If he had never written any novels at all, these [eleven] unique and varied stories by themselves would set him permanently beside Saki, O. Henry, and Ambrose Bierce. |
Mostly thrillers and a few supernatural stories. |
Three detective stories. |
Collection of the three tales originally collected in the John Lane 1893 edition, along with three further stories (one unfinished), which were later ’collaborations’ with the poet and writer John Gawsworth, plus a new introduction by Brian Stableford, and a note on the genesis of the three later stories. Limited to 400 copies. |
Five Poesque stories, an essay, and a long poem. |
Collection of the magazine serial version of two of Shiel’s most famous novels (The Yellow Danger and The Purple Cloud) and fifteen of his short stories, all in facsimile reproductions of the original magazine appearances, edited and introduced by A. Reynolds Morse. |
The Arkham selection of the supernatural tales, revised by Shiel. |
Chapbook limited to 100 copies, reprinting two stories from the 1975 Arkham House edition of Xélucha. |
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The cover originally appeared in Strange Stars & Alien Shadows by Ann K. Schwader. |
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