Title:
Fighters of fear : occult detective stories / edited by Mike Ashley.
ISBN:
9781945863523
9781945863547
Publication Information:
New York, NY : Talos Press, [2020]
©2020
Physical Description:
vii, 614 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Contents:
Green Tea / Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu -- Shining Pyramid / Arthur Machen -- Haunted Child / Arabella Kenealy -- Mystery of the Felwyn Tunnel / L. T. Meade & Robert Eustace -- Story of Yand Manor House / E. & H. Heron -- Tapping on the Wainscot / Allen Upward -- Samaris / Robert W. Chambers -- Whistling Room / William Hope Hodgson -- Woman with the Crooked Nose / Victor Rousseau -- Sorcerer of Arjuzanx / Max Rittenberg -- Ivory Statue / Sax Rohmer -- Stranger / Claude & Alice Askew -- Swaying Vision / Jessie Douglas Kerruish -- Sanatorium / F. Tennyson Jesse -- Villa on the Borderive Road / Rose Champion de Crespigny -- Room of Fear / Ella Scrymsour -- Seven Fires / Philippa Forest -- Subletting of the Mansion / Dion Fortune -- Jest of Warburg Tantavul / Seabury Quinn -- Soldier / A. M. Burrage -- Horror of the Height / Sydney Horler -- Mystery of Iniquity / L. Adams Beck -- Thought Monster / Amelia Reynolds Long -- Shut Room / Henry S. Whitehead -- Dr. Muncing, Exorcist -- Gordon MacCreagh -- Case of the Haunted Cathedral / Margery Lawrence -- Shonokins / Manly Wade Wellman -- Dead of Winter Apparition / Joseph Payne Brennan -- Garden of Paris / Eric Williams -- St. Michael & All Angels / Mark Velntine -- Jeremiah / Jessica Amanda Salmonson.
Summary:
A Retrospective Collection of Classic Occult and Supernatural Detective Stories by Some of the Field's Greatest and Best-Known Weird Fiction Authors. Since the gaslit nights at the end of the nineteenth century, the occult detective has been a beloved and recurring archetype. Mixing the best aspects of the detective tale and weird or supernatural fiction, and capitalizing in part on the massive popularity of Sherlock Holmes, these stories portrayed men and women pitted against surreal and horrifying foes, usually with little to defend them but their own savvy, experience, and know-how. From William Hope Hodgson's Thomas Carnacki, to Seabury Quinn's fearless Frenchman Jules de Grandin, to Jessica Salmonson's Penelope Pettiweather, the occult detective has taken a variety of forms, investigated a wide array of supernatural and otherworldly cases, and entertained generations of readers. This new collection compiles thirty-one all-time classic occult detective stories as it traces the genre's growth from its nineteenth-century origins to the late twentieth century, showcasing the work of acclaimed pioneers of weird tales alongside cult favorites and exciting modern talents.
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OCLC Number:
on1138887466
Availability:
Rosemount - Robert Trail~1
