Leiningen versus the ants / Carl Stephenson. The blue beetle: a confession / A.G. Gray, Jun. -- The mummy's soul / Anonymous -- After three thousand years / Jane G. Austin -- A dream of wild bees / Olive Schreiner -- The moth / H.G. Wells -- The captivity of the professor / A. Lincoln Green -- The dream of Akinosuke and butterflies / Lafcadio Hearn -- Caterpillars / E.F. Benson -- An Egyptian hornet / Algernon Blackwood -- The blue cockroach / Christopher Blayre -- The wicked flea / J.U. Giesy -- The miracle of the lily / Clare Winger Harris -- Warning wings / Arlton Eadie -- Beyond the star curtain / Garth Bentley -- Leiningen versus the ants / Carl Stephenson.
Summary:
"The insect kingdom has finally come to seek retribution for humankind's negligence. Never has a creature been so topical - with headlines warning of the mosquito bearing viruses, fire ants destroying power sources, invasive yellow ladybirds or an ecological insect apocalypse that threatens the very balance of our natural world. With growing concerns about global warming, pesticides, and genetically modified crops, Eco-Gothic is moving to the fore in modern scholarship, and this collection allows readers to be a fly on the wall to some of the creepiest and crawliest accounts of insectoid horror."--Publisher.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.