize? And if so I would love to hear your thoughts on the book!

Yes, you’re correct in guessing that I have! I’ve got some thoughts over on DW as well, though they’re about two years old now, so take that for what it’s worth!

DB was my first school novel and made me fall in love with the genre. It’s just such a good story above everything else. David and friends are so genuinely fun, and their hijinks are entertaining, and their dramas are affecting. I love how Benson writes people. He’s fantastic at observation, which makes his characters well-rounded. Nothing but good things to say about the two David books as reading experiences (discounting David and the Blue Door, which I skipped).

But the thing which keeps DB compelling to me years on is Frank Maddox. David is fun, but Frank makes me feel things. Oh, god, Frank’s monologue of self-recrimination after he attempts to kiss David and is turned down… ! I adore all of his agonizing during the beach holiday, too. And Frank’s story is what makes me such a fan of David of King’s, though I know a lot of fans don’t particularly enjoy that book. I just, mm, I love this morose, brilliant, talented, repressed, academic soul.

I didn’t come out of the books shipping the obvious choice of Frank/David. I’ve generally preferred Frank with other characters, and have written Frank/Hughes myself. I’m also interested in the idea of Frank in a crossover ship or with an original character. I know I’m not alone in this take. I struggle to see David as being happy in an explicitly sexual and romantic partnership of the sort that Frank clearly wants, and so I can’t reconcile long-term David/Frank as being both happy and appropriate for their characters. I have a lot of fondness for David and for their friendship, still. But I am not interested in fannish stories about David, as I think the books provide what I want for him.

So cool to hear about your new sideblog! I will keep an eye out for your posts on the series. :)

[doyoulikethissong-poll]

Oingo Boingo - Dead Man's Party 1986

"Dead Man's Party" is a song by American band Oingo Boingo, released as the third single from their fifth studio album of the same name. The song was released on a 12" single in conjunction with another song from the album, "Stay". It is perhaps best known for its appearance in the 1986 film Back to School, where the band performed it at a party.

The lyric, "I hear the chauffeur coming to my door/Says there's room for maybe just one more," is a reference to "The Bus-Conductor," a short story by E. F. Benson about a hearse driver, first published in The Pall Mall Magazine in 1906. The story has been adapted several times and spawned an urban legend, with each version using the catchphrase, "Room for one more".

Danny Elfman performed the song as the final encore of his Nightmare Before Christmas concerts at the Hollywood Bowl in 2015, 2016, and 2018, and at Banc of California Stadium in 2021, alongside his former Oingo Boingo guitarist and arranger Steve Bartek.

"Dead Man's Party" received a total of 80,9% yes votes! Previous Danny Elfman polls: #5 "This Is Halloween".

[stjohnstarling]

Aside from the obvious, what were the inspirations for Father Ardelian? 👀

The most obvious one is the Victorian poet Gerard Manley Hopkins, who converted to Catholicism and became a Jesuit priest, after which he almost compulsively wrote poetry expressing his repressed homoerotic desires. The John Donne poem "Batter My Heart, Three Person'd God" is also part of that aspect of him.

With regards to his relationship with archaeology, there's a fair amount of M. R. James in there (especially the stories "A Warning to the Curious" and "Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad".)

The way Father Ardelian writes - his "voice" - is drawn to a significant extent from various early 20th century supernatural short story writers like Algernon Blackwood, Arthur Machen, and E. F. Benson. He's got a dash of Montague Summers in him as well. Honourable mention: Clarimonde by Theophile Gautier.

Other things I read: Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather (which I recommend! 👍) and Diary of a Country Priest by Georges Beranos (which I DO NOT. 👎)

Also Father Mulcahy from M*A*S*H (the tv series, not the film) might be in there a little bit. ;)

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Queer Fiction Free-for-All Book Bracket Tournament: Preliminary Round

Book summaries below:

David Blaize (1916) by E.F. Benson

Memorably evoking the joys and torments of boyhood, from midnight feasts and glorious days on the cricket field to waxy masters and hilariously embarrassing parental visits, E. F. Benson follows young David Blaize from prep school to Marchester College.

David Blaize is the son of an archdeacon, the friend of a bishop's nephew, and this is a story of their friendship and life at a public school. Possibly the tale may be reminiscent of the author's own youth. It tells of cleanliness, physical and moral, of the self-restraint learned from one another by boys who were to be among the future leaders in England.

Classics, coming of age, boarding school

Time to Orbit: Unknown series (The Javelin Program, The Antarctica Conspiracy) by Derin Edala

When Dr Aspen Greaves signed up for the Javelin Program, humanity's first foray into colonising deep space, they expected to wake up to life in a thriving colony on a distant planet. Instead, they find themself five years away from their destination on a broken spaceship full of complex mysteries, dead astronauts, and a very unhelpful AI.

Aspen wasn't trained for any of this. But if they can't keep themselves alive, get the ship in working order, and find out what went wrong by unravelling a chain of mysteries leading all the way back to distant Earth, then neither Aspen nor the five thousand sleeping passengers in their care will ever see a planet again.

Science fiction, mystery, series, adult

[luxmoogle]

I've just seen the post about being visceral horror fan and need to ask: what are your favourite horror titles? 💜 Do you have any recommendations? 💜

Beware, long post below..

This is honestly quite a hard question, and recommendations hinge on what kind of horror one would prefer, and in what medium..! Books, movies, manga, audio tales even! A lot of my personal horror tastes weigh on the side of psychological horror or ones with supernatural or mystic features, less of slashers and violence, though I do enjoy quite a few of such titles as well.. I'll try not to mention all of the most obvious stuff everyone's already seen.

When it comes to games, I always say that if Kingdom Hearts didn't exist my favorite game of all time would be Bloodborne. The gothic style, vague storytelling and existential horror really speak to me. The Project Zero (Fatal Frame in the US) -series is dear to my heart, specifically the third one. The Forbidden Siren -series was also quite a treat in it's time. Honorary meantion to ObsCure, a great game to play with multiple people at a time, but unfortunately I think it's one of the rarest games ever now, so finding a copy/playing it might be quite the challenge..

In literature, I'd recommend getting into classic horror short stories, especially from the eighteen-hundreds! The setting and time they were written in often give them an automatic edge for a spooky tone.. They're fun stuff to read on a moody afternoon, and don't require the bandwidth that a full book might, if you're not such an avid reader. Some suggestions:

The Vampyre, John William Polidori (1819) The Monkey's Paw, W. W. Jacobs (1902) The Room in the Tower, E. F. Benson (1912) Kerfol, Edith Wharton (1912) Afterward, Edith Wharton (1910) The Empty House, Algernon Blackwood (1906) Sir Edmund Orme, Henry James (1891) The Body-Snatcher, Robert Louis Stevenson (1881) The Yellow Wallpaper, Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1892)

With horror movies, I think anyone with an interest in horror already know all the typical classics and modern favorites, so I'd recommend something a tad more obscure.. The asian horror scene, especially in the late 90's and early 2000s was littered with great techno ghost punk flicks. Many of these are favorites from one of my best friends, who really has a taste for this type of movie, but I'll highlight the one's I'm also very into and would especially recommend.

Kaïro / Pulse (2001), Whispering corridors -series, Dark Water (2002), Saiko! The Large Family (2009), A Tale of Two Sisters (2009), Bunshinsaba, The Wailing, The Complex, One Missed Call (2003), Shutter (2004)

This one's probably a very tired answer but with manga I just have to say the obvious, which is Junji Ito. His body of work just really scratches the itch I have for a nice tight scary story and gives a vague uneasy vibe.. Both his storytelling and art is something I love.

One of the main features of horror is suspense, so I would recommend always going in blind, stop with trailers, synopsis etc. and really sit in a dim room on a calm day or evening and get into it! You can only be horrified if you let yourself be.

[thatsthewrongwallcraig]

NSFW Alphabet

DaddyDom!Benson x afab!Reader

Dead Dove Do Not Eat: DD/lg flavoured Smut 18+!

I made a DD!Playlist as well 🖤

Tagging: @starry-eyed-wild-child @ozarkthedog @blueberrypancakesworld

A = Aftercare (what they’re like after sex)

Very, very affectionate! Daddy!Benson always takes care of you afterwards. Be it a nice hot bubble bath, making sure you have a snack and something to drink or gently ease you out of subspace, he's giving you his all also after the sex!

B = Body part (their favorite body part of theirs and also their partner’s)

He's grown fond of the moustache after you commented on it that it seems very nice between your legs and grazing along the crook of your neck. At first, he pondered about going clean-shaven but not on your watch - the moustache gotta stay!

C = Cum (anything to do with cum, basically)

Daddy!Benson is a cum aficionado, to put it gently. He loves cumming all over you, whether it be your frilly skirt or your lightly make-up smeared face after giving you a spanking. Sometimes you get the feeling that he loves it even more than filling you up with himself.

D = Dirty secret (pretty self explanatory, a dirty secret of theirs)

He sometimes secretly watches you hump your stuffed teddy bear until he's so goddamn hard that he has to vanish into the bathroom to get himself off, fucking his fist as quietly and quickly as he can not to miss our on you pressing the fuzzy brown stuffy against your damp panties when you cum.

E = Experience (how experienced are they? do they know what they’re doing?)

Very experienced and learned a lot through and with you as his little princess to take care of! Daddy sure knows what he's doing. However, it took some trial and error for the dynamic to run as smoothly as it does now.

F = Favorite position (this goes without saying)

From behind ☝���� Having you bent over the edge if the bed or whatever next best surface and with his hands clasping at your hips, his lap slapping against the round of your ass repeatedly.

G = Goofy (are they more serious in the moment? are they humorous? etc.)

Depending on the situation. Daddy!Benson delivers everything from harsh punishment to goofing around before shoving his face between your thighs.

H = Hair (how well groomed are they? does the carpet match the drapes? etc.)

Full bush. Soft, brown, clean curls.

I = Intimacy (how are they during the moment? the romantic aspect)

Again, depending on what's called for. However, he's very loving, attentive and careful by nature.

J = Jack off (masturbation headcanon)

Daddy has his personal stash of dirty little Polaroids of his doll in a tin box that he likes to get out and fantasise with his throbbing cock in his hands.

K = Kink (one or more of their kinks)

Aside from the obvious, Daddy!Benson is into edging and intox. Preferably both at the same time, having you hit the penjamin whilst having you on his lap and leaking all over his fingers :>

In addition, the thought of breeding his baby girl makes him switch into utter overdrive.

L = Location (favorite places to do the do)

At home but he doesn't care about the room. There are usable surfaces everywhere to be found!

M = Motivation (what turns them on, gets them going)

The feeling of being needed by you - one way or another. Be it you begging him to finally fuck you because you can't take it anymore or taking you on a little shopping spree to the mall. Daddy!Benson's love language is not only physical touch but also providing.

N = No (something they wouldn’t do, turn offs)

Anything that would hurt either you or him long-term. Daddy is big on safe words and would never ignore it.

O = Oral (preference in giving or receiving, skill, etc.)

Anything goes here. As much as he loves having your lips around his cock, a bit of saliva drooling from the corners of your mouth as you bob your head up and down, Benson is a munch, tasting you and shoving his tongue into your contracting cunt when you ride his nose a little desperately.

P = Pace (are they fast and rough? slow and sensual? etc.)

Daddy!Benson enjoys a rough fuck from time to time. Coaxing all those pretty sounds to fall from your lips whilst stretching you out on his girth. He doubles down on the aftercare to make up for it and kiss possible bruises better 💗

Q = Quickie (their opinions on quickies, how often, etc.)

He's not opposed per se but prefers to take his time with you.

R = Risk (are they game to experiment? do they take risks? etc.)

Daddy!Benson is a high risk/high reward pervert (affectionately) with a hefty breeding kink!

S = Stamina (how many rounds can they go for? how long do they last?)

On good days, he's an absolute animal and fucks you until you're sore and still feel him I side even hours later.

T = Toys (do they own toys? do they use them? on a partner or themselves?)

Daddy!Benson is a toy fiend! The drawers of your nightstand contain everything from animal-tail plugs to a pink wand he'd bought you as a little surprise after you two had been dating for a few months and he found out that his girl was all without toys.

U = Unfair (how much they like to tease)

He's a massive tease and he uses it frequently to make you plead and beg for him to finally take the edge off and make you cum.

V = Volume (how loud they are, what sounds they make, etc.)

Oh, it's loud, okay? At the very least it's the slapping of skin against skin but he himself is very vocal as well - talking you through it or groaning into your ear just how good you're taking Daddy and how lightheaded your oozing pussy makes him feel.

W = Wild card (a random headcanon for the character)

I say this in the most affectionate and loving way: Horny Bastard. If he could Daddy!Benson would have his hands and his aching cock inside of you 24/7 simply because he enjoys the feeling so damn much.

X = X-ray (let’s see what’s going on under those clothes)

For whatever reason, I can't imagine him with many tattoos and/or piercings. Maybe one nipple he got done whilst on the best way to get blackout drunk with his friends way back in the day.

Y = Yearning (how high is their sex drive?)

Insane sex drive when he feels comfortable and safe 🖤 Equally insane sex drive when also. Daddy loves to hit the pen and leak his brain out of his cock over the span of hours.

Z = Zzz (how quickly they fall asleep afterwards)

Daddy!Benson is a little sleepy head but inly after he made sure that you are well and doing okay. Loves to cuddle and caress you to sleep right with him 💗

- thank you for reading. Please come and yap to me about DaddyDom!Benson in my ask box 🖤-

[alovelywaytospendanevening]

I made Penguin Classics covers for some old gay novels.

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