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Corvidae

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Corvidae is a website that, among its other content, offers readings by Richard Crowest of short horror stories by E. F. Benson and the satirical Edwardian society stories of Saki.

An occasional series of readings of ghost stories by a writer now better known for his social satire.

'Never speak ill of society. Society is perfectly capable of doing that for itself…' A series of professionally produced readings of the Chronicles of Clovis. View the world of Edwardian society through the jaundiced eye of Clovis Sangrail, Saki's deliciously louche anti-hero.

'Scandal is merely the compassionate allowance which the gay make to the humdrum.' A series of professionally produced readings of the Reginald stories by Saki (H H Munro). View the world of Edwardian society through the sartorially adapted eye of Saki's solipsistic anti-hero.

'We are merely trammelled by the ordinary decent conventions of civilised society.' A series of professionally produced readings of the final collection of satirical short stories by Saki (H H Munro).