Pirates & Ghosts Short Stories: Anthology of New & Classic Tales (Gothic Fantasy) Hardcover – 2 Nov. 2017 by Sam Gafford (Foreword), Christine van Antwerp (Contributor), Erica Barnes (Contributor), Brad Carson (Contributor), Adrian Chamberlin (Contributor), Margaret Collins (Contributor), Denzell Cooper (Contributor), Sophie Elisabeth Francois (Contributor), Philip Brian Hall (Contributor), John A. Karr (Contributor), John Leahy (Contributor), Kathryn McMahon (Contributor), Jacob Moger (Contributor), Jennifer R Povey (Contributor), M. Regan (Contributor), Jeremy A. TeGrotenhuis (Contributor), Russ Thorne (Contributor), A. R. Wise (Contributor), Nemma Wollenfang (Contributor)
Product details Publisher : Flame Tree Collections; Deluxe edition (2 Nov. 2017) Language : English Hardcover : 480 pages ISBN-10 : 1786645564 ISBN-13 : 978-1786645562 Dimensions : 15.3 x 4.06 x 23.4 cm
A powerful new addition to the bestselling Gothic Fantasy series of new writing and classic stories. Buried treasure, greed and envy are powerful forces in the minds of many, but at sea the consequences can be terrifying and deadly. With tales of pirates, deathly fogs and ferocious rocks, these dark tales of the haunted mind, trapped like ghosts at sea, are sure to entertain and enthrall. These new authors appear alongside the following classic and essential writers: Joseph Conrad, James Fenimore Cooper, Stephen Crane, F. Marion Crawford, Arthur Conan Doyle, William Hope Hodgson, Homer, W.W. Jacobs, Rudyard Kipling, Vernon Lee, H.P. Lovecraft, Richard Middleton, Edgar Allan Poe, Robert Louis Stevenson, H.G. Wells.
About the Author Sam Gafford has been published in a wide variety of anthologies and publications. His fiction has appeared in such collections as 'Black Wings' Volumes I, III and V, as well as 'Flesh Like Smoke', T'he Lemon Herberts', 'Wicked Tales' and in magazines like 'Weird Fiction Review', 'Dark Corridor', 'Nameless' and others. A lifelong Lovecraftian, he has written critical articles that have appeared in 'Lovecraft Studies', 'Crypt of Cthulhu', 'Weird Fiction Review', 'Nameless' and more. An expert on the life and work of pioneering science fiction writer William Hope Hodgson, Gafford is currently working on a book length critical biography of Hodgson.
As a boy, Russ Thorne loved reading Fighting Fantasy gamebooks, playing Hero Quest and poring over issues of 'White Dwarf', admiring the cover art in the process. Later he studied English Literature and got to know Homer's heroes and a bit of Beowulf, before beginning a career as a writer and editor. Since then he's published books on tattoo art, body piercing and vampires and writes regularly for national newspapers including the Independent.
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