BIO
ABOUT THIS PROJECT
RECENT POSTScataleptic
KA-tu-lep-tik
adjective
a medical state where the affected body cannot move its limbs
1844The Premature BurialMethought I was immersed in a cataleptic trance of more than usual duration and profundity.1908The Camp of the DogHis sleep is very deep,' he whispered, seating himself by the door again. 'He's in a cataleptic condition, and the Double may be released any minute now.1970The Second Inquisition'I've told you, baby,' she said, 'and you'll never know more, God willing,' and pulling into our driveway with a screech that would have wakened the dead, she vaulted out of the car and through the back door into the kitchen, just as if my mother and father had both been asleep or in a cataleptic trance, like those in the works of E. A. Poe.Labels: Algernon Blackwood, Edgar Allan Poe, Joanna Russ
|
Permalink: cataleptic Entry By: CJ Cooney Smash illiteracy! Email This Word To A Friend: |
| |
| Back to the main page.... | ||
