Return of the Ancients

Katy Soar

ISBN 10: 0712355677 / ISBN 13: 9780712355674

Published by British Library Publishing, GB, 2025

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From the sun-seared shores of the Aegean to the misty bogs of ancient England, the dark tendrils of mythological gods and monsters have remained embedded in the minds of those who once believed, and throughout the past two centuries have inspired a haunting sub-genre of uncanny fiction.Collecting up strange tales of legendary Greco-Roman figures, pagan deities of Old Britain and godlings and abominations from the world's pantheons returning to wreak havoc on modern civilization, this new anthology presents a thrilling array of weird fiction touched by the otherworldly and eternal mystique of myth, lore and legends.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Return of the Ancients
• Publisher: British Library Publishing, GB
• Publication Date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0712355677
• ISBN 13: 9780712355674
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

From the sun-seared shores of the Aegean to the misty bogs of ancient England, the dark tendrils of mythological gods and monsters have remained embedded in the minds of those who once believed, and throughout the past two centuries have inspired a haunting sub-genre of uncanny fiction.

Collecting strange tales of legendary Greco-Roman figures, pagan deities of Old Britain and godlings and abominations from the world's pantheons returning to wreak havoc on modern civilization, this new anthology presents a thrilling array of weird fiction touched by the otherworldly and eternal mystique of myth, lore and legends.

Katy Soar’s follow-up to one of the most popular series titles, Circles of Stone (2023), this anthology features classic stories from writers such as Algernon Blackwood and Arthur Machen alongside the rare and unusual from the pulps and magazines of the British Library’s collections.

About the Author

Katy Soar is a Senior Lecturer in Classical Archaeology at the University of Winchester. Her research interests involve Greek archaeology, the resonance of archaeology in culture and the history and reception of archaeology itself. She is a frequent contributor to Hellebore magazine, and co-edited the anthology Strange Relics, published by Handheld Press in 2022.