Infernal Mysteries: A Compendium of Gothic Reveries and Dolorous Tales

Beech, Mark (editor)

ISBN 10: 1739579127 / ISBN 13: 9781739579128

Published by Egaeus Press, Shaftesbury, 2024

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Shaftesbury: Egaeus Press:, 2024. First edition, Hardcover, Limited, New sans dust jacket as issued, 271 pp. This edition limited to 420 copies. "INFERNAL MYSTERIES Or A Compendium of Gothic Reveries & Dolorous Tales. Featuring a gloriously grotesque and moon-soaked selection of new writings whose intent it is to capture and expand upon the darkness and sheer strangeness of first-wave Gothic literature. Never mind the cosy conventions into which the Gothic has settled over the past couple of centuries; INFERNAL MYSTERIES presents an altogether rawer and more primal take on the genre, very much rooted in the works of Poe, Shelley, Walpole, and Monk Lewis." Contributors include Richard Gavin, Reggie Oliver, Rhys Hughes, Jonathan Wood and others. First edition, Hardcover, Limited, New sans dust jacket as issued,

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Infernal Mysteries: A Compendium of Gothic Reveries and Dolorous Tales
• Publisher: Egaeus Press, Shaftesbury
• Publication Date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1739579127
• ISBN 13: 9781739579128
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Seller catalogs:
  • Horror

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Synopsis

INFERNAL MYSTERIES, or A Compendium of Gothic Reveries & Dolorous Tales is Egaeus Press's latest anthology. Featuring a gloriously grotesque and moon-soaked selection of new writings whose intent it is to capture and expand upon the darkness and sheer strangeness of first-wave Gothic literature.

Never mind the cosy conventions into which the Gothic has settled over the past couple of centuries; INFERNAL MYSTERIES presents an altogether rawer and more primal take on the genre, very much rooted in the works of Poe, Shelley, Walpole, and "Monk" Lewis.

The full table of contents is as follows:

- Olivia by Albert Power
- Tabula Rasa by Richard Gavin
- Scourge by Sara Wilson
- The Bearded Nun, or The Saracen's Redemption by Tom Johnstone
- A Trifling Tale by Jon Horn
- Lorelei by J. Rosina Harlow
- Shadow, Ghost or Hellequin by Nina Antonia
- The Cardinal's Ring by Reggie Oliver
- Casa Magni by Lisa Moore-Smith
- To Vathek by Dmitri Akers
- Thirteen Castles South by Rhys Hughes
- Spolia by Aleksandra Ugelstad Elnęs
- The Rescue by Jonathan Eeds
- The Sailor's Bride by Isobel Granby
- The Grotto at Crennocken by Jonathan Wood
- Mrs Poole Will Speak Wrongly, However I Do It by Kate Meyer-Currey
- Cellmates by Craig S. Shoemake
- The Haunting of the Red Death by Aaron Padley