Showers Brian J Editor (17 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Wraps very good with light shelf-wear. Spine square and uncreased. Binding sound. Pages bright and unmarked.

Paperback. Condition: fine digest magazine. 1st edition. Limited to 300 copies. Aimed at a general readership and published twice-yearly, The Green Book features commentaries, articles, and reviews on Irish Gothic, Supernatural and Fantastic literature.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 103 pages. (U P.).

Dublin: Swan River Press:, 2022. First edition, TPBO, Limited, Trade paperback, New, 108 pp. Cover artwork by: Meggan Kehrli Always interesting and informative. ""Probably there has never been in any country," wrote John Eglinton in his Memoir of A.E. (1937), "a period of literary activity which has not been preceded or accompanied by some stimulation of the religious interest. Anyone in search of this in Ireland at this time may find it if he looks for it, though he certainly will not find it in either the Catholic or the various Protestant religious bodies: he will find it, unless he disdains to look in that direction, in the ferment caused in the minds of a group of young men by the early activities of the Theosophical Movement in Dublin." First edition, TPBO, Limited, Trade paperback, New. Meggan Kehrli (illustrator).…

Paperback. Condition: fine digest magazine. 1st edition. Limited to 250 copies. Looking at this issueÆs eclectic contents, I am struck by the richness of IrelandÆs varied contributions to genre literature. Though a small island nation, we donÆt exist in a hermetically sealed literary bubble.

Paperback. Condition: fine digest magazine. 1st edition. Writings on Irish gothic, supernbatural and fantasticliterature.

Paperback. Condition: fine digest magaine. 1st edition. Writing on Irish Gothic, Supernatural and Fantastic Literature. Limited to 250 copies.

Paperback. Condition: fine digest magazine. 1st edition. Writings on Irish Gothic, supernatural and fantastic literature.

Paperback. Condition: fine digest magazine. 1st edition. Writings on Irish Gothic, Supernatural and Fantastic Literature.

Paperback. Condition: fine digest magazine. 1st edition. Includes: "Introduction to The Second Ghost Book" by Elizabeth Bowen, "Mistress of the Macabre: Rosa Mulholland" by Richard Dalby, "Hauntings and Haunted: Charlotte Riddell's Weird Stories" by Mike Barrett.

Paperback. fine digest magazine, Cover art: ôJames Clarance Manganö by George Morrow (1903) 1st edition. As a whole, I like to think that The Green Book serves as a sort of portrait of Irish Gothic literature in its myriad guises, incomplete though it may be, but ever adding detail to the canvas. Brian J Showers. …

Paperback. Condition: fine digest magazine. 1st printing. Writings on Irish Gothic, Supernatural and Fantastic Literature. This issue is another selection of profiles from our tentatively named Guide to Irish Writers of Gothic, Supernatural and Fantastic Literature.

Paperback. Condition: fine digest magazine. 1st edition. The first piece in this issue is an appreciation of ôThe JudgeÆs Houseö (1891), and an accompanying illustration, by Mike Mignola, a writer and artist whose memorable creation Hellboy boasts direct lineage from the works of Stoker.

paperback. Condition: Very Good. Paperback. No damage, internally clean. Very good condition.

Dublin: Swan River Press:, 2023. First edition, Hardcover, SIGNED, Limited, New in dust jacket, 217 pp. Cover artwork by: Meggan Kehrli This edition limited to 450 copies signed by the editor. "'Ghost stories,' as Elizabeth Bowen observed, "are not easy to writeleast easy now, for they involve more than they did." But these eleven writers take up the challenge, each in their own way, with expert awareness of the genre's limitless possibilities. Uncertainties is an anthology seriesfeaturing authors from Ireland, France, Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdomeach exploring the concept of increasingly fragmented senses of reality. These types of short stories were termed 'strange tales' by Robert Aickman, called 'tales of the unexpected' by Roald Dahl, and known to Shakespeare's ill-fated Prince Mamillius as 'winter's tales'. But these are no mere ghost stories. These tales of the uncanny grapple with existential epiphanies of the modern day, when otherwise familiar landscapes become sinister and something decidedly less than certain . . . First edition, Hardcover, SIGNED, Limited, New in dust jacket. Meggan Kehrli (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition, Limited Edition. 1st Ed./1st Printing. NEW UNREAD HARDBACK SIGNED by LYNDA E. RUCKER, BRIAN J. SHOWERS, MAURA McHUGH, MARTIN HAYES, TIMOTHY J. JARVIS, SARAH LeFANU, DEREK JOHN, & Others. No Inscription. Forward by JOHN CONNOLLY. DJ & Cover Art by MEGGAN KEHRLI. Printed boards. "Uncertainties is an anthology of new writing—featuring contributions from Irish, British, and American authors—each exploring the idea of increasingly fragmented senses of reality. These types of short stories were termed "strange tales" by Robert Aickman, called "tales of the unexpected" by Roald Dahl, and known to Shakespeare's ill-fated Prince Mamillius as 'winter's tales'. But these are no mere ghost stories. These tales of the uncanny grapple with existential epiphanies of the modern day, and when otherwise familiar landscapes become sinister and something decidedly less than certain . . ." DJ in Clear, ARCHIVAL MYLAR WRAP. NO remainder mark. | SHIPS AIRMAIL INTERNATIONALLY. Signed by Author(s).…

Dublin: Swan River Press:, 2021. First edition, Hardcover, Limited, Near fine in dust jacket, 209 pp. Cover artwork by: Meggan Kehrli One of 100 numbered copies. First edition, Hardcover, Limited, Near fine in dust jacket. Meggan Kehrli (illustrator).