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ADRIAN, JACK (EDITOR), W.H. ADAMS, VIOLET JACOB, JOHN SAMPSON, WILLIAM BRADLEY, GEORGE BLAKE, HILTON BROWN, EDWARD LIVEING, H.T. SHERINGHAM, L.M. CRUMP, BARBARA EUPHAN TODD, F.H. DORSET, CECIL BINNEY, JOHN FISHER, SHAUGH CORTENAY, THE 2002 ASH-TREE PRESS ANNUAL MACABRE - GHOSTS AT 'THE CORNHILL'.
Canada Ash-Tree Press 2002 First Edition Private Press Hard Cover Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Fine/Fine/J Fine 214 +xivpp. The later years of the Victorian era are justly famous for many things, not least the extraordinary flowering of monthly and weekly magazines which sprang up to cater to the newly literate middle classes. Among the most famous and most successful of these magazines was The Cornhill, which was created in 1860 and outlasted all its rivals, finally closing its doors in 1975. From the start, The Cornhill featured some of the finest storytellers British literature had to offer; and from the 1890s onwards, its respective editors allowed their obvious fondness for the ghostly tale to find an outlet in the pages of the magazine. Jack Adrian has uncovered many weird tales in the pages of The Cornhill, none of which has seen print since its original publication. This, the first of two Annual Macabres highlighting the magazine's supernatural content, contains stories ranging from the odd to the horrific: a rich mix of the weird, the outré, and the downright horrid. CONTENTS: Introduction by Jack Adrian, 'Wanted! Quarmin Tay!' by W. H. Adams, 'The Wade Monument' by Violet Jacob, 'The Wedding' by John Sampson, 'The Moral Opiate' by William Bradley, 'The Black Cat' by George Blake, 'Fladda Light' by Hilton Brown, 'The Jackals' by Edward Liveing, 'The Trouble at Totton Corner' by H. T. Sheringham, 'The Peacock Sari' by L. M. Crump, 'A Bunch of Balloons' by Barbara Euphan Todd, 'Mrs Murdoch's Man' by F. H. Dorset, 'A Jester of the King' by F. H. Dorset, 'Nisi Dominus' by Cecil Binney, 'The Portent' by John Fisher, 'Red Hair and Yellow Curtains' by Shaugh Courtenay. Notes and Sources.
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