Sorry if this is already known to you all, but I just wanted to share that after sending an e-mail on the Wordsworth Editions website, I recieved a response from the Director Derek Wright informing me that due to low volume sales that (currently) no new titles are planned to be added to the "Tales of Mystery & the Supernatural" collection.
After I sent my message I sent another (because I forgot to ask in the first one *ahem*) if it wouldn't be too much trouble to have a complete list of titles in the collection, including those that are out of print.
Here first, is the e-mail that I sent a couple of days ago, and Derek Wright's reply, and then the list.
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Hello,
I would like to say a big thank you for releasing a lot of out of print stories that I never would have known about if not for your "Tales of Mystery & the Supernatural" collection. I have about 30 of them.
I was wondering why you had decided to change the colour of the books in the collection from black to red/maroon? It's not a big deal, but I do enjoy seeing all of them on my shelf, all nice and uniform in black.
Also have you published anything by Hugh B Cave, or might be planning to? He is a new discovery of mine; I am enjoying my copy of Murgunstrumm & Others by him greatly - but I think most of his books are once again out of print. It would be nice to see some of his weird fiction in print again for newcomers such as myself.
Kind regards,
Sarah Foote
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Hello Sarah,
Thanks for your email. I'm pleased you have been enjoying the series.
Although I have received many enthusiastic comments on this series, unfortunately sales generally have not been good and the change of covers was intended to freshen up it up. We have done quite a lot of pruning of the slowest titles so we shall see how things progress. At this stage we have no plans to add to the series, although we would not be able to consider Cave's work, as it will remain in copyright until the year 2075!
The Wheatley titles were a rare example where we were able to conclude a workable arrangement to publish works that were still in copyright, but we only had the rights for a limited period before a larger publisher stepped in.
I am attaching a list of all of the titles that have appeared in the series since it began.
Kind regards,
Derek Wright
Director
Wordsworth Editions Ltd
8b East Street,Ware
Herts SG12 9HJ UK
Phone: +44 (0) 1920 465167
Fax: +44 (0) 1920 462267
www.wordsworth-editions.com Registered in England & Wales Company Number 02090233
Registered Office: 8b East Street, Ware, Hertfordshire, SG12 9HJ
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Title ISBN
CLASSIC EDWARDIAN VICTORIAN GHOST 9781840220667
MADAM CROWLS GHOST STORIES 9781840220674
GHOST STORIES 9781840220704
SHERLOCK HOLMES GAMES AFOOT 9781840220711
TALES MYSTERY & IMAGINATION 9781840220728
PHANTOM OF THE OPERA 9781840220735
JACK THE RIPPER 9781840220773
TALES OF UNEASE 9781840220780
WOMAN IN WHITE 9781840220841
HAUNTER OF THE RING 9781840220858
WEREWOLF PACK 9781840220872
BLACK VEIL AND OTHER TALES 9781840220889
NIGHT SHIVERS 9781840220896
WITCH OF PRAGUE 9781840220902
CHARLIE CHAN OMNIBUS 9781840220926
CRIME SCENES 9781840220933
ALL SAINTS EVE 9781840220940
TALES OF MYSTERY & MACABRE 9781840220957
GHOST STORIES EDITH WHARTON 9781840221640
DR NIKOLA 9781840221657
SCOTTISH GHOST STORIES 9781840221688
CASEBOOK OF SEXTON BLAKE 9781840221701
UNCLE SILAS 9781840221718
RIDDLE OF THE SANDS 9781840221787
THE BEAST WITH FIVE FINGERS 9781840221794
CASTLE OTRANTO NIGHTMARE ABBEY 9781840221848
THE MONK 9781840221855
GOTHIC SHORT STORIES 9781840224252
RETURN FROM THE DEAD 9781840224528
SWEENEY TODD 9781840224832
UNCANNY STORIES 9781840224924
THE TANGLED SKEIN 9781840225273
DRACULA'S GUEST & OTHER STORIES 9781840225280
CASEBOOK CARNACKI GHOST FINDER 9781840225297
WAGNER THE WEREWOLF 9781840225303
POWER DARKNESS TALES TERROR 9781840225310
STRANGE TALES 9781840225327
HAUNTED HOTEL & STRANGE TALES 9781840225334
TERROR BY NIGHT 9781840225341
BISHOP HELL & OTHER STORIES 9781840225372
CRIMSON BLIND & GHOST STORIES 9781840225389
AYLMER VANCE: GHOST SEER 9781840225396
BELL IN FOG & OTHER STORIES 9781840225402
A NIGHT ON THE MOOR 9781840225419
THE DEVIL RIDES OUT 9781840225433
TO THE DEVIL A DAUGHTER 9781840225440
THE HAUNTING OF TOBY JUG 9781840225457
CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT 9781840225464
TEMPLE OF DEATH 9781840225471
SHERLOCK HOLMES HENTZAU AFFAIR 9781840225488
NOT EXACTLY GHOSTS&FIRES BURN BLUE 9781840225495
COLLECTED GHOST STORIES 9781840225518
IN A GLASS DARKLY 9781840225525
HOUSE BY CHURCHYARD 9781840225747
COUCHING AT THE DOOR 9781840226072
WHISPERER DARKNESS:VOL 1 9781840226089
THE BEETLE 9781840226096
ORIENTAL GHOST STORIES 9781840226102
RIGHT HAND OF DOOM 9781840226119
SHADOWS ON THE BLIND 9781840226126
BULLDOG DRUMMOND 9781840226201
THE LOVED DEAD 9781840226225
DRACULA & DRACULA'S GUEST 9781840226270
SWEENEY TODD 9781840226324
THE DRUG AND OTHER STORIES 9781840226386
VARNEY THE VAMPYRE 9781840226393
DEAD OF NIGHT 9781840226409
AUSTRALIAN GHOST STORIES 9781840226416
HORROR IN MUSEUM:VOL.2 9781840226423
IN GHOSTLY COMPANY 9781840226430
THE KING IN YELLOW 9781840226447
LAIR WHITE WORM&LADY SHROUD 9781840226454
CASEFILES OF MR J.G.REEDER 9781840226461
MYSTERY OF THE YELLOW ROOM 9781840226478
SHADOW OF RAT & TANGLED SKEIN 9781840226522
IRISH GHOST STORIES 9781840226607
HAUNTER THE DARK:VOL 3 9781840226676
THE ITALIAN 9781840226683
SIMON IFF STORIES & OTHER WORKS 9781840226782
THE COMPLETE FOUR JUST MEN 9781840226843
NIGHT TERRORS 9781840226850
AN ARSENE LUPIN OMNIBUS 9781840226874
VOODOO TALES 9781840226904
THE LURKING FEAR:VOL 4 9781840227000
EYES OF MAX CARRADOS 9781840227017
