This anthology contains a selection of early weird or speculative fiction; mostly with a slant towards the supernatural or horrific. The stories were all originally published between the 1850s and 1920s; biographical sketches of each of the authors appear at the end of each tale. Contents include:No. 252 Rue M. le Prince by Ralph Adams CramBenlian by Oliver OnionsMan-Size in Marble by E. NesbitNegotium Perambulans by E.F. BensonThe Shining Pyramid by Arthur MachenThe Baumhoff Explosive or Eloi, Eloi, Lama Sabachthani by William Hope HodgsonWhat Was It? by Fitz-James O'BrienThe Heights and a Rose by Alma NewtonSerapion by Francis StevensThe Damned Thing by Ambose BierceThe People of the Pit by Abraham MerrittThe Horror-Horn by E.F. BensonThe Wendigo by Algernon Blackwood
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- Release Date 02/19/2015
- Authors Algernon Blackwood, William Hope Hodgson, Ambrose Bierce, Arthur Machen, Oliver Onions, Francis Stevens, E.F. Benson, Osie Turner, Edith Nesbit
- Language English
- Company The Forlorn Press
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