Mortal Echoes: Encounters with the End

Paperback Published on: 04/10/2018
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Mortal Echoes
One of the stand out volumes of an excellent series.
Another in the series of ghoulish tales from the British Library.  They've done about a dozen of these over the last little while and I  thought it was abo... READ MORE
Dr Wyrd
Mortal Echoes
Great stuff
This is a volume from my hands-down favourite series of reprint anthologies, The British Library Tales of the Weird. Each book contains a mix of lesser- an... READ MORE
Simon Unsworth

Synopsis

A strange figure fortells tragedy on the railway tracks. A plague threatens to encroach upon an isolated castle. The daughter of an eccentric scientist falls victim to a poisonous curse.

The stories in this anthology depict the haunting moment when characters come face-to-face with their own mortality. Spanning two centuries, Mortal Echoes features some of the finest writers in the English language - including Edgar Allan Poe, Graham Greene, May Sinclair and H. G. Wells. Intriguing, unsettling and often strangely amusing, this collection explores humanity's transient existence, and what it means to be alive.

Publisher information

  • Publisher: British Library Publishing
  • ISBN: 9780712352819
  • Number of pages: 288
  • Dimensions: 190 x 130 mm
  • Languages: English

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Mortal Echoes
An excellent collection
An excellent, eclectic selection of short stories. While they are all connected loosely by the idea of death/the end, it is a great range of styles collect... READ MORE
Grace At Birmingham