The Birth of a Legend by Paul Dehn
The original stanzas, first anthologised in For Love and Money (1955) and republished a decade later in The Fern on the Rock (1965)
Sightings
Postlude by Anthony Asquith
An early contribution from one of Dehn's friends
A reprise by Paul Dehn
Additional material from the author himself
Musical interpretations by Various
Not so much sightings as hearings
Texts of Terror by Donald Capps
Turgid, misogynistic dross included solely for the sake of completeness.
dotcalm by Craig A. Smith
A sighting by the maintainer of the sadly defunct mrsravoon.com
Christmas Crackers by Various
Freelance sightings collated by John Julius Norwich
Zounds… it's Zagrebova! by Madame Zagrebova
A grisly sighting from a mysterious contributor
A disagreement, a drowning, a dousing by David Wigram
Another BAFTA-nominated filmmaker transports us from bishopric to Borneo through this triptych of terror: ecumenical bloodbaths, statuesque wrecks and tropical travails await the intrepid…
The Alexiad by Alex Sultoon
MR. SULTOON takes us on a veritable Odyssey, shattering records, conventions and fourth walls alike in a climactic 18 line final verse