Bernard Capes

LOST BAGGAGE

Overlooked weird tales

Generally established now as one of the canonical authors of Edwardian supernatural fiction, Capes deserves to have all of his supernatural fiction in print. The 1998 edition of his short stories by Ash-Tree Press (The Black Reaper) contained many fine stories but omitted others, many of them first-rate, and included none at all from Bag and Baggage (1913), which Bleiler calls "his best collection." The Thomas Loring edition will gather together these omitted stories -- 26 in all. > MORE

H. Frankish

DR. CUNLIFFE -- INVESTIGATOR

Adventures of a psychic detective

One of the legendary rarities of its genre is Dr. Cunliffe -- Investigator, a collection of psychic detective weird tales written in a garish, over-the-top style that anticipates what coalesced in the 1920s as pulp fiction. We are proud to present the first new edition of it since its original 1913 appearance. > MORE

Mary Ann Bird

SPELL-BOUND

Ghost stories of a forgotten Victorian

This hitherto-unknown 1865 collection of ghost stories will be welcomed by aficionados of the form, we think, not only as of historical significance (as one of the earliest collections by a female author of exclusively weird and avowedly fictional stories -- unlike Mrs. Crowe's hybrid confections) but in its own right as the work of an author of above-average imagination and skill, one who is fit to take her place alongside the other Victorian women -- Riddell, Edwards, Braddon, Oliphant, Wood, etc. -- who helped build the foundations of the modern ghost story. > MORE

Gerald Bullett

THE ENCHANTING MOMENT & THE MOMENT OF DISENCHANTMENT

Selected supernatural tales

Bullett is one of those Georgian authors whose very success and versatility has obscured him from the attention of serious students of the weird tale. He is remembered now only for one or two stories from The Street of the Eye (1923), but the fact is that he returned to the form again and again, bringing his power and clarity of focus to bear on his material like a burning glass. He included supernatural, fantastic or macabre material in all six of his short story collections, most of which have become rather scarce today. The Thomas Loring edition will gather these 27 stories together in one place. > MORE

“E. Thelmar”

Illustrated by Mahlon Blaine

THE MANIAC

An episode of Edwardian insanity

Here is an item whose sheer strangeness will appeal, we think, to the connoisseur. It's the first person narration of a young woman's descent into madness. The fact that it was presented (in 1909) as a work of non-fiction does nothing to detract from its value as a lurid thriller, which indeed is the perspective from which most reviewers have judged -- and praised -- it. It has gone through several editions since then, most notably in 1941 when it was illustrated by Mahlon Blaine (under the pseudonym of G. Christopher Hudson). All of these editions are now uncommon. The new Thomas Loring edition will include all of the Blaine drawings, which are well-suited to the phantasmagorical nature of the text, and will establish this book where we think it belongs, among the acknowledged gems that crown our heritage of weird literature. > MORE

Donald Armour

SWEPT & GARNISHED

A 1938 novella of possession and exorcism

This book's long flight under the radar of genre bibliographers and critics will come to an end, we predict, once it's back in print. The debut of an author who wrote just one more book (another work of supernatural/fantastic fiction) and then retired from the field -- thanks to the myopia of postwar publishers -- it shocked us both by the raw horror of its scenes and by the polished skill of their presentation. Surely it must have raised eyebrows in 1938. We think it will do the same today. > MORE





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		Bernard Capes LOST BAGGAGE Overlooked weird tales Generally established now as one of the canonical authors of Edwardian supernatural fiction, Capes deserves to have all of his supernatural fiction in print. The 1998 edition of his short stories by Ash-Tree Press (The Black Reaper) contained many fine stories but omitted others, many of them first-rate, and included none at all from Bag and Baggage (1913), which Bleiler calls "his best collection." The Thomas Loring edition will gather together these omitted stories -- 26 in all. > MORE H. Frankish DR. CUNLIFFE -- INVESTIGATOR Adventures of a psychic detective One of the legendary rarities of its genre is Dr. Cunliffe -- Investigator, a collection of psychic detective weird tales written in a garish, over-the-top style that anticipates what coalesced in the 1920s as pulp fiction. We are proud to present the first new edition of it since its original 1913 appearance. > MORE Mary Ann Bird SPELL-BOUND Ghost stories of a forgotten Victorian This hitherto-unknown 1865 collection of ghost stories will be welcomed by aficionados of the form, we think, not only as of historical significance (as one of the earliest collections by a female author of exclusively weird and avowedly fictional stories -- unlike Mrs. Crowe's hybrid confections) but in its own right as the work of an author of above-average imagination and skill, one who is fit to take her place alongside the other Victorian women -- Riddell, Edwards, Braddon, Oliphant, Wood, etc. -- who helped build the foundations of the modern ghost story. > MORE Gerald Bullett THE ENCHANTING MOMENT & THE MOMENT OF DISENCHANTMENT Selected supernatural tales Bullett is one of those Georgian authors whose very success and versatility has obscured him from the attention of serious students of the weird tale. He is remembered now only for one or two stories from The Street of the Eye (1923), but the fact is that he returned to the form again and again, bringing his power and clarity of focus to bear on his material like a burning glass. He included supernatural, fantastic or macabre material in all six of his short story collections, most of which have become rather scarce today. The Thomas Loring edition will gather these 27 stories together in one place. > MORE “E. Thelmar” Illustrated by Mahlon Blaine THE MANIAC An episode of Edwardian insanity Here is an item whose sheer strangeness will appeal, we think, to the connoisseur. It's the first person narration of a young woman's descent into madness. The fact that it was presented (in 1909) as a work of non-fiction does nothing to detract from its value as a lurid thriller, which indeed is the perspective from which most reviewers have judged -- and praised -- it. It has gone through several editions since then, most notably in 1941 when it was illustrated by Mahlon Blaine (under the pseudonym of G. Christopher Hudson). All of these editions are now uncommon. The new Thomas Loring edition will include all of the Blaine drawings, which are well-suited to the phantasmagorical nature of the text, and will establish this book where we think it belongs, among the acknowledged gems that crown our heritage of weird literature. > MORE Donald Armour SWEPT & GARNISHED A 1938 novella of possession and exorcism This book's long flight under the radar of genre bibliographers and critics will come to an end, we predict, once it's back in print. The debut of an author who wrote just one more book (another work of supernatural/fantastic fiction) and then retired from the field -- thanks to the myopia of postwar publishers -- it shocked us both by the raw horror of its scenes and by the polished skill of their presentation. Surely it must have raised eyebrows in 1938. We think it will do the same today. > MORE
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