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Dead Drunk

Dead Drunk: Tales of Intoxication and Demon Drinks Edited by Pam Lock British Library, p/b, £9.99 Review by Tori Borne             The British Library’s latest instalment to their Tales of the Weird series, Dead Drunk, features a collection of harrowing tales where drunkenness, the supernatural and moral degeneration all interlock.… Read More »Dead Drunk

Holy Ghosts

HOLY GHOSTS: Classic Tales of the Ecclesiastical Uncanny edited by Fiona Snailham British Library Tales of the Weird p/b £9.99 Reviewed by Nigel Robert Wilson This collection of short stories about the supernatural edited by Fiona Snailham is mistitled. The subtitle is more appropriate. Entities traditionally described as ghosts rarely… Read More »Holy Ghosts

Haunters at the Hearth

HAUNTERS AT THE HEARTH: Eerie Tales For Christmas Nights, edited by Tanya Kirk British Library Press, pb, £9.99 Reviewed by Pauline Morgan Traditionally, Christmas is a time when ghosts make themselves evident. Perhaps it is the idea from before, all pervading electric lights when candles and firelight were the only… Read More »Haunters at the Hearth

THE LURE OF ATLANTIS

THE LURE OF ATLANTIS Strange Tales of the Sunken Continent Edited by Michael Wheatley British Library Publishing, pb, £9.19 Reviewed by Christine Downes This is a collection of short stories collated by editor Michael Wheatley on behalf of the British Library. The theme of the collection is the fabled sunken… Read More »THE LURE OF ATLANTIS

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The Flaw in the Crystal

The Flaw in the Crystal and other Uncanny Stories by May Sinclair edited by Mike Ashley from @BL_Publishing #BookReview #Horror #Short Stoies #MaySinclair The Flaw in the Crystal and other Uncanny Stories by May Sinclair edited by Mike Ashley British Library Publishing, pb, £9.99 Reviewed by Ian Hunter “The Flaw… Read More »The Flaw in the Crystal

THE HORNED GOD: Weird Tales of the Great God Pan edited by Michael Wheatley from @BL_Publishing

THE HORNED GOD: Weird Tales of the Great God Pan edited by Michael Wheatley British Library, 319-page p/b, £9.99 Reviewed by Pauline Morgan The Greek God Pan was an entity of wood and field who had a number of conflicting attributes.  Most stories agree that he had the legs and… Read More »THE HORNED GOD: Weird Tales of the Great God Pan edited by Michael Wheatley from @BL_Publishing

SUNLESS SOLSTICE: Strange Christmas Tales for the Longest Nights, edited by Lucy Evans and Tanya Kirk from @BL_Publishing

SUNLESS SOLSTICE: Strange Christmas Tales for the Longest Nights, edited by Lucy Evans and Tanya Kirk British Library Press, 288-page p/b, £8.99 Reviewed by Pauline Morgan Since Christmas is close to the longest night of the year and the period is often one of cold, it was inevitable that stories… Read More »SUNLESS SOLSTICE: Strange Christmas Tales for the Longest Nights, edited by Lucy Evans and Tanya Kirk from @BL_Publishing