| Edition |
First Pegasus Books cloth edition. |
| Description |
xiii, 361 pages ; 24 cm |
| Summary |
"As railroads, industry, cities, and technology flourished in the mid-nineteenth century, so did stories exploring the horrors they unleashed. This anthology includes ghost stories and tales of haunted houses, as well as mad scientists, werewolves, ancient curses, mummies, psychological terrors, demonic dimensions, and even weird westerns." -- Description provided by publisher. |
| Contents |
Introduction / Lisa Morton and Leslie S. Klinger -- Old nurse's story / Elizabeth Gaskell -- Moonstone mass / Harriet Prescott Spofford - Lost in a pyramid, or the mummy's curse / Louisa May Alcott -- What was the matter? / Elizabeth Stuart Phelps -- An itinerant house / Emma Frances Dawson -- Nut Bush Farm / Mrs. J. H. (Charlotte) Riddell -- Gray man / Sarah Orne Jewett -- In a far-off world / Olive Schreiner -- Giant wisteria / Charlotte Perkins Gilman -- Lady with the carnations / Marie Corelli -- Were-wolf / Clemence Housman -- Transmigration / Dora Sigerson Shorter -- Wind in the rose-bush / Mary E. Wilkins Freeman -- Banshee's Halloween / Herminie Templeton Kavanaugh -- In the closed room / Frances Hodgson Burnett -- Dream-baby / Olivia Howard Dunbar -- Third drug / E. Bland (Edith Nesbit) -- Pocket-hunter's story / Mary Austin -- Twilight / Marjorie Bowen -- Swine-gods / Regina Miriam Bloch -- Jordan's end / Ellen Glasgow |
| Subject(S) |
Paranormal fiction -- Women authors.
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Supernatural in literature -- Women authors.
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Fantasy fiction, English -- Women authors.
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Horror tales, English -- Women authors.
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Short stories -- Women authors.
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Paranormal fiction.
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Short stories.
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Horror fiction.
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| Added Name(S) |
Morton, Lisa, 1958- editor.
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Klinger, Leslie S., editor.
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Container of (expression): Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn, 1810-1865.
Old nurse's story.
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Container of (expression): Spofford, Harriet Elizabeth Prescott, 1835-1921.
Moonstone mass.
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Container of (expression): Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888.
Lost in a pyramid, or the mummy's curse.
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Container of (expression): Phelps, Elizabeth Stuart, 1844-1911.
What was the matter?
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Container of (expression): Dawson, Emma Frances.
Itinerant house.
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Container of (expression): Riddell, J. H., Mrs., 1832-1906.
Nut Bush Farm.
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Container of (expression): Jewett, Sarah Orne, 1849-1909.
Gray man.
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Container of (expression): Schreiner, Olive, 1855-1920.
In a far-off world.
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Container of (expression): Gilman, Charlotte Perkins, 1860-1935.
Giant wisteria.
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Container of (expression): Corelli, Marie, 1855-1924.
Lady with the carnations.
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Container of (expression): Housman, Clemence.
Were-wolf.
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Container of (expression): Shorter, Dora Sigerson, 1866-1918.
Transmigration.
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Container of (expression): Freeman, Mary Eleanor Wilkins, 1852-1930.
Wind in the rose-bush.
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Container of (expression): Kavanagh, Herminie Templeton.
Banshee's Halloween.
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Container of (expression): Burnett, Frances Hodgson, 1849-1924.
In the closed room.
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Container of (expression): Dunbar, Olivia Howard, 1873-1953.
Dream-baby.
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Container of (expression): Nesbit, E. (Edith), 1858-1924.
Third drug.
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Container of (expression): Austin, Mary, 1868-1934.
Pocket-hunter's story.
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Container of (expression): Bowen, Marjorie, 1888-1952.
Twilight.
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Container of (expression): Bloch, Regina Miriam, 1888-1938.
Swine-gods.
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Container of (expression): Glasgow, Ellen, 1873-1945.
Jordan's end.
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| ISBN |
9781643134161 (hardcover) |
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