Irish Ghost Stories Maura McHugh

Irish Ghost Stories by Maura McHugh

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A playful, philosophical collection of Irish ghost stories by Oscar Wilde ('The Canterville Ghost'), Sheridan Le Fanu ('The Child that Went with the Fairies', 'Stories of Lough Guir'), Charles Maturin ('Melmoth the Wanderer'), Lord Dunsany ('The Ghost in the Corner', 'The Sword of Welleran'), Fitz-James O'Brien ('The Diamond Lens', 'What Was It?').

Irish Ghost Stories by Maura McHugh

A collection of characteristically playful yet philosophical Irish ghost stories from authors such as Oscar Wilde (The Canterville Ghost), Sheridan Le Fanu (The Child That Went With The Fairies, Stories Of Lough Guir), Charles Maturin (extracts from Melmoth the Wanderer), Lord Dunsany ('The Ghost in the Corner', 'The Sword of Welleran') and Fitz-James O'Brien ('The Diamond Lens', 'What Was It?').

FLAME TREE 451: From myth to mystery, the supernatural to horror, fantasy and science fiction, Flame Tree 451 offers a healthy diet of werewolves and mechanical men, blood-lusty vampires, dastardly villains, mad scientists, secret worlds, lost civilizations and escapist fantasies. Discover a storehouse of tales gathered specifically for the reader of the fantastic.

Maura McHugh lives in Galway, Ireland and graduated with an MA in Irish 19th Century Supernatural Fiction. She writes across a variety of media, including prose, theatre, film/TV, video games, and comic books. Her 2019 short story collection The Boughs Withered (When I Told Them My Dreams), was nominated for the British Fantasy Award for Best Collection, and its title story was reprinted in Shadow Voices: 300 Years of Irish Genre Fiction, edited by John Connolly. She also writes non-fiction and appears on podcasts and radio, where she interviews, reviews, and discusses pop culture. Jackson is General Editor of The World's Greatest Myths and Legends series, with titles including 'Myths of Babylon', 'Indian Myth', 'Egyptian Myth', 'Norse Myth' and 'Polynesian Island Myth'. He is editor of 'Myths and Legends' and foreword writer for 'Celtic Myths and Tales'. Other related work includes articles on the Philosophy of Time, 'Macbeth, A Gothic Chaos' and William Blake's use of mythology in his visionary literature.

Irish Ghost Stories Maura McHugh

Irish Ghost Stories by Maura McHugh

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