{"product_id":"british-weird","title":"British Weird: Selected Short Fiction 1893 - 1937","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFor fans of the best-selling \u003cem\u003eWomen’s Weird\u003c\/em\u003e anthology comes \u003cem\u003eBritish Weird\u003c\/em\u003e, a new installment of stories by British writers of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century that embrace the supernatural, horror, and the Gothic. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eCurated by \u003cb\u003eJames Machin, the author of Palgrave Gothic's \u003ci\u003eWeird Fiction in Britain, 1880 – 1939\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003c\/b\u003e who details the background of these stories in the Weird tradition, identifying their use of peculiarly British preoccupations in supernatural short fiction. Immense church effigies walk at night, man find a prehistoric tribe in the Scottish Highlands, canoeing on a haunted river—these are some examples of Weird stories that are \u003cb\u003euniquely British in style and content\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthors include: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eE.F. Benson\u003c\/span\u003e (“Caterpillars”)\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eAlgernon Blackwood\u003c\/span\u003e (“The Willows”)\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eJohn Buchan\u003c\/span\u003e (“No-Man’s Land”)\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eMary Butts\u003c\/span\u003e “Mappa Mundi”)\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eL.A. Lewis\u003c\/span\u003e (“Lost Keep”)\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eArthur Machen\u003c\/span\u003e (“N”)\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eJohn Metcalfe\u003c\/span\u003e (“The Bad Lands”)\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eEdith Nesbit (“Man-Size in a Marble”)\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eEleanor Scott\u003cspan\u003e (“Randalls Round”)\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis collection is certain to thrill, entertain, and chill any fan of classic Weird fiction.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"A landmark anthology. . . \" - \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGingernuts of Horror\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"This book is an absolute must-read for anyone with even a passing interest in the pre-WW2 era of the British Weird, and the stories have been chosen with obvious care.\" – \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHorrified \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"None","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46450134778066,"sku":"9781912766215","price":23.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0655\/8980\/5233\/files\/1_f3f07a53-cb2d-4785-ae85-1119a660f307.jpg?v=1764387610","url":"https:\/\/www.indigo.ca\/products\/british-weird","provider":"Indigo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}