Lost Worlds Short Stories

Lost Worlds Short Stories
Author:
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 472
Release: 2018-12-15
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1787552438

New Authors and collections. Following the great success of our Gothic Fantasy, deluxe edition short story compilations, Ghosts, Horror, Science Fiction, Murder Mayhem and Crime & Mystery this latest title is packed with dark valleys, high mountain passes, dinosaurs and endless dark creations. Contains a fabulous mix of classic and brand new writing, with authors from the US, Canada, and the UK. New, contemporary and notable writers featured are: Rachel Verkade, Thomas Canfield, Kevin M. Folliard, David Sklar, David Tallerman, Sara M. Harvey, Sarah L. Byrne, John Walters, Ronald D. Ferguson, Michael Penncavage, James C. Simpson, Rebecca Schwarz, K.G. McAbee, and Mike Adamson. These appear alongside classic stories by authors such as Arthur Conan Doyle, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, H. Rider Haggard, Jonathan Swift and Jules Verne.

Lost Worlds

Lost Worlds
Author: Clark Ashton Smith
Publisher:
Total Pages: 419
Release: 1971-01-01
Genre:
ISBN: 9780854351114

Lost Worlds & Mythological Kingdoms

Lost Worlds & Mythological Kingdoms
Author: Tobias S. Buckell
Publisher:
Total Pages: 384
Release: 2022-03-08
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781944145798

From the legends of Atlantis, El Dorado, and Shangri-La to classic novels such as King Solomon's Mine, The Land That Time Forgot, and The Lost World, readers have long been fascinated by the idea of lost worlds and mythical kingdoms. Read short stories featuring the discovery of such worlds or kingdoms--stories where scientists explore unknown places, stories where the discovery of such turns the world on its head, stories where we're struck with the sense of wonder at realizing that we don't know our world quite as well as we'd thought. Featuring new tales by today's masters of SF&F: Tobias S. Buckell James L. Cambias Becky Chambers Kate Elliott C.C. Finlay Jeffrey Ford Theodora Goss Darcie Little Badger Jonathan Maberry Seanan McGuire An Owomoyela Dexter Palmer Cadwell Turnbull Genevieve Valentine Carrie Vaughn Charles Yu E. Lily Yu

The Lost World and Other Stories

The Lost World and Other Stories
Author: Arthur Conan Doyle
Publisher: Wordsworth Editions
Total Pages: 484
Release: 1995
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781853262456

The protagonist of these stories is the maddening, irascible and fascinating Professor George Edward Challenger. In these collected tales he faces adventures such as that high above the Amazon rain forest in "The Lost World" and the challenges of"The Land of Mist."

African Myths & Tales

African Myths & Tales
Author:
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 553
Release: 2020-07-07
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1839643102

Africa south of the Sahara is a land of wide-ranging traditions and varying cultures. Despite the diversity and the lack of early written records, the continent possesses a rich body of folk tales and legends that have been passed down through the strong custom of storytelling and which often share similar elements, characters and ideas between peoples. So this collection offers a hefty selection of legends and tales – stories of the gods, creation and origins, trickster exploits, animal fables and stories which entertain and edify – from ‘Obatala Creates Mankind’, from the Yoruba people of west Africa, to ‘The Girl Of The Early Race, Who Made Stars’, from the San people of southern Africa, all collected in a gorgeous gold-foiled and embossed hardback to treasure.

Reimagining Dinosaurs in Late Victorian and Edwardian Literature

Reimagining Dinosaurs in Late Victorian and Edwardian Literature
Author: Richard Fallon
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 305
Release: 2021-11-04
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1108834000

Reimagining Dinosaurs argues that transatlantic popular literature was critical for transforming the dinosaur into a cultural icon between 1880 and 1920

Lost Worlds

Lost Worlds
Author: Lin Carter
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
Total Pages: 180
Release: 2008-04-30
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781434467843

Lin Carter's short tales of lost worlds -- Hyperborea, Mu, Lemuria, Atlantis, and more!

The Lost Worlds of 2001

The Lost Worlds of 2001
Author: Arthur Charles Clarke
Publisher:
Total Pages: 240
Release: 1972
Genre: 2001, a space odyssey (Motion picture)
ISBN: 9780283979040

Bram Stoker Horror Stories

Bram Stoker Horror Stories
Author: Bram Stoker
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 453
Release: 2018-12-15
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1787552578

Curated new collections. Dublin-born Bram Stoker lived in London, meeting other notable authors such as Arthur Conan Doyle and Oscar Wilde. Apart from the ground-breaking Dracula Stoker wrote supernatural horror short stories, many of which, including ‘The Judge’s House’ and ‘Dracula’s Guest’, are featured here with extracts from his longer works.