Phantoms of Venice

[Dr Terror]

Originally published as a limited edition hardback by Shadow Publishing. Now available in paperback from Screaming Dreams Press.

Edited by David A. Sutton with a foreword by Joel Lane.

The Bridge Of Sighs by Peter Tremayne
Alive In Venice by Cherry Wilder
Rose Nere by Eddy C. Bertin
City In Aspic by Conrad Williams
Facades by Mike Chinn
Last Exit For The Lost by Tim Lebbon
La Serenissima by David A. Sutton
Bride Of The Sea by Anne Gay
Angelo's Bar by Pauline E. Dungate
The Devil's Comedy by Brian Stableford


Phantoms, serial killers, tales of revenge, possession, plague victims and the devil incarnate…Open these pages and join the throng of shades and monsters in the dark heart of Venice!

[David A. Riley]

An excellent anthology.

This is the cover of the original hardback copy brought out Shadow Publishing:

The cover art was by Harry O. Morris.

The new cover is equally splendid. This is by Edward Miller:

Of the stories I particularly liked La Serenissima by David A. Sutton, which I originally published in Beyond back in 1995, and which is one of Dave's best stories, remarkably grotesque and atmospheric.

David

[PeterC]

I'm extremely surprised this doesn't feature Aickman's classic Never Visit Venice.

[allysonbird]

Good collection and I also wondered why Never Visit Venice wasn't included. That tale kept me awake the other night. Aickman is one of the few authors I can re-read time and time again.

www.birdsnest.me.uk

[allthingshorror]

Screaming Dreams (2007)


Edward Miller

CONTENTS

Foreword: A Dream By the Old Canal - Joel Lane
Introduction: A Phantom City - David A. Sutton
The Bridge of Sighs - Peter Tremayne
Alive in Venice - Cherry Wilder
Rose Nere - Eddy Bertin
City in Aspic - Conrad Williams
Facades - Mike Chinn
Last Exit for the Lost - Tim Lebbon
La Serinissima - David A Sutton
Bridge of the Sea - Anne Gay
Angelo's Bar - Pauline E. Dungate
The Devil's Comedy - Brian Stableford

[piglingbland]

Just thought I'd update this post, some years on! The paperback edition from Steve Upham's Screaming Dreams is out of print, but I see copies are available at Abebooks. My hardcover edition can be found at both Abebooks and on Amazon. This Shadow Publishing edition is not out of print, I still have a few copies left of the 200-copy run, and you can get one from me on Ebay here:

Phantoms of Venice

Incidentally, re. the comment about Aickman's "Never Visit Venice" not being included: The anthology never meant to have reprints. However, I asked Joel Lane to write an introduction (A Dream by the Old Canal) discussing earlier Venice-set stories and he did a marvellous job, commenting on fiction by Poe, Le Fanu, Amelia B. Edwards, M.P. Shiel, Thomas Mann, L.P. Hartley, Fritz Leiber, du Maurier and Aickman.

The cover artwork for the harback is by Harry O. Morris.

Dave S.