And lo, it was written, that their most precious parts would become tough as leather, so the teeth of the eels should find no purchase; and thus made unpunishable, the vile ones laughed, and cavorted, and made merry, and committed many crimes against nature, and against eels, and their eyes turned from the barrel, and knew not its depths any longer.

#869; Doin’ Time in the Barrel of Shame

  — September 13th, 2012

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A good thread on Terrible Dickens Sequels

December 25, 2025 by David Malki !

Over on Bluesky, Ryan Estrada has done a deep dive on the 22 (!) Christmas stories that Dickens wrote in the aftermath of the success of A Christmas Carol.

An old thread is making the rounds again, so here's an updated version. Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol is one of the most enduring and adapted works of literature in history. But did you know that he wrote 22 sequels? Some are great! Some are trash! Some are bizarrely fascinating.

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— Ryan Estrada (@ryanestrada.com) December 24, 2025 at 6:24 PM


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