Fear in the Blood - Tales From the Dark Lineages of the Weird

Through eighteen dark tales bubbling with the ghostly and the occult, Mike Ashley traces the phenomenon of families in which a talent for channelling the Weird passes down the generations, showcasing six lineages whose names echo through the halls of speculative fiction: Dickens, Hawthorne, Le Fanu, Pangborn, Marryat and Aiken.

About the author

MIKE ASHLEY is an author, Edgar award-winning editor and expert on genre fiction. Since 2018, he has drawn on his experience researching rare periodicals and lost anthologies to create thrilling volumes of rediscovered strange tales for the Tales of the Weird series.

Summary

Through eighteen dark tales bubbling with the ghostly and the occult, Mike Ashley traces the phenomenon of families in which a talent for channelling the Weird passes down the generations, showcasing six lineages whose names echo through the halls of speculative fiction: Dickens, Hawthorne, Le Fanu, Pangborn, Marryat and Aiken.

Product details

• Authors: Mike Ashley
• Assisted by: Mike Ashley (Editor), Ashley Mike (Editor)
• Publisher: British Library
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.04.2024
• EAN: 9780712355650
• ISBN: 978-0-7123-5565-0
• No. of pages: 336
• Series: British Library Tales of the Weird
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / Classics, Classic fiction (pre c 1945), FICTION / Ghost, Classic horror & ghost stories, Classic horror and ghost stories, Classic fiction: general and literary