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Post by wordswortheditions on Mar 17, 2009 18:51:58 GMT
Although the official Wordsworth poll for selecting the most popular titles to be included in new releases in our ‘Tales of Mystery and The Supernatural’ series has now closed, that doesn’t mean we’re not interested in receiving further suggestions.
There are a good few years to go before I’m due to retire, and because I enjoy it all so much, I doubt if I will anyway, so there is plenty of opportunity for the inclusion of more of your favourites.
I’ll keep an eye on this thread to see what comes up, and to keep you all posted on what’s in the pipeline.
Thanks again for your interest, Derek@Wordsworth
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Post by dem bones on Mar 17, 2009 20:24:50 GMT
Thanks Derek. To get things going, these were all first published in the nineteen-twenties and thirties, although some of the authors are yet to have reached the preferred seventy years in the grave .... Will eventually scour our other Wordsworth Editions threads to collect all of our suggestions to date, but would prefer if the original posters repeated their nominations here.
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Post by lobolover on Mar 18, 2009 0:15:27 GMT
The other side by Alfred Kubin, published in germany in 1901 .
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Post by marksamuels on Mar 18, 2009 17:45:56 GMT
L.A. Lewis is a fine suggestion. His Tales of the Grotesque is sick, twisted and literate. In short, admirable. It doesn't surprise me that Charles Birkin picked it up for the Philip Allan "Creeps" series of books.
I think it would cool, also, to see M.P. Shiel back in paperback after too long an absence. The Purple Cloud, Prince Zaleski, The Pale Ape and Other Pulses, Shapes in the Fire etc.
Mark S.
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Post by lobolover on Mar 20, 2009 10:08:11 GMT
The Purple cloud was done, along with a few stories, by Hippocampus Press .
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Post by jonathan122 on Apr 1, 2009 16:39:57 GMT
Although I'm personally not a huge fan, a collected WH Hodgson might be quite popular (relatively speaking, I mean ) - he's out of copyright, although some of his stories were published posthumously, and I'm not sure if the copyright laws are different for works not published in the author's lifetime. Some others: Richard Middleton (out of copyright) Eleanor Scott (still in copyright) RH Malden (still in copyright) Frederick Cowles (still in copyright, but only 10 years to go ) Definite support for LA Lewis, too.
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Post by fustar on Apr 6, 2009 19:03:03 GMT
I know these have been suggested before but if you were ot reprint anything by Oliver Onions, Fitz-James O'Brien, or H. Russell Wakefield then I'd be one happy monkey.
Wakefield in particular is an absolute must (even though he falls into the "still in copyright" category).
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Post by dem bones on Apr 6, 2009 19:50:00 GMT
Hi fuster. From what we hear Oliver Onions is in the pipeline and both O'Brien and Wakefield did very well in their respective Wordsworth polls. Hopefully Derek can give us an update in the near future.
While i'm here, other recent, post-poll suggestions from Lord Probert, Allthingshorror and Chris include:
Montague Summers (ed.) - The Supernatural Omnibus
James Platt - Tales Of The Supernatural
Sarban - Collected Short Stories
John Metcalfe - Collected short macabre & supernatural stories from The Smoking Leg and Judas
... and to make me happy: a novel!
John U. Nicolson - Fingers Of Fear (1937)
I'll second the Richard Middleton and Eleanor Scott recommendations. Would ask any Oscar Cook fans to add your voices!
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Post by lobolover on Apr 7, 2009 7:38:01 GMT
Definitely Metcalfe . Though I would like to see a reprint of Hume Nisbet (out of copyright) done to, particulary "The haunted station" colection .
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Post by monker on Apr 17, 2009 12:25:14 GMT
I went on another jaunt brought on by my constant bouts of feeling ineffectual (yes, I need a psychologist not a psychiatrist ) and missed the vote altogether (talk about self-sabotage). I'm presuming Machen only didn't score so highly because he is not exactly scarce. Of the others, I'm not really surprised but I have a sneaking suspicion Burrage might have a few gems hidden away in those Ash-Trees that haven't been read by the majority (including me). Many may think he was a bit of a one-hit-wonder with Waxworks. I'll add to the calls for Metcalfe, Lewis, Rolt and Cowls and throw in a suggestion for a reprint of that Nigel Kneale collection Tomato Cain but I doubt the rights would come cheap. Thanks Derek and Co.
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Post by dem bones on May 9, 2009 7:10:47 GMT
Hi Derek, i think you know only too well that we're incapable of posting in the right place, but if you check the Charles Birkin thread from this point you'll find strong support for Birkin's Devil Spawn, Frank Walford' Twisted Clay, J. U. Nicolson's Fingers Of Fear, Hume Nisbet and just about anything and everything by R. R. Ryan. This fellow might present you with some copyright headaches as he selfishly waited until 1972 to die, and, from what little i've read of his, he doesn't go in for the supernatural, but i'll suggest him anyway. Dino Buzzati and his supremely morbid collection of Contes Cruels, Catastrophe. Perhaps more obvious than all the above, Guy Endore's The Werewolf Of Paris, perhaps padded with examples of his short fiction? If you're going with the L. T. C. Rolt Sleep No More reprint, we can provide copies a few of his articles for John Hadfield's The Saturday Book from the mid-fifties. The Passing Of The Ghost Story is the obvious candidate, but Down In The Dark and The Swan Song Of Steam - celebrating the joys of pot-holing and the Great English railway system - certainly add another dimension to his supernatural fiction (or so it seems to me).
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Post by unholyturnip on May 11, 2009 14:02:06 GMT
Can't remember if I've done so already, but I've got to throw in a vote for 'The Alabaster Hand' by A.N.L. Munby. I used to read this a lot when I was at Uni, because they had a copyright library with the '95 Ash Tree print there. Recently, however, I procured the 1999 reprint, and it was like going back to an old friend! It's got so many classic stories in it. Even if his style is a blatant rip-off/hommage (delete as appropriate) of M.R. James, there are moments when he comes frighteningly close to James' crown. I think because his monsters don't get as physical as James', that creeps me out more.
'The White Sack' is the most well known one, about a guy who encounters a mysterious 'thing' in the mountains of the Isle of Skye, which is never clearly discernible but has a stench of... well read it and you'll see. Equally good though are 'The Devil's Autograph', which transcends it's cheesy title to become a very good Faustian tale, and 'The Inscription', which features an academic-style plot twist that M.R. James would have enjoyed immensely I'm sure. It's one of my favourite collections of antiquarian ghost stories.
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Post by Johnlprobert on May 11, 2009 14:25:00 GMT
'The Alabaster Hand' is a favourite of mine. I've got the 1999 Ash-Tree reprint that now seems to go for $250 on Amazon. Here's my review from all those years ago:
A splendid collection of short, atmospheric ghost stories in the style of M R James. With many imitators of James' style assuming verbosity to be an essential component in the creation of atmosphere, Munby's prose is refreshingly economical. His characters find themselves in appropriately scary situations which are resolved within eight or so pages, but not to the detriment of the overall effect of the story. Excellent. A classic. If you love these sorts of stories, you've probably got this book already.
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Post by jonathan122 on Jun 23, 2009 14:38:09 GMT
I don't know if Wordsworth have the rights to any more of Marjorie Bowen's work (apart from The Bishop of Hell), but if they did I would certainly buy a copy.
Also, a quick mention for Arthur Gray's Tedious Brief Tales of Granta and Gramyre - Gray died in 1940, so the copyright should be up soon...
Anything by Ronald Firbank would be very welcome as well (although I realise that he would probably count as a mainstream author rather than "Mystery and Supernatural").
Just wanted to say, for the benefit of anyone at Wordsworth who's reading this, that the new WF Harvey book is fantastic. Thanks!
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Post by Dr Strange on Jun 24, 2009 10:24:44 GMT
Some way to go before he is out of copyright, but I just wanted to say that (I think) Walter de la Mare needs a modern (i.e. inexpensive) anthology. I caveat that statement only because I've actually read so few of his short stories ("Seaton's Aunt" of course, "All Hallows", "Bad Company", and - best of all - "A:B:O"), and they may be the best of his work. Apparently, though he wrote "at least 40" supernatural stories (so Wikipedia says, so it must be true).
Also, I too have been reading and (mostly) enjoying the Wordsworth collection of W.F. Harvey's short stories. BUT - I think including the same story twice is a bit of a cheek. I refer to "Unwinding", which reappears later as one of his "12 Strange Cases" (albeit slightly re-written).
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