Mike Ashley
Mike Ashley is the author and editor of more than 100 books, and is one of the foremost historians of popular fiction. His books include Adventures in The Strand (British Library, 2016), Out of This World, a brief illustrated history of science fiction (British Library, 2011), and The Age of Storytellers: British Popular Fiction Magazines 1880-1950 (British Library, 2005). Most recently he is the author of a multi-volume history of science fiction magazines, published by Liverpool University Press.
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Books by Mike Ashley
Series by Mike Ashley
British Library Tales of the Weird (71 books)
Gothic Fantasy (15 books)
British Library Science Fiction Classics (14 books)
Speculative Fiction Books
Bewitched (British Library Hardback Classics: Gilded Nightmares)
2024 | horror, gothic horror, psychological horror, collection, short stories, weird fiction, ghosts
The Whisperers and Other Stories (British Library Hardback Classics: Gilded Nightmares)
2022 | horror, gothic horror, psychological horror, collection, short stories, weird fiction
Doorway to Dilemma: Bewildering Tales of Dark Fantasy (British Library Tales of the Weird #9 / 72)
2019 | horror, psychological horror, short stories, weird fiction, dark fiction
The Lost Stradivarius (British Library Tales of the Weird #63 / 72)
2018 | horror, gothic horror, psychological horror, weird fiction, ghosts, historical fiction, 19th century
Thing of Darkness
2013 | horror, gothic horror, psychological horror, weird fiction
Tales of the Supernatural
1983 | fantasy, horror, psychological horror, short stories, weird fiction, ghosts
The Human Chord (British Library Tales of the Weird #51 / 72)
1910 | fantasy, horror, psychological horror, weird fiction
Comics and Anthology
Weird Sisters (British Library Tales of the Weird #57 / 72)
2025 | horror, gothic horror, psychological horror, anthology, short stories, weird fiction
Fear in the Blood (British Library Tales of the Weird #47 / 72)
2024 | horror, gothic horror, psychological horror, anthology, collection, short stories, weird fiction
The Ways of Ghosts (British Library Tales of the Weird #37 / 72)
2023 | horror, gothic horror, psychological horror, anthology, collection, short stories, weird fiction, ghosts, dark fiction
The Flaw in the Crystal: And Other Uncanny Stories by May Sinclair (British Library Tales of the Weird #36 / 72)
2023 | horror, gothic horror, psychological horror, anthology, collection, short stories, weird fiction
Weird Horror Short Stories (Gothic Fantasy)
2022 | science fiction, horror, gothic horror, psychological horror, anthology, collection, short stories, weird fiction
The Ghost Slayers (British Library Tales of the Weird #29 / 72)
2022 | horror, gothic horror, psychological horror, anthology, collection, short stories, weird fiction, ghosts, mystery, occult detective
Shadows on the Wall (British Library Tales of the Weird #28 / 72)
2022 | horror, psychological horror, anthology, collection, weird fiction, ghosts, witches, dark fiction
Spaceworlds (British Library Science Fiction Classics)
2021 | science fiction, space opera, anthology, short stories
Future Crimes (British Library Science Fiction Classics)
2021 | science fiction, space opera, anthology, short stories, thriller, crime fiction, mystery
Queens of the Abyss (British Library Tales of the Weird #18 / 72)
2020 | horror, gothic horror, psychological horror, anthology, short stories, weird fiction, ghosts
Nature's Warnings (British Library Science Fiction Classics)
2020 | science fiction, social science fiction, anthology, short stories, dystopia, post-apocalyptic, thriller
Born of the Sun (British Library Science Fiction Classics)
2020 | science fiction, space opera, anthology, short stories
A Phantom Lover (British Library Tales of the Weird #15 / 72)
2020 | horror, gothic horror, psychological horror, anthology, collection, short stories, weird fiction
Fighters of Fear
2020 | fantasy, horror, psychological horror, anthology, short stories, weird fiction, crime fiction, sherlock holmes, mystery, occult detective
Beyond Time (British Library Science Fiction Classics)
2019 | science fiction, space opera, anthology, short stories
Menace of the Monster (British Library Science Fiction Classics)
2019 | science fiction, space opera, anthology, short stories
The End of the World (British Library Science Fiction Classics)
2019 | science fiction, anthology, short stories, dystopia, post-apocalyptic, thriller
Menace of the Machine (British Library Science Fiction Classics)
2019 | science fiction, cyberpunk, anthology, short stories, dystopia, post-apocalyptic, thriller
The Platform Edge (British Library Tales of the Weird #6 / 72)
2019 | horror, psychological horror, anthology, short stories, weird fiction
Glimpses of the Unknown (British Library Tales of the Weird #3 / 72)
2018 | horror, gothic horror, psychological horror, anthology, short stories, weird fiction, ghosts
From the Depths (British Library Tales of the Weird #1 / 72)
2018 | horror, gothic horror, psychological horror, anthology, short stories, weird fiction
Lost Mars (British Library Science Fiction Classics)
2018 | science fiction, anthology, short stories
The Mammoth Book of Sorcerers' Tales
2004 | fantasy, anthology