Crimson Rain: Charles Stevens Roman Romances





—Caractucus [c.1885]—









by John Adcock


Wanted always, scarce penny dreadfuls and fierce boys’ journals, 1830-1900. Nothing goody-goody! — advertisement by Barry “The Penny Dreadful King” Ono.

“Ildica’s lacerated shoulder bled so freely that
both her own and Flavia’s fairer skin were sprinkled with crimson rain…” — Charles Stevens



CHARLES STEVENS. Charles Stevens [1836-1908?] was

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