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The Ghost Slayers: Thrilling Tales of Occult Detection

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title The Ghost Slayers: Thrilling Tales of Occult Detection
Authors and Contributors      Edited by Mike Ashley
SeriesBritish Library Tales of the Weird
Series part Volume No. 29
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:288
Dimensions(mm): Height 190,Width 130
Category/GenreClassic fiction (pre c 1945)
Classic crime
Classic horror and ghost stories
ISBN/Barcode 9780712354165
ClassificationsDewey:823.0873308
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher British Library Publishing
Imprint British Library Publishing
Publication Date 24 March 2022
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Occult or psychic detective tales have been chilling readers for almost as long as there have been ghost stories. This beguiling subgenre follows specialists in occult lore - often with years of arcane training - investigating strange supernatural occurrences and pitting their wits against the bizarre and inexplicable. With tales featuring the most prominent psychic detectives such as William Hope Hodgson's Carnacki, the Ghost Finder and Algernon Blackwood's Dr. Silence, this new collection also includes rare and never-before-reprinted cases investigated by the likes of Flaxman Low, Cosmo Thor, Aylmer Vance and Mesmer Milann.

Author Biography

Mike Ashley is an author, anthologist and editor with a specialism for seeking out rare strange stories from the periodicals and magazines of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. He is an expert in the fields of weird fiction and classic mystery stories, and a leading authority on the history and development of the occult detection tale.