Which means, hypnotically disturbed, mean, but what does hypnotically disturbing mean in the sentence that follows? What made Juniper read …

It was a dark and stormy night,” begins Edward Bulwer-Lytton’s 1830 novel “Paul Clifford,” which goes on to invoke torrential …

This small lake was of most value as a neighbor in the intervals of a gentle rain-storm in August, both …