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Robert Murray Gilchrist (1868–1917) made just a single contribution to The Yellow Book — the little known vampire story 'The Crimson Weaver'. Gilchrist's name, when it is mentioned at all today, is much better known for his highly regarded collection of short fiction, The Stone Dragon (1894), a rarity which is highly sought by genre collectors. In 1903, Hurst & Blackett published Gilchrist's Lords and Ladies, which included an additional six weird tales; and the June 1905 issue of The London Magazine saw the appearance of a further vampire tale, 'The Lover's Ordeal'. By 1926, however, when Gilchrist's good friend Eden Phillpotts championed the posthumous collection A Peakland Faggot, it seems that any contribution to the weird tale had been forgotten: Phillpotts makes no mention of these unique stories, nor does Hugh Walpole, who included a short memoir of Gilchrist in The Apple Trees: Four Reminiscences, published in 1932. The Basilisk and Other Tales of Dread brings together f
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- Release Date 05/30/2003
- Author R. Murray Gilchrist
- Language English
- Company Ash Tree Pr; First Edition
- Weight 1 pounds
- Dimensions 5.5 x 0.75 x 8.5 inches
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