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Title:

Fighters of fear : occult detective stories / edited by Mike Ashley.

Publisher:

Talos Press,

Copyright Date:

2020

Description:

vii, 614 pages ; 23 cm

Subject:

Paranormal fiction.
Private investigators--Fiction.
Science fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Short stories.

Other Authors:

Ashley, Michael, editor.
Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan, 1814-1873, author.
Machen, Arthur, 1863-1947, author.
Kenealy, Arabella, author.
Meade, L. T., 1844-1914, author.
Eustace, Robert, author.
Hesketh-Prichard, H. (Hesketh), 1876-1922, author.
Prichard, K. (Kate), author.
Upward, Allen, 1863-1926, author.
Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William), 1865-1933, author.
Hodgson, William Hope, 1877-1918, author.
Emanuel, V. R. (Victor Rousseau), 1879-1960, author.
Rittenberg, Max, 1880-1965, author.
Rohmer, Sax, 1883-1959, author.
Askew, Claude, author.
Askew, Alice, 1874-1917, author.
Kerruish, Jessie Douglas, author.
Jesse, F. Tennyson (Fryniwyd Tennyson), 1888-1958, author.
Champion de Crespigny, Philip, Mrs., author.
Scrymsour, Ella M., 1888- author.
Holmes, Marion, -1943, author.
Fortune, Dion, author.
Quinn, Seabury, 1889-1969, author.
Burrage, Alfred McLelland, author.
Horler, Sydney, 1888-1954, author.
Beck, L. Adams (Lily Adams), -1931, author.
Long, Amelia Reynolds, 1904-1978, author.
Whitehead, Henry S. (Henry St. Clair), 1882-1932, author.
MacCreagh, Gordon, 1886-1953, author.
Lawrence, Margery, 1896-1969, author.
Wellman, Manly Wade, 1903-1986, author.
Brennan, Joseph Payne, 1918-1990, author.
Valentine, Mark, 1959- author.
Salmonson, Jessica Amanda, author.

Contents:

Jeremiah / Jessica Amanda Salmonson. The Shining Pyramid / Arthur Machen -- The Haunted Child / Arabella Kenealy -- The Mystery of the Felwyn Tunnel / L. T. Meade & Robert Eustace -- The Story of Yand Manor House / E. & H. Heron -- The Tapping on the Wainscot / Allen Upward -- Samaris / Robert W. Chambers -- The Whistling Room / William Hope Hodgson -- The Woman with the Crooked Nose / Victor Rousseau -- The Sorcerer of Arjuzanx / Max Rittenberg -- The Ivory Statue / Sax Rohmer -- The Stranger / Claude & Alice Askew -- The Swaying Vision / Jessie Douglas Kerruish -- The Sanatorium / F. Tennyson Jesse -- The Villa on the Borderive Road / Rose Champion de Crespigny -- The Room of Fear / Ella Scrymsour -- The Seven Fires / Philippa Forest -- The Subletting of the Mansion / Dion Fortune -- The Jest of Warburg Tantavul / Seabury Quinn -- The Soldier / A. M. Burrage -- The Horror of the Height / Sydney Horler -- The Mystery of Iniquity / L. Adams Beck -- The Thought Monster / Amelia Reynolds Long -- The Shut Room / Henry S. Whitehead -- Dr. Muncing, Exorcist -- Gordon MacCreagh -- The Case of the Haunted Cathedral / Margery Lawrence -- The Shonokins / Manly Wade Wellman -- The Dead of Winter Apparition / Joseph Payne Brennan -- The Garden of Paris / Eric Williams -- St. Michael & All Angels / Mark Velntine -- Jeremiah / Jessica Amanda Salmonson.

Summary:

A Retrospective Collection of Classic Occult and Supernatural Detective Stories by Some of the Field's Greatest and Best-Known Weird Fiction Authors. Since the gaslit nights at the end of the nineteenth century, the occult detective has been a beloved and recurring archetype. Mixing the best aspects of the detective tale and weird or supernatural fiction, and capitalizing in part on the massive popularity of Sherlock Holmes, these stories portrayed men and women pitted against surreal and horrifying foes, usually with little to defend them but their own savvy, experience, and know-how. From William Hope Hodgson's Thomas Carnacki, to Seabury Quinn's fearless Frenchman Jules de Grandin, to Jessica Salmonson's Penelope Pettiweather, the occult detective has taken a variety of forms, investigated a wide array of supernatural and otherworldly cases, and entertained generations of readers. This new collection compiles thirty-one all-time classic occult detective stories as it traces the genre's growth from its nineteenth-century origins to the late twentieth century, showcasing the work of acclaimed pioneers of weird tales alongside cult favorites and exciting modern talents.

ISBN:

1945863544
9781945863547
1945863528
9781945863523

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1138887466

Locations:

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)