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OverviewHandheld Press presents a fearful anthology of forgotten stories to persuade you that a stone hand has been placed on your shoulder when you least expect it, or that something heavy is scraping its way up the stairs. Well-known authors of the uncanny such as Eleanor Scott, Edith Wharton, H P Lovecraft and Arthur Machen are showcased with long-forgotten masters and mistresses of supernatural short stories to frighten the heart into some loud thumpings. Authors include: Sabine Baring-Gould, E F Benson, Nellie K Blissett, Bernard Capes, James Causey, Robert W Chambers, N Dennett, W W Fenn, H P Lovecraft, Arthur Machen, W C Morrow, Oliver Onions, E R Punshon, Eleanor Scott, Clark Ashton Smith, and Edith Wharton. Henry Bartholomew, editor of our Algernon Blackwood anthology, The Unknown (March 2023), has curated this selection and written the Introduction. The Living Stone will be the ninth of the Handheld Weirds: landmark anthologies to redefine the birth of Weird fiction. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Henry Bartholomew , Jessica HammettPublisher: Handheld Press Imprint: Handheld Press Volume: 8 ISBN: 9781912766765ISBN 10: 1912766760 Pages: 244 Publication Date: 31 October 2023 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsThe Living Stone Master Sacristan Eberhart, by Sabine Baring-Gould The Marble Hands, by W W Fenn The Mask, by Robert W Chambers The Stone Rider!, by Nellie K Blissett A Marble Woman, by W C Morrow The Duchess at Prayer, by Edith Wharton Benlian, by Oliver Onions The Marble Hands, by Bernard Capes Hypnos, by H P Lovecraft The Ceremony, by Arthur Machen At Simmel Acres Farm, by Eleanor Scott The Maker of Gargoyles, by Clark Ashton Smith The Menhir, by N Dennett The Living Stone, E R Punshon The Statue, by James Causey Something in Wood, by August DerlethReviews‘An unmissable, urgent and era-defining work. ‘ – Gingernuts of Horror, on Women’s Weird ‘Terrifically enjoyable, surreal’ – The Washington Post, on Women’s Weird 2 ‘Both subtle and sudden’ – Library Journal, on From the Abyss ‘A distinctive, suspenseful power to haunt’ – Brixton Review of Books, on The Villa and The Vortex Author InformationHenry Bartholomew specialises in nineteenth- and early twentieth century supernatural fiction and has taught at the University of Exeter and the University of Plymouth. He is the editor of Dangerous Dimensions: Mind-bending Tales of the Mathematical Weird (British Library Press, 2021) and has published work in The Palgrave Handbook to the Vampire and the journal Open Philosophy. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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