Dennett – speculated to be another of the author’s pseudonyms.Īuthor: Eleanor Scott. This collection includes a new introduction exploring Eleanor Scott’s impact on weird and folk horror fiction, and two chilling stories by N.
James-inspired accounts of ancient forces terrorising humanity are thoroughly deserving of wider recognition.
First published in 1929, its stories of ritualistic folk horror and M. Randalls Round has long been revered by devotees of the weird tale. I hope that some readers will experience an agreeable shudder or two in the reading of them.’Ī malignant entity answers the call of an ancient curse on the coast of Brittany a traveller’s curiosity delivers him to an abominable Hallowe’en ritual the curious new owner of a haunted mansion discovers something far worse than ghosts in the night. ‘These stories have all had their origins in dreams. An author who, despite being hugely influential to the Folk Horror and Weird genres, remains relatively unknown with few collections of her work published, Scott has an incredibly varied bibliography, writing Crime Fiction and domestic female-centric narratives. Dennett - speculated to be another of the author's pseudonyms.A thrilling collection of strange stories by Eleanor Scott, ranging from depictions of ritualistic folk horror to tales of ancient forces versus humanity. This collection includes a new introduction exploring Eleanor Scott's impact on weird and folk horror fiction, and two chilling stories by N. It was, perhaps, the subject-matter and her position as a teacher that led her to adopt the pseudonym Eleanor Scott. James-inspired accounts of ancient forces terrorizing humanity are thoroughly deserving of wider recognition. Richard Dalby, ed., Eleanor Scott, Randalls Round, 1996. Randalls Round has long been revered by devotees of the weird tale. Scott reworks Jamesian motifs to provide a rich collection of tales (Edmundson, p, xiii). I hope that some readers will experience an agreeable shudder or two in the reading of them.'Ī malignant entity answers the call of an ancient curse on the coast of Brittany a traveler's curiosity delivers him to an abominable Hallowe'en ritual the curious new owner of a haunted mansion discovers something far worse than ghosts in the night. 'These stories have all had their origins in dreams. A thrilling collection of strange stories by Eleanor Scott, ranging from depictions of ritualistic folk horror to tales of ancient forces versus humanity.
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