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Post by ripper on Nov 30, 2018 9:54:57 GMT
Just browsing through Black Heath Gothic's Kindle books and came upon The Ghost Hunters and was excited to see that it contained not only the Norton Vyse and Andrew Latter stories, but also the 5 tales by Allen Upward originally published in The Royal magazine in the Ghost Hunters series, featuring an estate agent and his secretary investigating haunted houses. Richard Dalby included the first, The Story of the Green House, Wallington, in The Mammoth Book of Victorian and Edwardian Ghost Stories. Having enjoyed that one very much, I have been on the look-out for the rest, so for 99p, this collection is a must-buy for me.
Full contents:
Andrew Latter stories by Harold Begbie
1. The Murder in an Omnibus
2. The Affair of the Duke of Nottingham
3. The Eye at the Drawn Blind
4. The Charge against Lord William Grace
5. The Missing Heir
6. The Flying Blindness
The Ghost Hunters stories by Allen Upward
1. The Story of the Green House, Wallington
2. The Tapping on the Wainscott
3. The Secret of Horner's Court
4. The Two Roses
5. The Haunted Woman
Norton Vyse stories by Rose Champion De Crespigny
1. The Moving Finger
2. The Shears of Atropos
3. The Villa on the Borderive Road
4. The Witness in the Wood
5. The Case of Mr. Fitzgordon
6. The Voice
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Post by jamesdoig on Nov 30, 2018 21:06:51 GMT
Just browsing through Black Heath Gothic's Kindle books and came upon The Ghost Hunters and was excited to see that it contained not only the Norton Vyse and Andrew Latter stories, but also the 5 tales by Allen Upward originally published in The Royal magazine in the Ghost Hunters series, featuring an estate agent and his secretary investigating haunted houses. Richard Dalby included the first, The Story of the Green House, Wallington, in The Mammoth Book of Victorian and Edwardian Ghost Stories. Having enjoyed that one very much, I have been on the look-out for the rest, so for 99p, this collection is a must-buy for me. Thanks for the tip - looks like a must-have. |
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Post by humgoo on Jul 20, 2022 5:24:07 GMT
Andrew Latter stories by Harold Begbie From Harold "Angels-of-Mons-are-Real" Begbie (whom Machen namechecked in "Out of the Earth"), they'd better be good! I just read a few pages and the guy is a "dream detective" (speaking of which, has anyone here read Sax Rohmer's Moris Klaw tales? I gave up after trying a couple of them years ago; it's probably not by mere chance that they've never been reprinted), which means he just goes sleep and dream and the case will be solved! They'd better be good ... On the other hand, the Ghost Hunters stories by Allen Upward are certainly charming. The Norton Vyse ones by Rose Champion De Crespigny may be good too. Will find out! In any case, carefully formatted and proofread and sold at $0.99, the Black Heath stuff is worth every penny. |
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Post by ripper on Aug 23, 2022 17:04:15 GMT
Andrew Latter stories by Harold Begbie From Harold "Angels-of-Mons-are-Real" Begbie (whom Machen namechecked in "Out of the Earth"), they'd better be good! I just read a few pages and the guy is a "dream detective" (speaking of which, has anyone here read Sax Rohmer's Moris Klaw tales? I gave up after trying a couple of them years ago; it's probably not by mere chance that they've never been reprinted), which means he just goes sleep and dream and the case will be solved! They'd better be good ... On the other hand, the Ghost Hunters stories by Allen Upward are certainly charming. The Norton Vyse ones by Rose Champion De Crespigny may be good too. Will find out! In any case, carefully formatted and proofread and sold at $0.99, the Black Heath stuff is worth every penny. It was the Upward stories that I was really after, with the other two series being a bonus. I read a couple of the 'Dream Detective' tales and thought they were okay, but nothing to get excited about. I read one of the Rohmer stories--something to do with mummies unless I am confusing it with something else. I quite enjoyed it, but couldn't locate any more. |
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Post by humgoo on Nov 28, 2022 7:09:34 GMT
Rose Champion De Crespigny - The Shears of Atropos: Norton Vyse the psychic listens to his friend Bob Hawthorn's experience, a jazzed-up version of the " Dufferin Curse". Bob has always been a sensitive, seeing things that others can't, and he has every reason to believe that he's been being warned lately by the other world. The recurring premonition in question is a glistening thread extending from his own body, the other end of which is held by a woman, who, a pair of scissors in hand (hence the title), has "red hair parted at the side, a peculiarly pallid face, deeply sunk eyes, and a hare-lip". Bob's obsession with this woman has driven a wedge between him and his fiancée, who of course can't see anything. One night the couple meet at the Grand Regent Hotel and are about to go down from the fourth floor. Guess who the lift-woman looks like?
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