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Stefan Grabiński (26 February 1887 - 12 November 1936) was a Polish short story writer, famous for the weird, surreal, terrifying tone and themes, as well as for creepy trains. It's full of ghosts, witches, incubi and a variety of otherworldly things. He was interested and well-versed in the occult, and apparently drew some inspiration from GermanExpressionism. Also, from Henri Bergson, William James and Creator/EdgarAllanPoe (of whom he was a fan). In short, a NightmareFuelStationAttendant extraordinaire.
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Stefan Grabiński (26 February 1887 - 12 November 1936) was a Polish short story writer, famous for the weird, surreal, terrifying tone and themes, as well as for creepy trains. It's His prose is full of ghosts, witches, incubi and a variety of otherworldly things. He was interested and well-versed in the occult, and apparently drew some inspiration from GermanExpressionism. Also, from Henri Bergson, William James and Creator/EdgarAllanPoe (of whom he was a fan). In short, a NightmareFuelStationAttendant extraordinaire.
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Stefan Grabiński (26 February 1887 - 12 November 1936) was a Polish short story writer, famous for the weird, surreal, terrifying tone and themes, as well as for creepy trains. It's full of ghosts, witches, incubi and a variety of otherworldly things. He was interested and well-versed in the occult, and apparently drew some inspiration from GermanExpressionism. Also, from Henri Bergson, William James and Creator/EdgarAllanPoe (of whom he was a fan). In short, a NightmareFuelStationAttendant extraordinaire.
Due to worsening tuberculosis, he had to retire from his day job as a teacher and fell into obscurity, finally dying in poverty. His works were forgotten, then (after World War II) rediscovered.
Some of Grabiński's works were translated into English by Mirosław Lipiński and published under the title ''The Dark Domain''.
!!His works:
* Novels
** ''Salamandra'' (Salamander) (1924)
** ''Cień Bafometa'' (Baphomet's Shadow) (1926)
** ''Klasztor i morze'' (The Cloister and the Sea) (1928)
** ''Wyspa Itongo'' (Itongo Island) (1936)
* Short-story collections
** ''Z wyjątków. W pomrokach wiary'' (From the Unusual. In the Shadows of Belief) (1909)
** ''Na wzgórzu róż'' (On the Hill of Roses) (1918)
** ''Demon ruchu'' (The Motion Demon) (1919)
** ''Szalony pątnik'' (Mad Pilgrim) (1920)
** ''Niesamowita opowieść'' (An Eerie Tale) (1922)
** ''Księga ognia'' (The Book of Fire) (1922)
** ''Namiętność'' (Passion) (1930)
* Plays
** ''Willa nad morzem (Ciemne siły)'' (Dark Forces)
** ''Zaduszki'' (All-Souls' Day)
!! Tropes he will scare you with:
* CosmicHorrorStory: Explanations are for the weak. Just ''why'' would twins share a consciousness, a poet's creation would come to life, or a man would decide the world's telling him to commit suicide is never even hinted at. These things just happen.
* {{Doppelganger}}: Often...
* EccentricArtist: Usually writers, often poets.
* EvilTaintedThePlace: In one of the stories, the protagonist is haunted by dreams of the previous tenant pacing and pacing and pacing the room, only avoiding the wardrobe. [[spoiler: Turns out the tenant committed suicide in that wardrobe.]] The trope is also discussed in the story.
* EvilTwin: In ''Problemat Czelawy'', [[spoiler: either the titular scientist of his more obviously evil twin brother]]. They ''both'' plot to murder the other...
* TheParanoiac: Some protagonists.
* PsychologicalHorror
* PsychoPsychologist: Czelawa is a researcher, not a therapist, but there's something ''weird'' about the man. [[spoiler: Not even mentioning the doppelganger thing...]]
* SinisterSubway: His famous ''Demon ruchu'' short-story collection is full of creepy, spooky train-related things.
* ThroughTheEyesOfMadness: Several stories. If it's written in the first person, beware.
Due to worsening tuberculosis, he had to retire from his day job as a teacher and fell into obscurity, finally dying in poverty. His works were forgotten, then (after World War II) rediscovered.
Some of Grabiński's works were translated into English by Mirosław Lipiński and published under the title ''The Dark Domain''.
!!His works:
* Novels
** ''Salamandra'' (Salamander) (1924)
** ''Cień Bafometa'' (Baphomet's Shadow) (1926)
** ''Klasztor i morze'' (The Cloister and the Sea) (1928)
** ''Wyspa Itongo'' (Itongo Island) (1936)
* Short-story collections
** ''Z wyjątków. W pomrokach wiary'' (From the Unusual. In the Shadows of Belief) (1909)
** ''Na wzgórzu róż'' (On the Hill of Roses) (1918)
** ''Demon ruchu'' (The Motion Demon) (1919)
** ''Szalony pątnik'' (Mad Pilgrim) (1920)
** ''Niesamowita opowieść'' (An Eerie Tale) (1922)
** ''Księga ognia'' (The Book of Fire) (1922)
** ''Namiętność'' (Passion) (1930)
* Plays
** ''Willa nad morzem (Ciemne siły)'' (Dark Forces)
** ''Zaduszki'' (All-Souls' Day)
!! Tropes he will scare you with:
* CosmicHorrorStory: Explanations are for the weak. Just ''why'' would twins share a consciousness, a poet's creation would come to life, or a man would decide the world's telling him to commit suicide is never even hinted at. These things just happen.
* {{Doppelganger}}: Often...
* EccentricArtist: Usually writers, often poets.
* EvilTaintedThePlace: In one of the stories, the protagonist is haunted by dreams of the previous tenant pacing and pacing and pacing the room, only avoiding the wardrobe. [[spoiler: Turns out the tenant committed suicide in that wardrobe.]] The trope is also discussed in the story.
* EvilTwin: In ''Problemat Czelawy'', [[spoiler: either the titular scientist of his more obviously evil twin brother]]. They ''both'' plot to murder the other...
* TheParanoiac: Some protagonists.
* PsychologicalHorror
* PsychoPsychologist: Czelawa is a researcher, not a therapist, but there's something ''weird'' about the man. [[spoiler: Not even mentioning the doppelganger thing...]]
* SinisterSubway: His famous ''Demon ruchu'' short-story collection is full of creepy, spooky train-related things.
* ThroughTheEyesOfMadness: Several stories. If it's written in the first person, beware.
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