{"product_id":"seventeen-stories-paperback","title":"Seventeen Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMark Valentine\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMark Valentine's stories have been described by critic Rick Kleffel as \"consistently amazing and inexplicably beautiful\". He has been called \"A superb writer, among the leading practitioners of classic supernatural fiction\" by Michael Dirda of \u003cem\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/em\u003e, and his work is regularly chosen for year's best and other anthologies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis new selection offers previously uncollected or hard to find tales in the finest traditions of the strange and fantastic. As well as tributes to the masters of the field, Valentine provides his own original and otherworldly visions, with what \u003cem\u003eSupernatural Tales\u003c\/em\u003e has called \"the author's trademark erudition\" in \"unusual byways of history, folklore and general scholarship\". Opening a book will never seem quite the same again after encountering this curious volume of \u003cem\u003eSeventeen Stories\u003c\/em\u003e . . . \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eContents\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eThree Singular Detectives\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"The Adventure of the Green Skull\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"Prince Zaleski's Secret\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"The Return of Kala Persad\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eFour Curious Books\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"The 1909 Proserpine Prize\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"The Late Post\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"An Incomplete Apocalypse\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"The Seer of Trieste\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eThree Strange Places\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"The Axholme Toll\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"The Fall of the King of Babylon\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"The Other Salt\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eThree Odd Societies\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"The Tontine of Thirteen\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"Morpheus House\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"Without Instruments\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eFour Haunted Figures\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"Fire Companions\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"The Antioch Imperial\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"Yogh\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"You Walk the Pages\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Acknowledgements\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMark Valentine's stories have been selected for \u003cem\u003eBest British Short Stories\u003c\/em\u003e edited by Nicholas Royle, \u003cem\u003eBest New Horror\u003c\/em\u003e edited by Stephen Jones, \u003cem\u003eThe Mammoth Books of Ghost Stories\u003c\/em\u003e edited by Richard Dalby, and the \u003cem\u003eGhosts \u0026amp; Scholars\u003c\/em\u003e books edited by Rosemary Pardoe, as well as for many other anthologies. Along with The Swan River Press, he also publishes with other independent imprints such as Tartarus Press (UK), Sarob Press (France) and Zagava (Germany). His twenty or so books include studies of Arthur Machen and the diplomat and fantasist Sarban, and essays on book-collecting and the esoteric. He also edits \u003cem\u003eWormwood\u003c\/em\u003e, a journal of the fantastic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.51 x 7.81 x 5.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 30, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42714259882047,"sku":"9781783807437","price":32.81,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/e48422e929e5a61790dc301e2767a0ca.webp?v=1765067561","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/seventeen-stories-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}