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This is the second of three parts in Chapter 5 of The Ghost in the Opera House. The story concludes in the next installment.

October 5th 1713, birth of French philosopher, writer, and prominent figure during the Age of Enlightenment Denis Diderot, best known as editor, and contributor to the ‘Encyclopédie’ founded in 1751 alongside Jean le Rond d'Alembert. The ‘Encyclopédie’ was the first to include contributions from a wide field of authors on a variety of topics. Its skeptical and secular tone with regard to religion, became both a rallying call for the forerunners of the French Revolution, and saw bans by the French Government and Catholic church. From 1759 to 1765, Diderot was the sole contributor, authoring 7,000 articles on a variety of topics. Dying in 1784, his remains were unearthed nine years later by graverobbers, who stole his lead lined coffin, and dumped his corpse, his remains were then transferred to a mass grave. On the same day in 1789, near riot over the lack of bread available in Paris, thousands of women began to march on Versailles, demanding that the royal family including Louis XVI return to Paris, which bowing to the pressure of the march did so, in the process ending the royal privilege of the ‘ancien régime’, which had existed in France since the 15th century. The event is seen as a defining moment in the beginnings of the revolution that Diderot sowed the seeds of. October 8th 1774, death of German Phantasmagoria pioneer, illusionist, and occultist Baron Johann Georg Schropfer. The horror theatre shows later named Phantasmagoria were first developed by Schröpfer in the form of entertainment séances, and the use of magic lanterns to project the appearance of ghosts. Schröpfer would invite audiences into his Leipzig coffee house, where after preparing a magical punch of his own recipe (Continued in the comments). #ghost #history #historymemes #phantasmagoria #gothictales #frenchrevolution #tarothistory #tarotcards #tarotart #tarotartist #mortalsmarket #illustrationdaily #gothicillustration #guillotine #gothichistory #onthisday #onthisdayinhistory #ghosthistory #ghostsighting #macabre #macabreart #enlightenmentistherevolution #ageofenlightenment #denisdiderot #sceance #magiclantern #scéance #18thcentury #18thcenturyhistory #gothictheatre https://www.instagram.com/p/CUxhE47FIDW/?utm_medium=tumblr

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it was the weekend, saturday and atticus was at home with toby, she’d tried to do a bunch of things with him. but all he wanted to do was see chris, atticus had tried not to given in, eventually she had to though. pulling out her phone, she drops the male a text, asking him to come over, saying that toby really missed him. 

“Can we not do this right now?” Ford questioned as a sigh fell past his lips. He didn’t have the energy to have this argument, and he honestly was tired of having it every other day. “You know that I work crazy hours, so I don’t understand what the big deal is. This is what you signed up for when you said that you wanted to be in a relationship with me. What’s changed now?” he retorted as irritation was taking over, which the lack of sleep due to working a 24 hour shift wasn’t helping matters either. “If you’re so unhappy that you claim to be, then why don’t you just leave?” the male added as a shrug rolled through his shoulders. 

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    she  looks  up  when  the  other  comes  over  to  her  ,  shaking  her  head  as  she  wraps  her  hand  around  her  glass  .  “  what  do  you  want  ?  ”  astrid  had  moved  on  from  what  had  happened  ,  but  seeing  the  other  just  brought  back  all  those  feelings  .  “  what  do  you  want  ?  sorry  wasn’t  enough  ,  and  it  never  will  be  .  being  left  at  the  altar  wasn’t  exactly  a  highlight  .  ”

“you know if you need me to play pretend boyfriend all you need to do is ask.” barney added between bites of his meal. he doesn’t look enthusiastic, in fact he looked far from it, but the opportunity seemed like a fun experience and he was willing to play along for the sake of her, his best friend. “just say ‘pretty please’” he teased, a slight smirk forming at the corner of his lips.