Bison Books has another one out that looks good–The Nightmare and other tales of dark fantasy by Francis Stevens. Stevens was one of the early authors of what the editor calls “dark fantasy” (i.e., the sort of adventure/fantasy you’d find in Merritt or Weird Tales), and this is a set of short stories and novellas that have apparently never been collected before. Lovecraft speaks highly of her work.
I haven’t had a chance to read this book yet, but I’ve read a couple of her novels. They show their age in much the same way as Merritt’s work does, but are still worth reading. If you’re into this sort of thing, you might want to check out this book, since I’m not sure her other works are easily available.
It’s a pretty big collection and has pretty interesting Forwards, etc. but I’ve not yet dived in. It’s (almost) next on my list!
I have the three novels that got re-issued a while back but I’m pretty sure they’re all OOP now. (They were published by Carol & Graf, iirc)
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For excellent modern weird fantasy I recommend John C. Wright’s The Last Guardian of Everness - it’s my favourite fantasy book this year… it’s a little bit like Dunsany writing Amber…
Darn. For just a second I thought Stephin Merritt was going to start writing songs for The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets. What could be better than irresistably-catchy indie pop songs about Lovecraftian horrors?
I guess I’ll just have to pick up a Gothic Archies CD instead.