Sunday, June 29, 2014

Xelucha and Others by M.P. Shiel

Upon opening this book, I had no clue what to expect as I had never read anything by M.P. Shiel, let alone even heard of him. After finishing this book, I'm a convert.
If you're like me, you may be a bit turned off by the first story (Xelucha) upon first reading. You should read on however because the remainder of the book is great reading and you'll even decide you like Xelucha if you go back and read it afterward.
Xelucha and Others was published by Arkham House in 1975. There were 4,283 copies printed. Since Shiel died in 1947, all of these stories were written much earlier than the publishing date.
The table of contents is as follows:

Introduction
Xelucha
The Primate of the Rose
Dark Lot of One Saul
The House of Sounds
The Globe of Gold-fish
Many a Tear
The Bride
The Tale of Henry and Rowena
The Bell of St. Sepulcre
Huguenin's Wife
The Pale Ape
The Case of Euphemia Raphash

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