Heavy weather : tempestuous tales of stranger climes /
Manwaring, Kevan,editor
British Library.
From the flood myths of Babylon, the Mahabharata and the Bible, to 20th century psychological storms, this foray into troubled waters, heat waves, severe winters, hurricanes, and hailstones, offers the perfect read on a rainy day--or night. Featuring a selection of some of the finest writers in the English language--Algernon Blackwood, Herman Melville, Robert Louis Stevenson, Edgar Allan Poe, and more--this collection of weird tales will delight and disturb.
History of a six weeks' tour (extract) / Mary Shelley -- The lightning-rod man / Herman Melville -- A descent into the Maelstrom / Edgar Allan Poe  -- The great snow / Richard Jefferies -- The horror-horn / E. F. Benson -- May day eve / Algernon Blackwood -- August heat / W. F. Harvey -- A mild attack of Locusts / Doris Lessing -- Through the vortex of a cyclone / William Hope Hodgson -- The wind-gnome / Jonas Lie -- Summer snow storm / Adam Chase -- The boy who predicted earthquakes / Margaret St. Clair -- Monsoons of death / Gerald Vance -- The purple cloud (extract) / M. P. Shiel -- The birds / Daphne du Maurier.
From the flood myths of Babylon, the Mahabharata and the Bible, to 20th century psychological storms, this foray into troubled waters, heat waves, severe winters, hurricanes, and hailstones, offers the perfect read on a rainy day--or night. Featuring a selection of some of the finest writers in the English language--Algernon Blackwood, Herman Melville, Robert Louis Stevenson, Edgar Allan Poe, and more--this collection of weird tales will delight and disturb.
Paranormal fiction.
Horror tales.
Horror tales.
Paranormal fiction.