The Earl of Cork's Enigma

I recently found the bits and pieces of my 1980s-era GAMES magazine collection. In what little remains was this "enigma" from a 40-year-old magazine, and it struck me as something readers might enjoy or want to take a crack at solving.

Cover Critic: The House with a Clock in its Walls (Portugal, 2006)

Cover Critic is our periodic survey of readers and fans about the various artwork and illustrations of the books in the Bellairs Corpus.

Something About Saint Ursula

Friends went up to eleven.

Something About 90 Seconds

To play till doomsday.

Something About Ad Altare Dei Incense

Mind altering.

Happy Birthday, John Bellairs

Another year rolls around and we celebrate the 85th birthday of John Bellairs.

Something About Egbert Ludovicus Viele

Grave accent.

Something About Lending a Hand

Why did no one ever volunteer a foot?

The House with a Clock in its Walls: 1973-2023

 
2023 marks the fiftieth anniversary of Dial publishing John Bellairs's The House with a Clock in its Walls, the first book in the long-running Lewis Barnavelt series and the first of several young adult novels.

Something About Vesuvian Victims

Spero autem quod in pett sed planeta rutilans.

Something About Evaristus

Eye Opening Trivia, Part 1.

Something About Disappearing Islands

How can we be wrong? Sail away with them to another world!

Something About Scary Ghost Stories

No tales of the Plaça de les Glòries. Sorry.

Something About the Crusader

And either victory, or else a grave.

Something About the Obelisk of Theodosius

Oh, pointy pointy.