Illusions of Presence
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atmospheric
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christmas
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folklore
ghost
gothic
horror
macabre
rare
season
stories
supernatural
weird
winter
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- ISBN 9780712355933
- Dimensions: 130 x 190mm
- Publication Date: 16 Oct 2025
- Publisher: British Library Publishing
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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As clanging bells pierce the Winter calm, a bustling throng of spectral visitants is making its approach. The eminent anthologist and seeker of forgotten tales, Johnny Mains, has been scouring the archives of newspapers and periodicals once more to bring you the gift of 'new' supernatural fiction from the Victorian and Edwardian era - the heyday of the classic ghost tale. Packed with ethereal messengers, chain-clanking ghouls, the odd cheery phantom and bundles of suspense, this collection is a welcome offering for any reader of the ghostly and Gothic.
Johnny Mains is an eminent horror anthologist renowned for recovering lost stories from the archives. His books edited for the British Library include Celtic Weird (2022), Scotland the Strange (2023), Halloweird (2024) and The Dead of Summer (2025). His latest books are Bound in Blood (Titan, 2024), The Anthologist's Folly (Ramble House, 2024) and His Beautiful Hands: The Short Fiction of Oscar Cook (Ramble House, 2025).
