Queens of the Abyss: Lost Stories from the Women of the Weird (British Library Tales of the Weird) - Softcover

Mike Ashley; Frances Hodgson Burnett; Marie Corelli; Edith Nesbit; Leonora Carrington; Jessie Douglas Kerruish; Margaret St Clair; Mary Elizabeth Braddon; Marie Belloc Lowndes; May Sinclair; Marjorie Bowen; Greye La Spina; Mary Elizabeth Counselman

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0712353917 ISBN 13: 9780712353915

Publisher: British Library Publishing, 2020

Synopsis

It is too often accepted that during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries it was the male writers who developed and pushed the boundaries of the weird tale, with women writers following in their wake - but this is far from the truth. This new anthology follows the instrumental contributions made by women writers to the weird tale, and revives the lost authors of the early pulp magazines along with the often overlooked work of more familiar authors.

See the darker side of The Secret Garden author Frances Hodgson Burnett and the sensitively-drawn nightmares of Marie Corelli and Violet Quirk. Hear the captivating voices of Weird Tales magazine contributors Sophie Wenzel Ellis, Greye La Spina and Margaret St Clair, and bow down to the sensational, surreal and challenging writers who broke down the barriers of the day. Featuring material never before republished, from the abyssal depths of the British Library vaults.

About this title

About the Author:

Mike Ashley is the author and editor of more than one hundred books and one of the foremost historians of popular fiction with a specialism for rooting out rare short stories. His Tales of the Weird anthologies include Glimpses of the Unknown: Lost Ghost Stories and Doorway to Dilemma: Bewildering Tales of Dark Fantasy.

About this edition

• Publisher: British Library Publishing
• Publication date: 2020
• ISBN 10: 0712353917
• ISBN 13: 9780712353915
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 352
• Editor: Mike Ashley